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Fall Through Sparks

by Able Baker

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derdniffer An ambitious, surprising rock album that rewards repeated listens. The vibes are varied and good. Favorite track: Sing to Me.
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1.
I’m not a well man but I play a good one well on TV your strings attach to my arms and legs and pull until I’m tangled can’t move or reevaluate but that ain’t the worst of it it goes deeper into the core my head is attached telepathically to your every carelessness I sink back into restlessness or come wrestle with me now I’ve sharpened my tongue I know that yours remains fine but not the sharpest one could cut these cords you’ve strung and maybe I even like them around me don’t get me wrong lucid signal there’s a dying dream parked in the mouth of my driveway cut the line I let it out slow mo I’m lost in these cliches I fumble for the words you recite them like an actress if I was well rehearsed maybe the trains would’ve brought me back to my senses faster I fumble for the words you recite them slow with stress I wish I had eyes in the back of your mind’s intentions but what’s the use in attempting a futile prevention? static plays songs to the depths of your heart and that’s the place to begin to feel you can’t get nowhere without a prompting any sound must be indicative of something a beat any drop all empathy is cut off and progress takes more than just changing channels
2.
Ablutions 05:31
close your eyes remember cold evening December closed curtains colored soft mint left our raisin fingerprints perk an ear for turning locks and mother still soaking bathwater kept cooling the heats gone we lost ours way too young I may have had a shot once wasted it how thoughtless keep these thoughts at bay wash the wear away drove in a bout of deep snow small shovel broke in two so my feet frozen from kicking that thick white cement tires broke through but I never could quite dig you out look to dash glass for a guessing glimpse of true love’s gaze seems like ages pass through those tinted window panes drained all of what my delicate strength could allow what ate you up then eats me up now ablutions give me time to think of what I wanna do what I wanna say putz about under this spout my reflection is blurry ablutions give me time to dream a continent forget the coordinates anyway ablutions give me time to forget to keep these thoughts at bay
3.
Real World 05:26
fogged up when we arrived hit by a wave smoke outside do I know you from the everyday? same place but your faces change get out who on earth could crash the craziness where we thrive? teeter on the rosy rim lopsided silly grin I can’t say he didn’t warn me voice breaking from the corners sofa or a stronger potion could bring their heat to a dark 10 by 11 try to piece together what could break forever o my (I heard) god speak through a girl from a bubble world I know cause I’ve lived there saw flames in the chandelier quiver gibberish five drinks deep and she pleads to her surroundings I hope she can’t actually save I hope she can’t actually I can’t say she didn’t warn me voice breaking from the corners escape through the screen door and on that tipping porch reds they bummed blazed like torches a thousand times I fall through sparks stars shake pointy fingers at hands and knees in the yard they wed the ground they water flowers my head tilts to conversation they all weave the same questions she’s just being nice I can tell she’s thinking shut him off and in that spinning room you walked up to me so smoothly I felt inadequate my trembling bones wouldn’t let me forget your gaze fell into my eyes soon enough your hand took mine the ceiling and the floor switched places my balance gave but you held on tight wanna break the ice? you repel the Ice in me I can’t say they didn’t warn me voice breaking from the corner I can’t say they didn’t warn me voice ringing like a mortar if it’s some consolation this is the way that it’s always been and will be…
4.
You're On 04:11
bigger cities have all these things to be and bigger people to meet where is everyone hiding? so I’ll walk around aimlessly because I have no place to be Hey pastiche! polished people where are you now? you must be looking down from your apartment windows come out there's nothing down here to be afraid of I’ll look both ways before wading into that social stream and no one's noticing so tomorrow I’m going to school with this fu manchu and I’ll think of all the people I left behind I’m no knight in shining sperrys  but I’m fine at conversations if you talk to me but I fear I’m developing the attention span of a short greeting I’ll weave in and out between taller buildings florescent shop lights rain or snow or sunny days it don’t make a difference cause all roads lead to my boring bedroom
5.
I stand on the dark Rincon beach feet dug in the sand you scan the eastern evening for me peering from across the endless fog circumstance is looking down waves crash hard down on me your love tears me apart my head won’t hear the secrets you keep beating in your heart I can’t see far circumstance is looking down I can’t let go it’s coming up I feel it though can’t think over you people think we’re one and the same they only see our flaws I’ve tossed all of my friends away I don’t care which way is down or up circumstance is looking down falling I can climb back out again nights we spent lost on this side of the earth onside of the bed game head game from Boston to the West’s red roof I can smell the salt but have you heard the news? circumstance is looking down I could be with you someday drag your feet along the ground the night is nigh don’t fall away
6.
birds songs sound sweeter as my hearing worsens but if heard clearly would I deserve the sound of their magnificence? the company was dreaming about what it’d be like taking the easy way out a curt reminder that options abound increase slow withdrawal from loving oneself in blustery summer I dropped you home and cursed the night and your dead phone birds songs scrape chalkboards as my patience unravels and if they kept up I’d have a hard time not shutting the window and in the silence I thought to myself that the walls are unending and breathe with their ridges and in the darkness I thought to myself that my eyes are adjusting surprisingly well in blustery summer I dropped you home and cursed the night and your dead phone beneath umbrellas sipping through straws I laughed right off the break in your tone… your song sounds sweeter as the band blows out my eardrums
7.
Sing to Me 04:35
salted roads lie between you and me closed down school thought abyss kept me up nightly sing to him sing to me at the end of the world fiery lights distort wear these shades stare ahead at the tree and see clearly sing to him sing to me spiraling intercede see to him sing to me open arms winter eve intercede sing to me spiders from mars ivy league intercede sing to me waters warm honestly sing to me

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recorded in the summer of 2016 and winter of 2017

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released April 17, 2017

All songs written and performed by Able Baker
Lyrics by Tim Anderson

Lauren Anderson sang harmonies on tracks 5 and 6

Tim Anderson - guitar/ vox/ rhodes/ casiotone
Cal Jurgella - guitar/ rhodes/ eternal bind
Adam Jordahl - bass
Scott Fabbri - drums

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band from Madison now in Chicago

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