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New Public Domain

by Talking With Hands

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1.
Do you want it all? Do we have to say why? Do we have to think about it now? Can we put it to the side? Hey, yeah! Do you need it all? Do we have to ask why? Do we need to talk about it now? Can we send it to the sky? Hey, yeah! All we do is talk, talk, talk, talk All that I need is to say what I wanted to you All that I need is to open myself up to you Hey, yeah!
2.
You’re cold, can I make you warm Is there something else I can do Blink and then I telephone Now you tell me what you’re going Before you start you know your question’s known Then Susie comes and turns another one Return to sender Neither one of us had a word to spew Speaking for hours Nothing outside of our current view It’s useless, nothing more It’s easy, but it’s terrible You’re cold, do you feel alone? It’s the plastic in the room Stuck and not a way to go Can’t you tell me what you’re doing Before you start you know your question’s known Then Susie comes and turns another one Return to sender Neither one of us had a word to spew Speaking for hours Nothing outside of our current view It’s useless, nothing more It’s easy, but it’s terrible
3.
You came in a rush Kicking up dust You ruin the view Maybe that’s alright for you They gave you a bust Copper and rust Declaring the truth Baby that’s alright for you Since I was small No luck at all Matter of fact A weight on my back Bird in the air Your dead-eyed stare Cripple my bones You leave me so cold You came with a crush Colors of blush The memory’s true Baby that’s alright for you Since I was small Was looking to fall Into your arms Arrested and charmed Sometimes a mist Others a gift Into my bones The feeling of home Born unamused Living confused Lately abused For critical nous Here’s your truth Here’s your scoop Don’t say “don’t do cuz It’s all been used”
4.
- Instrumental -
5.
Axis Askew 04:08
Pull another card and stack it in place Now I’m seeing all the things I wanted to face The pieces look good but the place isn’t right Like a beetle in the bonnet of a honeyman’s wife I move it up To cut it down I raise it up To blow it down Terminal speed as I jump on the train Life’s a runaway trial on an abstract plane The engine looks good but it’s running at night No one up front someone put out the light I move it up To turn it down I raise it up To pull it down, pull it down Looks and feels like I’ll never know The places I’ll go Who can tell you? No one really knows A 1 or an 0, yeah Can’t say no And that’s the way it will go Cables get cut and I’m drifting away Always stumbling toward what I wanted to say Direction looks good but the axis is skewed I always end up at the angle I didn’t intend to Looks and feels like I’ll never know The places I’ll go Who can tell you? No one really knows A 1 or an 0, yeah Can’t say no And that’s the way it will go
6.
World Song 04:23
Hey, don't you think it's time that we had a party? Wouldn't you agree we all need a good time? We could have the neighbors in for a drink And lay a little food on too You could ask the Joneses, I could ask the Thompsons Stuart from the store and don't forget the Johnsons And what about the man who stands on the corner? He must have a tale or two to tell Wouldn't it be nice to buy out the Fillmore And fill it with our friends? And then if there's still more room We could ask the folks from the city To come along and feel at home And if the ragged gypsy danced with the soldier Think of all the things the soldier could learn And think of all the things the doctor could tell the priest There's a story to be told Listen Sounds so new, in truth, it's old Listen Hey, maybe we should give an open invitation We could have a friend from every single nation We could ask the friends to bring along a friend Anyone who wants to come will be welcome Anyone who wants to make with the music Is going to be allowed to play what he wants to Anyone who wants to sing us a song can bring us a song And sing it if he wants to Maybe we could hear the voices of China Sharing a harmony with Carolina Africa could take the bass with the Asians Melody promotes our East-West relations Russia and the USA would be singing Everybody's bells and hearts would be ringing We could get the song to go on forever If everybody in the world sang together There's a meaning oh so clear Listen Notes as old as life is dear Listen We could make such sweet music together If you’d only come with your heart in your hand
7.
Straight to bed, escape from it all If I pull the plug then nothing can matter Light begins to fill up the room The human movement, twilight and chatter Beat the clock I’m screaming inside It’s the start of the day that makes you Feel a little blue… Oh, dash it all Silver night Morning coming on Steal my time Let’s get out of here now… Tired of the look of this town If I picked up now and left would it matter Other side the grasses look green It’s a shade I burned directly in my mind Cheat the clock and twist back the dial It’s the start of the day that makes you Feel a little blue… Oh, dash it all Silver night Morning coming on Steal my time Pack another case and let’s get out of here If the start of the day can make you Hope for something new Ooh, silver night Morning coming on Steal my time Oh, dash it all Seeping light Morning coming on Give me time
8.
Axis Aligned 01:09
- Instrumental -
9.
You ask me if there'll come a time When I grow tired of you Never, my love Never, my love You wonder if this heart of mine Will lose its desire for you Never, my love Never, my love What makes you think love will end? When you know that my whole life depends On you (on you) Never, my love Never, my love You say you fear I'll change my mind I won't require you Never, my love Never, my love How can you think love will end When I've asked you to spend your whole life With me? (with me, with me)
10.
Everything is the same While everything’s changed Take apart and arrange New Public Domain Everything is the same While everything’s changed Take apart and arrange New Public Domain
11.
Catacombs 05:12
There now you present yourself Bathing in your glass of help Vacant as you’re decadent Come on get your recompense Ooh, now you want to know Yeah, well it’s mine to hold Down to the darkest road Instrument uncovered in shadows, glimmering bones Ooh, come on through… What’s that you were pining for? Condescending metaphor? Ooh, well you came to me Yeah, voluntarily Clinging to me now in the damp and dim glow You naïve you can’t easily escape me Not that you would know Best press on… Exit if you care to try Chain link as you start to cry Brick layer, tier by tier Never to be leaving here Ooh, caught wavering Yeah, now I’m savoring Every single moment, after all of this time Oh how I imagine the horror to unfold Ooh, catacombs

about

Released exactly ten years to the day after the debut record, the sophomore full-length effort from Talking with Hands (Los Angeles, Hyde Park) has clearly been percolating for some time. Matt Smith, the man behind the pseudonym, reflects, “The record came about after spending about a year setting up a home studio and learning to record myself, while experimenting with analog synthesis. I mostly walked away from the guitar only to realize that, in this new experimental context, it’s actually really exciting again.”

New Public Domain embraces a completely re-structured approach to writing and recording; built off of entirely acoustic demos and then built upon in Matt Smith's home studio, Fun House. The results of this process are ten tracks that are open and airy but packed with details and layers that warrant re-listening.

When asked about any grand intent behind the record, Smith cracks, “The main drive behind New Public Domain, as an album, was to express a concept that I experience daily; that everything is the same, even when it isn’t. I was also pretty keen to put some numbers on the board - had been a bystander for too long!”

credits

released July 29, 2023

Words by Matt Smith
Music by Matt Smith

Except “World Song” (Petula Clark)
Songwriters: John Bromley / Petula Sally Clark
The World Song lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

And “Never My Love” (The Association)
Songwriters: Donald J. Addrisi / Richard P. Addrisi
Never My Love lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

Recorded at Fun House in Los Angeles

2023 Songs By Hands (ASCAP)

Thanks to:
Cammarn, Carminati, Eades, Frazier, Hamada, Hooper, Pigg, Rogers, Sun, Smith

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Equally inspired by the pop sensibility of XTC and the ethereal styles of Air and My Bloody Valentine, Talking With Hands blend intelligent song craft and mesmerizing atmospherics into a sort of pop-art that aims to change the way people think about music. ... more

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