From its inception, The End and the Beginning was meant to be the most hopeful and acoustic-sounding Drownbeat album yet, and that is exactly what it has become. Unlike the first two Drownbeat releases, which utilized many different songwriters and vocalists, The End and the Beginning was written by only two people: Dan Milligan and Bill Acuña of Chicago’s Despotic Hall of Fame. In addition, the lengthy list of performers was replaced with a small group of musicians, giving it a much more intimate and band-like feeling than the first two albums. And while it’s not necessarily a “concept album” in the traditional sense, the songs on the album are very tightly bound together with a common theme. The result is Drownbeat’s most consistent musical offering to date.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
A VERY limited edition signed CD copy of Drownbeat's third album, The End and the Beginning
Includes unlimited streaming of The End and the Beginning
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lyrics
Stretch your shadow and see your shape betray
watch it slowly recoil when you shift your weight
Now bring a dozen others to build a ring of cover for the ground
Surround and drown the sunlight and stand up in a circle arm-in-arm
Whether we try or not we learn the earth won’t stop
When the night comes to chase the fools away
They bow their heads in shame and whither to the blame
Forever with its spinning we all get the feeling that we are lost
In and out of season distant hidden reason throws us off
Whether we try or not we learn the earth won’t stop
It’s only temporary, this belief we possess
So unnecessary, this belief to possess
Recorded and engineered by Dan Milligan and James Scott
Produced and mixed by Dan Milligan at Smoulderman Studio
Mastered by James Scott at Populist Studios, Wheaton, IL
Artwork by Dan Milligan
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