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Hex

by Jon Mckiel

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    Hex pressed into possibly hexed pink vinyl, for the collectors, the risk takers, the radiant minded.

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    Hex in classic black vinyl. The true recipe. Unadulterated sonics. Deep grooves. The highlight of your collection.

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    Hex in all the zeros and ones. Perfect fidelity. Totally not cursed. Sounds real good.

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1.
Hex 03:09
a shadow standing next to me so true maybe i can see the dark matter in the destiny you put a hex on a good eye has a lot to lend you but some people maybe i can't see in the midnight of my mind they put a hex on me and you're standing next to me so real for the eye to see raw mineral ecstasy, put the hex on two nights in the undertow new vision only i can see more time to align the mind to get the head right and put a hex on me put the hex on me they put the hex on me put a hex on me.
2.
String 04:36
in the great divide in the piece of mind in the history how long is the song to sing? in the new sunshine, you can take your time in remembering how long is a piece of string? in the new sunshine you can loose your mind in remembering one song can kill the king how long how long how long how long? how long is remembering how wrong did we used to be how long is the song to sing how long is a piece of string? how long is a piece of string? how long is a reckoning? how good an apology? how long a recovery? how long is remembering, how wrong did we sued to be how long is a song to sing how long is a piece of string?
3.
Still Life 03:43
nothing changes with love just a pure iteration of the other one you can fail so safe with the basement taped memories cooked down into usernames it goes over and over and over and over again is the valley uncanny from here? it’s a face in a face when you're facing the healer still life is growing with you still overflowing with you and with you it goes over and over and over and over again
4.
The Fix 03:20
on a land where nothing grows another day until the sea goes cold another future for the prophet to hold over your shoulder the cameras caught it all in the shadow of another sun still running when the day is done still running from the zeros and ones i don't wanna i know why what a twisted game we play i wish it never had to be that way but all against all is how they fix the game i get the feeling something isn't showing in the shadow of another sun still running when the day is done still running from the zeros and ones i don't wanna i don't wanna in the shadow of another sun still running when the day is done still running from the zeros and ones i don't wanna i don't wanna
5.
Under Burden 02:16
when you watch me i get nervous i can't do it under burden when you watch me i can't do it under burden when you watch me under burden
6.
it takes more light to see you through the longer night but i'll get to you and then the hardest thing will be what you bring when they come for you i guess i'll feel it too look at the sky it sings of a million days the world it burned for you but could you feel it through? the static of the time i found you hard to find i like you like the moon i hope you come out soon a love may be returned to me dry and bright the crystal sea the change has been the kindest friend alone on the memory screen
7.
Everlee 02:53
i toasted you today and spoke the words once known to me in the midnight of my mind where up and down don't live beside you we are not the last just a drop in the poison glass so don't feed the world to me you caught the bosses arrow hard beneath the willow glade but my love the color of the time has gone green to grey we are not the last drop in the poison glass don't feed the world to me the crows will come to greet me so quickly now to hide my face purple flower they remember the memories are stuck together we are not the last just a drop in the poison glass so don't feed the world just be the world to me
8.
have you ever noticed once and a while the grass will bend anyway it can they don't say how, they don't say when but can i come in? there's been a mistake in the usual way a see through veil the garden sprayed on a fortress tall sits the number one unmatched, unnamed until the time it comes last call on the phone was off can't talk got to give them a song just like the waves delicious sound strictly speaking in the shadow world let the dark times roll on you'll see the form collapses you won't hear tell or hear a bell the numbers have come in there is no time at all the promise laid so thin how can the garden grow? in darkness hear the call the master of us all how can the garden grow?
9.
Concrete Sea 02:35
I heard some music being played today i heard a song but the words were wrong it didn't matter to me anyway some people really don't care what they say i started looking to the sky today its so big and its so far away got so many things inside my head sometimes i wish i were there instead no one is meant to be living here in a concrete sea everyone including me wishes they would be set free and so i looked into the ocean blue it's so deep and it's so quiet too there's just so many people everywhere sometimes i wish was there no one is meant to be living here in a concrete sea everyone including me wishes they would be set free i heard a story being told today about a man and just how he got away you gotta leave the things you grow up for turn your head and start to swim for sure no one is meant to be living here in a concrete sea everyone including me wishes they would be set free
10.
it takes more light just to see you through the longer night but i'll get to you and then the hardest thing will be what you bring when they come for you i guess i'll feel it too look at the sky it sings about a million days the world it burned for you but could you feel it through the static of the day communication craze i like you like the moon i hope to see you soon it takes more time than they'll give to you it's an unfair fight they will get you through the dealer of my days we are so out of phase but is it not true? when they come for you

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released May 3, 2024

All songs © Jon Mckiel 2024 except Concrete Sea by Terry Jacks
Recorded and Produced by Jon Mckiel and Jay Crocker
Mastered by Harris Newman
Performed by Jon Mckiel and Jay Crocker
with Nicola Miller on saxophone (HEX)

Artwork and design by Paul Henderson
The Centaur, paper collage, 16 x 20 cm, 2023

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