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Shakewelle Deluxe

by Bob Cummins Jr.

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $15 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Continuing the proud format of the original Shakewelle, this remastered and expanded album arrives on CD with a special Blu-ray double disc.

    The CD contains Shakewelle Deluxe: remastered album tracks + bonus tracks and demos + the complete recording of the live in-studio performance of Shakewelle with Bob Cummins Jr. & The Whole Lotta Fun, recorded in Denton, TX at The Echo Lab.

    The Blu-ray is the full video of that in-studio recording exclusive to this limited release and not to be re-released!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Shakewelle Deluxe via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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When will this be over? You never can reach me Growing a garden in the tomb I never am willing If my mind isn't illing for you In for it too and it's all I do I have met someone who knows me better (And it all grew) Without my friends around, it makes me feel better I know someone better I know better I feel better
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Ever Wus 03:14 video
é̵̡̖͖̞̠͉͝ͅv̶̛̥̰̳̺̲͈̖̟͓͕̑̓̅́͒̆̊͛ȩ̶̢̛̤̺̰̹̱̬͕̲̒̚r̶̢̨̛̹̥̼̉́͋̋́͠ ̵͚̟͉̟͈̈́͒͗̍̆͂̽̚͝ͅẃ̷̤̞͚͍̖̞̯͈̥̿̃̊̑͝ủ̷͙̟͎̗́͘s̵͔̘̝͚̪̗̽̿̈͑͜ ̷̹͉̹͈͈̄͗̚̚ş̶̡̠͍͓̹̘̾͜͠ü̶̦͚̗̃̿̊͂̆̎͠c̵͔̯̲̦̘̳̱̃̾͆͐͆̔̚͜͝h̷̘͇̹͇͒͗̽̚̚ ̸͎͉̐͋a̸̠̣̫͂̈̏̍̈́̿͒͗͘ş̵͍̝̗͙͉̬̏̀ ̷̤̟̖̮̰͊͒̈́̿̓́̂͘͠͠ͅĨ̷̢̻̠͍̰̞̫̒̆̚i̸̖̥̣͔̬̓ḵ̷̢̧̣̦̺̱̝͍͌͌͛͂͆̉͘̕̚ͅe̵̺̹͌͗͆̈́͑̆̃͛̕ ̷̡͔͔̱͊͂̈͒̔̈́̎͝i̷̹̥̖͑͋̈́͑́͗̏͘ͅt̸̢͚̭̪̖̪̫͂̋̉̑̊͊͜ ̸̧̼̹̙̞͖̥̞̄́͠w̷̢̍̒͂̄̐i̸̹̲͔͖͚̮̘͑̀̇͑͗͋͜͝ͅḷ̶̢̛̛̟̬̫͖͈͒̕͜ͅl̸̨̙̻͇̘̳̖̟͕̜͐ ̶̧̯̲̦͙͂̍̏̅̎̀ẗ̴̢̲̬̲͍̰̤͚̘̫́̆̀͒̅̚ḥ̴͓̌͛̔̄͠i̶̳͈̰͓͈̹̮͓͋̾́̇̌̈́͜͜ş̴̠͔͉̤͝ ̷̭͚͇͈̱̗̞͙̙́̋̓ͅḃ̸̭̦̳͙̽̓̇̒̑̾̔̓ē̷̢̺̩̙͈̊́̈́̀ ̵̹͑̾͆̐͘͝ͅͅt̴̞̘̙̘̱̀͛̑h̷̡̲̜̗̝̬͚͗ͅȩ̴̨̰͇̜̗̦̲̹̀̇͑̈̂̿̑ ̷̳́̀̑̀͑̏̿̉l̷̞̹̖͕̪̱̲͇̙̈̌͐̀̅̎͠͝ͅȧ̵̡̛̹̬͙̩̩͖͚̜͔͂͛̓̇̕͘͘ṣ̵̗̈́͆̎̈́͆̊̀̋̈́̏ͅt̴̛͉̦̼̫̗͎͚̟̗͉͂̿̓̈́́͆̂͝ ̸̢̧͈̩̟̣̣̭̿̎͌̾͐͂͜͝í̷̡̙̩̙̥͍̿̒̄̈́͗͆͗ ̵͚̞͔̼̯̭͈̝͊̚f̷̘̥̤̘̦̗͙͔̟̀̓̄̿̑̅͑͌́͜͝a̸̡̟̟̩̫̯͋̑̀l̷̜͈͚͎̉̉̔́͂̉̈́́͘͜͠l̷̳̺͍̠̮̭͙͉͍͔͌̆͗̊̀́͝ ̵̼̙͔̲͕̩̟̖́̍͑f̴̧̨͖͇̠͇͖̪͚͇̌̎͂̆ŏ̵͎͕̘͇̗̩̠̹̟͝r̸̭̹̿̿̏̌̋͗͐͝ ̴̨͇̞̪̙͉̠̖͋̊̅̄̆̉͆̈́̈̚ͅy̵̝̻͚̓̕͝ǫ̵̪̠̤͓̟͔̼͈̒̓̏͒̾̈́̆̅̒͠u̴̖̣̻͖̐̌͊̆͛̋̌́͝ ̶̛̤͌͗͑̏̿̾͌̉͠ͅą̷̧̻̩̝̳͑d̸̨̛̗͇̗̠̯͒̾́͂̄͆̏͂͝í̷͓͙̦̞̋̾̚s̴͎̣̥̗̪̳̀̾̌͠͠m̸̮̦̪͓̰̟͍͖̒̔͋ͅe̷̮͇̦̖̍̇͆̒̑ ̵̘̻͉̬̻̹̠͌̾ą̶̡̩̜̖͔̭̇̅͐́͑̔͗̑͘d̴̨͈͊̋͆͜͝͝i̵̱͖̱̳̰̟̿͋̌̓͘̕ŝ̴̛̱͖̠̘͇͈̩̯̻̭̆̏̓m̸̢̦̌̃̅̓̚ë̴̙͕̹͔̖͉̣́̋̾̑̀̉ ̴̺̏͑̃̐͠h̵̗̥̰̘̗̜̲̼̞͌̅̋̔̀̄͝ͅo̶̧̽͌͋͠n̶̡̹̝̭̓̑͂̔̈́̄͝ę̷͈̬̦̕s̴͇̻͇̫̓̽͗͘t̷̡͕̣̺͑̃̽̑͘l̵̡̛̹̣̩͔̃͐̅͠ý̶̡̥̬͎̲͚̥͇͋͂̇͆̈́̎͋͘ ̷̨̘͓̭̮͍̺͙̪̒̍͐̾š̵̪͉̺̲̙͙͕̿́͒͒͊͝͝į̵̙̜̰̯̰̈́̈́͌͝ṇ̶̺̺͂̇̎͑͑̀̈́͠u̵̺̲̲̖̗̗͈̜͊̊ǐ̵͉́̇͒̇́͂ ̸̬͔̮̽̀͐̾͑͌͒̿͘͝f̷͚͓̦̭̦̦̻͒ȃ̴̮̦̄l̵̪̱͚̊̕l̶̙̭̰̰̺̖͇̭̘͙̽̊̐̋̐̉͝ ̷͍͎̯͖̮͎̉̆͐͒̆̆́f̵̨̲̠͈̀͊̋͒͂̔̓̾̚̚ͅã̵̫̗̜̇͘l̴̙̮͕̇͑̂́̐̄͘l̸͕͛̌͝ ̶̧̢̭̙̗͉̭̣̏̀̈͋f̴̧̧̻̳̦̤͎̱̪͗̒o̸̰͓͌̆̑̒̅̕͝r̸̟͇͖̝̖̺̦̙͐̈́ ̶͔̩̬̙̓͊̆̓͜y̶̪̰͈͈͔̣̫̱̗͋͝ǫ̶̨̧̭̘̜͈̪̭̼̈́̿̓͌̔͆̍̔̀u̴̧͈̱̗̹̱̝͑̇̌͆ ̸͓̝̖͎̦͌̃̈̂̍̏̔̌̈́͜ͅͅi̵͕̙̺̐͑̾͠n̴̟̪̟͇̮͚͚̺͒͜ ̷̡̡̛̳̳̫̼͔̲͈̖͒̈̎̑̀̆͘d̶̳̙̫͇̯̊̏̑̈́̊̃̇͋ͅṟ̷̛̼̽͆̐̍̈̈̈́͑ě̶̻̚ͅâ̶̧̨̙͉͉̺̥̣͔̓̓̋͑͆͝͝m̸̧̯͎͎̩͕̀̍̉̿̅̑̽͘̕͜͜͝s̶̝̦̠̝̓͜
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I didn't think that we would see this through I picked from the top, now, simple things to offer you Turn it into something you can use A willing opportunity for us to go And you should know In your due time And we should know In your due time A killer compilation With several to take back down Your silly complications A measure for when I'm down
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In this lonely state I can hear myself look in Ordinary throne With it all I can Be another looking glass A looking glass And in the meantime I'll always be around Pick up your place In the meantime You can save face By hiding your place Only for the meantime Though you can't see straight Press your fingers down to it Or you can divide All your little sins To the married coupling flask All you do is ask And in the meantime I'll always be around Pick up your place in the meantime You can save face By hiding your place Only for the meantime
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Steven was a working girl So common in the scene A tripping fly so starving of The things he used to be He would fly away From the mess he tried to make Young enough to see the bitter trappings of the future I saw Steven in the morning light I knew Steven with the golden fly I could see the cherry in his thighs And knew he would be all the rage in Germany The sights that he would see I knew him more than me And now he would be free And new to love Villains up and lined the street For Steven's burning eyes Older than him by a few years Just so his wrists were tied Only in his eyes Would the villain melt away If his mother cried she knew She wouldn't see her name Behind his new love I saw Steven in the morning light I knew Steven with the golden fly I could see the cherry in his thighs And knew he would be all the rage in Germany The sights that he would see I knew him more than me And now he would be free And new to love
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Onli Onli 03:41
You stayed Even when who'll say You stayed and I don't know why You're in the midst of something you don't know In a middle ground Myself to Never make a sound You all can tell The only thing I am Fail safe You're up against male's sake They'll stray You can give your say You stayed and you know why You're in the midst of something you once knew Still around the house A misstep Never knowing how You've still not read The only thing I am
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Pin your eyes To the table Don't let the light in When you've forsaken The only people You could confide in And when you're falling through the spilled out minerals And your fluorescent bedroom bears no chemicals I won't see you fall You lost yourself In the cradle Don't let the light in Meant for nowhere But a stable That you can hide in And when you're falling through the spilled out minerals And your fluorescent bedroom bears no chemicals I won't see you fall anymore
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Shakewelle 01:54
I should have known When you bid me farewell You should have gone To outer space Feeling Sweet feeling It's all the same It's all a game
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If the summer crashes down into the mist Our room will be thankful Or crazy Fond of what you see in the mirror Or over the bed My distorted reflection Is in what i said The overwhelming problems of the Walls painted lead are here In the cupboard The old desk You see them In covered shades of red Without them You'd be here In underwhelming dread But I know when I see you I dry my eyes instead If you go back to the city I will find myself unread If your love can handle my pretentious list Your heart would be thankful Or crazy Fond of what I see in the mirror Or under the bed I give you a connection To mend what I said The overwhelming problems of Walls painted lead are here In the cupboard The old desk You see them In covered shades of red Without them You'd be here In underwhelming dread But I know when I see you I dry my eyes instead If you go back to the city I will find myself unread I find myself I find in you You can't rewrite my attitudes Behind the shelf Behind the bed There's someone there I can't behead
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Spinning out right 'fore me now You're standing up on broken knees somehow Over and over You're telling me you want this house If I could give it, I would build it for you then Over and over If I could switch it off now I would be happier anyhow To switch it on once again
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Gamelan 02:05
O to live! I have looked In corner stores In coffee cups Your hole-in-one That's enough To me I'll play the gamelan To me I'll play my gamelan 'Til I can see That it means so much to me But it's a warm one out today But it's a warm one out today On your own I see you by the house and you're cryin' Could I be anything without ever tryin' Or run in circles with a branch to grab on To me I'll play the gamelan To me I'll play my gamelan 'Til I can see That it means so much to me But it's a warm one out today But it's a warm one out today On your own
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When you're sitting on a city And you can't find Analou In the long and lonely winter You're awake with someone new And you're head is in a whirlpool But you know the thing to do Is to get out of this home world In a way that's coming to And if the boat is rolling over And you can't see eye to eye And you hope to god you could be older But you can't get your shoes untied You run in place under the teal and white covers Of your grandmother's house as a kid Sure, you don't have to say you're sorry But you can't be proud of what you did
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Onli Onli (demo) features A beautiful mumble track Of nonsense words. Some of the words in the final track Are, in fact, here! But some are not.
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Sovr Now 03:22
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When will this be over? You never can reach me Growing a garden in the tomb I never am willing If my mind isn't illing for you In for it too and it's all I do I have met someone who knows me better (And it all grew) Without my friends around, it makes me feel better I know someone better I know better I feel better
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é̵̡̖͖̞̠͉͝ͅv̶̛̥̰̳̺̲͈̖̟͓͕̑̓̅́͒̆̊͛ȩ̶̢̛̤̺̰̹̱̬͕̲̒̚r̶̢̨̛̹̥̼̉́͋̋́͠ ̵͚̟͉̟͈̈́͒͗̍̆͂̽̚͝ͅẃ̷̤̞͚͍̖̞̯͈̥̿̃̊̑͝ủ̷͙̟͎̗́͘s̵͔̘̝͚̪̗̽̿̈͑͜ ̷̹͉̹͈͈̄͗̚̚ş̶̡̠͍͓̹̘̾͜͠ü̶̦͚̗̃̿̊͂̆̎͠c̵͔̯̲̦̘̳̱̃̾͆͐͆̔̚͜͝h̷̘͇̹͇͒͗̽̚̚ ̸͎͉̐͋a̸̠̣̫͂̈̏̍̈́̿͒͗͘ş̵͍̝̗͙͉̬̏̀ ̷̤̟̖̮̰͊͒̈́̿̓́̂͘͠͠ͅĨ̷̢̻̠͍̰̞̫̒̆̚i̸̖̥̣͔̬̓ḵ̷̢̧̣̦̺̱̝͍͌͌͛͂͆̉͘̕̚ͅe̵̺̹͌͗͆̈́͑̆̃͛̕ ̷̡͔͔̱͊͂̈͒̔̈́̎͝i̷̹̥̖͑͋̈́͑́͗̏͘ͅt̸̢͚̭̪̖̪̫͂̋̉̑̊͊͜ ̸̧̼̹̙̞͖̥̞̄́͠w̷̢̍̒͂̄̐i̸̹̲͔͖͚̮̘͑̀̇͑͗͋͜͝ͅḷ̶̢̛̛̟̬̫͖͈͒̕͜ͅl̸̨̙̻͇̘̳̖̟͕̜͐ ̶̧̯̲̦͙͂̍̏̅̎̀ẗ̴̢̲̬̲͍̰̤͚̘̫́̆̀͒̅̚ḥ̴͓̌͛̔̄͠i̶̳͈̰͓͈̹̮͓͋̾́̇̌̈́͜͜ş̴̠͔͉̤͝ ̷̭͚͇͈̱̗̞͙̙́̋̓ͅḃ̸̭̦̳͙̽̓̇̒̑̾̔̓ē̷̢̺̩̙͈̊́̈́̀ ̵̹͑̾͆̐͘͝ͅͅt̴̞̘̙̘̱̀͛̑h̷̡̲̜̗̝̬͚͗ͅȩ̴̨̰͇̜̗̦̲̹̀̇͑̈̂̿̑ ̷̳́̀̑̀͑̏̿̉l̷̞̹̖͕̪̱̲͇̙̈̌͐̀̅̎͠͝ͅȧ̵̡̛̹̬͙̩̩͖͚̜͔͂͛̓̇̕͘͘ṣ̵̗̈́͆̎̈́͆̊̀̋̈́̏ͅt̴̛͉̦̼̫̗͎͚̟̗͉͂̿̓̈́́͆̂͝ ̸̢̧͈̩̟̣̣̭̿̎͌̾͐͂͜͝í̷̡̙̩̙̥͍̿̒̄̈́͗͆͗ ̵͚̞͔̼̯̭͈̝͊̚f̷̘̥̤̘̦̗͙͔̟̀̓̄̿̑̅͑͌́͜͝a̸̡̟̟̩̫̯͋̑̀l̷̜͈͚͎̉̉̔́͂̉̈́́͘͜͠l̷̳̺͍̠̮̭͙͉͍͔͌̆͗̊̀́͝ ̵̼̙͔̲͕̩̟̖́̍͑f̴̧̨͖͇̠͇͖̪͚͇̌̎͂̆ŏ̵͎͕̘͇̗̩̠̹̟͝r̸̭̹̿̿̏̌̋͗͐͝ ̴̨͇̞̪̙͉̠̖͋̊̅̄̆̉͆̈́̈̚ͅy̵̝̻͚̓̕͝ǫ̵̪̠̤͓̟͔̼͈̒̓̏͒̾̈́̆̅̒͠u̴̖̣̻͖̐̌͊̆͛̋̌́͝ ̶̛̤͌͗͑̏̿̾͌̉͠ͅą̷̧̻̩̝̳͑d̸̨̛̗͇̗̠̯͒̾́͂̄͆̏͂͝í̷͓͙̦̞̋̾̚s̴͎̣̥̗̪̳̀̾̌͠͠m̸̮̦̪͓̰̟͍͖̒̔͋ͅe̷̮͇̦̖̍̇͆̒̑ ̵̘̻͉̬̻̹̠͌̾ą̶̡̩̜̖͔̭̇̅͐́͑̔͗̑͘d̴̨͈͊̋͆͜͝͝i̵̱͖̱̳̰̟̿͋̌̓͘̕ŝ̴̛̱͖̠̘͇͈̩̯̻̭̆̏̓m̸̢̦̌̃̅̓̚ë̴̙͕̹͔̖͉̣́̋̾̑̀̉ ̴̺̏͑̃̐͠h̵̗̥̰̘̗̜̲̼̞͌̅̋̔̀̄͝ͅo̶̧̽͌͋͠n̶̡̹̝̭̓̑͂̔̈́̄͝ę̷͈̬̦̕s̴͇̻͇̫̓̽͗͘t̷̡͕̣̺͑̃̽̑͘l̵̡̛̹̣̩͔̃͐̅͠ý̶̡̥̬͎̲͚̥͇͋͂̇͆̈́̎͋͘ ̷̨̘͓̭̮͍̺͙̪̒̍͐̾š̵̪͉̺̲̙͙͕̿́͒͒͊͝͝į̵̙̜̰̯̰̈́̈́͌͝ṇ̶̺̺͂̇̎͑͑̀̈́͠u̵̺̲̲̖̗̗͈̜͊̊ǐ̵͉́̇͒̇́͂ ̸̬͔̮̽̀͐̾͑͌͒̿͘͝f̷͚͓̦̭̦̦̻͒ȃ̴̮̦̄l̵̪̱͚̊̕l̶̙̭̰̰̺̖͇̭̘͙̽̊̐̋̐̉͝ ̷͍͎̯͖̮͎̉̆͐͒̆̆́f̵̨̲̠͈̀͊̋͒͂̔̓̾̚̚ͅã̵̫̗̜̇͘l̴̙̮͕̇͑̂́̐̄͘l̸͕͛̌͝ ̶̧̢̭̙̗͉̭̣̏̀̈͋f̴̧̧̻̳̦̤͎̱̪͗̒o̸̰͓͌̆̑̒̅̕͝r̸̟͇͖̝̖̺̦̙͐̈́ ̶͔̩̬̙̓͊̆̓͜y̶̪̰͈͈͔̣̫̱̗͋͝ǫ̶̨̧̭̘̜͈̪̭̼̈́̿̓͌̔͆̍̔̀u̴̧͈̱̗̹̱̝͑̇̌͆ ̸͓̝̖͎̦͌̃̈̂̍̏̔̌̈́͜ͅͅi̵͕̙̺̐͑̾͠n̴̟̪̟͇̮͚͚̺͒͜ ̷̡̡̛̳̳̫̼͔̲͈̖͒̈̎̑̀̆͘d̶̳̙̫͇̯̊̏̑̈́̊̃̇͋ͅṟ̷̛̼̽͆̐̍̈̈̈́͑ě̶̻̚ͅâ̶̧̨̙͉͉̺̥̣͔̓̓̋͑͆͝͝m̸̧̯͎͎̩͕̀̍̉̿̅̑̽͘̕͜͜͝s̶̝̦̠̝̓͜
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I didn't think that we would see this through I picked from the top, now, simple things to offer you Turn it into something you can use A willing opportunity for us to go And you should know In your due time And we should know In your due time A killer compilation With several to take back down Your silly complications A measure for when I'm down
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In this lonely state I can hear myself look in Ordinary throne With it all I can Be another looking glass A looking glass And in the meantime I'll always be around Pick up your place In the meantime You can save face By hiding your place Only for the meantime Though you can't see straight Press your fingers down to it Or you can divide All your little sins To the married coupling flask All you do is ask And in the meantime I'll always be around Pick up your place in the meantime You can save face By hiding your place Only for the meantime
20.
Steven was a working girl So common in the scene A tripping fly so starving of The things he used to be He would fly away From the mess he tried to make Young enough to see the bitter trappings of the future I saw Steven in the morning light I knew Steven with the golden fly I could see the cherry in his thighs And knew he would be all the rage in Germany The sights that he would see I knew him more than me And now he would be free And new to love Villains up and lined the street For Steven's burning eyes Older than him by a few years Just so his wrists were tied Only in his eyes Would the villain melt away If his mother cried she knew She wouldn't see her name Behind his new love I saw Steven in the morning light I knew Steven with the golden fly I could see the cherry in his thighs And knew he would be all the rage in Germany The sights that he would see I knew him more than me And now he would be free And new to love
21.
You stayed Even when who'll say You stayed and I don't know why You're in the midst of something you don't know In a middle ground Myself to Never make a sound You all can tell The only thing I am Fail safe You're up against male's sake They'll stray You can give your say You stayed and you know why You're in the midst of something you once knew Still around the house A misstep Never knowing how You've still not read The only thing I am
22.
Pin your eyes To the table Don't let the light in When you've forsaken The only people You could confide in And when you're falling through the spilled out minerals And your fluorescent bedroom bears no chemicals I won't see you fall You lost yourself In the cradle Don't let the light in Meant for nowhere But a stable That you can hide in And when you're falling through the spilled out minerals And your fluorescent bedroom bears no chemicals I won't see you fall anymore
23.
I should have known When you bid me farewell You should have gone To outer space Feeling Sweet feeling It's all the same It's all again
24.
If the summer crashes down into the mist Our room will be thankful Or crazy Fond of what you see in the mirror Or over the bed My distorted reflection Is in what i said The overwhelming problems of the Walls painted lead are here In the cupboard The old desk You see them In covered shades of red Without them You'd be here In underwhelming dread But I know when I see you I dry my eyes instead If you go back to the city I will find myself unread If your love can handle my pretentious list Your heart would be thankful Or crazy Fond of what I see in the mirror Or under the bed I give you a connection To mend what I said The overwhelming problems of Walls painted lead are here In the cupboard The old desk You see them In covered shades of red Without them You'd be here In underwhelming dread But I know when I see you I dry my eyes instead If you go back to the city I will find myself unread I find myself I find in you You can't rewrite my attitudes Behind the shelf Behind the bed There's someone there I can't behead
25.
26.
Spinning out right 'fore me now You're standing up on broken knees somehow Over and over You're telling me you want this house If I could give it, I would build it for you then Over and over If I could switch it off now I would be happier anyhow To switch it on once again
27.
O to live! I have looked In corner stores In coffee cups Your hole-in-one That's enough To me I'll play the gamelan To me I'll play my gamelan 'Til I can see That it means so much to me But it's a warm one out today But it's a warm one out today On your own I see you by the house and you're cryin' Could I be anything without ever tryin' Or run in circles with a branch to grab on To me I'll play the gamelan To me I'll play my gamelan 'Til I can see That it means so much to me But it's a warm one out today But it's a warm one out today On your own

about

Somewhere among DFW’s healthy stock of indie guitar bands, rising rap stars, and Americana crooners stands a lone piano man singer/songwriter with a penchant for unusual sounds. That’s Bob Cummins Jr. He softly, quietly made landfall in local clubs with Watering, a bright but brief flash of a formative rock band that, after rejecting a notable indie label's offer, unceremoniously ended and left Cummins to release a solo debut in what turned out to be the darkest summer of the early pandemic.

Although that LP, Shakewelle, went under most everyone’s radar, it showcased Cummins’s skill at crafting resonating lyrics that drip words along a trail of arcane chord progressions, honey sweet harmonies, and melodies that evoke the cream of the crop of 60s and 70s singer/songwriters (no doubt an influence of his former mentor, Don Henley sideman Chris Holt).

Shakewelle has been given a new life with an expanded edition re-release through Portland, Oregon’s Big Secret Records, a victory lap for Cummins after becoming the fifth Beatle for several emerging artists in or with ties to DFW. While writing his second album, he joined Austin’s Kind Keith on stage and played on the follow up to his buzz-worthy 2021 album. He also found himself alongside members of Midlake as an active member of Harry Zimm and contributor of piano and synth textures to the score for Dallas horror film 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black along with Midlake's/Pneumatic Tubes' Jesse Chandler. Cummins can also be found at Denton’s Echo Lab studio where he’s sat in with Brooklyn’s Closebye on their debut album and with NPR darling Amari Amore on her first full-length LP.

Cummins’s current stack of songs (he’s got his sophomore release in the can already) tap out one person’s slow waltz toward self-realization in an arrested world — a portrait of one artist in the weirdest time of any of our lives.

credits

released January 13, 2023

Written and recorded by Bob Cummins Jr., except where noted below.
Ian Salazar: mixing and additional recording, tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Bass, track 5. acoustic guitar, track 9.
Jamie Weed: guitar, track 5.
Gus Cummins: vocals, track 3.

Cover Artwork by Bob Cummins Jr.
Credits Artwork by Sam Cummins

Recorded at The Ibuprofen Pad and Tinseltown USA in Austin, TX and The Cummins House in Dallas, TX.

Special Thanks: Mom and Dad, Cara, Jasper, Tori, and Andy.

Shakewelle Live! personnel:

Remastered by Andrew Jones at Big Secret Studios in Portland, OR

Bob Cummins Jr.: vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
Keith Galloway Jr.: keyboards, vocals, percussion
Stacie Agnew: keyboards, vocals, wolfman
Ian Brothers: vibraphone, marimba, percussion
Jasper Johnson: electric bass, guitar
Andrew Jones: guitar, iPad, vocals
Ramon Muzquiz: drums, samples

Camera operators: Julian Jordan, Sam Cummins, Gus Cummins
Set paintings: Sam Cummins

Recorded at The Echo Lab in Denton, TX
Engineered by Andrew Jones - mixed, and mastered at Big Secret Studios in Portland, OR

Photography: Bradley Steele Harding
Layout: Dan Gremminger

Deluxe Thanks: Roland Muzquiz, Cara wit the cookies, Bean the dog

Music and Lyrics, Bob Cummins Jr., ASCAP
Published by Even Bigger Secret, ASCAP
© 2023 Big Secret Records, All rights reserved.

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Bob Cummins Jr. Dallas, Texas

Bob Cummins Jr. is a Dallas singer-songwriter who bridges the musical gap between when the Beach Boys found drugs and the release of the Nintendo 64.

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