Technicolor Hand Fruit

by Plastic Inevitables

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The album was recorded in December of 2010 in Mt. Auburn Baptist Church, in the lovely Cincinnati, Ohio.

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released 10 June 2011
Phillip Alexander: Vox, Guitar, Piano, Organ
Andrew Oliver: Bass, Backing Vox
Robert Francis: Drums, Backing Vox
Jack Macejko: Session Engineer, Co-Producer, Manager, Guru and Backing Vox

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Track Name: Delirious
Went to the grocery
Manager approached me
Asking where my head's at
Asking did I catch that

Oh the way you're talking to me
Makes me wonder if I'm dead
And I know you mean to help me
But you're killing me instead

Someone said hello to me
I said "Sir, do you know me?
I'm not too good with faces
I've been one too many places"

Nice to meet you
Never had the chance to greet you

Maybe I'm delirious
Don't laugh, babe, I think I'm serious
Talking to myself now
As if I even know how
Track Name: Everything Grows Taller When The Sun Goes Down
Catching just a glimpse of the silver spoon
Slipping away from the afternoon
The grass, it sees the ocean's lies
The Sun don't mind the cloudy skies

My eyes are fixed on the glow
My icy wheels are stuck in the snow

You can't deny
Something's awry
Forces unknown are turning me 'round
Everything grows taller when the sun goes down

Tiny candles buzzing as they advertise
The flames, flicker out but refuse to die
Persephone takes her sweet, precious time
While the moon is being vaulted by the sweet bovine

Catching a ride on a grey balloon
Touching down before the morning swoon
Governed now by a satellite
Can anyone tether this monstrous kite?
Track Name: Oscar Wilde
When I was a child, having read Oscar Wilde
I knew I would not be sincere
But now I've grown older, I've broadened my shoulders
And everything seems to be so clear

No child am I, and I mean to imply
That I’m of a dominant mind
This world I have traveled, has slowly unraveled,
But I still refuse to unwind

Though Babel did fall, I'll still give you a call
And just hope that my point gets across
My words may be confused, but I hope you're amused
You know maybe it's you who's at loss

Out in the ocean, I can't see the shore
I've misplaced my boat and my sea legs are sore
Fireworks in the distance, but I know it's not Fourth of July
I've asked all of my questions, till now there's not been a reply

I've come too close to death, and now I must confess
That falling from space is too much
There's a time to be dying, but right now I'm vying
For a place to be treated as such

Whose child am I, I fell from the sky
And I just don't know where to call home
Now I'm battered and bruised, my knots have come loose
And I realize how little I've grown
Track Name: Hey Sister
Hey Sister, got your letter today
Now that I've read it I am wide awake
Every time I turn around I think I see you
But the walls are building up with mildew
And I just need to find a bed to escape to

Hey Sister, I know you may be pure
But that don't mean you can't come home anymore
Your brother just longs for company
How lovely must be the monastery
For now, I'll just have to live vicariously

Hey Sister, are you ever coming home
'Cause I've been waiting here all alone
How long it's been is anybody's guess
So how can I combat this loneliness
When so many times I've failed to impress

Hey Sister, don't forget about your twin
Though you may have cleansed your life of sin
We were the best of friends inside the womb
And it's been so long since we've even been in the same room
I just hope to see you before I see my tomb
Track Name: (Wrapped Up In A) Telephone Booth
Punctuating night for the day
Trying just to keep myself awake
Deception's had its way with me
Now I'm sidestepping mines that I can't see

But I'm headed home, now that I have found
We're all just pronouns taking over nouns
Linguistics may not be my forte
But I'll try them anyway

So much for the innocent youth
I lost it on my way to find the truth
Now I'm stuck in metamorphosis
Wrapped up in a telephone booth

Well I've always taken third person view
While searching for those objective cues
Maybe if I put it into words
I'll conjugate the verbs

Slipping in and out of consciousness
Trying to win back my common sense
Living on the wrong side of the fence
So I'm switching back to the present tense
Track Name: Yr Wire
Oh, I just want you to be mine
But I haven't charmed you yet
I'm the politest snake you've met

And you may think I'm not so cool
But I'm trying to prove you wrong
So far I've been playing along

Days grow longer, she grows stronger
How much fonder will my love become

So, I try to reach you through wire
To speak to you in verse
But slumber reaches to you first

Let's conjugate in Montreal
It's hard to ask your hand when you won't pick up my call
Track Name: Brothers
My brother and I ate the core and the rind
And planted the rest in the ground
When nothing grew, we spit and we chewed
And insisted the other unsound

We just could not accept that we were both inept
So we summoned a meeting of kin
We asked their advice, but it would not suffice
For this childish bind we were in

"My sons, my sons, put down your your guns
Won't you please lend me an ear
You'll take it too far I do fear"

"Though both of you may be able
There's no reason one should play Cain.
Oh, it don't matter who takes the label,
The outcome will remain the same."

I don't know why people take things so seriously
Life's just a game

We brothers unsure, who was the victor
We set out to look for a fix
One of the brothers did not want the other's
Most evil and malovent tricks

So to safeguard his honor, and impress his father
He'd only take death as his prize
In the private cocoon of a dimly lit room
He attempted his brother's demise

"Boys, boys, put down your toys...”

Now finally alone, in the comfort of home
So long to the brotherly love
Oh what a whimsy, the knife he stuck in me
And now I'm in heaven above

"My son, my son, what have you done?...”
Track Name: Wholly Ghost
Don't mind me if I'm dreaming
Though it looks as if I'm scheming
As I try to improvise, I notice fear itself disguised
Drip from the ceiling

Well I may not be the host with the most
Oh, but I'll propose a heavenly toast
And your ears they may deceive you if your eyes remain closed
As I become wholly ghost

Bet you’re feeling pretty wise
With that aristocrat disguise
Sending thoughts across the table, waging war
But you just hide behind your size

Your lead souls did shine brightly when you turned them into gold
This alchemy is strange to me, but I bet that weight is getting old
Your lights are slowly dimming now, infected with a less than common cold
For a moment your neon signs had me sold

Sitting at the table
With a criminal or two
I hear sirens softly singing through the window
Sir they're singing just for you
Track Name: Wiff You
Well my Mama told me girls try to stick to you
But they're the most unreliable glue
And you told me the words of your father
But each is just another excuse

So, come on, Madeline, just take my arm
Aren't you impressed by my incredible charm?
I know you may be the governor's daughter
But I think we might just get along

Now if it weren't for my Mama's curfew
...I'd be with you

So let's take a walk, but not too far
Or my Ma and my Pa will wonder where we are
So we can't stay here - too much longer
To escape the law

So, come on, Madeline, just take my hand
I know the way and the lay of the land
But the sinking sun makes it so much harder
This didn't work out quite the way I'd planned

But I'm glad I don't know my way home
...Or I'd be alone

Well my fear of the dark couldn't get any stronger
How could you be so brave, when I falter
I'm just afraid of some midnight stalker
But I forget it all - as I grow fonder

So, come on, Madeline, let's just not go back
Let's buy a house and a red cadillac
Our parents may worry, but it just doesn't matter
The fools will just think we were kidnapped

And I hope that your love is as strong as mine
'Cause we'll be here for quite some time
Track Name: Levelhead
I always thought I had a level head
But I've taken ill advice
I've been fooled just once or twice
But I think I'm just clumsy

I never thought I'd be the one to say
That the girl I just happened to meet
Knocked me clean off of my feet
She thinks she's so pretty

Oh I just want to take her home
And do things I should condone
It will be easy since my mind is so hollow
But I've purged so many words I will swallow

So this girl, she said to me
"Oh honey, can't you see?
I'm not for you and surely you're not the one for me."

I said "Babe, I disagree;
I'm the perfect man, you see,
And I'd be glad to prove you wrong if you don’t believe.”

Now I always try to pick up the bill
But my girl never lets me
'Cause she doubts my ability
To make any money

The birds coming from your lips
Contrast the words slipping from your hips
And I just don't know which cue I should follow
Oh, babe you're just so wonderfully shallow

"Well my babe," she said
"Why don't we just go to bed?
I'm tired of all these silly thoughts spilling from your head."

And I said, "Babe, maybe you're right,
Why don’t we go hang it up for the night.
You know it's hard for me to not be so uptight."


Well I always thought I had a level head
But I've been fooled just once or twice
And now somehow, I have a wife...
And that's not funny.
Track Name: Id Kid
I've got one foot in the water
And a forehead getting hotter by the hour
The water may feel better
But I know that it'll fetter me down

And I say, "please Sir, come and take my hand
And help me to understand
Before the demons, they come and take my hand
And make me understand"

It's all in between
The crimson and the clean

And I know for every daughter
There's a man who's got her in mind
And a woman may be warmer
But the former only cares for his own kind