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Migration Magic

by Feeling Figures

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Hot water upside down scream queen Stiff smoke stifling the breeze In the bottom of a bottle is a limousine Bacchanal forever to be mine Beat death, pleasure and the fear Nine lives unwind in a steaming mind Elemental, tempered from two sides Sweet sweat finally arrives Cold embrace and the dream will subside Getting worse at listening Try to develop thick skin This day and this age require strength Dead on the road at the side of the highway Looking to the future feeling no escape Eyes open 3 am and stay awake “Life isn’t fair!” that’s what they all say “No break!” Buy a can of ginger ale and take it back to my place Looking to a map just to find my own space Slip into the shower stay for days Lady at the dep reminded me Keep your mind open widely Never leave it up to destiny Turning out and tuning in For what is now has always been
2.
Can I take you down to the borderline Drive you down? We haven’t felt the wind at our backs For so long Can I take you down as we cross the line? Drive you down You’re right beside me Will I find you down at the borderline And will you find me too? We haven’t seen each other face to face Now it’s time we do Will you still be the same across the line Or have you changed? Galvanizing glances Passing second chances Deliberating dances Are you still the same?
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I don’t want to be rude I just want to tell you That I’m kind of screwed Thought that I should warn you Sometimes I’ve been known to do the wrong thing In this lifetime, I’ve wasted a life trying to Pick up all the pieces that spilled in the creases I just want to tell you, I just want to tell you I don’t want to be rude, I just want to tell you Tucked up in my tower Middle of the Fall Tongue was tasting sour Waiting for your call And I thought that I should warn you I’ve wasted a life trying to Pick up all the pieces, then spilled them like Reese’s I just want to tell you, I just want to tell you Thought that I should warn, just thought I should tell you
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It’s getting ‘bout time to make a rhyme Seems we always sigh and tense the spine And then we talk and turn our head to the stream Step aside, seek and hide Step aside The bugs are going to fly and they’ll suck you dry It’s always the buzzing in your mind That’s sounding all the time And in the path of that old shadow They are riding in fear Thought it wasn’t clear Hiding from the near. That mind
7.
Movement 03:40 video
I feel a fresh wind blow, now I can let go of my sorrow Peel off the puzzled tiles, run free for miles and get unstuck I got lots left to see, what forms reveal themselves to me? Take shape now in my mind, and find a way into this weird world I mystify myself Does my struggle speak to anyone else? Cut-out characters on a shelf Kick it out to the coast get along get away get gone get lost get loose Hang on tight to paradise Until a change is asked of you By those who need it more Then build a new.. No shame in adaptation, a new creation from a failure Don’t need to live it down my frown has fractured from attaching to the seed of a new world I mystify myself What is the method to measure my health? Is my struggle a story that sells?
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Staring at the letters Reading in between the lines Running with a backpack Trying to save time A distant road that's far away from home, they dress you down They’ll never know the way you were before when you were young I wanna see you shine, find out what’s on your mind “I’m here for you, I care for you” I would have said
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Sink 02:41
Sink (Slax) Swallowed by a great blue whale, I was sympathetic Digestion justice, all too uncommon in these times What was right is wronged by nurdles and pins Forced into being, bite-sized convenience, to go for eternity, no way home Coat me in glitter, I am a modern marvel with many investments Released from elastic jaw – an undeserved gift from an ancient god to a ghost of reason I am perched like oil on water, All my money on Atlantis I’m a gamblin’ man No going back, only down We await the heavy crimson melting point We bathe in the falls of a failed future And in the realm of deep uncertainty, a new constant Ultrafine fragment, lifeless and arranged against life But the sea is not silent, like a siren she sings Coaxing the empire over the bluff, into the drink To sink under its own weight Screaming now – DOWN, down, down, down, down….
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Remains 03:30
Light is fading The blood is coolin’ down And it will never be the same as once before All shall return as a tide The sighing of your voice shall give way to the breeze Then as a means to the end I never will remember or replace the pretend Now its faded Livin’ underground It will repeat until it is this way once more Denim faded Studded leather crown There is no meaning as it was in once before All shall return as a tide The darkness carries wisdom only known to a few Then as a means to the end I never will remember or replace the pretend Keep me buried deep inside your skull Like a long lost dream When you’ve got nothing else to think about Fill the space with me May my words echo through the shadows Like smoke that hangs in the air Will you step to the side as I sink to the bottom Will you bring my name back from the dead? If I can just be a stain on your memory I will be complete

about

For years Feeling Figures have tinkered away at the edge of the Montreal scene, never fitting neatly into the ebb and flow of the city's cultural trends or its more traditionalist camps. A geographer, a music therapist, a writer, and an underground arts biz maverick, the four Figures have long been friends and collaborators in various musical formations and continue to propel multiple projects.

At the core of Feeling Figures is the Zakary Slax and Kay Moon songwriting partnership, which itself stretches back a decade, the pair first crossing paths in a vibrant period of musical upheaval in Sackville, NB - a college town on Canada's East Coast. In the big city, a series of self-releases, shifting monikers, and revolving live lineups eventually coalesced with Thomas Molander & Joe Chamandy as the ultimate rhythmic vehicle and spiritual consorts for Slax & Moon's unconstrained syntheses of multiple eras of indie rock, punk, psychedelia, folk, and outsider pop. Their debut 7" of 2021 was an early entry in Montreal upstart label Celluloid Lunch's catalog.

“Migration Magic” was recorded in a flurry of live noise across two nights in December 2022. The Figs (as they are affectionately known to each other) had already recorded a full album’s worth of material earlier in the year, but as the winter holidays grew near and a brief stint as openers for the nationally celebrated Ancient Shapes concluded, they knew they had something more to capture. Thomas brought his recording gear to the Studio Migration practice space and the quartet threw all their remaining material into the air. Some songs were drawn deep from the back-catalogs of Moon & Slax, others were new compositions, and 2 spontaneous covers were chosen to round out the set. The immediacy of these recordings, with their interplay of sweet melody and raw instrumentation, forged a new destiny for the group, ultimately arriving as the first Feeling Figures LP.

500 vinyl copies.

“Meet my favorite album of the year. Sophisticated garage-pop that embraces the Velvets at their most sonic yet sensitive, Aussie underground greats who honey-coat their humble punk with carefree melodies, Scotland's pension for timeless chainsaw jangle, and the kind of scruffy DIY delights that K Records does best.” - Tracy Wilson

“Feeling Figures’ rock’n’roll atom smashery is nothing short of astonishing” – Gerard Cosloy

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released November 24, 2023

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Featuring the song writing duo of Zakary Slax, Kay Moon and scene stalwarts Thomas Molander and Joe Chamandy on rhythm. 10 tunes recorded live and mixed to 1/2” tape by the band in Montreal.

This release continues the rich tradition of DIY bands crafting instant pop hits entirely on their own terms, which has long been the hallmark of the International Pop Underground. Look for the video for singles “Across the Line” and “Movement” And a show or two... Whatever happens it is quite assuring that whatever these times may bring bands can still put out music as good as this LP.


Kay Moon : Guitar, Vocals
Zakary Slax : Guitar, Vocals
Joe Chamandy : Bass
Thomas Molander : Drums

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