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Setting Sun (2018)

from Christopher Sur by Christopher Sur

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I wrote this song at age 17, as a punk shuffle, entered the study to track the tune, and never finished the session. A few years later, I found myself tracking the song in college, but was never happy with the finished product. Fast forward 1,000 years, to this record I'm crafting in my apartment (which makes drum tracking a bit of a mad science experiment), and the song is finally entering the real world. Most of the lyrics are the same, but I've reworked a few lines that rang true at 17, not so much today. This is as close as I've managed to get this song to the sonic vibe I secretly imagined, all those years ago.

lyrics

In the mellow dim bright
Of an old silver screen light
The matinee plays
While actors plead for better days
Not another sad ending

Can't shake the vibe
Of a frivolous misspent life
The wick needs a friend
When the candle's burned out at both ends
Desperately in need of some mending

The sun goes down
On a hollow town
Let's paint night into day
Silence stands tall
And words are small
In this state of disarray

In a ruffled decor
An aging lost boy yearns for more
A slave to hindsight
Infinite recreated lies
Stray reflections unending

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from Christopher Sur, released January 14, 2018
Christopher Surratt-vocals, guitars, bass, drums, piano, organ, percussion

Written, engineered, produced, and mixed by Christopher Surratt

Art by Christopher Surratt

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Christopher Sur Nashville, Tennessee

Christopher Sur is a Nashville based multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Invisible Library artists Spoken Nerd, Brandon Brains, and kidDEAD. He has also spent time playing with SaraBeth GO in the band And, OK! and as the bassist for Nashville Americana staples the Early Evening. His latest project, Surface Imposter, was released April 10. ... more

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