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Keep In Touch

by Jordan Graves

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1.
In the town of Bend, Oregon there are rowhome apartments Between a birth center and a funeral home I spent two years trying to figure my place there I'd flip through famous books of poetry But nothing ever spoke to me I've stood there too, my knees were dry Muddying the water won't convince me it's deeper Now I live in Seattle across the street from a park Sometimes people get shot there so I don't walk after dark But the rent gets paid so I'm ok, it's not quite San Francisco But eventually I'll probably have to leave and be replaced by a techie But I can't see over the horizon Sometimes I think that I'll never reach the sun I've been five me's since the last time I saw you And I have to wonder if this is the best one When you taught school in Korea were you afraid of the bomb? Did you connect with your soul there? Did you forget everyone? Frat Paul's at Columbia Law, Erik's working at the EPA Dennis went to Memphis for TFA, now he lives out in BK I haven't been East since 2016, but I'm trying to make it out this fall To see the changing leaves from my memories blazing like a fireball Igniting the tip of the horizon And tumbling into the sea of hills below Erasing all the green that came before it I am envious, but at the same time I don't know Last time we spoke I lied I didn't lose my phone that night
2.
I became the boy with the broken leg When I leapt in front of traffic just to prove that I was brave Helicopter doctors came to pick me up And they flew me to the city with brotherly love I've no recollection of what happened next I woke up to a neck brace and no context They told me I was blessed I thought that I was dead Pretty soon I learned I lived by different rules I said that I was tired so they sent me home from school There I'd spend my time inside a darkened head And I guess that's where it started, where my vast contentions bred I got a taste for dread I laughed at what they said Now I am impossible to please Darling, the problem here is me I said a couple things that I can't take back That thing I called you mother, well she's definitely not that I spend my days in bed after acting cruel Trying to think myself better, but it's never any use I'm right back at it My old habits I'm a full-grown rabbit I love you more than you'd believe But I've got some darkness underneath
3.
In A Way 03:05
Calm down, moderator, I've still got something to say It's not that you're mistaken, I'm just on a different plane I can't believe the fool they're trying to make of me But don't think I don't see what they see I do In a way I based my decisions all upon your moving day I tried to face the real world, it just turned me away And I can't breathe every time I try to speak But I agree that you deserve this more than me I do In a way
4.
All the lights are red from here to Brooklyn But I like how you talk so I don't mind There's men at war and even more sleep walking But giving in has never been our style And lately I don't sleep into the morning 'Cause my days are just a cavalcade of loss Of all the countless chances I've been given 'Cause I'll never have the chance to take them all Just give me something to rely on 'Cause words alone cannot describe my year If I'm a hill that you could die on Let's put a name to what we're doing here Before it all just disappears Let the keystone fall out of the center 'Cause the mountains only pine for us climb And lately I've been doing so much better But yesterday came swinging at my side If all my broken dreams could make a living Then maybe I could learn to treat you right 'Cause maybe I've got something that's worth giving Or maybe I'm just good for the ride Just give me something to rely on 'Cause words alone cannot describe my fear If I'm a hill that you could die on Let's put a name to what we're doing here Before it all just disappears
5.
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Brandywine 05:02
Maybe I’ll get what I needed this time And maybe your house is the next in the line But I am not giving to ghosts in prime the way I did before I split my time running and catching my breath I’ve got a new friend, tastes like clove cigarettes And sometimes I feel I’ve got all that I need in myself The time that it takes to make these mistakes is all the time I ask And I’ll come back running to you, to there, my past I might be fine, but I miss the Brandywine And all the ways it put to rest a lonely troubled mind I got a new job and the boss is all right She drinks in the morning but shows up on time She’ll never be rich but she’s happy just getting by, as am I But when I’m up thinking my mind turns to you And idyllic montages burst into bloom I stay up all night just watching them all the way through But who are we to judge how well we’ve done, at least while we’re still young? So I’ll keep moving, a prisoner of the sun I might be fine, but I miss the Brandywine And all the ways it put to rest a lonely troubled mind And If I don’t return It’s not that I’ve let go I just grow restless and I need the road And I may grow tired And I might be weak And I may believe That this makes me free Or I might be fine, but I’ll miss the Brandywine And all the times it passed us by as you placed your hands in mine
7.
Gwendolyn drew portraits of nothing As psychotropics flowed through her veins Then looking in the mirror at her subject She felt buried by the weight (Weight of it all) She was buried by the (Weight of it all) To call it just a needless distraction Would undercut the campus charade I just couldn't fight my attraction I felt carried by the weight (Weight of it all) I still feel carried by the (Weight of it all) I didn't try to change our worlds by any means I was just twiddling my thumbs imagining Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, you as my girl Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, me as your girl Nikolas hung out at the pool hall But never brought the money to play He just liked the way that their blacklight Made his denim jacket glow (Glow a new shade) It made his denim jacket (Glow a new shade) He broke it off with Gwen when he kissed me Not knowing that they'd both done the same As the power lines started drifting All the lightning made me glow (Glow a new shade) The bolts of lightning made me (Glow a new shade) I didn't try to change our worlds by any means I was just twiddling my thumbs imagining Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, you as my girl Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, me as your girl I didn't try to change our worlds by any means I was just twiddling my thumbs imagining Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, you as my girl Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, me as your girl Me as a maniac, you as a heart attack, I'd give you the world
8.
Did you wait for stones against your window? Or were you ever home alone at all? I've always gone whichever way the wind blows Hoping that I'd end up in your arms I lie awake beside you sometimes thinking Of all the ones who've filled space before Some whose warmth I'm sure you don't remember Some, I'm sure, who claimed to love you more Were any of them witty or just handsome? Are any of them in your favorite songs? It's not that I think love's a competition Or anything you've done before was wrong Oh I'm not the jealous type I just don't get what you like I'm wide awake and I hear your heart beating How do I exist inside your mind? Are all my flaws amended with revisions? Or are the good and bad left undefined? I'd lie right here forever if you'd let me And sometimes I'm convinced that you just might But I've never been known for intuition And I've been shaken by a few goodbyes Oh I've never know the signs And heaven knows I've tried But I'd like to get this right And keep you satisfied
9.
Afterglow 02:57
Took off my shoulder pads, walked off the field, and joined a one-man band Went through the doorway in a fever dream of unrecognized plans In every ending there's a motorcade of strangers who had nothing else to do that day There are too many people standing in this church that I don't love Enough to validate their stories with an everlasting shrug To watch me go, I'm a hero in my bones And I hope you find a better way out Back to the ether and I'm laughing at the tears that they've now found Kathy and Caroline see clearly though the makeup of a clown And come the morning news will finally have space for breaking down There are too many people standing in this church that they don't know Enough to validate their fictions with an underserving show Afterglow, I'm a hero in my bones And I hope you find a better way out What careful elegance put words to pain in such an arcane bliss I find myself believe intimacies I know don't exist Or maybe I just wasn't open to whatever they could give There are too many people standing in this church just for themselves And I am one of them, and toe to toe I truly wish you well Afterglow, casts a shadow from my bones And I hope you find a better way out

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What happens to a moon that drifts out of orbit? After emerging from the turbulent years of searching for a home and moving from coast to coast, Jordan Graves confronts the inevitable displacement of life and the solace of belonging on his second album, Keep In Touch. In the dizzying fervor of modern America, Graves’ musical meditations—on love, holding onto community in a time of separation, subjective memory, and incremental growth—celebrate the beauty of everyday life while seeking out some larger thread to hold on to. From the upbeat grooves of “Full-Grown Rabbit" and “Me as your Girl” to the somber reflections of “Brandywine” and “Heaven Knows I’ve Tried," separation challenges but never conquers, and Graves’ wobbling satellite suggests that while the center may not hold, something must.

Chris Howell - Drums (3, 8, 9); Bass (8, 9); Keys (3, 5, 8, 9); Backing Vocals (3, 8, 9); Voicemails (5); Guitar solo (8)
Colin Crane - Keys (4); Backing Vocals (4); Synthesizers (4)
Kyle Baxter - Voicemail (5)
Graham Nolte - Voicemail (5)
Bradford Davis - Voicemail (5)

In addition to those listed above, I'd like to thank Caitlin, Haughton, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Ricky, and Megan for helping bring this album into existence.

Words and music by Jordan Graves
"Full-Grown Rabbit" music by Jordan Graves and Bradford Davis
"Keep In Touch" words by Chris Howell, music by Jordan Graves and Chris Howell

Recorded at Zoophagous Studios West in Seattle, WA
Additional recordings by Chris Howell at Zoophahouse Studios East in Charleston, SC

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released August 28, 2020

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