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Black Static

by Bad Actors

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1.
Susie's on the corner Talking double time She puts her hand in my pocket Says my love's a crime The more you try to take it The more I want to give it all away When you're coming back for more The only words you're going to hear me say…. Gonna steal your heart x2 If you had a conscience You wouldn't treat me this way You'll rob me blind with your smile as you walk away You're coming after me but you know you won't get too far when you're standing near me it feels like we're miles apart Gonna steal your heart x2 The more you try to take it The more I want to give it all away When you're crawling back for more The only words you're going to hear me say…. Gonna steal your heart x2 Well you say that my loves a crime lock me up, I'll do the time It's called a crime of passion baby Gonna have to steal your heart Nicki rents a room in the back of my mind she says she'll leave tomorrow can she bum a ride? You're coming after me but You know you won't get too far When you're standing me
2.
Eyes On Top 02:26
Hey baby word on the street Got your man tied down with that muscle machine Is life real or an illusion Broadcast in high resolution (Chorus) Eyes on top x2 You feel the rhythm now the beat don't stop Eyes on top x2 Tell me baby where that bombs gonna drop And you don't know what you don't know Can't stop got the world in my hands Gonna shake it till it bleeds Gonna shoot what I can Is life real or an illusion Broadcast in high resolution (repeat chorus) Eyes on top x4 Eyes on top Eyes on top You feel the rhythm now the beat don't stop Eyes on top Eyes on top Tell me baby where that bombs gonna drop And you don't know what you don't know Eyes on top x4
3.
Anthem 02:02
You crossed a line That leads back to sanity The luxury of lies That rewrites our history And now I know Ive got to sing my anthem Gonna sing it loud Ain't backing down from nothing In the land of hope Lights fade on democracy Watch the chasm grow Devouring everything I see when your talk is cheap the truth stands in front of me (chorus) Ride the highs and lows A ship lost to a sea of change Let the hard wind blow This noble shield protects me Your silence stands for nothing Your silence stands for nothing Your silence stands for nothing It's a bitter lie!
4.
Backfire 02:10
This situation's like nothing I've seen Sound the silent alarm City in darkness Horizon in flames There's no escape This terror it blinds me Ninety miles in a hundred degrees Anchored to the sun Animosity without the relief Tethered by anger Fever and terror Swinging at shadows Swimming in gasoline (chorus) Backfire Baby Set the match to the fuse Backfire Baby Got nothing to lose Read it all in a magazine Let the motor run Strike a match on my teeth Watch the flames dance before me Backfire Baby
5.
Dark clouds and thunder Forming like a plague Could this be the end Death rides slow Doesn't say a word Could this be the year Staring at the sky while the wheels of time roll on. Dark shadows rise, dark shadows fall Red sirens whale to the rhythm of war Could this the end Could this the year Staring at the sky while the wheels of time roll on and on and on Pale rider dark horse Pale rider dark horse Pale rider dark horse Could this be the end Could this be the year Pale rider dark horse x4
6.
I'm looking for a reason I just gotta know On every page and every chapter Another man made disaster Now it feels like I'm losing control Who know's why Tell me where it goes While you're looking for a better answer Do you walk away, watch it fade away Look away, look away, look away, Leave it all alone Don't ask me I don't know Baby, who know's why I need to put it all together The missing link and the secret word Add it up until it matters Give me something I can measure Don't hook what you can't hold (Chorus) The endless news machine Bring's disorder to your home You say your mind is free As you march in line in uniform Who knows why I can't go home. Who knows why I don't belong here
7.
Off My Mind 01:46
Give me space and a little time Off my mind If I stray, keep me in line Off my mind I'm fighting every cartoon villain No one else can see I've tried every modern medication Nothing works on me When windows fail to bring in light Off my mind I'm fighting every cartoon villain No one else can see I've tried every modern medication Nothing works on me Keep me straight Keep me in line I've tried every modern medication Nothing works on me Off my mind Off my mind Off my mind
8.
Secret Life 02:53
A new name you have chosen And your age you will deny Watching others drink her poison Masquerading through the night (chorus) You're living a lie with your secret life You're living a lie you're living a lie I'm on to you yeah girl I see that trouble in your eyes You're living a lie with your secret life Little master of misfortune Broken hearts piled high Dry your eyes close your curtains Keep your secrets out of sight (chorus)
9.
Hey Sister why don't you wear your glasses And may you could see I hear you've been skipping your classes You'll never graduate And now the road your traveling Is scattered with debris Slowdown yeah Slowdown Slowdown Yeah Sister Slowdown Last night as I stood in the doorway You laughed and stole the keys And now the boys are calling On the darkest of all days Your mother is oh so worried Time to pump the brakes Slowdown Yeah Slowdown Slowdown Yeah Sister Slowdown
10.
Cold Mercy 04:42
Wild eyes awake from their slumber A hundred years of rest Who cut the wood and drover the beast from the forrest where we once hid Who killed the wolves and drove the wild from the mountain who sold the stars in the sky who planted noise in this once green garden The ghost left inside The ghost slept inside Cold Mercy They say when you're hurting Cold Mercy again Cold Mercy my friend Tired eyes no longer remember the sight they once held. The fading light, the path to the river Blood on my hands Who walks the fields, set fire to the harvest Who cursed the clouds in the sky Superstition for the masses The ghost left inside The ghost slept inside Cold Mercy They sing when you're hurting Cold Mercy again Cold Mercy my friend Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me

about

Bad Actors had booked a day at Archetype Recording just so we could have some demos to send out or whatever. But it grew and grew from there and eventually it became this record.
It took a while, though - Covid had come along and was putting all our plans on hold, but at the same time I was mixing some of the first tracks at home and starting to get excited about how they were cleaning up. Better than expected! Also somewhere around that time we added Shawn Ruth on bass and the songs evolved and got even better.

And then it settled in to A LITERAL YEAR of mixing haha … Shawn Tracy spent 2020 in his basement, doing almost nothing else.

Some of the songs were straight-ahead rockers: just add piano and done! But others— like Backfire, Pale Rider, and especially Cold Mercy—we really went down the rabbit hole, adding layers and layers, all kinds of things. There’s weird sounds and secret noises scattered around here and there… some obvious (like the coyotes at the end of Pale Rider), others subliminal.

Now it’s finally done and we're really stoked with how this record turned out, especially considering its humble origins - and grateful to Ryan at Sioux Guitars for putting it out on vinyl, honored to be a part of that! And most of all I hope this record is fun to listen to, full of good songs with great lyrics. And if one or two make you want to jump up and shake something… just go with it

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released June 11, 2021

Back cover art by Derek Buckley

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Bad Actors Omaha, Nebraska

Bad Actors are: Thad Sand (Vocals & Guitar) veteran of gritty Sioux City underground scene with Shawn Tracy (Guitar) formerly of NYC Die Monster Die (Roadrunner Records) with Shawn Adams (Drums) and Shawn Ruth (Bass). Bad Actors draw from the spirit of the Stooges, Rolling Stones, Ramones & MC5. Rock n Roll stripped of artifice. ... more

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