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Avant Garden

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1.
Green Man 04:42
So this is it, here we stand You can say what you may, we don’t give a damn A guitar in my hand The amplifiers speak a language I understand You won’t see through my guise Cheap shades in the way of my bloodshot eyes Drinking beer, shifting gear Hit the clutch, pass the dutch ‘til your head is clear (Crank up!) Gonna rock til the world stops turning (Speed up!) Accelerating, gotta keep the tires burning (Turn up!) ‘Cause the green man is coming your way And you won’t fucking get out alive Gonna roll ‘til the world stops turning (Speed up!) Accelerating, gotta keep the tires burning (Turn up!) The clock is ticking and the time is nigh ‘Cause the green man is coming and you won’t fucking get out alive The green man is coming your way Earth’s gonna swallow you whole The green man is coming your way Staying up through the night ‘Cause if you do it at all you gotta do it right We don’t need a fucking plan It’s only fun when things get a little out of hand On a brink of passing out This is what good ol’ rock ’n’ roll is all about Run again out of booze Take a break ‘til we wake, then we let it loose
2.
Keep your head and hold the demons at the bay Walk the line, It’s only ghosts of yesterday and you’ve got All the things you need and have been waiting for so long And what if you’ve been down and tripped along the way What’s in the past it doesn’t matter anyway, you’ve got to Build yourself anew and set out of the door once more All this time I’ve tried to hide In the dark where I’ve been waiting Like a neverending night In a pit where I have fallen I keep staring at the sky I’m so far and stars so blinding Can I crawl into the light While there’s still time? Swim in the ocean ‘til you lose sight of the shore Halfway the road you’ll see the things worth fighting for, I wonder If it ain’t too late to leave it all behind, I’ve tried Tired of running just to keep me on the wheel It’s all pretending, rules are for bending, yet we Chase the carrots like the pack mules that we are, what for? All the time spent waiting absolutely hollow (Why can’t I) Can’t you see the cup’s half full and more will follow?
3.
John Doe 02:49
It’s getting late as i stroll to the end of the corridor The time has come to feel something I’ve never felt before Going astray like a runaway train, what a feeling inside my brain I never wanna stop, I never wanna die Silently we stare into the night It’s getting wild when you find yourself rolling on the floor The carpet’s ruined, did you hear someone knocking on the door? Going astray like a runaway train, what a feeling inside my brain I’m never gonna stop, I’m never gonna die Come with me and dive into the night It’s alright Let it take you over
4.
Little boy, are you ready to go? Hour's up, are you feeling the flow? Little boy, are you ready to go? Take one step down deeper into the hole Little boy, are you ready to go? Gain the world in exchange of your soul Little boy, are you ready to go? Take one step down deeper into the hole
5.
Welcome to my domain, you ain’t seen nothing yet I’m your guide on the journey you’ve begun No need to be afraid ‘cause it’s all inside your head With blind eyes you’ll stare into the sun Let go of all your luggage, all the things you can not keep Grab my hand and I’ll take you for a ride You’ll never see it coming ‘til it seeps into your brain Just lay back and surrender to the tide Crawling, climbing, hanging, falling (Can anybody hear me? I’ve no idea of who I am) Crawling, climbing, hanging on (Can anybody hear me? I’ve no idea of what I am) Laughing, crying, living, dying (Can anybody hear me, I’ve no idea of where I am) Laughing, crying, living on (Can anybody hear me, I’ve no idea of why I am) Once set in motion there’s no turning from the track In time it will take you all at once It’s a bitter pill to swallow only if you’re holding back So cast your fears all aside and drop your guns A game of smoke and mirror, convincingly disguised It’s no thing to get hung up about I can show you what you’re made of and cut you down to size Here, take the easy way out
6.
Beyond the field lies a road that I can’t see The street lights shine through morning mist and smile upon me I found a new way to conceive, a new way to be All is the same but things just ain’t how they seem Time never changes, so they say, I disagree The more I find the less I know is how I feel Pointing is to no avail when there’s no point that I can see Though in my head it seemed so real, crystal clear We’re all the same, again And I don’t mind We’re all the same, again But I don’t mind

about

Formed in the aftermath of a Queens of the Stone Age concert in Helsinki in summer 2013, Avant Garden is a Finnish alternative rock band formed by Jaakko Inkinen, Teemu Kaipomäki and Ville Hardén (and occasionally joined by Samuli Hyvönen and Konsta Vehkala on stage). The three originally met during a gap year in a music education program in 2009 and bonded over their love of music as well as an absurdist sense of humor. Wondering why they’d never tried a project together they decided to give it a shot.

The trio gathered at Kaipomäki’s place in Jämsä for a weekend session of jamming and songwriting, at the end of which they had put together three songs and agreed to continue the project further. Inkinen assumed the role of the band’s lead singer and guitarist while Hardén played bass. Multi-instrumentalist Kaipomäki would play the drums in the studio but preferred performing as a guitarist live, while also agreeing to share the vocal duties to ease the pressure on the inexperienced and uncomfortable front man. While not interested in loyalty toward any particular genre, they drew inspiration from the sounds of the Californian desert rock scene as well as alternative, indie and psychedelic rock.

During its first year, the group (at the time going by the name Space Cadet) worked on an EP based on the songs they had written. In fall 2014, Kaipomäki rented a locker room in a former police station where the band could properly rehearse and record. After settling with the name Avant Garden the EP was titled The Amazing Adventures of Space Cadet. It was released through their own micro-label Kello Neljän Levyt on November 14, 2015, a day after their first live performance. By the time of the release, a full length album carrying the the band’s name was already in the works.

In 2016, Kaipomäki moved into a new apartment, which would serve as the new recording studio and rehearsal space. The place was jokingly entitled Rancho de Lasol as a reference to the renowned Mojave Desert studio Rancho de la Luna and a Finnish windshield washing fluid label Lasol, infamously consumed by dossers as a cheap substitute for alcohol. The band started drawing more psychedelic influences to the mix, first with the Beatles-influenced imagery on “The 48 Hour Road Trip”; a weekend mini-tour through six cities across Southern Finland, and later in 2017 with the release of “The Easy Way Out”.

The release of the self-titled debut delayed and a decision was made to cut out a couple of songs originally intended on the album in order to speed things up. Avant Garden finally saw its release on October 2017, again through Kello Neljän Levyt.

credits

released October 13, 2017

avant garden

Jaakko Inkinen (vocals, guitar, keys, recorder, rattlesnake eggs, claps)
Teemu Kaipomäki (vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, keys, claps)
Ville Hardén (bass, china, thunder tube)

additional musicians

Kari "Tykylevits" Tykkyläinen (introduction on "Green Man")
Lassi Laitinen (sax on "Into The Hole", synth on "Caught In Infinity")
Antti Vaheri (programming on "The Easy Way Out")
Eero-Pekka Damskägg (noise on "Into The Hole")
Rosa Nieminen (backing vocals on "Into The Hole")

technical personnel

produced by T. Kaipomäki
mixed & mastered by Tom Brooke
cover art by J. Inkinen
music by J. Inkinen & T. Kaipomäki
lyrics by J. Inkinen
except 1, 3 & 6 by J. Inkinen & V. Hardén

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Avant Garden is an alternative rock band currently based in Central Finland, drawing influences from stoner rock, alternative and indie rock music.

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