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Rough cuts from Sing Sing

by Kinch Kinski and the Strangers

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Waterfall 04:34
I hold my brother down while dad calls the cops, I try to tie my mind in little knots, He kicks and screams and moans, But his eyes are scared, and soft - I feel within my soul A little rot Pinning a lizard down in childhood's golden haze Is human enough - as is the killer's gaze Guilt runs back to the root, And who are we to say That Evil is not a hymn? - Written down in clay I'm drowning I'm standing still It's the window sill That sways Dad goes out driving, He's looking for a sign And I know that these Are the only times he cries Hatred and love entwine And strengthen each in kind; Searching the night For a glimmer of his child We're standing still, It's the window sill That sways I'm drowning.
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Well, Nietzsche and Dick Wagner Were sittin' sipping dinner Fred said I'm vegetarian and Dick replied “You poor old sinner” Nietzsche jumped up, smashed his plate with a hammer And out he stormed Wagner's wife came waltzing in Cutting cake and shifting form Well Bach and Beethoven Were at each other's throats Arguing over which one stole The other one's favourite note Beethoven said this ain't your F it's my A quadruple flat Bach said you deaf old motherfucker I've had just about enough of that Riefenstahl and Syberberg Were outdoors making love Said Syberberg to Reifenstahl “Would you marry me my dove!” Hans said to Leni how I dearly wish I could But the only thing that I hate worse than you Nazis is Hollywood Kinski and Herzog Were chasing butterflies Herzog looked deeply into Kinski's deep blue eyes He said give back my butterfly or I'll take these bullets nine Put eight of them straight into you and the last one it is mine! The Holocaust and Goethe Were sitting shedding tears Said Goethe to the Holocaust “You really fucked things up, I fear” “You know Nietzsche called me Superman but did I ever kill a Jew?” The Holocaust said, “I told ya I'm sorry what else can I do?” I have got the Bosch blues again How can one old nation make such great and such evil men Is it something in the water? In the blood or in the soil? Is the answer in old Luther's Bible Or in Das Kapital? I know that reasoning's circular and I'd fix it but here's the thang Hitler's invited me to a tea party with the Baader Meinhof gang.
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They tell the secrets 'bout the people who are under the floor Tell the secrets to the men who knock, knock at the door Tell the secrets 'bout the people in the attics and walls Tell the tiny little secrets to the men at the door “Their moaning woke the sleepers Should have buried the bodies deeper” “In time you'll find the sleepers Sleep through without a peep, sir” The sun turns black But no bells ring People, tell you people there's Blues, blues everywhere, but no-one left to sing And in their new home they've got helpful little signs on the door And in their new home they've got piles of children's shoes in the hall And in their new home they've got helpful little signs on the door And in their new home there's a stench that seeps and sticks in your pores “The number's don't add up, sir” “Well, you're gonna have to work a little harder Or else the man up top, sir Will come down: lay off this worker” They escape by turning into smoke, and sink beneath the sea's black ropes.

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". . . wholly unexpected and remarkably original . . . Kinch Kinski and the Strangers are one of the true hidden gems in Australian music today" - Andy Hazel, tonedeaf.com.au

"A band that doesn't just embrace life, but rushes at it full tilt." - Mckinley Valentine, unpaved.com.au

This EP was recorded over the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. For personal reasons it was never released at the time. But with a new EP underway it seems wise to get this one out there. Rough Cuts features soaring vocals over stripped back arrangements of violin, bass, and guitar, with songs ranging from an epic country ballad to a cowpunk stomper about German history (no, really). It's worth a listen, best served in your earholes.

Criminally cheap digital download comes with bonus art and a live video...

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released November 3, 2013

Guitar and vocals: Kinch Kinski
Violin: Willow Stahlut
Bass: Linden Lester
Vocal derangement: Aaron Dobos, Jack Daniels, Kinch Kinski, Madeleine McCormack, and Tim Denshire-Key

Rough cuts from Sing Sing was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Aaron Dobos (thesoundbaron.com)

Special thanks to Aaron Dobos, Kathryn Tafra, Tim T, Madz, Willow & Linden, mum & dad, my brother, and the people and history of Germany.

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Kinch Kinski Thornbury, Australia

Kinch Kinski played in a grunge band, then a gypsy band, then a psychedelic jam band and a covers band with a drill in it called P.E.N.I.S, then a folk-pop quartet, then, in confusion, he went solo for a few years.

Kinch Kinski brings you strange songs for strange times.
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