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The Pyros

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1.
Hydroplaning 03:00
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Sudden brakelights on the wet concrete I’m hydroplaning like a wild taxi hijacking.  All the reds smear into greens.  And there I was just knee steering.  Hydroplaning.  Let it slide. The reds smear into greens.  Zigzagging into beams.  Hydroplaning.  The raining lights, the growling cars, I’ll face the wild.  I thought I walked the walk But I’m just sleeptalking in brain butt dial.  I had the skivvies, stars, house parties and bars Music and memoirs.  All is smearing like the rain on city boulevards.  Hydroplaning.  Let it slide. The reds smear into greens.  Zigzagging into beams.  Hydroplaning. 
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King of The Internet 02:27
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I wanna be king of the internet. I wanna be dust on a laptop lid. I wanna be seen by a million. I wanna be online when leaves are red. You know it makes me depressed. But look at my gorgeousness. Look at my big package. Never see my palace on fire. Never see my palace on fire. Cause I’m king of the internet. Logging off my life to post to it. Scrolling through souls while I take a whizz. Thousands of follows replaced my friends.
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Yellow and Dark Blue 04:00
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When will I let it all go and be the love I desire?  The drywall never seems to dry.  I thought I fixed all the flickering lights. I sweep the stairs I am falling through.  It’s hard to be so yellow  and dark blue.  I try to fly aeroplanes yet the turbulence remains.  I know there’s more than meets the eye yet I act like the one moon in the sky.  When the glitter's gone on a nothing afternoon,  It’s hard to be so yellow  and dark blue.  Yeah I give. Give me a chance. I will give love all I can. Know I am only a man. Sometimes it will take time to understand. When the darkest sky becomes the newest moon, It’s hard to be so yellow And dark blue.
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Zombie 02:31
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I’m staggerwalking through a graveyard.  I thought I put that man to sleep.  I’m hunting people like they are junk food.  I’m a zombie eyes of plywood.  zombie zombie don't eat my brains zombie I thought I was living but I was dead.  The zombie virus is contagious.  A hollow stomach. Give me a human.  I’m a zombie.  Better run, kid.  zombie zombie don't eat my brains zombie Traded my colors for a mute gray.  Now I walk with skin hanging off my face.  zombie zombie don't eat my brains zombie
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Swamp Monster 02:05
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One full moon night, I skinny dipped The lake gargled I mutated All I wanted was to take a swim But the water turned me green and grim Yeah baby all I wanted was a beer and beach But the water turned me to a freak This ain't no milk & honey This ain't no hippy heaven This ain't no rocking lobster Meet the swamp monster Meet the swamp monster Meet the swamp Even the food At the grocery store Is Frankenstein's And I'm their whore All I wanted was a normal date But now I'm serving wolf-man on my plate Yeah baby all I wanted was to eat a meal But the food has got me turning teal This ain't no milk & honey This ain't no hippy heaven This ain't no rocking lobster Meet the swamp monster Meet the swamp monster Meet the swamp
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Tears I Cry [Shoobie Doobie] 03:50
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Oh the tears I cry [shoobie doo wop doo doo] To be your lover [why - why - why - why] Oh the tears I cry [shoobie doo wop doo doo] To see you smile!  Oh the tears I cry [shoobie doo wop doo doo] To be your trouble [why - why - why - why] Oh when you said your last goodbye! Oh baby, I want to die if your heart is unclear  Oh baby, don’t you cry, I will always be here Soloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo  Baby hold me now [echo] Baby hold me now [echo] Baby hold me now [echo] I cannot stand, I cannot stand, I cannot stand the cold  Oh the tears I cry [shoobie doo wop doo doo] To be your lover [why - why - why - why] Oh the tears I cry [shoobie doo wop doo doo] To see you smile!  Oh the tears I cry [shoobie doo wop doo doo] To be your trouble [why - why - why - why] Oh when you said your last goodbye! Oh when you said your last goodbye! Oh when you said, you said, good-good-good-goodbye!  
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You're So Beautiful You Scare Me 03:12
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Put on my jacket I’m going out for a date. It’s been awhile and my heart's covered in barbwire. It’s not that I’m mean you know. I just know that love is gambling.  And you’re so beautiful you scare me.  You scare me You scare me [Whoah] [Whoah] We drive around. I take you down to a river.  She says to me, she says to me, "Are you gonna jump in?”  I'm walking in slow; I wanna float in your currents. And they're so beautiful you scare me You scare me You scare me You scare me [Whoah] They say you risk it all when you fall in love And I don’t want to risk it all unless I truly fall You’re so beautiful you scare me You’re so beautiful you scare me   You scare me You scare me You scare me [Whoah]

about

By 2021 when this double record was released, The Pyros had not played a show in nine months. Liz Stafford moved to NY and we were bludgeoned by the pandemic. We talked about finding another bass player as Evan and I still dreamed of playing music full-time, but we had experienced many setbacks. As magical as it was, it did feel like slogging to reach our goal. It was just not happening, and with the new reality emerging with the virus, our the last flame of hope extinguished. I felt pretty heartbroken by music in general, and I was soon to turn twenty seven which posed it's own series on existential crises. But in the fall of 2020, I began revisiting our songs in my small practice space on North Ave, cataloguing, remixing, recording, mastering and finishing the project. It felt like going out on a good note! The project was an incredible time in our lives and we were all friends. We wanted to do the songs justice by releasing them. We also wanted to capture what it was like to experience our one of our shows with its sloppiness, high-energy and explorations. I sent tracks off to NY and Liz recorded her vocals. I had Evan back in the studio. I tracked new drums, guitar and bass lines. I polished off lyrics sheets. I found moth-eaten tracks from our times prating at Gnarnia. I spliced and mastered our WRUV 90.1 show. Our final result was two records where every musician in The Pyros during it's two year career was featured. We released it on the same day anniversary that Evan and I started the band in 2018. It was a peaceful breath in a very turbulent time. To this day, I am happy we took this direction and brought this music into the light of day.

credits

released January 3, 2021

Liz Stafford: vox and bass

Evan Raine: vox and drums

Levi Kesey: vox and bass

Jon Bergan: bass

Steven Yardley: beats, drums, bass, guitars, vox, recording, mixing, mastering, album art.

WRUV FM 90.1: recording and mixing

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Steven Yardley Burlington, Vermont

I enjoy rock music in all its forms, recording technology, and instruments.

This is a present profile, and an archive of all my musical projects.

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