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RED TANK! #003 RED TANK! Issue #003 Hello. shameless and narcissistic maneuver. We impulsively released a new EP I sent out a brief anti-press release called “X” since the last issue. and was asked whether or not we were planning on playing a release After coming back from our Summer show or planning on releasing the tour and beginning work on new EP physically, etc. I conveniently songs for the hypothetical fourth forgot about those expectations when record (as described in the last issue) I uploaded the tracks. However, Colin Jalipaz of Audioconfusion pointed from Warped Your records agreed to out that we still had a small collection help with the casette release. Chancy of songs he had worked on back in (our friend in Flagstaff), Nate, and February. myself put together a release show featuring our friends and favorite lo- They were originally recorded as cal bands, and we performed the new demos with our friend Alex Resoagli Lunchbox location in Phoenix. in Los Angeles. I’d been working on some of those songs for a while and At this point, things are a little loose wanted to see what they sounded like with the band. I’m not sure how many in a studio environment. Jeff plays shows we’ll be playing in Phoenix some guitar on those. Alex had our before I likely make preparations to friend Justus (from Justus Proffit) and move, but there are plenty of songs Tim Keen (of Ought) play drums. still being written. There is still a Jalipaz mixed/mastered them and told theoretical new album being prepared me he liked the way they had turned among other things. out (but they were shelved for some time). Given that this is a zine issue running concurrently with the release of some After asking for and receiving 50 new material, I’d like to make this retweets on Twitter, we released it more of a comprehensive companion with all of the charm and spontaneity piece about the EP more than any- that could be expected of such a thing. remember writing it while working at a I wrote a lot of these last Winter. It’s been restaurant, so it would have been around about a year since they were written and or before BIO/FEEDBACK was even since the van incident. I had just gotten recorded. For whatever reason, it didn’t a new guitar to replace my old one and work with that album or we couldn’t fig- was really excited about the songwriting ure it all out at the time. It’s about...losing process again. I was really enthused by your edge, I suppose? Or maybe it’s more the concept of playing guitar again. A about longing for a time when you were lot of this songwriting helped me work around an environment conducive to through a difficult time--transitioning with growth and self-discovery. the band and recovering from a tough ep- isode. I probably wrote about 30 riffs and “I can’t wait for these moments to grind maybe 8 songs in that period of time. 4 of me into nothingness” can somewhat iron- them ended up being turned into this EP. ically either be interpreted as a refusal or an acceptance (i.e. “I won’t wait for this “Destroy Me” seems to be half-ironically to happen. This is unacceptable” vs. “I’m about the process of death and resur- over this. I can’t wait to not exist”). rection. It’s about change and habits, I suppose, but it’s only a couple of lines. We’ve gotten some good feedback so It didn’t occur to me at the time, but I far, and I think it was a wonderful way to guess it could also be interpreted as being close out the last few months of the year. about touring: “only go outside to smoke We’ll see you next time. cigarettes / or go to another city”. Yours Truly, “Tell Me” is maybe about excitement and Clipper Arnold dynamic enthusiasm. It kind of blurs the and Red Tank! line between adrenal excitement of civil unrest and maybe a rendezvous of some sort. “Pharoah Step” is pretty directly about a friend of mine. It documents the downfall of a friendship due to self-destructive tendencies. I’m sure the title (and first line of the song) refer to the poem “Ozy- mandias”. “Moments --> Nothingness” was actually written a long time before all of these. I E VERYDAY VIVID DREAMS FALL FROM MY HEAD. I USED TO WIELD WORDS AS WEAPONS BUT I MUST HAVE DULLED THE EDGE. THE YEARS GO BY FAST- ER IN THIS BUCKET THAT I’VE BLED. ANCIENT HEARTBEATS ANCIENT CAPILLARIES FAN FADE. MY MIND GROWS DULL- OUT LIKE CATACOMBS. FROM ER INSTEAD. YOUR ROTTEN MOUTH SPILL SERAPH TONES. I SIP THE SALTY SLUMBER, ETCH RUNES INTO MY KNUCK- I SIP THE SALTY SLUMBER, LES, THINK IN CERTAIN SPANS ETCH RUNES INTO MY KNUCK- OF CHARACTERS AND NUM- LES, THINK IN CERTAIN SPANS BERS, GROW CIRCLES ‘ROUND OF CHARACTERS AND NUM- MY EYELIDS, BURN THE REST BERS, GROW CIRCLES ‘ROUND PAPYRUS, AND AWAIT THE DAY MY EYELIDS, BURN THE REST AGAIN WHEN THERE’S FIRE IN PAPYRUS, AND AWAIT THE DAY MY IRIS. AGAIN WHEN THERE’S FIRE IN MY IRIS. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THESE MO- MENTS TO GRIND ME INTO I CAN’T WAIT FOR THESE MO- NOTHINGNESS. MENTS TO GRIND ME INTO NOTHINGNESS. ”MOMENTS --> NOTHINGNESS” from “X” (2017) by: RED TANK!