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This Sporting Life

by The Smashing Times

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    Black Vinyl Version of "This Sporting Life"

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    Digital Includes IPU151 "Monday, In a Small Dull Town" b/w "Girl of Many Names"
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    Limited Edition Natural/ Clear Vinyl 7" version of "Monday In a Small Dull Town"
    b/w "Girl of Many Names" All in a custom glue pocket jacket. Bandcamp copies of the 7" come with a complete digital download of "This Sporting Life" [KLP293/PRNL51] and "Monday, In a Small Dull Town" [IPU151]

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    Limited 7" Black Vinyl of the single IPU151 "Monday, In A Small Dull Town"
    b/w "Girl of Many Names" All in a custom glue pocket jacket. Bandcamp copies of the 7" come with a complete digital download of "This Sporting Life" [KLP293/PRNL51] and "Monday, In a Small Dull Town" [IPU151]

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1.
Glorious Tales of Wes Your little doodads, put them on a shelf Your old wrinkled clothes, put them on as well (on the shelf) You are lying to yourself if you think that you can use them Your old memory trove, man that multicolored box you brought along Your old antique vase that your mother said you never could sell You are lying to yourself and everybody, Wes Glorious tales of wes the ones that you forgot to write about Glorious tales of wes You were lying in wait by the subway station, do you remember? Oh Wes…you were over and under, how you tumble and twirl for every single girl You’re like the lion in winter you retreat and whimper deep in dresser drawers Well your head was messed up man, you were in a whirl. Oh Wes… Oh well…
2.
Tuesday Coming In To Time Wake up, Tuesday morning, mother’s down the hall Smell of bacon frying and there is laughter through the wall And on the walk up from school he takes his time No one noticed but we all saw the signs You may take your time about it I will be just fine Take your time (and) never want mine They’ll hold you down and change your manners Tuesday coming in to time Yesterday we were all just fine Under the overpass and late to class They’ll hold you down and change your answers Tuesday coming in to time Yesterday we were all just fine Boys playing with toy soldiers
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This Sporting Life Story of Frank, and his rugby life And Mr. Machin’s wife This sporting life Whose boots are these that you’d have me wear while you’re down there with the engine air. This sporting life This is your life
4.
Let’s Be Nice With Johnny Will you be my baby love and come and dance in the cool night air? In the cool, tall leaves of the Paulownia trees. You and me both know it’s a den of thieves. We’ll be nice with Johnny And John’ll be good to me Can’t wait for tomorrow to be late. Well I don’t know about you but it’s the crazy things you do that make me want to fall in love with you. Will you be my baby love and come and dance in the cool night air? In the cool, tall leaves of the colonial trees You and me both know whose trees are these We’ll be nice with Johnny and John’ll be good to me
5.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Awake the whole night through Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Waking up for you Down a lonely avenue (that) a man must work his whole life through What kind of man are you on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Saturday night I’m heading out I say goodbye to dad Hello duck, “how do you like stout?” and “Have another fag?” What crazy things we do Saturday night the whole night through
6.
She was Dancing Alone in the Rain She was Dancing Alone in the Rain She was feeling all numb with no pain And shes bound to go home again and make herself warm by the fire Bout to take the phone again and make herself go higher and higher In the rain.. Bout to hold the phone again and make herself feel cold desire In the rain.. Here comes the rain, here it comes again
7.
Dream of 1,000 Cats What do boys dream? Covered in their beds What strange ideals have they gotten in their heads? What am I supposed to think? Dream of 1,000 cats everyone licking fat and dancing in the pouring rain Dream of 1,000 cats everyone looking sad and dancing in the pouring rain
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Burglary in Belvedere Burglary in Belvedere have you ever heard anything so queer? It’s happening now in a seaside town Where do they go when no one is around? Oh no! A cold wind blows through suburban lawns The overfed province of educated sons Don’t know, said the whipping boy, everytime you turn around you’re someone’s new toy Oh no! A cold wind blows. Murder up in Bellevue now, sadly it seems the rich get by somehow The velvet man disrupts your reservation The protest song has just kicked in Oh no! A cold wind blows (its) way across the orange fields Balance time Oh ho ho said the whippoorwill, boy. Balance time Oh no! A cold wind blows Well have you heard about the thousand year old crone? Well she sits upon the throne all alone With a glass of whiskey in her hand and pearls upon her neck. Oh no!
9.
A Void About Town On the washline of your old home Mothers old node come on here we go Lines of houses, torn egos, wet windows Among the brambles, thorny breaches we’ll go Tired lovers hang from old bed posts and mali lovers hang about with their heads held down In the culdesace of your old home Mothers old node, we’ll get by some how High above my culdesac ambition I am bound by all my sad traditions Marrianne buys apron strings, and Me I find myself amused by my old man’s things Dangling like a jewel on a wire Around and round and round. Things have been strange since you're gone Everybody’s wandering along I’ve been here alone with my head held down in the sand And you’re all aloof and you won’t take my hand
10.
Whatever the Postman Says She lasts an hour on a twin bed in Rome Waiting for Sweet Boy to just go on home And waiting is not all that she does Truly her lips are abuzz 1 2 3 4 5 and three times or more The package arrived on a Sunday past noon The Postman he says that you’re long overdue And Oddly he has shed is shirt Delivering the goods is hot work Whatever the postman says you’re my girl
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Petey 00:47
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Dandy 03:17
Dandy Dandy dandy dandy Come alive in the cool night air (which) surrounds me and I feel cold, covered up in fine white silks Can you hear me? I'm the same as you when you are not near me, how apropos (of nothing) covered up in the clothes Mind your toy soldiers, put them in a row Mind your colors, boy, you wont need them where youll go Soon the world comes to take its awful toll Through all the kind words that mothers often know Dandy dandy dandy And what say you? To the bells of change Well they come upon you swiftly and leave you subtly changed And soon you’ll know, how those bells they toll When you will look upon yourself and then you’ll know Here comes the fashion maven just in time fo the may fair Covered up in fine white silks I’m not the problem You were the problem
13.
Where is Rowan Morrison? Where is Rowan Morrison? Filthy mother nature’s son On this tortured twisted isle, she’s avoiding you in style Around a whirling maypole, some virgin copper’s eyes see a scene Oh so surreal. Where is Rowan morrison, by the light of the lane I’ll be here in this wicker man until your little world falls apart Where is Rowan Morrison, indentured by the sun On the twisted silent breeze, she’s avoiding you with ease What strange times are these, where these tortured lands bear nothing save for their leaves Where have all the good pagan sons gone? Where is Rowan Morrison, by the lord summer’s isle I’ll be here in this wicker man until your little world falls Apart
14.
Peppermint Girl Peppermint Girl, red and white lines She’s going to crack, just you give it time Breathe in deep the London air It makes your skin look oh so fair But underneath your candied shell You’re really not doing so well Although your red and white colors swirl you’ll always be my country girl Peppermint girl, made by the world She doesn’t like to remember when Whatever, whenever wherever she belongs Way back beneath the garden wall Where they made you feel so small You wanted money And you got it but you sold your soul they got it. Now here you are afte all Talking shit and standing tall Lie lie lie
15.
A Girl By Many Names A Girl By Many Names came wandering by today If she would hold my hand It’d be such a lovely fantasy But you’ll just have to (stare) and wonder And you, you wouldn’t listen And I knew you’d understand! I go by many names in underground circles, where A boy could change their name and everything would be ok down there But you’ll just have to wonder And you, you wouldn’t listen And I knew you’d understand! Still I sit here alone in my bed and wonder what What do you do when you’re all alone? Are you wandering now through a shallow unhappy hell? Do you ever think of me?
16.
Monday, In a Small Dull Town The clock runs down the wall, and you’re slinking down the hall Your best friend is on the phone, He’s going “monday, monday, monday… The trains don’t run on time and nobody gets out alive The tax man’s on the phone, oh! He’s going “Monday, monday monday… In a small town, what’s wrong? Well nobody that’s around here can really tell you what’s going on In a small town, you’ve moved on, well the door is always open should you like to come home And then Monday comes, and its not fun anymore, Life in a Small Dull Town

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KLP293/PRNL51 Smashing Times “This Sporting Life” LP

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Monday, In a Small Dull Town,
Familiarity breeds contempt
And everything in a small town is familiar
The Smashing Times spend the day listening to the radio
Billy Liar plays guitar.
Rowan Morrison on Drums
Dan Treacy calls on the telephone.
Monday, Monday, Monday.
Town poets need patience, even when their friends are out of breath
"The trains don’t run on time and nobody gets out alive"
But you can still get by in Baltimore with a 12 string and a few tight rhymes
Oh so surreal. 2 tracks 45RPM

Smashing Times “This Sporting Life” LP
“I know where Dan Treacy Lives”
And so do you if you live in Baltimore
You may try to look them up neé Barrett, neé Clark
But just ask the Postman, they reside under the name
The Smashing Times.

Known poets about town, Filthy mother nature’s sons,
Called out for Tea Cozies and old wrinkled clothes,
But put on ‘oh so well’- with Jangle and Verve
“the night belongs to poets and madmen “
Drinking cups of hot tea after a dance alone in the rain
A Tom Courtney Movie plays in the background.
Oh so surreal.
14 tracks 33RPM .


When you call your band Smashing Times you can’t help instantly getting the flavour of the Television Personalties and Dan Treacy but on their second album, the band deliver that and so much more. This really is a fusion of psychedelic, twee and freakbeat that will make your heart skip and your head smile. The guitars shimmer, strum and jangle whilst the vocals float effortlessly on top of the efficient rhythm section. Every song is a bundle of energy with hooks that come both instantly and after multiple plays. Without doubt, if it had been recorded in the 80’s would have been released on Whaam or Dreamworld but luckily for you pop kids this 2023 and K have the honour of releasing it. (Sean Forbes)

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released November 3, 2023

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Featuring Thee Jasmine Monk and Zelda-Anais as well as scene stalwarts Britta Leijonflycht, Paul Krolian, Blake Douglas
Recorded by JAZ and Miles Waltuck, the band in Baltimore, MD. Mixed by Miles Waltuck of Southern Oracle, Additional Mixing by Capt. Tripps Ballsington. Mastered by Amy Dragon.

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"Of course there are those, that this sound will be too ‘out there’ for. For such sorts there are an absolute plethora of The Byrds YouTube videos to feast your eyes upon." - JanglePopHub

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