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Ten for a Bird

by The Antler King

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1.
448 Figures 03:45
Voices calling me Voices calling me Plenty of time, I see the sun through the leaves painting figures on a garden wall Deterioration The sun is painting nothing at all Total oblivion We’re living in deranged dreams We’re living in deranged dreams Total oblivion We’re living in deranged dreams We’re living in deranged dreams Plenty of time, I see the sun through the leaves painting figures on a garden wall Deterioration The sun is painting nothing at all
2.
Big fat bachelorette jumps the track Goldfish Cadillac drove her back Silverback attack, a roll in the sack A fruitcake cabinet goes ahead Million dollar fruit machine got me on a high Pavement pizza tracks to my bed Tonight We collide We collide Tonight Looking at a space cadet The joker in the pack Feeding people candy bars promising delight Orange monkey Ginger thief Overtook us by surprise Future echoes of the past Perishing one day
3.
Dome-shaped mounds over a core of ice Won’t make a change anymore The temperature keeps rising The winter frost unfreezing Too late for regulations, Too late to scratch your head The ancient gates unlock Trembling bubbling grass Reminiscing the past Won’t change a barren sheet anymore The temperature keeps rising The winter frost unfreezing Too late for regulations Too late to scratch your head The ancient gates unlock Trembling bubbling grass Moon shaped sounds in the woods You My shelter from the storm Anyhow The temperature keeps rising The winter frost unfreezing Too late for regulations Too late to scratch your head The ancient gates unlock Trembling bubbling grass
4.
Beatles 04:10
She’s waiting for something But nothing is coming her way Down she goes to her core She’s longing for someone But no one is coming her way They got lots to do She supposed Bells keep ringing, keep ringing Nobody’s home Beatles creeping out of the phone Nobody’s home Those people in picture frames She’s speaking to every day Silent friends She lost their names She’s searching for a remedy, some kind of a cure, to bring back her memory But little by little she shuffles off her mortal coil Bells keep ringing Keep ringing Nobody’s home Beatles creeping out of the phone Nobody’s home
5.
Foreign Land 03:17
What will become of us in this foreign land? Empty hands Starbucks coffee cups We won’t weep or sigh Windshield wipers We’re poor monkeys on a chain What will become of us in this foreign land? Then we go down, then we go down Then we go down, then we go down Then we go Can you hear the sound of rattling metal chains? Car windows closing hastily We won’t feed the lie Windshield wipers, Left right Staring into nowhere Disregarding the sound of rattling metal chains Then we go down, then we go down Then we go down, then we go down Then we go No dime no dollar in our pockets Only fallen children in our hearts No roof no shelter over our heads Only graveyard memories on our mind Dear gatekeeper let us in Come on gatekeeper let us in
6.
Pixie-Led 04:11
Bad habits are taking over Space echoes from the future Now the children are eating poisoned candy bars Space echoes from the past There’s an ancient gate upon winter frost There’s strong fate upon sinner’s loss There’s an ancient gate upon the winter frost There’s a strong fate upon a sinner’s loss Everything you’re hiding for will overtake Everything you’re running from will catch you We are being pixie-led once again We are being pixie-led The battery’s slow The battery’s low The clocks need to be reset This rage has been bottling up Bottling up way too long Everything you’re hiding for will overtake Everything you’re running from will catch you We are being pixie-led once again We are being pixie-led
7.
Mum tell me about the pictures in your head, Pictures of the color of spring Show me a living image of the morning sun, Shining down on me Tell me some stories of the past, about the garden, our house near the river Reflections on the past Down by the shore the water was murmuring The scent of fresh rain, the color of innocence Our children were playing, uncomplicated Silently watching the birds in the skies Mum tell me about the fragrance of the afternoon, fragrance of the summer moon Show me a living image of a faint light through the branches of a tree Tell me that story of the past, about the garden, our house near the river, Reflections of long gone times Down by the shore the water was murmuring The scent of fresh rain, the color of ignorance Our children were playing, uncomplicated Silently watching the birds in the skies
8.
Ash rain, dusty smog, subway salmon Why’s everybody digging graves with plastic spoons? You’re stuck inside these 4 walls, car crash TV With people passing by your window My fingers reaching out, my fingers reaching out for birds in disguise Flesh and bones behind the wallpaper, the cracks in the ceiling, won’t tell you what to do won’t tell you where to go Barking dogs in the backyard In the backyard My fingers reaching out, my fingertips reaching out, my fingers reaching out for birds in disguise Barking dogs in the backyard in the backyard Her fingers reaching out, her fingers reaching out like weeds coming out of the ground Her fingertips reaching out like creeping snow, creeping snow, Her fingers reaching out Branches growing high above in giant trees towards the sky Her fingers reaching out, like weeds coming out of the ground Her fingers reaching out, like creeping snow, creeping snow Her fingers reaching out for …
9.
The night unfolds A blue moon that shines upon me Slowly The night reveals A chain of hidden memories A train of secret thoughts All alone I’m wandering through the garden Branches hanging low, A faint light shimmers through, and I miss you The night is unresolved And fading through the brightening air I hope that a morning breeze blows over a silent leaving and a bittersweet despair Still I miss you
10.
When the sun greets the moon, some go to bed some will get up soon Summer field of grain Is all that remains Of childhood fairy tales Everything reminds me of you Everything reminds me of you Everything means nothing to me Since you’re not around Nothing really matters Sunday afternoon Reminiscing about the past An early love cocoon Summer hurricane Is all that remains Of your shelter from the rain Everything reminds me of you Everything reminds me of you Everything means nothing to me Since you’re not around Nothing really matters One for time Two for a memory Three for the moon Four for a remedy Five for a dollar Six for bones Seven for a train Of secret thoughts Eight for shelter Nine for a fish Ten for a bird You must not miss

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The Antler King is the brainchild of Maarten Flamand & Esther Lybeert; ever since 2011 they have been relentlessly paving their musical road with indie pop gems, seasoned with vocal harmonies and dashes of psychedelics. I will gladly recite the press release, because it nails their music perfectly: ‘Ten for a bird’ is a beautiful, mesmerizing, sing-a-long, melancholic, touching record. And it has a bite, with a dash of dissonance and a little lunacy. Listen to the spooky Link Wray-guitars ft. The Cramps instant classic ‘Orange Monkey’; there are more spheres here than moons around Jupiter, but mostly; always good songs! Songs that are always stripped to the bare essence and adorned with adventurous arrangements and rhythms, humming vocals and strange guitars. Most bands end up in a cul-de-sac upon reaching their third album, but The Antler King has just shifted gears. Their YouTube Channel only has 136 subscribers. The outrage!
(Humo 28/09/2018 - Mark Coenen)
A 5-star review in HUMO for ‘Ten for a bird’. That is what we call a top-review!
A very good start for Ten for a Bird that received nothing good reviews.
Ten for a Bird’. The Antler King’s third studio-album and the second time the band worked with Jan Chantrain, who already pushed the much appraised ‘Patterns’ to greater heights.
This third album confirms The Antler King’s song writing skills. On this album the band shows its true identity: edgy indie pop music, which turns ‘Ten for a Bird’ into the perfect Zeitgeist-soundtrack. Romance is omnipresent, yet bestowed with a psychedelic, dark twist, which gives the whole album a somewhat timeless feel.
‘Ten for a Bird’ is an album of a band that has fully reached its maturity. The Antler King have omitted the musical frills and kept the pure essence. The experiment serves the album well, and a dash of lo-fi electronica provides ‘Ten for a Bird’ with a trés-nu feel.

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released August 31, 2018

All music written by Esther Lybeert&Maarten Flamand
All lyrics written by Esther Lybeert

All tracks recorded by Jan Chantrain and Esther Lybeert at Studio On the Moon and The Antler King homestudio.

Mixed by Jan Chantrain at Studio On the Moon

Mastered by Mathijs Indesteege

Picture by Kaat Pype
Artwork&design: Philippe De Vuyst

Esther Lybeert
Vocals/Drums/Percussion/Organ/ Korg MS20/Omnichord/Soundscapes/Boiler&Chain Percussion/Kalimba/Sansula/Claps/Cowbell/Marxophone

Maarten Flamand
Guitars/Vocals/Bass/Wallpaper Percussion/Soundscapes/Claps/Arp Odyssey/
Korg Minilogue/Mandola


Jan Chantrain
Syncussion/Soundscapes

Tom Callens
saxophones/flutes/clarinets

Male choir:
Tom Wolf, Arne Leurentop, Filip Huyghebaert, Bruno Coussée

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