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Partial Distortions

by Red Mesa

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1.
Óðr 08:08
A lifting voice carries a prolific truth Life is worth the dare to dream Struggle forth a mundane consciousness When nothing is what it seems The noise fades into a careful strum The shaman laughs, the priest decrees Play the part until your numb Tomorrow brings relief Close your eyes Close your eyes Would you dare to not stray Open your eyes Open your eyes And see the light to light your way A force that causes us to enter battle Inspiration, ecstasy A power that infuses to the core Overwhelmed with fury A lilting voice carries a prolific truth Life is worth the dare to dream Struggle forth a mundane consciousness When nothing is what it seems Open your eyes Open your eyes Would you dare to not stray Open your eyes Open your eyes And see the light to light your way For some mysterious power working through us An explicit connection of inherent sacredness Mysterium Fascinosum Mysterium Tremendum We enter into sacrament An act of communion
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I write the songs that make the whole world sing Release the soul and find the golden ring I write the songs that make the whole world cry Exist with me and look into my eye I write the songs to help us heal and evolve Look past yourself into a higher resolve I write the songs to end our suffering To elevate to higher frequencies This story is older This pride makes me bold for that which will come Transferred to constant motion A ship out on the ocean Come find me in the moment Mistaking the moon for the sun The fabric of creation A billion parts of the one Positive and negative Connect Exist Fabric of creation In the moment In the song Communicate Inspire Heal Evolve
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Left to rot Decay Natural way Losing consciousness Frozen corpus Rigor mortis Frostbite Too late Thaw from the inside It’s too late Losing consciousness Frozen corpus Rigor mortis Left here on the mountain Forlorn Left here on the mountain Forlorn Dying In the cold sun Dying In the cold sun
4.
Time Passes By No One will ever Know Which way Life’s river flows Time will heal To never wake up The nightmare Well it’s real Mind’s eye It starts to tear Life’s trials That we should never fear Your memory Lives on To make us strong 12 Volt Shaman Hope the love Lights your way There’s so much more I wish that I could say As the sun Brightens the day My mind will race To where he shall lay He was a Father And a Friend He was a Wizard The mind’s eye It starts to tear Life’s trials That we should never fear Your memory Lives on To make us strong 12 Volt Shaman
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Desert March 05:21
Instrumental
6.
The deep And ancient ways Brings smiles amidst pain Snapping limbs and undead howls This is where we bury the dead Don’t go past to the place where the dead walk In that stony soil A man's heart is more stony still I will fight with all my will, but When the the destruction of all you love is near This is where we bury the dead Once you feel the power of that place You make up the sweetest smelling reasons to go back Beyond the deathfall The place that feeds on your grief This is where we bury the dead Go Come Back

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"Red Mesa dig deep in the earth with 'Partial Distortions' and emerge with their finest work yet. A new level of heavy songwriting for the trio who already had 'being badass' in their pocket." - JJ Koczan/The Obelisk

‘Partial Distortions’ shows a powerful return of the Albuquerque, NM heavy desert rock trio Red Mesa with their fourth full-length.

This 6-track album features the same lineup from their 2020 release ‘The Path to the Deathless’ and the 2022 single ‘Forest Cathedral’.

The record shows further collaboration between band members as guitarist/vocalist Brad Frye, bassist/vocalist Alex Cantwell, and drummer/vocalist Roman Barham all contributed musically and lyrically throughout the album.

Red Mesa has been leading the new generation of desert rock by proving that the genre is capable of greater expanses. The trio has expanded their signature heavy desert sound on ‘Partial Distortions’ to include more doom and sludge metal moments. “Blackened desert” sound collages and an overall doomier and downright frightening musical path will confront the listener, as the album is darker musically and thematically. All whilst still dwelling within an optimism that instills hope that amongst the loss, the tragic endings, and the suffering that this existence brings, that life is still worth living.

credits

released April 19, 2024

Red Mesa is:
Brad Frye - Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Lead and Backing Vocals
Roman Barham - Drums, Lead and Backing Vocals
Alex Cantwell - Bass Guitar, Lead and Backing Vocals, Additional Rhythm Guitars

Red Mesa uses:
Reverend Guitars, Fowl Sounds Pedals, Black Art Toneworks Pedals, PaulEDrums, Pig Hog Cables, Black Harbor Strings, and Dava Picks.

Recorded by Augustine Ortiz at the Decibel Foundry in Santa Fe, NM in December 2022.
Recorded and mixed by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studio in Albuquerque, NM in April, June, August, & October 2023.
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, OR in October 2023.

Album cover gouache painting by Marco Blasphemator.
Gatefold and back cover photos by Hayley Harper.
Graphics and Layout by Dave Walsh.

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Red Mesa Albuquerque, New Mexico

Red Mesa are a heavy desert rock band based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Formed in late 2013, Red Mesa compose a sound that interlopes desert rock with doom metal, psychedelic and western singer-songwriter/folk.


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