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Each Dot and Each Line

by Shredded Sun

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1.
Your lies are on tape Your hands start to shake Your mind is a Japanese wave Your lips are in salt The blood stained your sleeve Your mind is a Japanese wave I am one hundred and ten Each dot and each line Will possess a life of its own Your tools are on fire The wood curls away Your mind is a Japanese wave You pull out your dreams You drink in the fumes Your mind is a Japanese wave Am I awake or in bed Each breath and each sigh Will contain a goodbye Let it go
2.
Outside 02:14
Windows full of light Only the best songs are playing tonight Private jokes with old friends Having the best time of their lives I'm outside I'm outside taking my time An ally In my head and I'm feeling just fine Too much fun to stand Slipped out of a dance, it's happening again It's just me and the trees The empty sidewalks that never end The moonlight The star shine, I'm mesmerized I'm outside I'm outside and my spirits are high Reach for me Hide and seek Out the door into the moonlight I see my breath, broken and white But all I hear is the music fading away It gets dark it feels like sinking Everyone's alone when they are thinking And I think more and more every day I'm outside I'm outside taking my time No goodbyes, I'm my own partner in crime Reach for me Hide and seek
3.
Zero Boy 02:47
Zero boy I’m just a zero boy Add it up and it comes to nothing I’m not qualified I’m not qualified Absorb all light I will not be denied Check the tape Check the tape Can’t contort myself Into a decent shape Zero boy I’m just a zero boy Add it up and it comes to nothing I was born this way I was born this way An empty spot In a circle shape I’ll take the blame I’ll take the blame Never been something Never quite tamed
4.
Rivals 03:20
Check your pockets Pull out your stones Name your rivals Cut your bones Poison the water Shake the dust Name your rival To only those you trust Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone Leave it alone In your dreams You visit the past Through the city Of broken glass Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone Leave it alone Check your pockets Pull out your stones Name your rivals Cut your bones Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone Leave it alone One little light folding close behind Only it's invisible to other human kind One small thought climbing up your spine This could be the end, give it little more time Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone Leave it alone
5.
Hold Tight 04:41
It's dead quiet in the desert at night Except for your boombox songs And all the cowboys dance a slow two-step While you quietly sing along It's got a slow motion feel But the colors are timed so bright But you don't have to think about it All you gotta do is hold tight You can memorize quotes and say them back Like you're imparting wisdom It won't change the fact that neither of us Has a thought worth thinking It's a sad state of affairs And there's nothing much better in sight But you don't have to think about it All you gotta do is hold tight You feel better when the sun comes up And the batteries have all run down Go home little boys 'cause the party's over And you missed your ride to town There's a fade to black And you've never seen anything so bright But you don't ever have to let it go All you gotta do is hold tight
6.
Golden Void 02:50
Klara, walk like me Klara, talk like me Klara, be my golden void Heart full of rooms Never understanding She's never growing old She's my only companion Klara, walk like me Klara, talk like me Klara, be my golden void All the bird are drones Whatever keeps you happy She's standing like a stone Her memory expanding Cones and ribbons Digital visions Klara Klara, walk like me Klara, talk like me Klara, be my golden void Waiting to bloom Forever expanding Only to be replaced Too soon is the ending
7.
Crushed 04:03
Baby I am just as lost as you How do you say the right thing When you don't know the right thing? Honey I once broke a heart or two I can't stop it hurting But know my love is certain Hold my place I don't want to be left behind when I see that look on your face Can't imagine how it must feel to have so much to say Fill my blanks Unbreak the ice that's formed over my broken brain Untake the time, my heavy thoughts, the mental strain I crushed hard, spent hours in a daze Floating on an ocean My teenage emotions Looked for deeper meaning in his gaze Wishing for a moment A knowing look on her face Help me up I've been trying to help myself but it's just not good enough Every once in a while I find a star worth wishing on Let me float When I latch on to something new that's filling me with hope When I go down a path that's leading me away from home The current's taking me Let me go
8.
Dark Day 02:41
We cut up magazines The pictures are the things
 Words they take time to mean The posters on the wall The colors are the same Words that mean nothing at all Another dark day
 Another thing I’m not supposed to say Another dark day Lifted on the wave Our fingers touched the sun Sounds are like stranger things The actors on the screen The silence in the car Sometimes it means nothin’ at all Another dark day
 Another thing I’m not supposed to say Another dark day
9.
3 or 4 a.m. break out of a dream With thoughts lighting up like dynamite Brain is burning with no real function Fireworks in daylight Eyes aren’t moving in any kind of rhythm I can’t get that second sight The body is willing but the brain is weak Oh those sleepless nights Gimme gimme rest, gimme relaxation Tell me what to do to make things right I want to stop thinking about a whole lotta nothing I want to stop feeling uptight Five seconds of a song that I don’t even like Orbiting my mind like a satellite Blow it all up and try it again Oh those sleepless nights Only have to do A couple few Things to survive So it seems like I Should be able to try And get them right And don’t tell me That all I gotta do Is exercise I exercise my right To lay down and fight All those sleepless nights
10.
I can just be Be a warm body Feel my heart glowing inside me A shimmering spark Floating so softly A feathery bright thing I am a calming breath An easy carefree friend So out of it Your gentle pet For a good time call I am the sea Glimmering brightly I am the sun and the shade tree Never a burden No need to worry All my troubles roll off me Let your mind grow white Embrace a simple life It will be alright With the perfect wife For a good time call
11.
Time Anxiety 01:48
Every day is the same in every way And I like it that way If I didn't, I'd do something different Or I'd have myself to blame Check the calendar start the timer Every second is a reminder It is time it is time it is time For the next part of your life Long ago, time was a shadow Cast on a dial An appointment could be disappointment You'd be waiting a while Check the calendar check the date Every day is getting too late It is time it is time it is time For the next part of your life
12.
Even with the evening light I'm thinking in ordinary colors If only the drugs would come We could be late night lovers Change your shoes to run Run to the arms of another One to one in the morning The mirror is a black hole vortex If only the end was a start We could skip the hardest part Skip to the end of the novel Run to the arms of another one Too many pictures collapse time I should've looked with my own eyes Now the drugs have come to Heal my virtual black lung Change your shoes to run Run to the arms of another one

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Impatient anthems for busy rockers.

"Their new album, Each Dot and Each Line ... has a mountain of hooks and raw energy. The band don’t play live, but these tunes could fire up a crowd in the packed club of your choosing." - Chicago Reader

"A scorching rock record from this Chicago group conjures the energy of ’90s alt-rock with a 2023 attitude." - Bandcamp (New & Notable)

"[A] delightfully eclectic indie rock record that combines fuzz rock/shoegaze noiseness, a garage-punk edge, and power pop catchiness ... Shredded Sun clearly pull from several different eras of “alternative” and indie rock in a Yo La Tengo-esque, “music fan first and foremost” way... Sonically, Each Dot and Each Line is an incredibly entertaining record, but the pop songwriting of the record is just as key." - Rosy Overdrive

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released February 24, 2023

Written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Nick Ammerman, Sarah Ammerman, and Ben Bilow.
Recorded on 4-track cassette and laptop at our homes and assorted Chicago rehearsal spaces throughout 2022.
Mastered by Carl Saff of Saff Mastering.
Art and design by Ben Bilow.

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Shredded Sun is a recording project for Sarah, Ben, and Nick. We believe in the power of DIY music. We were all in another band called Fake Fictions before.

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