We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The New Britton Sound

by Timothy Monger

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $5 USD  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The New Britton Sound on limted edition 12" black vinyl w/ insert featuring lyrics & credits. Sounds great, looks great!

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Britton Sound via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The New Britton Sound on the industry's most reliable medium. Packaged in a rustic matte finish digipak. Looks great, sounds great! Baguette and pomegranate not included.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Britton Sound via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      $10 USD or more 

     

1.
The Lark 02:46
When the lark whistles in my chest And muscles me away from work I go driving in the dirt Light a spark in the service of the moment Yeah, my heart Wants to know if you will Go invent the road Invent the road, invent the road When the dark hunts my chest And humbles me, where can I turn? Will you go driving in the dirt? Light a spark Set it burning in the moment Yeah, my heart Wants to know if you will Go invent the road Invent the road, invent the road © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
2.
We live on the north side of the road About a mile from town On the coastline of a cornfield And on every side there are more fields Making an island of our home And off to the west side is a mill In a railroad town Population 500 people It's hard to make time for other people Out here on our own we do what we will We hear the tornado sirens sometimes We're on the flight path to Detroit Out here on the north side of the road In a quiet town With only the wind lashing the cornfield Animating the grass out on the airfield Yawning out away from our home On the north side of the road © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
3.
Witches 03:06
Put some music on And get your body up again You wake and turn a light on But witches turn it off again Why heaven never helps you Who can tell? Every hope you want to cling to Gone as well Livid, wondering What part you’re playing Living wondering What are you, plain? Put your boots back on Get ready to go out again Be wary in the shadows Where witches want to draw you in Some force you to remember Some command What curse could you have countered Had you planned? Living, wondering What are you, plain? Forever wondering What part you play © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
4.
When I’m a happy drunk Head in the clouds where the sun shines nearer When I’m a happy drunk My mumbling eyes can see clearly When I’m a lonely drunk And everyone’s out doing something better When I’m a lonely drunk Midnight calls are my answer But when I’m an angry drunk Lit by the fire of my disappointment When I’m an angry drunk Old regrets are my cancer Hard to shake all those fears © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
5.
Guitar Case 03:55
Guitar case Romancing the girls They can’t help but look as you go past With your black handle And buckles of brass Guitar case Diplomat to the world In South Carolina or Japan Conversation is what you demand Guitar case Softly showing your age You gave your best years to the band With your patina of stickers and cracks Held together by smoke And two old callused hands © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
6.
Mining Accident (free) 02:00
You’re mine in a mining accident Underneath a mountain We can have a good talk Underneath a mountain We can really connect Will you be mine in a mining accident? You’re mine in a hurricane cellar Underneath the debris We can have a good talk Underneath the debris I think we can connect Will you be mine in a hurricane cellar? You’re mine when the government falls When anarchy reigns We can have a good talk When there is no law I think we’ll really connect Will you be mine when the government falls? © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
7.
Now we’re older, friends and foes The bar is shorter, we all sit close Telling stories, telling fables Close to home old friends and foes Bitter talk is tough to quell Rivals round one dinner bell If you can’t beat them just ignore them Find your own status quo So goodbye Mary, goodbye Jane May your hearts absolve the change The common ties that serve to bind us Reveal us all just working folk © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
8.
City bones Cope with the humdrum Only when they jangle upstate do they know Narrow roads (chimney smoke) The torch of moonlight Shining through the ribs of pine and scarlet oak Never once In sixty summers Did he ramble out beyond the bricks of home So catch a ride (sail the tide) Through broken barrows Away from man’s light on this trolley of lost souls Far from home In shadow country Crackling feet blanched by moon on top of stone White and lithe (late at night) Retreating softly Across the hearth of land to spend a new year’s night © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
9.
Song Clerk 05:02
Song clerk Punching in, punching out Song clerk Pens one for regret And for that lady’s eyes They’re stocking up Before the memory dies They’re stocking up Their carts a mile high Tides turn Coming in, coming out Time clerk At home or at your desk You labor all your life It’s market day New oysters in the night So dream away Forever chasing tides Songs of joy and hurt The young and quick to burn The worn unhurried words For all the weary world Another major work Bound never to be heard So humbly sung at first Betraying all its worth © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
10.
The Classics 03:37
The classics are playing Inside your throat The classic ring out again From the pockets of your coat Through the village of the dead Underage and overfed No one can blame you For playing the classics all night long The classics will save Your wretched life Maybe once, maybe twice Some old song will still the knife And from the shadows of your room They give you strength to make your move So who can blame you For playing the classics all night long I remember when I first Heard this song Giving focus to my rage Moving stones before it's gone Maybe you go back there too Where the muscles of your memory hurt And who can blame you For making a classic of this song © 2011 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)

credits

released June 21, 2011

Produced by Timothy Monger
Recorded by Timothy Monger at Brablec Farms - Britton, MI
Mixed by Geoff Michael and Timothy Monger at Big Sky Recording - Ann Arbor, MI
Mastered by Jim Kissling - Ferndale, MI

Additional recording by...

Timothy Monger at Quack! Media Loft, John's House, Christian's House, Scott's House & Jamie's House - Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI
Geoff Michael at Big Sky Recording - Ann Arbor, MI
Jason Decamillis at White Lodge Recording - Ann Arbor, MI
Brandon Wiard at Pretty Suite Recording - Ypsilanti, MI
Tyler Duncan in Ann Arbor, MI
Jared Nelson Smith in Los Angeles, CA

String and wind arrangements on Guitar Case, Song Clerk and Broken Barrows by Paula Kelley

Photography by Kristie Brablec

LP and CD design and layout by Dan Shepelavy

All songs written by Timothy Monger
Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)

Northern Detective
Case # ND-001

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Timothy Monger Ypsilanti, Michigan

Solo artist, leader of Timothy Monger State Park, co-founder of Great Lakes Myth Society, curator of Log Variations, writer, and proprieter of Northern Detective.

contact / help

Contact Timothy Monger

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Timothy Monger, you may also like: