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1.
Birthday came suddenly again No wishes doubling on 10 These days seem quite awfully long Just keep your head up, sing the song People seem Seem kind of lonely People seem Seem kind of lonely Lonely Jump on the bike and take a cruise Feels nice to takeoff the shoes These days seem quite awfully long Just keep your head up, sing the song
2.
When I knew she was in the line It was time to say goodbye But I knew there were other girls Walking around with their girly curls Just doing. Doing all I can Turns out she’s got a guy Walking with her all the time Walking But I knew this was just a phase Hitting me right in the face The face Doing all I can I’m doing all I can Doing all I can Doing all I can
3.
When your needs are filled All goes downhill Nothing seems to last Take me off this raft Take me away to you All you need is time God will make you shine Because he knows the truth, why we always lose We tried and tried Just doing our own thing
4.
You took the shots and came to my senses My senses I never thought that this would take a toll Take a toll Scream and shout You’re still out Scream and shout You’re still out Scream and shout When I look back on all the times we had Times we had Can’t help but feel like I’m a one-man band One-man band
5.
Always thinking of you Stuck like a cap full of glue Always thinking of you Wish that you weren’t so untrue You and me I can see Agree to disagree You and me I can see Agree to disagree You and me Time flys yet it feels so long Wish that we could sit and write songs Thought I could make a new sound Two years, left with a frown Thinking of you I’m thinking of you
6.
Stick It Out 03:31
Runny nose walking down the aisle Black and green People scream We’ve waited We tried Tried and tried In doubt, you stick it out Walking out, it felt like things were changing Class with friends Books and pens We’ve waited
7.
Beer Keg 02:43
When you say that you don’t know Kind of makes you feel so low I don’t know You don’t know Work at Woody’s 5 hours Change the beer keg Take a shower I don’t know. You don’t know
8.
Erase 03:42
We saw flowers sitting at your grave You really hit us with nothing left to say Friends and family that you thought you’d never see But what do you know, everyone agrees We’re so sorry for your loss today, because we know you want it to erase When I came home, dad told us the news I thought it was crazy, we were so confused People coming in and out of your life Never a warning, just hits like a knife

about

On their debut LP, “Erase,” Rocky Valentines frontman Charles Martin sings that he feels like “a one-man band.” He’s not specifically singing about the lack of bandmates on “Scream and Shout,” the album credits aren’t exactly littered with other names either.

With an assist on bass throughout from Steve Dail (Project 86, Crash Rickshaw), and a recording credit for his father, Jason Martin (Starflyer 59), the younger Martin does the bulk of the work himself across the LP’s eight tracks.

Building on 2022’s four-song, self-titled EP, “Erase” exhibits a host of influences — most of which stopped being relevant before the 20-year-old Charles was born — bundled up in arrangements that never feel cluttered.

“Erase” is a record that harkens back to some of rock’s best moments, though its most important influence might be Charles himself. Mixing Grant Hart’s earworm melodies with Tony Iommi’s heavier-than-hell guitar riffs, Martin combines it all with a measured restraint, allowing his vocals to shine without a lot of studio trickery.

Lyrically, “Erase” evokes a young man in the throes of his salad days but is self-aware enough to be bookended by tracks about growing older — album-opener “Sing the Song” — before closing with the title track’s funeral setting. All of it melds together to reveal a young artist mastering his craft while maturing into adulthood.

Mixed by Bob Hoag (The Ataris, Fine China) and mastered by Jason Livermore (Descendents, All, NOFX), “Erase” features artwork by Jake Quintanar and will have its physical release by Velvet Blue Music (vinyl, cassette, CD) and streaming from Tooth and Nail on March 29.

credits

released March 28, 2024

Charles Martin: Vocals, Guitars, Drums
Steve Dail: Bass

All songs written by Charles Martin
Recorded at Room by J. Martin
Mixed By Bob Hoag
Mastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room
Artwork By Jake
Rabbit pulled from hat By J. Cloud

Radio : Airplay Junkie
Licensing : Terror Media

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Indie pop from Huntington Beach, CA.

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