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id escaped

by Brice Woodall

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Drip on a wire if you want to see a spark Hold up your hand on a radio tower Believe the blood that you want to bleed is yours Tying up loose ends Cut the corners so it folds into the road Scratch in your name so they never forget it Believe the blood that they want to see is yours Sliding off the bridge Remorse for selling the future out A crack in the glass has spider webs Losing half of your senses By the way, you settle on the easy road Where’s the adventure? Remorse for taking the easy road Remorse for selling out
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It’s silent standing alone before the sunrise But echoes circle around, from whispers they grow Neurosis...cut off the legs before it can walk Stay weary of secret taping machines Check under the floorboards Sense a static shuffle This smells of the end of proselytising days There’s a need for the worry Bugs crawl up the curtains Mechanical diversions Wrap ribbons around Create a different hum The air is thick with panic Hear the pounding louder Slip out through the alley
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Four bullet holes in the back of my head They missed their mark On the run, I’ll keep my nose down lower and taste the dirt You are here next to me in the void I strain to laugh on numbered days while I’m free and invisible Pick a car & spread some mud across the license plate The two lot guards with their eyelids peeled back will stare through us, they’re only half awake You are here next to me in the void The other side shines a light to signal us (please suck me through) I strain to laugh on numbered days while I’m free and invisible You are here next to me in the void Small victories will add up
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If you’re an ally Help me escape this enemy I know this feels just like a dream But there’s a golden city miles away Where we can blend in with the crowd The razor wire Will make it hard for us to swim A sea of knives to cut us up Our utopia is not far from there, it shines And then we’ll blend in with the crowd
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about

Merging the North Virginian penchant for melody with the explosiveness of Chicago rock, Brice Woodall writes between worlds. Stretched between the Windy City and his east coast roots, his music draws upon the musical idiosyncracies of each region, peaking in the center as a distinct brand of muscular, synth-tipped indie pop. His latest release Id Escaped was conceived in Chicago as a series of acoustic bedroom demos. With the help of longtime collaborators Trevor Bittinger and Mark Lewis, they grew into fully fledged rock tracks. The two Richmond natives had formerly been active within DC's brutal post-hardcore scene, and their history can be heard within a predeliction for landing huge guitar moves and ferocious percussive attacks on the EP. Woodall's signature drum machines skitter against full-blooded rock orchestration as they coil together into tight, infectious progressions.

The roots of Woodall's music lie as deeply within electronica as they do within his more immediately traceable predecessors: the '90s indie rock innovations of The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, and Radiohead. From behind a collection of drum machines, Woodall mines the depths of underground dubstep to bolster his swirling melodic creations.

Writing from dreams, Woodall has transcribed a journal of psychic detachment, of running from onesself through haunted subconscious spaces. His lyrics craft narratives of paranoia and isolation in a world where one is always being watched. But amid the dystopia arise moments of relief in companionship and the hope of escape. Every move of the record is suspended by Woodall's unwaveringly sincere falsetto, carrying lyrics that pulse from the delicate enigma of a fully imagined world. Id Escaped follows the struggle of the conscious mind through constantly encroaching danger on an engine of sparkling pop hooks and lushly layered melody.

Id Escaped will be released on mp3 and vinyl this July.

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released July 15, 2011

All songs written by Brice Woodall (ASCAP) copyright 2011
Performed and arranged by Brice Woodall, Mark Lewis & Trevor Bittinger
Engineered and mixed by Mark Lewis @ Junxt Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Produced by Brice Woodall, Mark Lewis & Trevor Bittinger
Mastered by Nathan Allen@Last Drop Mastering, SF
B+G Scarf Publishing

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Brice Woodall Fredericksburg, Virginia

Brice Woodall writes, performs and produces beat heavy electro-acoustic music with powerful, soaring vocals.
Notable gigs-
w/ Local Natives @ The National(VA),
SXSW(2012), Abbey Road Studio(UK), The Cavern Club(UK), The Living Room (NYC)
Awards-
Grand Prize Winner Billboard/Discmakers Independent Music World Series
Honorable Mention for song 'Awkward' International Songwriters Competition
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