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New Constellation

by Toad the Wet Sprocket

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) "Toad the Wet Sprocket" is a very popular and successful alternative rock band that thoroughly escaped my attention for more than three decades, but finally caught my ear thanks to Will Hsiung, who purchased their 2015 EP "Architect of the Ruin". Their 6th album "New Constellation", released after a hiatus of 16 years with overwhelming crowdfunding on kickstarter.com, clearly shows the musical thumbprints of Glen Phillips, and Todd Nichols' "Lapdog" project, both of them present on Bandcamp. Favorite track: Is There Anyone Out There.
shihalv
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shihalv I love everything about Toad.. I have all their CDs from Bread and Circus to Coil! Couldn't be happier with the band getting back together and producing awesome music. Keep it up will keep supporting! Favorite track: Golden Age.
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Emberley Patience I LOVE TOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is different but the wet sprocket is in there Favorite track: Golden Age.
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1.
Hey, what's that thing I can't remember? How did I get so far off center? It's a fractured view through faulty lenses What do you trust when you can't trust your senses But I can fly through the heavens on the power of my heart And thread my way through a string of stars To write your name in a new constellation Declare my love to all creation I need to see the milky way No city lights, no smoky haze Just a speck on a speck on a spiral arm It feels so good to be so small And I can fly through the heavens on the power of my heart And thread my way through a string of stars To write your name in a new constellation Declare my love to all creation In darkness it gathers In sunlight it scatters My sorrow's contagious I've tested your patience Saint Dymphna, Cecilia Saint Margaret, Christina We've no faith but hear us Saint Drogo, Saint Vitus What's that thing I can't remember…. But I can fly through the heavens on the power of my heart And thread my way through a string of stars To write your name in a new constellation Declare my love to all creation
2.
No time, where did the time go? What was I thinking? No compass, no maps No sail on the mast And this boat is sinking We're going down There's too much in my head right now I've got no way to slow it down And no one's gonna pull me out But I still make the same mistakes California's wasted on me I'll stare at the sun Let the fire fill my eyes See nothing but light An endless day To banish the night I could set this right But there's too much in my head right now I've got no way to slow it down And no one's gonna pull me out But I still make the same mistakes California's wasted on me On the line where the ocean meets the sky I've been hoping I could see a sign, Hoping I could see a sign There's too much in my head right now I've got no way to slow it down And no one's gonna pull me out And I still make the same mistakes California's wasted on me I still make the same mistakes I'm wasted out in California I'm too much in my head right now California's wasted on me
3.
The Moment 04:06
Shame doesn't become you There are no mistakes in the final view No blame, how could it be so wrong That your heart was braver than your will was strong? For every path you follow there's another left behind Every door you don't kick open there's a million more to try And for everything you've taught me here's the one I've learned the best There is nothing but the moment Don't you waste it on regret I'll go, but who will you have to be Will you just get by or get what you need Just know that I don't need to fit in But is there room for you in your life with him? For every path you follow there's another left behind Every door you don't kick open there's a million more to try And for everything you've taught me here's the one I've learned the best There is nothing but the moment Don't you waste it on regret It's out of my hands, out of my hands But I miss my friend, I miss my friend So this is the price of honesty But I'm not sorry For every path you follow there's another left behind Every door you don't kick open there's a million more to try And for everything you've taught me here's the one I've learned the best There is nothing but the moment Don't you waste it on regret The moment is happening now The moment is passing How could it be so wrong?
4.
Rare Bird 04:22
I talk too much, I always do 'Til sense is lost along with truth Your silence is the harmony To every word I truly mean Your mind is like a rare bird Flying high above the cold world Slow dancing in the thermals Singing songs no one's ever heard So why'd they want to cage you? Clip wings and try to tame you You were meant to be free Through state of fugue and breach of trust I see you new again my love You hold so much so gracefully From miracle to tragedy Your mind is like a rare bird Flying high above the cold world Slow dancing in the thermals Singing songs no one's ever heard So why'd he want to cage you? Clip wings and try to tame you You were meant to be free Some shine brighter than the sun Too brilliant to gaze upon And rarer than rhodium Hear me, wherever you are tonight You better be flying high You'd better be flying high Your mind is like a rare bird Flying high above the cold world Slow dancing in the thermals Singing songs no one's ever heard So why'd I want to cage you? Clip wings and try to tame you You were meant to be free
5.
Hey, yeah Ready for the big rain Hey, yeah Everything will change in an instant Slowly the waters rise around you Quickly, so much washed away We've all been hurt It's nothing new Just bet on me 'Cause I'll bet on you Hey, yeah Fire in the canyon Take what you can Barely time to get away You showed me when all you have is ashes Somehow something still remains We've all been hurt It's nothing new Just bet on me 'Cause I'll bet on you It's no-one's fault I'll tell you true Just bet on me 'Cause I'll bet on you
6.
Golden Age 04:40
A decade in the wilderness How'd we ever come to this Took all we had to just survive No time left for asking why Saint Virginia saved your life An angel and a kitchen knife When the devil tests your will You kill who you have to kill God loves a madman But I wore his patience through It's too much to ask of anyone I could never be as strong as you I could never be as strong as you All we are is vanity Comics playing tragedy I traded in my sanity For a dream that soon abandoned me God loves a madman But I wore his patience through It's too much to ask of anyone I could never be as strong as you Walls and barricades surround our golden age We will return again Some day
7.
Shout up at the sky In tatters, in tatters See no use in trying But it matters, it matters Spare a little prayer for the broken hearted How did he feel just being discarded? But it felt so good to get what you wanted Hey hey, you're finally free It's a new day, you're just where you wanted to be Hey hey, you're finally free You got what you wanted, you forgot what you need Each and every one We want more, we want more But if we quit when it gets hard Then what is love for, what is love for? Blow a little kiss to the innocent Throw a little bird to the ones you left Oh it feels so good until it hits you back You weren't the first, won't be the last Hey hey, you're finally free It's a new day, you just where you wanted to be Hey hey, you're finally free And it's so strange, it's not like you thought it would be Hey hey, you're finally free It's a new day, you just where you want to be Hey hey, you're finally free You got what you want now, you forgot what you need You get what you want, get what you want You forgot what you need
8.
A swarm of senses, a shatterstorm Tangled threads to weave a world We build defenses and call them homes Each alive, alert, alone Is there anyone, is there anyone out there? Is there anyone, is there anyone out there? 'Cause I don't know how to reach across the breach So deep between us Is there anyone, is there anyone out there Who feels the way I do? Uncertain language, imperfect words How can we expect to speak the truth I need you closer I need you still No matter how I seem to disappear from you Is there anyone, is there anyone out there? Is there anyone, is there anyone out there? I'm calling I don't know how to reach across the breach so deep between us Is there anyone, is there anyone out there Who feels the way I do? The world I've seems no-one could ever know The same as every other one of seven billion souls Is there anyone, is there anyone out there? Is there anyone, is there anyone out there? I'm calling I don't know how to reach across the breach so deep between us Is there anyone, is there anyone out there Who feels the way I do?
9.
Come wake me up I have been asleep too long And I pray, I pray it's time The storm is blowing over It's safe to go outside Life is beautiful, beautiful I could never imagine turning it away Love will make you weak Make you hungry It'll make you need someone Who'll break your trust And call you out But we never get enough Life is beautiful, beautiful Don't you ever surrender to the voices in your head Life is beautiful, beautiful I could never imagine i turned away
10.
The Eye 04:28
We're finally learning to fight We take to it well 'Til we are pure potential Imaginal cells You always were a wild one You like to bend the rules But baby when the time comes I might surprise you too You laugh like nothing can touch you The skies might open above you And the rain pours down and the wind whips high This love is a hurricane You are the eye I can't make a connection You don't trust it to hold So we cling to each other Through the battering storm Pain passes but slowly And pleasure gone too soon A copper manzanita We have to burn to bloom You laugh like nothing can touch you The skies might open above you And the rain pours down and the wind whips high This love is a hurricane You are the eye I'll stop telling you what you want to hear Stop waiting for me to arrive We keep ripping apart the atmosphere But the change is what keeps us alive You laugh like nothing can touch you The skies might open above you And when the rain pours down and the wind whips high This love is a hurricane You are the eye
11.
Enough 06:05
Missing time We killed the night But I didn't want to go I didn't want to go Back in to that light Chemicals Cloud around the hall Sting your pure eyes But it's sweeter than you know It's sweeter than you know Impossible The day is short The task is great And I am idle The day is short The task is great And I am idle The mind is willing but the body resists The fight is over but the pain persists Tell me when I've had enough Oh tell me when I've had enough I've had enough I've had enough The day is short The task is great And I am idle

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New Constellation is Toad the Wet Sprocket's first album in 16 years.
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released October 15, 2013

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Mikal Blue

Toad is:
Glen Phillips: lead vocals, guitars, ukulele, keyboards
Todd Nichols: guitars, vocals
Dean Dinning: bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Randy Guss: drums, percussion

With:
Zac Rae: keyboards
Greg Leisz: pedal and lap steel
Billy Hawn: percussion
Mikal Blue: ukulele, keyboards
Andrew Williams: string arrangements

Recorded at Revolver Recording, Thousand Oaks, CA December 2012-March 2013 • Additional Recording by Glen Phillips at Ed, Santa Barbara, CA, and Todd Nichols and Dean Dinning at Ellwood Ridge Studio, Goleta, CA. Second Engineer- Jon Marinos • Mastered by Doug Sax and Eric Boulanger at The Mastering Lab, Ojai, CA

Illustration by Ben Ciccati • Design by Kii Arens

Management: Bill Leopold at WF Leopold Management, Inc., Annie Balliro and Jessica West at UNIPHI GOOD
Booking: Adam Bauer at Madison House
Legal: Milton Olin at Altschul & Olin, LLP

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Toad the Wet Sprocket Santa Barbara, California

Celebrating over three decades as a band, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still making music and touring with the same spirit of unwavering independence that started it all.

The band is thankful for the continued help and enthusiastic support of their fans, serves as inspiration for the band to tour and make new music today.

Thank you for years of support. We look forward to seeing you soon.
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