The Bandolier Brigade's debut album, Negative Space, was released on June 26, 2013. The album was recorded at Alchemy Studios in Calgary, Alberta. Though it was a taxing 3 days of solid work, the group emerged victorious in the end - The result was a full 11 song album, packed with some of the most popular and promising tunes that The Bandolier Brigade had written over the past 2 years. Combined with the artwork of Emma Halland and the concept of "negative space", the album has an eye-catching look, to say the least. All of these elements together make for an incredible rock 'n roll experience.
Currently available on CD and downloadable via Bandcamp and iTunes. Mark Ferguson -- Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard Brett Halland -- Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Johnny Handsome -- Drums, Backing Vocals |
- Recorded at Alchemy Studios in Calgary, Alberta (June 18 - 20, 2013)
- All tracks mixed and mastered by Jeff Muller
- Album artwork designed by Emma Halland and The Bandolier Brigade
- All tracks written and performed by The Bandolier Brigade
Burn Me Away
I feel the burning from within // The time has come to shed my skin // Expose myself into the light // Can't find the words to make it right // And I can't seem to shake away this feeling // Your heart remains // Burn me away // Your love restrains // Burn Me Away // My senses fail and so I leap // Cascading down into the deep // Burning from within my body core // Last chance to live - there's nothing more // And I can't shake this feeling // And it turns me on
What You Are
You haven't changed, I know you just the same // Hot blood in vein, I can't keep up this game // You thought I was just along for the ride // You were a bitch to me but I'm gonna let it slide // I've got to love just what you are // The lies we had never went far // A love without you I can't bear // I can't pretend that I don't care // Our souls collide, the interchanging tide // My heart is yours, it's all the love I can provide // You're everything short of perfection, this is true // I don't know what it is but I am hexed to you
Drowning In Sunshine
Watching how the rain falls // I'll just wait for another day // Merciless skies without cause // Life will go on as it may // Come and keep me warm and safe from harm // Nothing but sunshine // My heart has yet to burn // Shattered glass of our clock // You were such a gorgeous sight // The way we used to tick-tock // The storm arose just for the fight // Lust before the sword you can't obtain // Lost in the sunshine // My heart is bound to burn // My eyes don't see your face // The sky is full of haze // Surprised at how the days // Just whistled by // Of you and I, my love // Ashes pump through my veins // To the morgue within my heart // Drowning in the pouring rain // As my body's torn apart // From a six foot hole I see the sky // Drowning in sunshine // At last the clouds will turn
Leviathan
See the masses without direction // Their shadows cast his greatest reflection // He stems his power out of the ocean // The swirling mass of ceaseless motion // Leviathan arise // Bloody waters scour the earth // Demolition, never been worse // You can see the dream in his eyes // The flood will come, the tide will rise
Make Me Pay
I've told you many times before // Our love's no good, we can't take it no more // If only you knew it was true // I can't take back all the damage I've done to you // I never wanted any more // I held you high but now you're down on the floor // You gave me all that I could have // I guess that's one more thing I'll put on my tab // With your love // Break me away // With your love // Shake me away // With your love // Take me away // Just make me pay // Oh baby won't you hear me now // I've sabotaged our chances, don't ask me how // The ghost of what I've done is near // I tried to listed but I just couldn't hear // Open your eyes // I am the very thing that you despise // Your image hasn't left me yet // But now I'm bankrupt and I can't pay this debt
Hype
Everyone and their mother has got their own CD // You'd wonder why we'd bother to set out across this sea // But this is what we live for, this is why we sing // We hunger for the other side of what this Hype will bring // What can I do if I am just another song to you? // What can I do if fifteen minutes is all I want from you? // What can I do? // Everyone who's someone is fighting to be known // But I'm lost with a billion people who never felt more alone // But I can see the truth here - success is in your head // So maybe I'll stop trying and pray we're famous when we're dead
This Is Love
There's nothing I wouldn't do for you // There's nowhere you wouldn't be for me // Let's take this chance to make amends // No matter what your heart pretends // I've seen magic in your eyes, I know // A loving fire that never dies, you've shown // All these things that I have seen before // And I have never loved you more // And I have never felt this way before // I can't find the words to say, no more // You have shown me that this is love // You have made me believe // Somehow I feel at home with you // I never wanted to roam - it's true // You've given me a loving hand and heart // I never want to be apart // I can be the man for you // If you'd take my hand I'd prove // You leave me hoping you'll begin to start // To let me closer to your heart
Only Sleeping
Let's do something crazy while my vision's hazy // Shout in my ear 'cus I can't seem to hear // You shot // You take another shot // You bleed me dry // And then you say we should do it again sometime // But there's no way that I'll still be alive // So on and on // You've got me singing on and on for you // Rock and roll // There ain't no other way I know // Shameless self addiction, unavoided friction // Needless provoke, it's an inside joke // I shot // I take another shot // I bleed you dry // And then I say we should do it again sometime // But there's no way that you'll still be alive // Singing, laughing, drinking all of our time away // You were only sleeping until another day // Shaking, sobbing, bleeding - I did it all for you // You were only sleeping...
Long Way Down
See the mess that I am in // I don't know where I should begin // It always seemed to go so fast // It's why the good times never last // You would think that I might learn // But I'd rather watch it burn // Help me get back to the ground // You gotta go up before you go down // Do or die, fall or fly, it's a long way down // Live and learn, watch it burn, you can't stop me now // Who I am, don't give a damn, in this heartless town // All in all before I fall, it's a long way down // The dream was hiding out of sight // Can't escape another lonely night // If I could reach out I could feel // Something to assure me that it was real // I want peace within my mind // But through the war, it's not easy to find // Forever seemed so long ago // I thought it over, but now I must know
Defiance Threshold
I am breaking through // Gonna take the fight to you // I'm gonna burn it down // Gonna see it turn around // And when my voice is heard // The truth will be unobscured // I'll never bow down to you // Now that I what is true // We've had enough of your lies // Defiance burns in our eyes // Gotta keep control // This war will take its toll // I have crossed the line // Gotta leave it all behind // And when the truth is heard // My voice will be unobscured
The Dog's Fighter
Young boys away from home // Turned to men in uniform // Fly the leaf and the ninety-two // So much owed to so few // Over land and over seas // You will bravely fly // Against our nation's enemies // Either fight or die // And I find myself // Far from home // Just a wayward soul // All alone // Spitfires fly through the night // Through fire and flame and burning light // Waldern makes his final stand // For country and for common man // And we will recall // All their names // As we mark these walls // All the same // We must ask ourselves // What we lack // For our tears cannot // Bring them back
I feel the burning from within // The time has come to shed my skin // Expose myself into the light // Can't find the words to make it right // And I can't seem to shake away this feeling // Your heart remains // Burn me away // Your love restrains // Burn Me Away // My senses fail and so I leap // Cascading down into the deep // Burning from within my body core // Last chance to live - there's nothing more // And I can't shake this feeling // And it turns me on
What You Are
You haven't changed, I know you just the same // Hot blood in vein, I can't keep up this game // You thought I was just along for the ride // You were a bitch to me but I'm gonna let it slide // I've got to love just what you are // The lies we had never went far // A love without you I can't bear // I can't pretend that I don't care // Our souls collide, the interchanging tide // My heart is yours, it's all the love I can provide // You're everything short of perfection, this is true // I don't know what it is but I am hexed to you
Drowning In Sunshine
Watching how the rain falls // I'll just wait for another day // Merciless skies without cause // Life will go on as it may // Come and keep me warm and safe from harm // Nothing but sunshine // My heart has yet to burn // Shattered glass of our clock // You were such a gorgeous sight // The way we used to tick-tock // The storm arose just for the fight // Lust before the sword you can't obtain // Lost in the sunshine // My heart is bound to burn // My eyes don't see your face // The sky is full of haze // Surprised at how the days // Just whistled by // Of you and I, my love // Ashes pump through my veins // To the morgue within my heart // Drowning in the pouring rain // As my body's torn apart // From a six foot hole I see the sky // Drowning in sunshine // At last the clouds will turn
Leviathan
See the masses without direction // Their shadows cast his greatest reflection // He stems his power out of the ocean // The swirling mass of ceaseless motion // Leviathan arise // Bloody waters scour the earth // Demolition, never been worse // You can see the dream in his eyes // The flood will come, the tide will rise
Make Me Pay
I've told you many times before // Our love's no good, we can't take it no more // If only you knew it was true // I can't take back all the damage I've done to you // I never wanted any more // I held you high but now you're down on the floor // You gave me all that I could have // I guess that's one more thing I'll put on my tab // With your love // Break me away // With your love // Shake me away // With your love // Take me away // Just make me pay // Oh baby won't you hear me now // I've sabotaged our chances, don't ask me how // The ghost of what I've done is near // I tried to listed but I just couldn't hear // Open your eyes // I am the very thing that you despise // Your image hasn't left me yet // But now I'm bankrupt and I can't pay this debt
Hype
Everyone and their mother has got their own CD // You'd wonder why we'd bother to set out across this sea // But this is what we live for, this is why we sing // We hunger for the other side of what this Hype will bring // What can I do if I am just another song to you? // What can I do if fifteen minutes is all I want from you? // What can I do? // Everyone who's someone is fighting to be known // But I'm lost with a billion people who never felt more alone // But I can see the truth here - success is in your head // So maybe I'll stop trying and pray we're famous when we're dead
This Is Love
There's nothing I wouldn't do for you // There's nowhere you wouldn't be for me // Let's take this chance to make amends // No matter what your heart pretends // I've seen magic in your eyes, I know // A loving fire that never dies, you've shown // All these things that I have seen before // And I have never loved you more // And I have never felt this way before // I can't find the words to say, no more // You have shown me that this is love // You have made me believe // Somehow I feel at home with you // I never wanted to roam - it's true // You've given me a loving hand and heart // I never want to be apart // I can be the man for you // If you'd take my hand I'd prove // You leave me hoping you'll begin to start // To let me closer to your heart
Only Sleeping
Let's do something crazy while my vision's hazy // Shout in my ear 'cus I can't seem to hear // You shot // You take another shot // You bleed me dry // And then you say we should do it again sometime // But there's no way that I'll still be alive // So on and on // You've got me singing on and on for you // Rock and roll // There ain't no other way I know // Shameless self addiction, unavoided friction // Needless provoke, it's an inside joke // I shot // I take another shot // I bleed you dry // And then I say we should do it again sometime // But there's no way that you'll still be alive // Singing, laughing, drinking all of our time away // You were only sleeping until another day // Shaking, sobbing, bleeding - I did it all for you // You were only sleeping...
Long Way Down
See the mess that I am in // I don't know where I should begin // It always seemed to go so fast // It's why the good times never last // You would think that I might learn // But I'd rather watch it burn // Help me get back to the ground // You gotta go up before you go down // Do or die, fall or fly, it's a long way down // Live and learn, watch it burn, you can't stop me now // Who I am, don't give a damn, in this heartless town // All in all before I fall, it's a long way down // The dream was hiding out of sight // Can't escape another lonely night // If I could reach out I could feel // Something to assure me that it was real // I want peace within my mind // But through the war, it's not easy to find // Forever seemed so long ago // I thought it over, but now I must know
Defiance Threshold
I am breaking through // Gonna take the fight to you // I'm gonna burn it down // Gonna see it turn around // And when my voice is heard // The truth will be unobscured // I'll never bow down to you // Now that I what is true // We've had enough of your lies // Defiance burns in our eyes // Gotta keep control // This war will take its toll // I have crossed the line // Gotta leave it all behind // And when the truth is heard // My voice will be unobscured
The Dog's Fighter
Young boys away from home // Turned to men in uniform // Fly the leaf and the ninety-two // So much owed to so few // Over land and over seas // You will bravely fly // Against our nation's enemies // Either fight or die // And I find myself // Far from home // Just a wayward soul // All alone // Spitfires fly through the night // Through fire and flame and burning light // Waldern makes his final stand // For country and for common man // And we will recall // All their names // As we mark these walls // All the same // We must ask ourselves // What we lack // For our tears cannot // Bring them back