Chanel Beads Live

I have just discovered Shane Lavers' musical project Chanel Beads and I am delightfully reeling a bit from the sheer uncategorizable-ness of the sound, the band, the lyrics, the sense of the whole enigmatic thing. This stunning, urgent live performance of three tracks from their recent release "Your Day Will Come" features his bandmates Zachary Schwartz on electric violin (which adds an incredible texture to the tapestry of sound) and Maya McGrory on guitar and vocals. "Urn" opens the set, followed by "Police Scanner" and "I Think I Saw."

Incredible.

"Urn"

Sometimes I wish that we buried you now
Assigned a location to my grief somehow
But I know that you would think the cemetery is silly
It's dust to me
Your ashes move too quickly
It’s funny numbers have significance now
Yeah your birthday that kinda hurts me now
Like the day you died, the day you drank all that honey
Like the day you died, the day you got sick from drinking honey

"Police Scanner"

You owe it to yourself
Gotta believe in something else
Looking at the guilt
Cannot break before it ends
Self care
Self aware
Good people out of view
Soul to bare
Changes come
Something strange yeah something new
Police scanner

"I Think I Saw"

Black dog coming
He won’t disobey
Show you something
I'm not really brave
Creeping feeling
Flowers on the grave
Do it for the state, now I visit when it’s grave
You’re not supposed to be here, how’d you get in the gate
Culture’s on the repeat, if you’re lucky then it’s fate
I was in the movie, could have seen it but you’re late
I said something moving, could have changed you but it won’t
Sold out you stare
Wish I had something
To care for, a dare
I'll commit to you

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