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Fluff

by Steve Marino

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1.
Fluff 04:01 video
This ain't over Til the fluff is gone Turn it over There’s another part Rolling over On my mother’s floor I trade lonely For an open door Did I mean to Put holes in your arm? I still need you Is your love now gone?
2.
Six Two Four 03:50
Everyone’s here Everyone’s out Follow the sound Cause everyone’s out We’re in the mood We’re here to move Pulse of the room I don’t know where else I should be Everyone’s here Everyone’s out If you ain’t here You’re missin’ out We’re in the mood We’re here to move Pulse of the room I don’t know where else I should be
3.
On the Line 02:22
Day out of love Give my eyes Until the end of the night Stay on the line Lay me down In your dim room light Wait, could you tell? I’ve got nothing going on I’m in hell Look out for me Alone and drunk Down Washington street
4.
Bent out to find someone Maybe like you Straining through green and blue New in smoking light Not sure what to do But I’m loose enough to move Move me I’ll be alright Lulled into cellar light Sing one or two I don’t mind to have a few I’m there to be around Buzzed with a view And I’m loose enough to move Move me I’ll be alright
5.
Open Door 02:58
[Instrumental]
6.
It’s like you left me on the lawn Wheel’s still spinning But you’re gone And I don’t know what pulls me inside But I heard a call Just a sweeter sounding offer overall Everything to hear you hum I exist to make you cum But something pulls me out of Eden Back into the room Hanging up on where I left you Trying not to give in too soon Our love under the table We don’t mind The two of us Just learning how to be Set out on the tracks now You and me Here’s a bit of me Before you leave
7.
Dehilya 03:24
What you want from me Is anybody’s time All you got from me is done There’s another name Ripe and on the vine All the time I have is gone Dehilya Loved you once All I want to feel Is any other way I brood useless through the day I will choose to not Learn from what went wrong All the love you gave is gone Dehilya Loved you once
8.
Vat 05:30
Before you see the world Wallow in the dark vat Where you form your eyes Before the fear of living Sentenced giving glory He just steals the light Seeing the whole Through anointed eyes I gave it up before I missed everything Living through the flesh To save my life I won’t leave until I’ve seen everything Before you see the world Sullen in devotion Pray, evangelize Let his spirit break your own Into his service Til you see the light Seeing the whole Through anointed eyes I gave it up before I missed everything

about

Over the last decade Steve Marino has recorded multiple solo albums (as Moor Hound), been in countless bands, and toured the country consistently, but his newest full-length, 'Fluff', is the first collection of songs he's released in his own name. In that sense it's his "debut" album.

One might expect such a transition, from the artifice of a band name to the intimacy of one's given name, to be born of some newfound, inward focus. It makes sense; it's a story of an artist going back to basics, getting real. It's also not what happened.

'Fluff' is an album about home, and one's place in it, love, and intimacy, and it's the result of Steve marrying his direct, honest songwriting with a deeply collaborative process. He developed the record with fellow Bloomington, Indiana resident, and standout producer Ben Lumsdaine (Kevin Krauter, Major Murphy, Juan Solorzano) and together they open up the songs, giving them tangible depth.

The title track, "Fluff", with its precise drums, layered guitars, and visceral, emotive vocals, captures the power of this collaboration. It's a song that is delicate, yet driving, lyrically opaque, yet emotionally direct. It is, like the rest of the album, in perfect balance.

credits

released May 24, 2019

Recorded in summer 2018 at Russian Recording in Bloomington, IN
Additional recording done at Magnetic South in Bloomington, IN

Recorded, produced and mixed by Ben Lumsdaine at Russian Recording
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

Strings performed and recorded by Diederik van Wassenaer

Layout by David Woodruff

Mural by Judah Mergl

Thanks to Mark Edlin, Zac Canale, Judah Mergl, Alex Swartzentruber, Stone Irr

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