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Transience

by Church Of Trees

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1.
That's All 04:08
Sitting on the edge of the building watching the sun See the little black dots explode into one the forest is burning (burning, burning) temperature climbs polar ice is melting drowning in crime greed burns down the heart of the Amazon Money-love & cheats the heart of it all There's something amiss here Some kinda pall Something so unhinged Just the end of the world that's all Sitting on the edge of the cliff watch the city explode Ladies puff their cigarettes And men blow their load children at the side of the road Cough out the haze Animals resting on in numbered daze oil pours out of the Saudi gulf bank accounts & thieves at the root of it all There's something amiss here Some kinda pall Something so unhinged Just the end of the world that's all There's something amiss here Some kinda wall Something so unhinged Just the end of the world that's all Just the Just the Just the end of the world There's something amiss here Some kinda pall (cast a pall, cast a pall) Something so unhinged Just the end, Just the end of the world that's all
2.
i leapt into a roiling sea Dove into madness Got carried away with me i had zero view, no moment of change all hissing, resisting insisting there's only me to blame where is love, where is love where is love and energy where is love, where is love is there love inside of me i'm sure melancholia is no-one's desire but you saw it killing me by degrees a portrait in blue, a common pariah my anger consuming me like a disease you shifted my view, the power of change and opened me up All grinning & twisting insisting i cast aside the blame where is love, where is love where is love and energy where is love, where is love is there love inside of me blue is the ocean red is the sky swirling with colour in the depth of your eyes peeling the sadness embracing the change running and chasing away the pain where is love, where is love where is love and energy where is love, where is love is there love inside of me where is love, where is love where is love and energy where is love, where is love is there love inside of me
3.
Pet Sematary 04:18
Under the arc of a weather stain boards Ancient goblins and warlords Come out of the ground, not making a sound The smell of death is all around And the night when the cold wind blows No one cares, nobody knows I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again Follow Victor to the sacred place This ain't a dream, I can't escape Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones Spirits moaning among the tombstones And the night, when the moon is bright Someone cries, something ain't right I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again ... And the night when the wolves cry out Listen close and you can hear me shout I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again
4.
Desolation 03:51
Somewhere in the depths of my mind I'm aberration Somewhere in the recess of time I lose elation locked in this small piece of prime I feel it's heavy hand cowered behind this drama grind I am a replicant and I see and I run and I go and I've lost divine and I feel and I scrape and I try have I missed the signs of desolation Sometimes when I'm over the peak I lose the afterglow some time in this moment of heat I feel the heavy flow locked in this moment in time I feel its sweeping hand losing me as the seconds fly I am a mendicant and I stop and I wait and I lie it's all pantomime and I touch and I feel and I cry have I missed the signs of desolation
5.
Little green bottles of pills surround me More grey cells to kill Sitting in the middle of a stock delusion Time to burn my chill Bitter burns bright in the void of space Fear's the soul of hate Wash another pill with a fifth of Reyka Hope blue dream's not late I don't mind the waiting I don't mind the break I don't mind the shading I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind My best mistake Powder burns bright in the flaming candle Sweet and acrid taste Prick me up here before it gets too weird then watch me waste away Pull the pin out so nice and slowly Push it right back in Pull it out 'til the little drops of red stain my scarred skin I don't mind the waiting I don't mind the break I don't mind the shading I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind My best mistake I don't mind the waiting I don't mind the break I don't mind the shading I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind My best mistake I'm so tired of this So tired of that So tired of this So tired I don't mind the waiting I don't mind the break I don't mind the shading I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind My best mistake My best mistake My best mistake My best mistake
6.
It's over It's over All those moments passed We could have tried We could have listened more But that's life All the slings and arrows are but memories All of your apologies now vaporized But there's No one left to say goodbye no one here Cause it's over yes, it's over There's no time to hide No time for lovers Because it's over it's over As you lay awake in your empty bed The thoughts in your head Reverberate So many things you could have changed events just re-arranged Oh, I can relate But there's No one left to say goodbye no one here cause it's over yes, it's over There's no time to hide No time for lovers because it's over it's over It's not enough just to turn and walk away Not enough just to say goodbye But there's No one left to say goodbye no one here cause it's over yes, it's over There's no time to hide No time for lovers because it's over it's over Time to turn away
7.
Restraint 04:18
Peer along the waterline mists diffuse the view fingers pierce the membrane silence chills the truth spinning tops and batteries gifts under the tree little boys with broken toys dads destroy their youth first drink always soothes the nerves the second numbs the pain three and four just lead to more with 5 the rants begin in a wrestle with the ebb and flow , the prophets never tell the only fight we ever have, is one against the self peer inside unconscious minds where ego Dare not roam childish dreams and cosmic schemes live free all alone where inside this tattered child Did life veer hard astray Dad's first slap or mom's first curse tore innocence away first drink always soothes the nerves the second numbs the pain three and four just lead to more with 5 the rants begin in a wrestle with the ebb and flow , the prophets never tell the only fight we ever have, is one against the self
8.
Vapour 05:18
9.
Seems like the world is crumbling Everybody running Oh people fighting in the streets Our children crying Well there's so much sad and there's too much bad As long as the moon keeps beaming The sun keeps rising We keep dreaming Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya Seems like there's too much dying So much defiance Too much dark to fry in Not enough to light us And there's so much chat And we can't take that As long as the moon keeps beaming The sun keeps rising We keep dreaming Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya Bells keep chiming and the Stars keep shining world keeps turning Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya We gotta find a way to stand up straight Gotta find a ray before its too late As long as the moon keeps beaming The sun keeps rising We keep dreaming Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya Bells keep chiming and the Stars keep shining world keeps turning Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya
10.
Start Again 03:52
Emerging feels surround me submerged, and lost, alone And grief it's bound me sinking 'neath the message on my phone Connection broke impound my heart dead in tracks and false starts imagination tricks my point of view summon up the will to love again deep inside my soul are shards of all the pain, the pain, can I withstand the thrill endure the shame pack away the pills and start again the mist of dreams surround me I woke quite suddenly Felt your hand reaching but never touching me Connection broke Impound my soul bled in facts and cold hearts fascination shifts my point of "you" summon up the will to love again deep inside my soul are shards of all the pain, the pain, can I withstand the thrill endure the shame pack away the pills and start again I can't, I can't but I can't find you I can't, I can't stand the pain I can't, I can't but I can't find you I can't, I can't stand the rain summon up the will to love again deep inside my soul are shards of all the pain, the pain, can I withstand the thrill endure the shame pack away the pills and start again
11.
In this bed soaked and stained Under blankets warn and frayed In this cosmic twist of fate She slipped toward the horizon Tumbling slowly into the void As her body burns into ashes and memories Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold Your breath it slowly fades away Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old Your pain dissolves into decay Then lost in the ether Seconds scorch the night As this earthly marble turns Scratching minutes out of life While the hopeless legions yearn Tumbling slowly into the void As her body burns Into ashes and memories Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold Your breath it slowly fades away Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old Your pain dissolves into decay Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold Your breath it slowly fades away Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old Your pain dissolves into decay Then lost in the ether Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold Your breath it slowly fades away Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old Your pain dissolves into decay The lost in the ether Lost In the Ether
12.
Transience 04:21
Everything Changes, nothing's the same life awash in impermanence, out of phase growing older, each minute & day everything rages, life's ablaze oh Transience, Transience, oh Transience, everything changes swelling disorder, entropic maze life out of balance, constant malaise growing in chaos, growing dismay koyaanisqatsi, world disarray Transience, oh Transience, Transience everything changes it's all breaking down, a hole in the core building in chaos, falling apart forests are frying, nature is turning children are dying, mothers are yearning cities are crumbling, oceans are boiling god must be stumbling, the planet is roiling and humanity takes a bow Oh Transience, Transience Oh Transience, Transience everything changes, everything changes Everything's changing ohhhhh
13.
Butterfly 06:18

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The 7th album by Canadian synth band, Church Of Trees, "Transience" is a sonic fusion of synth, art pop, indie rock, and ambient. As dark and brooding as it is light and inspiring, Transience explores change: how its intricate weave through the fabric of life impacts the individual, society, and this fragile planet.

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released February 22, 2024

Produced by Bernard Frazer and Jordon Zadorozny

Mixed/mastered by Jordon Zadorozny at Skylark Park, Pembroke, ON. Canada

Except for:

*Where Is Love [Rob Stuart Remix] produced/mixed by Rob Stuart, Toronto, Ontario
*It's Over [Rob Preuss Remix] produced/mixed by Rob Preuss @Home, Queens, New York

All songs written & arranged by Bernard Frazer except :
*Written by Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey / Arranged by Bernard Frazer & Heather Brazeau
** Vocals arranged by Bernard Frazer & Heather Brazeau
*** Vocals arranged Bernard Frazer, Heather Brazeau, and Stella Panacci

Stella Panacci - vocals
Heather Brazeau - vocals, piano
Bernard Frazer - vocals, piano, synths, sfx, drums/bass programming
Bob Prendergast - guitar (5, 7, 13)
Jordon Zadorozny - guitar (1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11) drums (3)
Lawrence Bethune - guitar (2, 4, 12)
Kellii Scott - drums (1)

Album Photo by Paul Myers
Album cover and booklet design by Karen Bisson
Band Photos by Anna Karperien and Lauren Church

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Church of Trees Ottawa, Ontario

Church of Trees (CoT) is a Canadian synthpop band that hails from Canada's capital city, Ottawa.

The band has recorded and performed with legendary vocalist, Carole Pope (Rough Trade), keyboardist/music director Rob Preuss (Spoons, Honeymoon Suite), and has worked exclusively with Blinker the Star wunderkind, Jordon Zadorozny on all their albums, EP, and singles.
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