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Holy Gold EP

by Babbling April

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Reputation 03:26
i dont give a damn about my reputation living in the past its a new generation and a girl can do, what she wants to do and thats just what im gonna, gonna do and i dont give a damn no i dont give a damn i dont give a damn about your social graces outstretched hands and painted faces and i dont give a damn if i miss my cues im gonna do what im gonna, gonna do and i dont give a damn no i dont give a damn and i dont give a damn how you define success measure my up, i couldnt really care less
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these blighted years without you chasing your shadow through my dreams are you even still you? or have the greens changed to yellows your voice frank and hardened these blighted years without you chasing your shadow through my dreams are you even still you? or have the years gone and rended someone i might see through? (your voice soft and lovely your eyes bright, your clothes gay your voice frank and hardened your eyes down your clothes grey) those nights we sat out drinking the way your eyes would smile at me john travolta dancing on the television set with our friends in the backyard the day cant be that far if time was just a distance id watch the yellows turn back to greens back to when you were still you and when i was when i was still me (our friends in the backyard the days last forever my arm touches your side i wont leave you ever our friends in the background and grey is the weather youre so far gone now i wont see you ever)
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girl how you know who you wanna be dont say that it comes naturally what i wouldnt give to have that for me boy how you walk around without a care when all your shit is up in the air its better off if you leave it up there
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about

Babbling April has always been a DIY affair, producing the kind of fresh and warmly emotive rock that can hop genres, be quiet or loud, yet always sound distinctly like themselves. The bands spearhead, Dave New, grew up in Baltimore, where he fell in love with music and began helming his own grade school bands while pursuing his prodigious hobby of home recording. Dave moved to Dayton, Ohio in 2011 where he met his female counterpoint Vivienne Machi. Together they began cutting their teeth in a variety of Dayton area venues, recording under the moniker Babbling April, which reached its current incarnation after they relocated to Washington, DC, adding the rhythm section of Ben Medina and Ben Melrod.

Babbling April put out their first EP, On Breath, in February 2015, landing a Noisetrade “New and Notable” feature and plenty of Hypem love. Since then they have continued a tireless schedule, self-recording and self-releasing every song they’ve written while building a dedicated following in the DC underground scene. The act of playing and recording has come to represent a joyful reprieve for the band, much of whom works government jobs in the DC metro area. “With the 24/7 news cycle filling our heads with tweets, statistics, spreadsheets and talking points, we’ve come to regard our time in Babbling April as a beautiful escape” the band concedes.

Recorded and mixed in Dave and Vivi’s basement, the band’s newest EP, Holy Gold, is a testament to the joy Babbling April imbue their music with. Acoustic-meets- shoegaze guitar pop ambience echoes across each track as fevered bass lines and distinct vocal textures weave through. The compositions tend to change tempo and morph beneath the ear-wormy melodies, conjuring up the work of Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, amongst a wealth of alternative bands of the ’90’s. “The songs are often bittersweet snapshots of the ephemeral nature of life” Dave reflects. “Friends grow apart, places are never the same, but a few perfect memories will always remain.”

To hear and learn more of Babbling April, please visit: www.babblingapril.com

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released March 3, 2018

Vivienne Machi
Ben Medina
Dave New
Ben Melrod

Also featuring Guillaume François, Jonathan Whiteleather, and Lee Wise.

Artwork by Dylan Sage

Engineered by David New, Mixed by David New, Mastered by Carl Saff.

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