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Backyard

by Floodlights

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Nullarbor 04:26
I pack my boot up and drive Everything that’s necessary for my life My jack, tools and tyre repair kit It makes me look the part But in Bridgestone I will sit Driving through the quiet rural towns A novelty sized fruit stands with nobody around The cattle station hums into the night But I ain’t seen nothing yet, 'ya see? The sun at my back when I wake My brain see-saws Is this a big mistake? Constant phone calls ring out It's nothing personal I just need a people drought The mesmerising ocean dances slow Tormenting the great desert with its tantalising show The UHF, it crackles hard And I’ve only got this far, 'ya see? And I’ve only got this far I’m hoping for a grand epiphany That comes to me I’m struggling But if I trek a little further Into the dust Into the bush I’m stuck But it's something I will feel In my guts and in my blood I want to rattle my own cage And I’ll keep on rolling 'til its done Nowhere to be and I got time to kill Nowhere to be and I got time to kill Nowhere to be and I got time to kill Nowhere to be and I got time to kill And I got time to kill I’m hoping for a grand epiphany That comes to me I’m struggling But if I trek a little further Into the dust Into the bush I’m stuck But its something I will feel In my guts and in my blood I want to rattle my own cage And I’ll keep on rolling 'til its done
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What’s our identity? Stubby shorts and a culture cut short Shane Warne on the telly That’s our identity Out of sight and out of mind Does that work in the dead of the night? Confusion lies On stolen land What did we build from? Who dealt this hand? Ciggie smoke in a small town pub Footy's on Rough as guts Ghosts of the gums Are calling back And the crack of the gun Keeps ringing back
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Backyard 03:46
Grandpa said son, real men don’t hold guns They’re humble with grace And they shield their loved ones Hold your own he said And bow to no one’s head Help when you have impulse And address the things that you dread Don’t you feel embarrassed And never feel ashamed For sticking up for others who can’t defend their name I am nothing without the wind behind my back But it’s the wind that blows That keeps me on my track But where this wind comes from Is not like a sea breeze It flows constantly From those close to me I walk through an old yard My friends in different rooms A demon in their hands They've taught me much under the great full moon A complex series of unforeseen events Divert my feet with every accident It's humbling to know our control only goes so far I am nothing without the wind behind my back But it’s the wind that blows That keeps me on my track But where this wind comes from Is not like a sea breeze It flows constantly From those close to me It flows constantly From those close to me

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Backyard is the debut EP from Floodlights. This four track EP explores themes of Australian culture and identity. Introduced by Uncle Bunna Lawrie, a Mirning Elder and Whale Dreamer of the Nullarbor coast, the first track, ‘Nullarbor’ follows a personal journey across the remote South of Australia and the revelations that can be struck from adventure. ‘Small Town Pub’ is a reflection on culture and conflicting ideas of national identity. The title track ‘Backyard’, is a song about the network of support created by different people in your life.

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released May 24, 2019

Recorded by Archie Shannon at Love Shack Studios, Footscray.
Mixed by Archie Shannon in Thornbury.
Mastered by Mikey Young in Rye.
Artwork by Maddison Kitching.

Floodlights would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land that this EP was recorded on: the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their elders, past present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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