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Second Mountain Songs

by This Beautiful Mess

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Our 6 new songs (over 30 min of music) on 12" black vinyl with lyrics, beautiful artwork, our original TBM font + HQ download of the album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Second Mountain Songs via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 200 

      €15 EUR or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Our 6 new songs (over 30 min of music) on 12" black vinyl with lyrics, beautiful artwork, our original TBM font + signed by all 5 of us + A2 poster 'LENT' + HQ download of the album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Second Mountain Songs via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 25 

      €25 EUR or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    The Spotify/ Apple Music release will be in the fall of 2021. If you purchase our songs, you will support TBM in the releasing of more music. Contact us if you have any questions.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €6 EUR  or more

     

  • DeLuxe Limited 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Our 6 new songs (over 30 min of music!) on 12" black vinyl with beautiful artwork by our long time collaborators Daniel & Maartje
    + signed by all 5 of us
    + poster
    + your name in the 'thank you' panel of the artwork
    + HQ download of the album before the official release date

    There is no official release date yet. This not the actual artwork, title or final mix. If you pre-order, you will support TBM in the releasing of this EP. Contact us if you have any questions.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Second Mountain Songs via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Super DeLuxe Limited 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Our 6 new songs (over 30 min of music) on 12" black vinyl with beautiful artwork by our long time collaborators Daniel & Maartje
    + 2 tickets to our Exclusive Corona-proof EP Release Party (limited to 25) location somewhere in the Netherlands
    + signed by all 5 of us
    + poster
    + your name in the 'thank you' panel of the artwork
    + HQ download of the album before the official release date

    There is no official release date yet. This not the actual artwork, title or final mix. If you pre-order, you will support TBM in the releasing of this EP. Contact us if you have any questions.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Second Mountain Songs via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
Let me shave your head and tear our clothes apart Remember where we’ve been before the joy came in Let me cut your nails and wash your hair again Remember where we’ve been before the joy came in Before the joy came in Can we accept the senselessness of painful loss in our own lives? What does it mean to be atoned for forty days in a row? Let’s roll away the stone Wear black jeans to church Remember where we’ve been before the joy came in Before the joy came in Can we attempt to get over ourselves for forty days in a row? What does it take to reconcile with the ones you’ve hurt the most? In the throes of love In the throes of love In the throes of love In the throes of love I am on hold, you begin Uncalled for, joy comes in I am on hold, you begin Uncalled for, joy comes in For forty days in a row
2.
Bright Abyss 04:28
yours is the bright abyss we stare into I’ve checked left and right, there’s no way ‘round if we jump we might not survive the crash if we don’t, will we fall back into the same routine? yours is the sun, the moon and the sky above we’ve searched high and low for this kind of love so I jumped and dragged you along with me had I not, we’d still be driven by anxiety accept my amazement accept my lame attempts look below, look above! am I still not digging deep enough? look below, look above! am I still not reaching high enough? look below, look above! you will never write me off you will never write me off yours is the great promise we’re stumbling towards you told us loud and clear to wait in the car but we want to dance at two parties at the same time there’s no real connection between our hearts and minds it’s not your fault, it’s not your fault, it’s all on me guilt is such a lonely state of being hurt people hurt people and we’re no different on circles of error we go round and round again
3.
I know you got this babe, you’re not half as afraid as me I see lions and bears where you see a perfect place to pitch the tent you know I love you and it must be love that brought us here in the line for the waterslide, figuring out our next move with all due respect, stop rechecking the locks on your door what’s the worst that could happen? we’ve got nothing to hide anymore don’t want to bandage your wounds let’s carefully drive a spoke into the wheel there is so much I can’t undo the deeper the cut, the longer we need to heal my heart gets me in trouble every time my mind abandons me there’s always some connection between the shit and the storm it’s time you take your knives and use them for the greater good instead of trying to fix someone who refuses to be moved it’s a low gravity day don’t want to hunt don’t want to keep on chasing I need more than just a little grace I gotta feel the mountains tremble it’s a low gravity day don’t want revenge slice myself open with rage life is greater when you are here can’t you tell the snow is melting?
4.
how can you move on with a monster on your back? with its legs around your waist and its arms wrapped around your neck how can you fall asleep when giant waves hit our boat? could you please stop testing me, I have taken one too many blows there is no other way than to wonder the more we talk, the less we have to say can’t you see what I’m trying to do here? it’s as heavy for you as it is for me how can you write straight with all of these crooked lines? there are no grand endeavors that I can claim, I can claim as mine are we bigger than our failures or did the monster become us? with its finger on the trigger and its fire blazing in our lungs there is no, no such thing as fake hope what we’ve lost feels worse than what might come bend all my desires to your glory I’m as proud of you as you are of me look what it cost you, look what it cost me love is such a risky package deal look where it brought you, look where it brought me at ease with the chaos of our time
5.
ALL THE LEAVES FLY FOR US You’re the branch I have been swinging on You’re the ceiling I keep pushing away To escape from the ties and holds And finally stand on my own two feet Finally stand on my own two feet Make way, make way, all the leaves fly for us! Swing high, swing low, I love you just because We need new memories instead of near-certainties To get us through these trying times in one piece The world is full of people just like you and me Our hearts are over there, but our lives are still here You’re the air that’s keeping me afloat You’re the principle column of my life I carved my name into your bark I never meant to do any harm I never meant to do you any harm I climb the tree, you steal the fruit I take the blame for your damaged goods I give my all to turn you around I raise you up, you cut me down
6.
Bethesda 05:05
everything great will be stamped on everything good will be undermined my fingertips follow the scars on your skin my ears listen closely to what they want to hear sadness rolls in like a heavy fog stop saying you’re fine when you’re actually not we dance around the open wounds until angels trouble the pool have you been truly loved? has your soul been uplifted? we can’t do this on our own we can’t live beyond reproach what dominates your heart? delights you at the same time? we are constantly redeemed we are stewards of a mystery hope allows us to keep pushing forward happy, but only when things go our way we have been granted a grace period there’s a seat at the table for us

credits

released July 6, 2021

written & performed by this beautiful mess
recorded & mixed by Martijn Groeneveld, Mailmen Studio Utrecht
additional recordings by René de Vries, Dufry Studio, Amsterdam
mastered by Pete Maher, Topfloor Productions, London

artwork by Daniël Thomassen, 150 Watt
band photography by Heidi de Gier

vocals & keys by Lydia van Maurik-Wever
jangly guitar by Axel Kabboord
drums by René de Vries
bass by Stefan van Maurik
vocals & acoustic guitar by Arjen van Wijk

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