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Now and Then

by Spelling Bee Champions

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Black Cat 04:26
Madness A spiral of mine This guilt In the form of feline He said she said You’re insane You said I said No I’m not, the cat is He said she said Stop drinking I said the cat said Kill her now, you Son of Sam The last love lost To raging alcohol Antisocial childhood The cause of this fall Spawned from the pen of a drunken man Through this ink to my veins runs rum and wine Insomnia clutching for a life span Depressed emotions, a neon sign Guilt grows from The old tree Forced to slum Violent spree Expired love Black coal heart Rotting dove Violence has arrived and it shows no mercy Sorrow in your hands, it goes on purring I always thought you look prettier headless Maybe now I can sleep more The bottle tilts up The booze trickles down The temper heats up The axe crashes down The bottle tilts up The booze trickles down The temper heats up The axe crashes down Think I’m a drunk? No, I’m an honest man My kitty, that scapecat, yeah he did the dead The corpse really stunk, someone turn on a fan So the scent won’t remind me of the evil I feel They said I said Who am I? I said the men said Know all your Miranda rights You said she could Not reply I said the cat said You’ll take the fall this gruesome night Drinking To erase the attack Reminder That old cat in black
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Blush 03:32
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These things I don't know what to do with them So I put them inside of a drawer And keep them forever to store And me I don't know what to do with myself So I waste away till there's no more Never knowing exactly for sure Try to be Anything but static It took me 10 year for these lyrics Watch the time roll by You’re bounded by sky Be the change within Procrastinate the sin Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I will not Be defined By my lack Of ambition Creeping up my spine You're my suicide Eating up my own time You're my formaldehyde I’ve gotta finish this today Why not finish this today No more “later” or “some day” Or else evolve into “no day” (Finish the song) If only I could finish this song I’d feel a lot better about myself

about

OGR-004 //
start to finish, 2010 - 2021

Now & Then is a collection of songs that were written some time between 2010 and 2014. This was a time when I lived and breathed math rock, and also a time when I had no idea how to get a decent tone while recording (arguably still true), hence why this is just now getting released. These songs have haunted my head for the past 11 years, and so now I hope to set them free by "eternalizing" them at last.

All songs were written in a bedroom in Michigan, and recorded in a basement in Washington state, with the exception of Blush, which had guitars recorded and drums programmed back in Michigan in 2014 (?) and bass recorded in Michigan in 2021!

Special thanks to…
• My parents - for buying me my first guitar and 5 years of lessons.
• Andrea - for always being my champion.
• Mrs. Clement - my high school English teacher, for letting me turn in an early version of “Black Cat” for a class project.
• And all of the people that I’ve performed these songs with over the last 10 years.

"Math rock will never die, and it's small acts like Spelling Bee Champions that are living proof of this! Full of impeccable well written guitar work, constant tempo changes and an overall atmosphere that makes you feel like you're floating on a bed of clouds, "Now And Then" is math rock done right, to a T! The perfect blend of technical, intricate instrumentation and the vibes of a solid emo record, packed into a single tape for your listening pleasure!" - @moyas.room

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released December 3, 2021

We have some returning champions, as well as one new spelling wizard:

Sean Keast - music, lyrics, mixing, mastering, artwork
Evan Bonetti - bass on Blush
Dexter Keast - additional vocals on Black Cat
Andrea Galloway - cover photo

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