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1.
Bones 04:24
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oh the wheels are off i'm out to see what turns you on i won't survive i'm too glad to hold the knife oh the wheels are off oh the mask is what you want try it feel it put it on animal cries when we turn out the lights oh the mask is on after the night we'll find it hard to let it go bad idea that's gone too far to let it go oh the world is black i'm face to face with a dual attack i won't deny i wanted it that night oh the world is black after the night we'll find it hard to let it go bad idea that's gone too far to let it go
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Bell 04:59
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coronation building of a bridge cross like an animal reputation falling off the edge you say i'm a criminal all girls think that they believe in love aw yeah oh don't tell em it's the chemicals oh yeah there's nobody there there's nobody there yeah there's nobody there there's nobody there walk along cemetery ridge your mind gets the best of ya see the coffin open up the lid do you wanna see yourself?
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Blood of Me 05:33
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young man riding in a limousine he was a fast fast mover on the city scene but there's a man from the clan wants him dead yeah the big boss man wants to see his head roll oh he's bad he's a bad bad killer killer young girl getting real close to touch and the man comes in to eat a virgin lunch yeah yeah he's a man with a plan and a golden chance he's got a hardon dick gotta get his brick sold oh he's gone he's gonna go go get her get her oh her head her head her head you will not see the blood of me and ran outside and brought his gun cause it's a bold motherfucker who mess this world up and the man from the clan he tracked em down and pulled em both out and bang bang he shot em up oh she's dead from the bad bad killer killer oh he's dead from the bad bad killer killer you will not see the blood of me you will not see the blood of me you will not see the blood of me you will not see the blood of me
4.
Wire (Rip) 04:37
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i was trying to climb a mountain and i thought i found a way and you got in from houston and called me up to say you were looking for a good time so i thought i'd play along but when i lost a piece of myself i wanted to go home yeah rip so now i'm jumping off the deep end with every pill i take i wanna get inside of my head and push around the weight i got minced into pieces by my own selfish trick and who am i to lie to myself and say that i'm not sick eh rip i lost my head today what did the others say i wanted it this way to find a piece of my mind yeah rip
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Hatchet 05:30
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there's a garden in your room you like to hide there in your garden we don't look when you step and falter oh that dramatic move you left us oh dead silent now you say you're on the move san francisco left us cold up here in the north that's what we say there's no more time to lose when things look good on paper you screamed out but you would not take the help you needed love but you got something else on a look a second look what did we find there one man with his back turned to people who'd lead him there oh that dramatic move you'll stop but you won't stay there you screamed out but you would not take the help you needed love but you got something else
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Bad Man 04:21
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let the bad man down let him sink his head in the muddy waters they're faster now he's like a stone eroding he'll wither out oh yeah they're faster now so bring your game bring your heart and pour it out oh yeah the signal keeps on getting louder and louder let the platform disappear on the dry land i held my courage up for all to see it for the true believers now we know what we have found you hold a flame up to the man and you'll burn him down oh yeah turn up the signal and we'll all try to drown him out cause the fever disappeared with a cool hand i held my courage up for all to see it for the true believers
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Wake 06:45
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we were stripped to nothing we were standing by the lake throwing our beer bottles in the wake and for no good reason we were on each other's case as we watched the sun eliminate when the arrows fall from sky into a person and you don't know why what does cupid have to do to make me fall in love with you ahhh then i saw her backbone contours underneath her shirt wanted to take her hand and watch the world but it never happened and i sometimes wonder why every time i think of her i cry ahh you're with someone you don't love

about

FORT UNION is the songwriting nom du guerre for Jace Krause, along with a cast of his friends.

Their 2016 album, id (FEIIL Records), is a pysch-rock odyssey into a demented mind. The songs explore the idea of what happens when humans tap into their lizard brains--the most primal core of their mind. The things we think but don't say or do. What if we acted upon those urges?

Krause moved to Portland in 2011 from Seattle, where he started the band. With a new city and some new musicians (Andy Morris and Chris Benson), they also found a new sound. Guitarist Ryan Lynch fired off seething riffs while Morris pounded deftly on the drums in semi-regular jams on rainy winter nights in southeast Portland. Krause eagerly turned the jams into little psyche pop gems.

Krause and Lynch had started a food cart together, and would spend the days working while listening to recordings of their rehearsals. They began to talk about Freud's concept of the id. What would society look like if everyone acted upon the urges of their id?

Krause took those ideas and set lyrics to those themes. The songs mostly came easy.

But the process of actually making the record was slow and frustrating, according to Krause and Morris.

"We would get traction going, and then something would happen. We'd lose the rehearsal space. I had a baby. Ryan had to step back to focus on his solo project. Our old bass player Jake Rohr moved back to Seattle right after we tracked the record."

With no bass player or guitarist, Krause and Morris were stalled. The recordings were shelved for about a year. Then Morris and Krause decided they needed to get it finished. In late 2015, they mixed and mastered Id.

"We couldn't get away from it. It kept pulling us back. I had to get it finished. Andy helped me get things done, and contributed some mind-bending artwork for the cover. There's definitely a newfound excitement for the project."

Look for Id in summer 2016, available from FEIIL Records.

FORT UNION first broke onto the scene in 2012 when they released their lo-fi atmospheric folk-rock record self. Recorded in Krause's garage with just a laptop, a few mics, and a room full of friends and instruments, it explores themes of staking one's own claim, growing up, having kids, and realizing we aren't going to be here forever.

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released March 18, 2016

jace krause - guitars, vocals, synths
ryan lynch - guitars, synths
andy morris - drums
jake rohr - bass on all tracks except blood of me and bad man
chris benson - bass on blood of me and bad man

produced by jace krause and fort union
engineered and mixed by chris benson
mastered by tw walsh

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poppy folk rock from the pacific NW

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