A Massive Head of Steam

by Yarnspinner

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Slightly altered tracklist due to vinyl restrictions!

Side A:
The Stag of Lee's Valley
Hair of the Tooth
Drunk Cosmonaut
Night Witch

Side B:
The Great Indulgence
A Massive Head of Steam

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1.	The Stag of Lee's Valley 02:40	lyrics	buy track
Roaming free Tinders pointed to the sky Thee old imperial stag This valley he calls home Just a myth the hunters tale Antlers like tree trunks sturdy in the ground Here he comes crashing down the stream All hail the stag of Lee’s valley So here I sit and wait Loaded and ready to fire I’ve watched him roar Gazed upon him from spiker to stag Now the time has come to strike My visions turning red Here he comes crashing down the stream All hail the stag of Lee’s valley Here he comes crashing down the stream All hail the stag of Lee’s valley One gentle squeeze The beast is mine Thee old bush king Breathes his last breath Here he comes crashing down the stream The stag of Lee’s valley Here he comes crashing down the stream
2.	Hair of the Tooth 04:48	lyrics	buy track
Head splitting headache Cotton mouth of the dammed Blood shot eyes the walking dead Too many from the night before Six durries and a Powerade Need something to cure my hangover blues Perhaps I’ll have the hair of the tooth Hair of the tooth Fuck your hair of the dog I’m having myself the hair of the tooth Curing all my blues it’s the hair of the tooth Two beers down feeling sublime Perhaps I’ll have another line Hair of the tooth blowing it away Cure my hangover today Hair of the tooth Fuck your hair of the dog I’m having myself a hair of the tooth Curing all my blues it’s the hair of the tooth It’s the It’s the hair of the tooth Curing all my blues It’s the hair of the tooth Curing all my hangover blues
3.	Drunk Cosmonaut 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Going further than anyone In race deep into outer space Off his face The mission is clear To go into the great unknown Inhaling the cosmic dust Breathing the vodka fumes Just a drunk cosmonaut Burning through outer space Off his face just a drunk cosmonaut Burning through He knows ways to pass the time Cruising the great divide Drunken so much he’s almost blind Cosmonaut burning through Outer space off his face, off his face Just a drunk cosmonaut Burning through outer space Off his face just a drunk cosmonaut Burning through outta space Just a drunk cosmonaut Burning through outer space Off his face, off his face Gotta enough vodka too Power him through Just a drunk cosmonaut Burning through Off his face
4.	Night Witch 09:52	lyrics	buy track
She’s the murky woman I’ve been searching for In the shadows is where she waits Black robes and ghostly grey hair Yellowed teeth Night witch is taking me for a ride Beyond the sunshine Casting her spells and breaking my bones All the mortal men will topple and fall Like carcasses into the ground Oh this sweet women Yellowed teeth Night witch is taking me for a ride Beyond the sunshine Into the doom broken in two All she wants is my bloody soul So she takes my dirty hand says she’ll led me to the burning land Night witch is taking me for a ride Beyond the sunshine Night witch is taking me for a ride To the burning land In the shadows is where she waits Black robes and ghostly grey hair Even though you will not know the way to go Even though you will not know the way to go Night witch is taking me for a ride Beyond the sunshine To a burning land In the shadows is where she waits Oh this sweet woman Take me away from this place I love you
5.	Respect the Whakamanas 01:41	lyrics	buy track
All this shitty dry weed, underweight and ill prepared Trying to charge me fifty for a twenty You’ve got to be joking me This green greed is killing me Respect the whakamanas Bring back the days of one toke choke Hissing smoke from hot knives Respect the whakamanas, time to grow my own The whakamana strain needs to be in my brain Inhale to get in the zone, blows all others away Some of the dankest smoke you’ve ever seen Respect the whakamanas Bring back the days of one toke choke Hissing smoke from hot knives
6.	The Great Indulgence 07:36	lyrics	buy track
In this wilderness of steel an stone I raise up to the east to the West I beckon to the north to the south I show a sign proclaiming death to the weakling Wealth to the strong to the east to the west I beckon to the north to the south I show a sign proclaiming death to the weakling Wealth to the strong I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world Interrogate the laws of man and your gods I gaze into your fearsome Jehovah Plucked him by the beard I uplift the broad axe split open his skull Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn Life’s a great indulgence No heaven no hell where sinners burn It’s all a lie told from birth Never let the truth get in the way Behold the crucifix What does it mean Paled incompetence Hanging on a tree Like the wooden idols of long ago They are the work of human hands What man has made Man can wash away To the weakling wealth to the strong I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world Interrogate the laws of man an your gods I gaze into your fearsome Jehovah Plucked him by the beard I uplift the broad axe split open his skull Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn Life’s a great indulgence No heaven no hell where sinners burn It’s all a lie told from birth Never let the truth get in the way I gaze into your fearsome Jehovah Plucked him by the beard I uplift the broad axe split open his skull Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn Death’s the great absence
7.	A Massive Head of Steam 14:01	lyrics	buy track
So here I go down this road soaked in alcohol So here I go down this road spitting out my soul Heads spinning body’s got no core control God I love this smooth alcohol Dreaming of sweet home Red wine whiskey and tramadol So here I go down this road soaked in alcohol So here I go down this road A massive head of steam has taken its toll Just a poor fool drowned in alcohol Drowning in alcohol A massive head of steam has taken its toll Just a poor fool drowned in alcohol As I walk home alone All I know is gone just a man with a stranded soul So I keep walking the path of a beat down fool One more night I say then I’ll throw the bottle away, I’ll throw it away So here I go down this toad soaked in alcohol A massive of head of steam as taken its toll Just a poor fool drowned in alcohol Drowning in alcohol A massive head of steam has taken its toll Just a poor fool drowned in alcohol A massive head of steam Has taken control So here I go Down this road Soaked in alcohol Swaying all over the place Just a drunken fool swaying all over the place Swaying all over the place Just a drunken fool A massive head of steam has taken its toll Just a poor fool drowned in alcohol Drowning in alcohol A massive head of steam has taken its toll Just a poor fool drowned in alcohol Drowning in alcohol So here I go down this road soaked in alcohol So here I go down this road to the bar to the bar

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released August 16, 2019

Thomas Brand - Vocals
Nick Smith - Guitars, Vocals
Josh Day - Guitars, Vocals
Brigitt White - Bass
Tim Stewart - Drums

Slide guitar on A Massive Head of Steam performed by Pieter Brand

Recorded by Joseph Veale
Mixed by Luke Finlay (Primal)
Mastered by Brad Boatright (Audiosiege)

Recorded in September 2018
Mixed and mastered in May 2019.

Artwork by Chris Stapp.

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Yarnspinner Christchurch, New Zealand

New Zealand based sludge giants YARNSPINNER have been building an impressive following in just 18 months of existence having already played alongside USA legends BONGZILLA and local heavyweights BEASTWARS.

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