Name: Hammer Falls
Duration: P00H04M39S
Description: The sad one. A four hour session at Backseat Productions with Jim Roll and Brook Davis at the controls in which this track was written and recorded, basically when no one had anything better to do with their night. We weren't expecting this to pop out. Cello was added in later by Colette at Soma Studios in Chicago. Check the backing vox.

Hammer Falls

from Half Poison, Half Pure by Matt Jones

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

The sad one. A four hour session at Backseat Productions with Jim Roll and Brook Davis at the controls in which this track was written and recorded, basically when no one had anything better to do with their night. We weren't expecting this to pop out. Cello was added in later by Colette at Soma Studios in Chicago. Check the backing vox.

lyrics

It'll be years before I'm back.
With this ragged conscience, turned black.
Towing eyes filled with what no throat can sing.
A fitful foray into lack.
I didn't fight it because I was used up
As a stepping stone and as a muse.
And what the heart receives
Is what makes it bleed
I held this fact to my chest and prepared to lose.

Now her heart came fuming to the silent stage.
Before the roaring drowned out the song I played.
She gave a cool sudden smile to the strung out sage
That was me
An old, old man.
Full of love, full of the best that I can.

Now the aftermath has been short of nice.
Reviewing actions, plans now sterilized.
Resembling memories that began to torture me.
Once the hammer fell and cracked through the thin ice.

And now what once was painful
Has now turned sweet
Because at least I know the sound of my heart
From the trampling feet
That loom so large and faithless over hopes and dreams
Well trample on over this old, old man
Full of love, full of the best that I can.

credits

from Half Poison, Half Pure, track released March 1, 2012
Colette Alexander- cello
MJ- acoustic guitar,vox, piano, organ, bass, drums

license

about

Matt Jones Ypsilanti, Michigan

Well. The bio keeps changing, really. What is permanent is this: MJ was raised by a combination of circus music and doo-wop, with a healthy dose of ragtime thrown in. His music has been known to suffer from colitis. The Reconstruction is his own assemblage, and sometimes, disassemblage. The core: Colette Alexander: cello, and Misty Lyn: vox. ... more

vimeo.com

contact / help

Contact Matt Jones

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Matt Jones, you may also like:

False Honey
by Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful

supported by 11 fans who also own “Hammer Falls”
go to album
Knight Errand
by Timothy Monger State Park

supported by 7 fans who also own “Hammer Falls”
go to album
Narrows
by Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful

supported by 7 fans who also own “Hammer Falls”
go to album
Ys
by Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom's 2006 opus "Ys" and tons more Drag City vinyl and cassettes are now available on Bandcamp. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 5, 2018
go to album
Here in the Pitch
by Jessica Pratt

On her fourth album, Jessica Pratt blends up 60s pop and bossa nova into a spooky mix of soft psychedelia. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 20, 2024
go to album
Will I Still Bloom?
by Half Dream

Heartland indie rock that’s like Angel Olsen at her fuzziest fronting a gnarlier Mazzy Star. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2023
go to album
Dizzy Seas
by Chris Bathgate

supported by 6 fans who also own “Hammer Falls”
go to album