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The Use EP (a demo of sorts)

by Asa Martin

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franklylost
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franklylost - Getting to hear Asa Martin stripped down in a demo format is a treat, and he puts all my demos to shame by still sounding really good. The energy, emotion, & overall musicality of these tracks is magnificent. I'll tell anyone who will listen why I like Asa's tunes, but there's no substitute for listening to them yourself. The punk influence consistently shines through while still bringing great Americana elements. Good guitar work, good songwriting, good human being.

That rippin' guitar solo. Favorite track: The Great Unseen.
robolitious
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robolitious Frickin' awesome. Darker than Asa's other work, still maintaining a punk rock feel but staying stripped down enough to be... well, Asa Martin. Can't wait to hear these recorded on an official release!
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1.
Machine 02:52
I wake up every morning, now that's a fuckin lie. I wake up in the afternoon, i cannot sleep at night, it started when you called me, i let it ring right through, the message that you left me, devastating but still true I can't tell why We're undefined I am just a machine to you Well, I laid down there beside you, and i set a late alarm laying broken in your bedroom has really lost it's charm we've been awake for 90 minutes, our heads out of control, you asked if we're finished, but still wanted to hold me through the night what a sorry sight I am just a machine to you holding on to the memories of every negativity is this our plain reality? or are we a couple of casualties? when I love you and i hate you sounds the same when sprayed out through gritted teeth, you just want whistles, whirs and beeps, of this old junked out love machine. well you hated me, but honestly, you can hug and kiss this me….. kiss me goodbye. I AM JUST A MACHINE TO YOU
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i put my phone on silent last night so i could not hear next to my bed, and i guess i slept through her calls but i don't care i was dreaming of her instead. i don't have much to complain about, i just thought of better waves ahead, it's just that glint in your eye it is just mischievous enough to turn me red. So Fuck romeo and juliet, i wanna live to see you be my queen, and i don't want to taste the poison on your lips as we sail this ship into great unseen. Built this steamboat for us my dear, It seems that i've forgotten how to fail, dropped my anchor into flowers, so help me hoist it and we'll set sail. I saw your hair slip through the breeze, and this ocean slowly shifted back into land, it was a cold glass of water when i awoke to find your fingers weren't intwined in my hand So Fuck romeo and juliet, i wanna live to see you be my queen, and i don't want to taste the poison on your lips as we sail this ship into great unseen.
3.
The smell of cherry flavored vodka, You felt like sharing one of your neighbors cigarettes, A dose of low grade marijuana, for four bucks, it was just what you could get Well, you were clinging to me and I was singing to you and our eyes scattered all around the room That old familiar numbness... it's drifting through my hands again It's too hard to stomach, so feel the heaviness So blame it on my dumbness, and crack my knuckles one though ten, Ready for the plummet into weightlessness So let's rewrite biology, and make it not so hard to sleep And make our own reality, and see the new sunlight See a new sunlight. You were a splinter under my skin, So I grabbed a gallon of peroxide but it just bleached your hair, With all these new planets I'd imagined, I'd plan a tour, no time for talk, I'd get us out of there You were clinging to the ground as I was singing to a crowd but our eyes daggered all around the room That old familiar numbness, is drifting through my hands again And it's too hard to stomach, I feel the heaviness So blame it on my dumbness, and crack my knuckles one though ten, Ready for the plummet into weightlessness So let's rewrite biology, and make it not so hard to sleep And make our own reality, and see the new sunlight See a new sunlight Be the new sunlight See a New sunlight See the New sunlight BE THE NEW SUNLIGHT

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Music and lyrics and terrible production by yours truly.

Acoustic/electric Guitars, Bariton Ukulele, Melodica, Piano, Fake/Real Drums, by Asa Martin

Organ parts by B. Krempflynn

Artwork by Angela Flores

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released May 10, 2017

incredible artwork by Angela Flores

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Asa Martin New Mexico

The unwavering, unflappable, uncompromising notes of his anthems barrel down musical staffs like a charging runaway train.

As wise as a young buck descendent of The Mountain Goats & as wild as a drinking buddy of Frank Turner, He’ll have you in a fever if you’ll have him at your bar or in your basement, & you’ll owe him when them tunes take up residence in your head & your heart.
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