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MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL EP

by EFFORTS

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SIX-PACK, NICE ABS!(STINENCE) SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT HELL IS A PLACE BUT THERE’S ANOTHER LAKE OF FIRE SO YOU BETTER SAY GRACE. DAD’S ON HIS WAY TO A MEETING I’M ON MY WAY TO THE STORE. HE’S AFRAID TO BE CHEATING I’M AFRAID TO FEEL BORED. SOME MAY FEEL POSSESSED I MAY MYSELF OBSESS ABOUT IT. CLOSETS FILLED WITH GHOSTS WHERE SKELETONS HANG IN ROWS. DAD’S ON HIS WAY TO A MEETING I’M ON MY WAY TO THE STORE. HE USED TO WRITE LITTLE SONGS HE DON’T WRITE NOTHIN’ NO MORE. FOOD, WATER & MINERALS THEY DON’T FEED YOUR SOUL. THE TRUTH WILL FIND YOU. WAVES CRASH IN INTERVALS. TIME’LL TAKE IT’S TOLL. THE TRUTH WILL FIND YOU OUT. THEY USED TO DROP BOMBS, BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG. IN A SHACK, IN THE DESERT. MY LITTLE COWBOY BOOTS ON. I WON THE AWARD: “MOST WHATEVER” STAMPED IN GOLD. IT DIDN’T MEAN MUCH THEN, IT NEVER MEANT MUCH MORE. DAD’S ON HIS WAY TO A MEETING I’M ON MY WAY TO THE STORE. HE’S JUST TRYIN’ TO KEEP BREATHING’. I’M TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE ROAR. FOOD, WATER & MINERALS THEY DON’T FEED YOUR SOUL. THE TRUTH WILL FIND YOU. WAVES CRASH IN INTERVALS. TIME’LL TAKE IT’S TOLL. THE TRUTH WILL FIND YOU OUT. MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL THE SON’S ON THE HORIZON. LOST AND YOU’LL NEVER FIND HIM. THE LAST OF THE LIGHT. YOU WON’T LAST THE NIGHT. MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL, FRIEND. AS IT MOVED THROUGH YOU. MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL, FRIEND. BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU. ‘CAUSE IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHERE WE GET IT FROM, ‘CAUSE APPLES FALL FROM TREES, AND FATHERS HIDE FROM SONS. OH NO. OH NO. I MISS THE FEELING OF THE DRIFT. THE WAVES THAT MOVED BELOW MY FEET. I MISS THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEFORE IT CRASHED DOWN OVER ME. ‘CAUSE THROUGH FOG AND FIRE, WE ALL LOSE OUR DESIRES. MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL, FRIEND. AS IT MOVED THROUGH YOU. MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL, FRIEND. BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU. I KNOW YOU WANT IT TO. RINGTONE MONEY HOW WE GONNA LEAVE WHEN WE DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO? I GOT THAT RINGTONE MONEY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOLID GOLD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU SAW A GHOST. HOW WE GONNA LEAVE WHEN WE DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO? PICK UP YOUR TINSEL SHOW ME THAT YOU CARE AT ALL. SHOW ME THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO FALL. ON YOUR KNEES, WITH ME, TONIGHT. HERE COMES THE ENDING AGAIN. CREEPIN’ IN LIKE A FRIEND, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL JUST RIGHT. PICK UP YOUR TINSEL IN WINTER. DON’T LEAVE SILVER ON THE GROUND IN SPRING. I KNOW YOU WHISPER TO MIRRORS, WHEN YOU’RE TOO AFRAID TO SING. SEASON’S GREETINGS. DECORATIONS. ARE JUST WORDS THEY DON’T MEAN A THING. THEY ALL JUST GLITTER, AND REFLECTIONS OF THINGS WE NEED IN HUMAN BEINGS. SO SHOW ME THAT YOU CARE AT ALL. SHOW ME THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO FALL. ON YOUR KNEES, WITH ME, TONIGHT. HERE COMES THE ENDING AGAIN. CREEPIN’ IN LIKE A FRIEND, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL JUST RIGHT. GAME OVER WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE. I’LL GET MY REVOLVER. YOU CAN BE A SKELETON. JUST GIVE ME A HOLLER.

about

1) 6 pack! nice abs!(stinence)
2) May You Absorb All Evil
3) ringtone money
4) Pick Up Your Tinsel
5) GAME OVER

bonus song: the deafening silence of your own depression

THE MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL EP WAS RECORDED
FROM NOVEMBER 2015 TO NOVEMBER 2017 AT SELF
HELP INTERNATIONAL. IT WAS PRODUCED BY ZACH
GRACE. THE SONGS WERE WRITTEN AND COMPOSED
BY TODD MICHAEL “DAMNSEL” ROGERS, ZACH
GRACE & EVENTUALLY GEOFFREY “MAYBE” OSBORNE.
“SIX-PACK NICE ABS!(STINENCE)” WAS WRITTEN
SOMETIME BETWEEN MARCH OF 2016 & THEN
REWORKED THREE TIMES, FIRST WITH GEOFF IN
JANUARY OF 2017, AND THEN AGAIN THAT MONTH
WITH ZACH ON HIS BIRTHDAY, BEFORE ALL THREE OF
US LEARNED IT FOR SHOW 001 IN MARCH OF 2017.
“MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL” WAS THE FIRST SONG
DAMNSEL EVER FINISHED WRITING, AND WAS
CONCEIVED OF SOMETIME BETWEEN OCTOBER AND
DECEMBER OF 2014. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS EVER
PLAYED WITH DRUMS WAS AT ZACH’S HOUSE IN
OCTOBER OF 2015. THE FIRST TIME EITHER OF THEM
HEARD IT COMPLETE WAS THROUGH A BASS DEMO
GEOFFREY SENT THEM IN FEBRUARY OF 2016.
“RINGTONE MONEY” HAPPENED WHEN GEOFFREY GOT
BORED RECORDING BASS FOR ANOTHER SONG IN THE
SPRING OF 2017. DAMNSEL CAME UP WITH THE NAME
AND ZACH RECORDED THE DRUMS BY PURPOSELY
CAUSING A DRUM MACHINE TO MALFUNCTION. IT
GAINED LYRICS THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER WHILE
ZACH AND TODD BEGAN MIXING THE EP. “PICK UP
YOUR TINSEL” WAS ORIGINALLY DEMOED IN OCTOBER
OF 2015. IT GAINED LYRICS IN JANUARY OF 2016 WHILE
DAMSNSEL SANG TO ELLIE THE DOG (RIP) AFTER
CLEANING UP THE REMAINS OF A CHRISTMAS TREE. IT
BECAME SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER SPECIAL
AFTER ZACH DRAGGED THE WRONG BIT OF RINGTONE
MONEY ON TOP OF IT WHILE MIXING. SO WE KEPT IT.

DURING THE RECORDING OF THIS EP AND THE SOON
TO BE SEEN LP, THE BAND SURVIVED THE FOLLOWING
HORRORS: LVL 12 LOCKJAW, A FAILING MARRIAGE,
DEFINITIVE LOSS, THE DEATH OF A DOG, BANDMATES IN
JAPAN, BANDMATES UNSURE IF THEY ARE IN BAND, (2)
CONCUSSIONS, AGONIZING ER VISITS, LOSS OF A
TOOTH DUE TO CEMENT FLOOR, DEPRESSION, “BEING
29”, ATROPHIED MUSCLES, CRIPPLING HEMORRHOIDS,
LOSS OF JOBS, INABILITY TO SING, “BEING 32”,
DISCOVERING SOBRIETY, AND GENERAL EXISTENTIAL
ANGST.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: MEAGEN CRAWFORD FOR PUTTING
UP WITH A MIDLIFE CRISIS & LE GRACE FOR PUTTING UP
WITH EVERY LATE NIGHTS CRISIS.

THE ART ON THE COVER AND DISC OF THIS EP IS BY LIAM
BARRETT www.LiamBarrett.co.uk 

YOU CAN FIND EFFORTS ONLINE IF YOU TRY HARD
ENOUGH.

DAMNSEL IS @ WWW.SUBHEATHEN.COM
ZACH IS @ WWW.SELFHELP.STUDIO
GEOFFREY IS @ DUNNO. LOOK HIM UP?

credits

released January 18, 2018

EFFORTS is somewhat from NASHVILLE

DAMNSEL - skeletons
GRACE - muscle
GEOFFREY MAYBE - blood

artwork by the extravagant Liam Barrett
www.liambarrett.co.uk

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Efforts is a punk band from Nashville, TN.

TODD MICHAEL ROGERS

ZACH GRACE

JASON GILMORE

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