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Gord Kirchin, formerly the Exalted Piledriver, and Dogs With Jobs pack leader, leaking out some undercover noises made during the past few years of covid-chaos. A lil' positive messaging in a downer world! Ya Gotta Lose the Blues!
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First song out of the XOFNPHARBARKUS gate for y'alls is
"The Blues You Lose".
This is your first official peek at what I've been up to since the world got infected and politics went insane and Piledriver became a thing of the past.
First off, this is not metal, and it was home-made ... but, it does rawk, if'n I do say so m'self, heh heh! Allz I know is that I have fun when I listen to it. We hope you dig it, too. If not, oh, well.. scroll on. There will be others. Guaranteed to not sound like this one, neether. Each song inhabits its own world, as the Universe sees fit with each creation. (Ohhh, you'll see, heh heh heh)
Yeh.. so.. the perspicacious among you will have caught that the project's name is, for now, Xofnpharbarkus. (Yes. It is. That might change... maybe. Okay. Maybe another syllable or two, but, only if they're equally significant in the grand schema. You know how these things go, eh!)
Now.. g'wan!!! LOSE THOSE BLUES!!!
Gord
lyrics
Are you down? On the ground?
Is your world screwed up, turnin' upside down?
At the end of your rope without glimpse of hope?
You've got to choose to lose the blues.
You say your life's a bum deal
Well, take a look around
Can't you think of anyone
who's even further down?
You-say your heart's been broken
Well join the global club
You know yours ain't the first heart
to fail at findin' love
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
Rearrange your headspace
get down on that frown
Flip the game board over
and make a joyous sound
Pull out your downer head
from your self inflicted noose
head down town 'n Lay it down
Ya gotta lose the blues
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
Forget about the clowns
They only bring you down
Screw 'em and all the shit
Gotta move on, get down with it
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
You've got to lose the blues
Cuz with the blues you lose
credits
released May 13, 2022
Xofnpharbarkus - The Blues You Lose
Gord Kirchin: Lead Vox, Bass, Guitars, Keys, Eng/Prod.
Roy Fox: Drums, Keys, Bvox
Mark Clermont: Guitars, Keys
Xofnpharb is a couple of Nepean, ON highschool band-mate buds from 40+yrs ago... Me n' ol'bud n' fellow silly person Roy
Fox. Skip a few lifetimes to now. Lives lived and lessons learned, and different musical realms independently explored, ultimately re-assembled and returned via near-magical-file-transferization to meld things together and ignite them into existence....more
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