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Parade

from Lach Today by Lach

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    'Lach Today' was Lach's fourth full album and was released in February of 2007. To celebrate it's 10th anniversary we are releasing through Bandcamp 35 extremely rare hard copy CD's. First come, first served.

    "This is my most rock, sharp-edged album. The band walked into the studio and the engineer, knowing my reputation in Antifolk, said it was the best acoustic studio in town. My immediate response was, "How do we change that?"
    There are no electric guitars on the album but it's still has that jangly, classic new wave sound through some secret studio techniques we invented for the sessions."

    Lach is joined by the band he was working with at the time, The Secrets, with Billy Ficca (of Television) on drums and Roy Edroso (of The Reverb Motherfuckers) on bass.


    “Four Stars! Splendid! Best of it’s kind!” – Mojo Magazine

    “East Village staple Lach personifies the Antifolk scene with his jangly, funny, pop punk songs. His album, Lach Today, puts the strong songwriting in a raw rock context.” – Timeout NY

    “Deftly blending bouncy, catchy melodies with wry, witty lyrics, this delightfully offbeat and enjoyable corker makes for a very intoxicating sonic brew. The enthusiastic singing, the irresistibly jubilant acoustic guitar riffs, the jumpin’ drums, the divinely chillin’ organ ripples, the sheer giddiness and vitality of the playing, the ceaselessly springy rhythms, and especially the total sense of joy and fun which permeates every last blithely harmonic note all add up to one of the most immensely charming and entertaining albums I’ve heard in quite a spell. A terrific album.” – Jersey Beat

    “There are songs commenting on the world in the way that underground artists do best. His storytelling songs are great too, rocking like songs that could be found in the jukeboxes of ice cream parlours of the 60s.” - nunuworldmusic.co.uk

    “And such a spirit slips through each and every acoustic ramshackle gem. Ultimate, unperfumed honesty presented in a dynamic, audaciously timed and sharply rhymed demeanor; riotously infectiously yet touchingly shocking (this guy’s had a life), heart-warming and arousing all at simultaneous moments.” - rockfeedback.com

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lyrics

Parade

Everyone got nervous when the local Antifolk bar put long red velvet curtains on the stage
Such a scene I've never seen of dizziness and whispers of outrage
And little Frankenstein was so unkind when he said, "Hey, they've desecrated my grave!"
And little Susie Twoshitz reacted as if Auschwitz reopened up its maze

Parade

Meanwhile in Washington democracy came undone no one in the bars said a thing
Rides were organized, announcements made but no one went down to protest the king
Meanwhile, in the city, the cops were given freely new rules to search and seize who they please
No protest singers could be found only handwringers with their frowns down upon their knees

Parade

Community is a lying word we use to describe the social life raft called fear
What we called empowerment turns out to be a shower meant for those deaf enough to hear
So if you see me standing on the corner of befuddlement looking to the streets and the skies
It's only 'cause what I thought was dream theatre turned out to be a nightmare in disguise

Parade

In gossip we find all the chocolate treasures we need to keep ourselves up high
High above loyalty, decency and common sense where we can flit and fly
But candy wings tend to melt beneath the light of responsibility and consequence
Yeah, pardon me if I refrain to participate in this old small town square dance

Parade

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from Lach Today, released December 1, 2014

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Lach Edinburgh, UK

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis
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