The Sooner It Comes

by Aloud

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Aloud’s first release, the explosive no-frills EP recorded over the summer of 2004 with producer Ian Hughes. Features Don’t Trust the Radio and A Cup of Tea.

credits

released 12 June 2004
Henry Beguiristain: lead vocal, guitars
Jen de la Osa: lead vocal, guitars
Roy Fontaine: bass
Ross Lohr: drums

Produced and mixed by: Ian Hughes

Recorded at: Emaginary Studios in Scituate, MA (January–February 2004) and Courtlen Recording Studios in Hanson, MA (February–March 2004)

Mastering: Dana J. White (Specialized Mastering)

All songs written by Jen de la Osa & Henry Beguiristain

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tags: indie rock rock rock n' roll Boston

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Dubbed one of the "hardest working band[s] in Boston" by the Boston Phoenix, fiery rock n’ roll band Aloud is known for ... more their tight vocals, exceptionally strong songwriting, and engaging live shows. Aloud has been touring the U.S. behind the critically acclaimed "Exile", their latest full-length album. less

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Track Name: A Cup of Tea
Eloquence was shakin’ where the swingers once were swayin’
Everybody’s movin’ to the rhythm that you’re brewin’
I cannot see what is happening to me
Call up all the neighbors; I intend to make a scene
Yeah yeah yeah

So brother please
Sing to me
A cup of tea
For my sympathy (sympathy)
A cup of tea
Will sing for me
And my company
Like a symphony (symphony)

Another episode cannot seem to take hold
Of what it is I’m doing. Man it seems like I am viewing
I don’t mean to offend, Doctor please take me to bed
Can’t wait for the weekend when we do it all again
Yeah yeah yeah

Five more cups of tea
They’re tryin’ to sober me
Track Name: (Hey Now) What's It To You
Keep the lobby clean
While feeding the machine
I think it’s kind of funny
Making all this money
Slight adjusted margin
High-priced low-fat margerine
Movie hype and buttons
Fatten up the glutton
Hey now!
What’s it to you?

Setting up an order
Got away with murder
It’s up versus down
So we’ll screw you to the ground
Nighttime, pass out in bed
Daytime, wish I was dead
Pay you with a smile
Now baby, open wide

Sunday morning feels the same
Just like any other day
Sunday morning feels the same

Small suggestion boxes
Big on income taxes
White out all the blotches
Just to climb the notches
Track Name: Help Me Help You
You came in asking favors
And said there’s nothing new to learn
You claimed you were unbreakable
Now you allow yourself to burn
You’ve got time to justify
those things that you should
If you don’t you’ll just deny
That you ever could

You say you have your doubts to tend
And you want to turn around
You’d like to get back home again
But there’s no one left in town

I bet you just need a friend
Maybe you think this won’t end
There’s an answer here that
I don’t quite know
But you must show
what you’re here to do
And just let go
Help me help you

It seems there’s always consequence
Another challenge you must face
When nothing is making sense
you can’t afford to get second place
Track Name: Down
She built a monument, but he didn’t care
She kept on rehearsing what she wouldn’t share
It’s love and it’s war and it’s all fair
Glad to see you’re in good health
He didn’t even know

The sooner it comes
the better off they’ll be
Feelings, they turn around
As soon as it comes
It’s already gone
Yeah man, it brings me down

He let her problems all get to his head
‘Cause she told her friends the things he had never said
It’s love, and it’s war, but one leaves you dead
The other forsakes you instead

Yeah man, it brings me down
It brings me down
Brings me down
Track Name: Mind Relaxer
I don’t want to feel like this no more
Don’t want to wake up on the floor
You socialize with all the bores
But me, you constantly ignore
You don’t really care about me
You need someone to say it’s okay
to do the things you’re doing
I won’t be your mind relaxer anymore

Sometimes, me holding out, it will not work
In fact, sometimes it kind of hurts
It’s all performed, but not rehearsed
All these ordeals are getting worse

I won’t acquiesce to all your needs
Can’t be the one to praise your deeds
I’ve no intention to mislead
From your dependency, I’m freed

No, I won’t be your mind relaxer anymore
Track Name: Don't Trust the Radio
To everything I am
And everything I do
Everything I could be
I still don’t owe to you
To all the words I made up
In the songs I wrote:
Everytime I spoke up,
it wasn’t some kind of joke
Oh, it’s all coming out just fine
And I pay for having a good time

Is anybody listening to me out there?
I’m alone and I don’t care
Tripping over lies I’ve said before
When I’m by myself or I’m with you
I still don’t know what I should do
I should’ve listened to my mama
When she told me not to trust the radio

To all the shrines I’ve bled for
In all the beds I’ve lain
To all the ghosts who claim life,
I’ve got something to say
To all the times I messed up
I’ll make it up somehow
And all the gods I prayed to,
Where the hell are you now?

All I once embraced
Blows up in my face