The Limited Edition, Longwall CD comes in a bi-fold jacket designed by Brian that includes a short history of recording the album, a personalized note, and best of all, is something real that can be held not just a thumbnail on your phone! Experience the nostalgia of a CD ;-) And ya know... the sound quality of CD is still much better than what we stream on our phones!
Glide Magazine says:
The Longwall is a lush and lonesome portrait of hardship. Largely set against a backdrop of desolate flatlands of the midwest, Granse’s songs give voice to the economically depressed, working class people of rural America to whom upward mobility is inaccessible. Melancholic chords and rich strings fill out the stories that come to life with Granse’s heartfelt voice and acoustic guitar. While the music feels deeply emotional, the presence of something larger than Granse himself looms beneath the surface.
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Friday Night explores the contrast between the anonymous nature of urban life and the very public existence that is small town life, told through distant snapshots of each.
lyrics
Lights are glowin’ on Friday night,
And the town is out to do as they’ve done.
Cheerin’ on the stars chasin’ for glory,
Until the lights go out and there’s nowhere to run.
In all the moments only lookin’ so far.
Could you have run in a different direction?
Where the lights are dim, but they burn all night.
In the city where the dreams are unbound.
Where the work is clean,
And the strangers walk by.
And the rules they don’t hold you,
To the roads you’re used to drivin’
And the cops don’t know you,
No one knows all your crimes,
And the heart that you’ve mended,
Won’t fall back in line.
Paycheck comes and it’s Friday night,
And the tavern’s fillin’ up after the game.
The drinks are steady, as steady as deep.
And the classic rock ain’t stoppin’ till the hour hand hits Three.
No one dances, but they’re tappin’ their feet,
So we all have our own way to run.
People tryin’ to make sense of defeat,
Isn’t that everyone’s story in any town?
Where the work ain’t clean,
Not a stranger walks by.
Where the past it might own you,
But it’s somewhere to hide.
Where the sheriff knows you,
And he gives you a ride.
In the snowfall when you’re crawlin’,
And crossin’ all the lines.
The drive is quiet at night once everyone’s gone home,
The headlights come across nothing much.
Both hands know this road.
The drive is quiet at night once everyone’s gone home,
The lights have gone silent,
All just silence.
Where the work ain’t clean,
Not a stranger walks by.
And the past it might own you but it’s somethin’ to ride.
And the sheriff knows you,
And he knows all your crimes
But he knows that you’ve been workin’ hard,
In even harder times.
Where the work ain’t clean,
Not a stranger walks by.
And the past it might hold you,
But it’s somewhere to hide.
And the sheriff knows you,
And he gives you a ride.
In the slow fall when you’re crawling,
And crossing all the lines.
credits
from The Longwall,
track released September 16, 2022
Words and music by Brian Granse
Russ Kleiner on Drums
Lex Browning on violin
All other instruments are Brian Granse (acoustic guitar, vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar)
Mixed by Brian Granse
Mastered by Ryan Foster at Foster Mastering in Portland, Oregon
Brian Granse is a singer and songwriter in Portland, Oregon. He released his first EP,” 0.5,” in 2001, and then Earthrise
(2004) and American Nobody (2006). After touring and piecing together construction jobs, Granse performed full-time from 2007- 2010. Granse now teaches beat production, audio engineering, and Social Studies at an alternative high school, producing Hip-Hop with Portland youth....more
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