6 polished tracks, hot off the press- just go here to check them out, they are some of the best tracks we’ve cranked out yet to date, I think.

http://theshapeoftheearth.bandcamp.com/album/the-romantics-ep

We’ve decided to go with bandcamp as our main digital outlet for this album because they let us 1- post the entire track for you to check out before purchasing, 2-keep all the profits for ourselves, and 3- post great bonus material (like Oh, California).  So be sure to post, repost, embed, favorite mixtape, etc, and enjoy!

Gavin, TSOTE

best and thanks to everybody,

gavin

Places TSOTE has sold songs:

Gavin, Kevin, Rich,
The Shape Of The Earth

http://www.top100musicdownloads.com/Artists/120277/MusicDownloads.html?Artist=The+Shape+Of+The+Earth

It’s a little late to say now but that’s still pretty cool- let’s see if we can do it again with the LP thats set to come out in a few months. Thanks everybody!
Gavin,
ps thanks again for all your support- this is pretty overwhelming to think about honestly. thank you guys so much for supporting us….

Hey Everybody! We’re more than pleased to announce we will be heading into the studios of indie college radio station 88.9 KUCI in Irvine, CA Thursday Feb 12th from 9-10 pm. Rita Genneway will be interviewing us as we play through our EP (and probably some other cool TSOTE tracks that aren’t released quite yet) on her show “The Sound Session” which is on 88.9 KUCI every thursday from 8-10pm PST. I’ve been a fan of the show for a while now, which has been mentioned on Shoal Records blog who said that “the show spins some of the finest indie tunes being cranked out today,” and was also featured in OC Weekly.  Needless to say everyone should tune in to hear us banter about the songs, hear some new songs and also hear some great music by other local and indie artists.  You can tune in to 88.9 if you’re anywhere near the OC or if you’re on the internet you can stream it live from www.kuci.org. Thanks everybody and stay sharp for more cool stuff coming soon!

we fell down so many times
i think i’m tired of thinking
everything will work out-
well it finally all worked out-
but its still not the same,
everything has changed,
although it won’t appear that way.
and the future can’t be worked out-
no it never has been worked out..

I’m sorry that I don’t have a way,
to make it easier each day.
With my name plastered on your lips
as you gaze into nothingness
how i pleaded barely audibly
oh i,
I can’t let you down,
I won’t let you down-

well we fell,
down,
so many times,
and i think i’m fine.

-This song is just what the title implies; an epilogue. It was written as the look back and review of a series of difficult events in my life that in retrospect caused me to think about how what I expected to happen was totally wrong, and what I had concluded would work out did but in completely unsuspecting ways. This only led to more problems with more difficulties, so in reality it didn’t “work out” at all, which only led me to resolve further not to let down my family and friends by giving into the difficult life and giving up the fight. You probably wouldn’t get this from the lyrics themselves, as I should point out, because this song represents a completely different approach to lyric writing for me. I was moving more and more towards finding esoteric metaphors everywhere I looked and trying to adeptly slip them into my songs, hinting at meanings and bringing up questions that can’t be answered, and while I still love this approach to literature and poetry, I realized at some point that it’s not necessary at all to express oneself- the only thing necessary to express at all are simple words. The song resulting from this realization was one of the first where I decided to rely on one powerful phrase to carry the song (aka “I won’t let you down,” or “I’ll fix this if I can”) that would become the chorus and the rest would be simple phrasing with no direct allusion to deeper metaphors or emphasis on other literary devices. This is actually why I’ve received quite a bit of criticism for the lyrics of this song from other musicians, although they were usually taken out of context intended. (That being that the the song was written to be heard with the album.) Of course they could be right, but thats the beauty of songwriting, we get to do whatever we feel is best. I should also mention that this method, while it worked well for Epilogue, really shines through as a hybrid with other styles. My Defects and I’ll Fix This If I Can are prime examples, My Defects being mostly a story but with a one phrase chorus, and I’ll Fix This If I Can being about as rich in metaphor as I can pack into one song, but still featuring just one line for the chorus. In conclusion, I couldn’t be happier with the lyrics of this song, and I am very glad that so many people have been asking for them. Happy listening!
Gavin