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Desiring

by Ace of Wands

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CATQ
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CATQ love this. pro stunning and ethereal as fuck with all the guts. congratulations
Brett Arnold
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Brett Arnold Ethereal vocal harmonies over churning guitars and drums. When it descends into Gothic horror or the violin shines through the darkness, you're in for a real treat. Thanks for putting on such a kickass show in Rochester NY! Favorite track: Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry.
Alex Southey
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Alex Southey Fantastic songwriting. Fantastic vocal interplay. Favorite track: Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry.
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1.
Desiring you 02:45
I was on guard Walking into silence again Wordless, soundless The bloom of our attraction fades Convince me I am not ok without you I am in the way of your light Shine on me Desiring you Desiring me Desiring you I was so scared In love with that lonesome again I searched for it in you A mirror in the darkest shade Addicted to the highs I made up You were good to me in dreams All I wanted was to wake up with you Desiring me Desiring you Desiring me Desiring you Ohh, Ohh, Ohh Feel that earthquake I feel you near Gaslight, doubletake In my skin Cruel word keepsake Feel you in the light you bring Run from the rattlesnake Feed my hope, then fade away Desiring you Desiring me Desiring you Desiring me Desiring you Desiring me
2.
Swallow the words Because it hurts too much to hurt you A flock of birds Black shadow looks like you I fear the words More than I fear you I could fly for love, fly for stars, for gravity Black heart that flies, black bird that’s free Black heart, you fly down low to me In the body of a bird, you skim the rooftops and the trees You’re already on the street You’ve already come for me I could see you coming I could see you Little one, haven’t I seen you? A bird becomes My wandering virtue You shoot me down, down, down, down, down, down Down to earth, down to I could find the worlds and ignore them from the start Let me be the bird with the black, black heart Black heart, you fly down low to me In the body of a bird, you skim the rooftops and the trees You’re already on the street You’ve already come for me I could see you coming I could see you Black heart, you fly down low to me In the body of a bird, you skim the rooftops and the trees You’re already on the street You’ve already come for me I could see you coming I could see you
3.
Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly Count the days, the hours Sleep less, devour the lonely of silence in a song The danger in the wrong way In fucking up what I wanna say It’s real but it’s over, the weight of my grief comes Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly You’re free to love my words for you But I’ll stay away, because in the truth I’m bound to be misunderstood The danger in the heartache In losing my mind over old mistakes It’s real but it’s over The weight of my grief comes Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly, Submit, Collapse, Cry Fight, Fly Freeze, do not move Just oscillate between your human instincts Faster than light Calculate the rate of failure in your life With anxious thought You stay the same You’re scare of me But I’m not crazy, I’m just sad For the love For the heart For the kids For the light For the dark For the lonely that you feel, I’m sorry but I’m lonely too Just leave me here to fight, fly, submit, collapse, cry
4.
Floating with the faults, the fictions of my life destroyed in flood Wait to sink, unworthy of my body full of air and blood Hear my heartbeat in my ears Filled with water, salt, and mud Scraps of paper, notes from lovers, dissolve, dissolve Memories of loving friction Music made of you, of us Bolted to the floor the concrete, chipped and soaking from the flood I see to have a reservoir of loss where love swim with mistrust Every time I see your face, I cry I cry I wanna see it all float I wanna see it all float I wanna see it all float I wanna see it all float Take me to the reservoir of loss Take me to the reservoir of loss Take me to the reservoir of loss Take me to the reservoir of loss Memories of loving friction Music made of you, of us Bolted to the floor the concrete, chipped and soaking from the flood I see to have a reservoir of loss where love swim with mistrust Every time I see your face, I float I float
5.
Deep Heat 03:41
Can you watch as I undress? Pale skin, new curves and warm Press your ear into my chest To hear my aching lung Breathing in in a moment with you Feel the dream in oxygen Breathe the scent, breathe the pulse, breathe the wound Feel the deep heat I exhale to find the words of grief let go Taste your skin and heal a hurt, reciprocal We inhale from the deep The waves retain their heat When the touch is capturing white light that glows From the alchemy of heat Red, blue, and gold To a future only in the next breath we know To a future in your arms that the deep heat owns In a vision fully formed Imagine stillness The sensation overborne Our skin in darkness Breathing in in a moment with you Feel the dream in oxygen Breathe the scent, breathe the pulse, breathe the wound Feel the deep heat When the touch is capturing white light that glows From the alchemy of heat Red, blue, and gold To a future only in the next breath we know To a future in your arms that the deep heat owns
6.
Thin Air 04:15
Hot breath lingering Sunrise capturing Steam from speaking words of longing Drops of ice are forming on a pine bough Listen closely love, the air is thin Air, thin Air, thin Air, thin Trees in silhouette Mountains, cigarettes Dreams of awful tragedies Excuses made of pain to draw you back to me Will this end or will I disappear in thin air? Disappear in thin air Stronger than the pull of the hardest one Braver than the wolf, or the raven’s song Addicted to the pain of the words we spoke Meet me in the place where the air is thin
7.
I see you I could cut through The tension between us with a blade Predator, prey We’ll play the game Confuse the two Now you see me, and I see you I taste blood And your mine if I want you I taste blood And I’m yours if you want to I taste ah ah ah ahhh See your frame enter the room in my periphery You came to me alone I sense you The hair on the back of my neck rising Pressure breathing Fire I can’t take it any longer I taste blood And your mine if I want you I taste blood And I’m yours if you want to I taste ah ah ah ahhh I can be E V I L baby I can be E V I L baby I can be E V I L baby Evil, baby, evil
8.
Counter all you lost With words, with evil thoughts All that’s sacred, all I own It’s yours I give it up What’s generous or what just serves my sense of guilt In seven hundred thirty days or more I calculate my hurt in days asleep Not days awake Lose count, fall back asleep It’s where you are when I feel lonely I can dream about a version of myself Where you could mirror everything I am Resist me, cause I’m no good for you Victimize myself it’s just an excuse You can take on big decisions So I can revel in the freedom Of it’s not my fault It’s not my fault I’m still dreaming A grove of Hawthorne trees I heard they could help a heart that beats irregularly Or that’s broken up in pieces Anything to keep it Pumping the blood that flows in me, in you, in me Because You move, I move You see what I see It’s you, it’s me We mirror everything You move, I move You see what I see It’s you, it’s me We mirror everything You move, I move You see what I see It’s you, it’s me We mirror everything
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The songs on ‘Desiring’ call up a wide range of emotions. With love, lust, loneliness, grief, shame, and guilt, the songs pull the listener into a world where the desire to feel deeply is the chief purpose. The songs are varied and diverse, influenced by cinematic horror rock, sparkling dream pop, and punk. The title of the album reflects the root of the emotions explored – the desire for something more, a different outcome, transforming one feeling into another, and getting clear on who you are.

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released March 31, 2023

All songs by Ace of Wands
Tracks 1,5 mixed by Ian Blurton
Tracks 2,3, 10 mixed by Josh Bowman
Tracks 7,8 mixed by Kevin McMahon
Tracks 4, 6, 9 mixed by Mike Rocha
Mastering by Joao Carvalho
Recorded at Revolution Recording
Engineered by Luke Schindler and Lee Rose

Lee Rose – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Violin
Anna Mernieks – Vocals, Guitar
Jody Brumell – Vocals, Drums

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Ace of Wands Toronto, Ontario

Ace of Wands, a Dream Rock band from Toronto. Surreal and beautiful, Ace of Wands creates immersive and intricate soundscapes with contrasting tones of shimmering and grinding guitars, expansive violin, and thunderous drums.

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