Minneapolis

by The Broken Bicycles

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    releases 25 May 2012

  • Limited Edition 12" Black Vinyl LP

    Limited edition of our first full length album 'Minneapolis.' We are only making 500 of these 12" Black Vinyl LPs from Minnesota's own Noiseland Inc.

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credits

releases 25 May 2012
Turkeyes Laffity – Vocals, Accordion
Thomas Maddux – Ukelele, Vocals, Banjo
Kelsey Wefald – Bass, Percussion, Vocals

Produced by The Broken Bicycles
Recorded by Thomas Maddux
Mixed by Cody D Fitzpatrick
Mastered by Jim May

Cover Art by whittneyastreeter.com

© Old Fashioned Records 2012

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tags: alternative minneapolis folk indie folk indie pop Minneapolis

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about

The Broken Bicycles are made up of Turkeyes Laffity, Kelsey Wefald, and Thomas Maddux. They started in the summer of 2010 and are a staple of the MPLS music scene.

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Track Name: Love Song
I tried to write you a love song
But I gave up
Cause all the words come out wrong
That i made up

I could put you in a glass box
I could stare at you all day
I could get down on a knee
And I could try to pray

But this is not a love song
For you i cannot write
It wouldn’t do you justice
Cause no words would be right

And if you would ever leave
And i should have to grieve
You would be so naive
To not believe
That the words I would write
Now by candle light
Would be just right
To make you mine tonight
Track Name: Winter is a Hungry Giant
We have been idling
In the jaws of a hungry giant
We have been siding
with the dark we became reliant

We noticed our worlds moving away
The “what ifs” were keeping us at bay
But we didn't fall into that gray
We pushed on to where we are today

Our eyes adapted
To the silent blackness in it’s grip
The ice unwanted
Eases us down as we slip

We noticed our worlds moving away
The “what ifs” were keeping us at bay
But we didn't fall into that gray
We pushed on to where we are today

Waiting is the hardest part
Longing for the beat of your heart
We can gaze into each other eyes
and beat the sunrise

We noticed our worlds moving away
The “what ifs” were keeping us at bay
But we didn't fall into that gray
We pushed on to where we are today
Track Name: Change
The promises we made, Were in vain
For we didn’t grow, We just stayed the same
Now The rooms we haunt, The friends we taunt
They all look so strange
I want to change

Lost in a sea of lakes
In the middle of nowhere
I am getting the shakes
With the sun’s glare
For all over the land
Snow blankets the old
The frozen deserts sand
We’ll die in this cold

The promises we made, Were in vain
For we didn’t grow, We just stayed the same
Now The rooms we haunt, The friends we taunt
They all look so strange
I want to change

Winters slowly breaking
Waiting for the thaw
Trying to stop shaking
My character’s flaw
A longing for the light
Old habits to drown
Please hold me tight
I’m stuck in this town

The promises we made, Were in vain
For we didn’t grow, We just stayed the same
Now The rooms we haunt, The friends we taunt
They all look so strange
I want to change
Track Name: Little Crow
I saw a crow, flying low
And in her mouth, was a tiny straw
She’ll build a nest, where she can rest
Up in a tree, she is Free

I saw a boy, playin' with a toy
A smile as big, as i'd ever seen
He's peeling bark, in a city park
And with his Glee, he is Free

That little crow, as free as can be
Can never, ever be me
That little boy, with all of his glee
Can never, ever be me

I saw love, from up above
When i had faith, it was enough
I felt his grace, in everyplace
With is decree, i was Free

That little crow, as free as can be
Can never, ever be me
That little boy, with all of his glee
Can never, ever be me

I saw a crow, flying in low
And in her mouth, was a tiny straw
She’ll build a nest, where she can rest
Up in a tree, she is free
Track Name: Dreaming Valentine
Dreaming valentine
You hold my eyes
Until they're dry
You hush my mind
To end the cries
And sometimes it seems like
The hardest thing we've known
But the true test of it is
If others would have flown

We have so much more to learn
To know our hearts and how they yearn
For one another and each other
Our dream, our life, our Love

Dreaming valentine
You are finally mine
Until the day I die
I will always shine
And sometimes it seems like
This cannot be real
You remind me with a kiss
To send me into bliss

We have so much more to learn
To know our hearts and how they yearn
For one another and each other
Our dream, our life, our Love