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The Happy Hunting Grounds

by Badfellows

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1.
Country Song 02:25
COUNTRY SONG, OR, ANOTHER NIGHT AT MCGARVEY'S Joker’s on the rise, he’s got a bad tattoo and it comes as no surprise he’s leaving with you You always break my bones and send me home alone And I don’t know what to think or do All these spit covered words I sing to you All the “I Love You”s and “Don’t Go”s end up on the ground If you check your watch maybe it’s time to go But I’ll miss all the symmetry, all the fallen leaves All the swollen tongues, all the smoker’s lungs and in the middle of the fumes there’s you. Now the debt collectors, they call all day So I divide my bucks, I pay and I pay til I can’t pay no more - gonna find the happy hunting grounds And the world’s on fire, it’s the end of days the way Hannity talks my soul won’t be saved so I’ll just go online and stare at a thousand screens. If you check your watch maybe it’s time to go But I’ll miss all the symmetry, all the fallen leaves All the swollen tongues, all the smoker’s lungs and in the middle of the fumes there’s you. and in the middle of the fumes there’s you.
2.
Heaven 02:30
HEAVEN, OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE GROCERY STORE I used to riff a lot and write happy songs Now I just sludge chords and whine And you’re happy all the time and I don’t know why. Well I guess that’s how it is: I get sick, you get depressed, we get together again. -really incredible and technically impressive guitar solo- And I never claimed to know what heaven’s like but I imagine it’s a 12 items or fewer line But so clean and so pure. You’ve never seen nothing like this before. Well I guess that’s how it is: I get sick, you get depressed, we get together again. And I guess that’s how it is: I get sick, you get depressed, we get together again.
3.
Little Oaf 00:35
LITTLE OAF, OR, THE FIRST SONG
4.
Loud + Dumb 02:26
LOUD + DUMB, OR, GIN DRUNK ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Hold my hair back as I get sick In the pan you got from underneath the kitchen sink This teenage lust is thickening like quicksand As we lay on the second floor and listen to the neighbors fuck Wish I was more like them: Loud and dumb. If you want it, you got it If you need it, well I need it too If you want it, you got it now Broken bottles and crushed up cans surround me as I try to pass Through the darkened rooms and hallways of your pad Gin drunk on the Fourth of July And the way you’re looking at me makes me want to die It’s been a complicated life and tonight won’t change a thing If you want it, you got it If you need it, well I need it too If you want it, you got it now
5.
TO CALL A HORSE ANOTHER NAME, OR, TO PUT IT SIMPLY, HORSE I try to hide when you came looking for me late last night You were trying to explain all the neurological changes going on in my brain You can’t categorize - You know you can’t hide as well as I can hide Why bother trying to explain Why do you bother giving a horse another name Yeah I try to hide when I can Try to get out in the sunlight so I can work on my tan Trying to hide when I can When I can Yeah I try to hide when I can Try to get out in the sunlight so I can work on my tan Trying to hide when I can When I can
6.
Glass Arcade 02:46
GLASS ARCADE, OR, THE EVER EXPANDING BALLOON POPS Got so high I didn’t know my name As we made out behind the glass arcade Looking for something for just one night And so was I. Felt like I was gonna pop and I didn’t like the feel of that at all. Drowning my headache till it calls it Quits Fast forwards three years since my last split Swimming through bars like a stupid shark if I stop I’ll die. Felt like I was gonna pop and I didn’t like the feel of that at all. Felt like I was gonna pop and I didn’t like the feel of that at all.
7.
Ripoff 01:33
RIPOFF, OR, CRACKED SKULL Jump when you ask me how to get high And you make me want to die like some gum you scraped off your heel Skull getting cracked in the back of your van I’ve been drunk since 9AM and I’m not going to your place Go if you wanna leave. Go if you won’t regret a thing. Waste, just the space and the time you gave. And you don’t want to see my face ‘cause you don’t want to say my name. Now you’ll never have to say my name. Now you’ll never have to hear my name.
8.
Human Tycoon 02:02
HUMAN TYCOON, OR, FOR LACK OF A BETTER NAME I’ve been hanging on the words you’re saying for the last three weeks I’ve been cutting all my cloth out of your old bedsheets But if I could only hold your hair Wake up early on the other side of your bed But I know I can’t Now you’re saying theres a few more steps in this dance till we reach the end But I’ve been told that so many times Now my clumsy limbs have gone dead But if I could only hold your hair Wake up early on the other side of your bed But I know I can’t But if I could only hold your hair Wake up early on the other side of your bed But I know I can’t hold your hair I’m too busy holding myself.
9.
Thrift 03:06
THRIFT, OR, THE LAST SONG Stranger walks into the room They wrecked it and they left it. Scratched marks and payphone cards Left behind on the desk. And I’m sitting here waiting For the clock to go by Paint evaporating, not letting it dry You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. A lifetime of waiting and coming up short. Please check our ratings in Consumer Reports You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. You don’t work here, I can find it by myself. You don’t work here, I can find it by myself.

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At the forefront of the New Hampshire indie scene is Badfellows, a five-piece folk rock group from Manchester. Over the last few years, the've slowly perfected their blend of raw, chugging guitar chords with folk-style strings and a razor-sharp sense of melody. "The Happy Hunting Grounds" sees Badfellows at their best, delivering a series of lyrical vignettes that offer glimpses into the gloom of rural life. "Heaven" explores the monotony of romantic dependency with a self-depricating sense of sarcasm, whereas "Loud + Dumb" showcases envy for the blissful ignorance of a noisy neighbor. Each track is presented with a triumphant, orchestral stride that translates their drunken misery into powerful anthems of modern apathy.

Now available on a limited run of hand-numbered cassette tapes for the first time via Granite Tapes. "The Happy Hunting Grounds" comes packaged in clear cases with full color J-card artwork, wrapped in parchment and sealed in wax. Includes maple candy and digital download.

Originally released December 13, 2015.

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released May 13, 2016

All songs written by Badfellows.

Badfellows:

Evan Benoit: Guitars, Keys and Vocals
Lucas Troy: Guitars and Vocals
Evan Yarmo: Bass
Ryan Egan: Drums and Vocals
Zachary Glennon: Cello and Violin
Courtney Williams: Vocals

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