The Dead Ships (EP)
by The Dead Ships
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10%
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Canyon
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Loveless, Come Lately
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You Were Young
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about
Devlin McCluskey (vocals/guitars) Christopher Spindelilus (drums)
Music by The Dead Ships | Lyrics by Devlin McCluskey
recorded/mixed by Nick Tipp in Los Angeles, CA mastered by Donny Newenhouse
Music by The Dead Ships | Lyrics by Devlin McCluskey
recorded/mixed by Nick Tipp in Los Angeles, CA mastered by Donny Newenhouse
credits
released 03 May 2011
Sometimes all it takes is one great pop hook to reel in some attention, and Echo Park-based the Dead Ships have certainly perked our ears up. Their self-titled EP offers no-nonsense garage rock featuring pop choruses that soar and stick long after listening. For a fairly new duo, Devlin McCluskey and Christopher Spindelilus have refreshingly accomplished a sound that has the accessibility of Best Coast and minimalistic flair of the Black Keys. However, McCluskey’s’ Eddie Vedder-esque vocals go nowhere near abuse with his usage of “Ooohs,” and his cheeky guitar lines are perfectly propelled by Spindelilus’ clean drumming, giving the pop just enough grit for a balanced lo-fi rock song.
- Searaphina, Buzzbands.LA
The Dead Ships create jams made for beers and dimly lit bars, enhanced by gruff vocals and pop melodies that enhance the sound into something destined to leave behind those self-same bar room floors. “You Were Young” is my favorite track off their excellent The Dead Ships EP. It’s filled with ooh’s and whoa’s, backed by some sparse garage rock instrumentation that jangles right along to vocalist Devlin McCluskey’s soulful vocals. - Sirens of Decay
Sometimes all it takes is one great pop hook to reel in some attention, and Echo Park-based the Dead Ships have certainly perked our ears up. Their self-titled EP offers no-nonsense garage rock featuring pop choruses that soar and stick long after listening. For a fairly new duo, Devlin McCluskey and Christopher Spindelilus have refreshingly accomplished a sound that has the accessibility of Best Coast and minimalistic flair of the Black Keys. However, McCluskey’s’ Eddie Vedder-esque vocals go nowhere near abuse with his usage of “Ooohs,” and his cheeky guitar lines are perfectly propelled by Spindelilus’ clean drumming, giving the pop just enough grit for a balanced lo-fi rock song.
- Searaphina, Buzzbands.LA
The Dead Ships create jams made for beers and dimly lit bars, enhanced by gruff vocals and pop melodies that enhance the sound into something destined to leave behind those self-same bar room floors. “You Were Young” is my favorite track off their excellent The Dead Ships EP. It’s filled with ooh’s and whoa’s, backed by some sparse garage rock instrumentation that jangles right along to vocalist Devlin McCluskey’s soulful vocals. - Sirens of Decay
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"The two-man crew's music is a bluesy wrecking ball, . . . their tuneful charisma separates them from the legions of garage-rock imitators." - LA Times
shows
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May 30Santa Monica, CA
discography
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Feb 2012 -
Sep 2011 -
May 2011
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- Track Name: 10%
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We make up the 10% who break the mold
Rusting the pipes till the roof collapses in on itself
We come out when all the others stay at home
Dirty works the only thing any of us know
We come out when all the others stay at home
No doubt about us cause there aint no way we're losing at all
We come out when all the others stay at home
Dirty works the only thing any of us know
Stripped down the bolts and sanded
Every last tie that banded
Crumbled till nothing matters
Down to dust rags and tatters
We explode the fuses in the circuitry
crossing the lines and redirecting everything
we explode when all the others stay at home
love the rubble because it's the only thing we know - Track Name: Canyon
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Remember when we pulled off
up over Mulholland for a laugh
the wild side came easy
we couldn't keep our clothes from hitting the dash
when we take the freeway
we're guaranteed at least an hour and a half
i say we take the canyon
even if we never make it back
let's take the canyon
let's take the canyon home
pull off mulholland
and leave the rest to rush alone
remember when we forced it
and you said you would try anything twice
Old in and out the backroom
dive head over heels into this life
let's take the canyon
let's take the canyon home
pull off mulholland
and leave the rest to rush alone
the price is worth the parole
twenty to life i'm told
when light goes out they know
we both take this solo
Remember when we forced it
blowing through the guard rails off the track
the wild same came easy
we couldnt keep our clothes from hitting the dash
let's take the canyon
let's take the canyon home
pull off mulholland
and leave the rest to rush alone
the price is worth the parole
we both take this solo
when it goes out they know
we both take this solo - Track Name: Loveless, Come Lately
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I think I might take a ride
down to the coast
away from the headstones waiting back at home
I think I might spend the night
sleep in the sand
and wake when the birds take the feed from my hand
go out smile down your brazen prime
loveless come lately we've no time
count your paces oh faithless mine
loveless come lately we've no time
i think i might take a life
bend out it's breathe
to repay the debts i remiss to receive
i think i might take my time
remember each gasp
the twitch of a hand, each pump of the chest
Go out smile down your brazen prime
loveless come lately we've no time
re-break your bones before they set
loveless come lately we've only regret
Go out smile down your brazen prime
loveless come lately we've no time
count your paces oh faithless mine
loveless come lately we've no time - Track Name: You Were Young
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You were young when you laid your head
in the grass where you now still reside
caught your leg on a beaten path
now you're trapped for the rest of your life
Oh-oh-oh...(refrain)
You were young when you laid your head
in the trap where you now still reside
now your thoughts run around your head
like a tornado trapped in the sky
(Refrain)
Gold sage
Maintain
one finds one way
But you were young when you first saw god
staring down at you from a cross
bowed your head like a good lamb should
where you wait to collect on the cost
(Refrain)
You were young when you made your pact
with the first devil you came across
built yourself on to broken legs
now you wait as the prey for the fox
(Refrain)
Souls say
with age
one finds ones way
but you were young when you laid your head
now wont stop until you're dead
(repeat)
You were young when you realized
lifes a trap for the sand on the beach
all the things that a good man wants
are set just beyond his reach
