Artist: City Of The Asleep
City Of The Asleep's lyrics & chords
City of the Asleep is the project of Igliashon Jones. The music has a wide stylistic range, typically requiring the use of many hyphenated words to describe (i.e. "from glitchy odd-time electronica to lo-fi post-punk, from apocalyptic techno-folk to intricate prog-metal"). Themes of absurdity, technophobia, and confusion dominate the music, but pinpoints of lucidity and transcendence occasionally shine through. The music frequently delves into experimentation, including forays into microtonal xenharmonic scales, complex polyrhythmic structu...read more
Legacy of an abandoned liquor store Freezing the ports The gnifestorm and its aftermath Tumbolia exhales a new sun Realism In the hands of the miners Sandpaper Ghost rush Teeth like moonlight Like clockwork Enemies of the sidewalk Where car stereos go to die Daytime television Electronic mice in the walls Concrete windowscape Electrodarks Ribbons and bows Dawn of the marionetted doldrums The ghost quarter Nightandday gale A lust for carrots Against the doorway of dreams Shattered kaleidoscopic fish Last note ever Flight of the penguin Fever for futures Unsatisfied? Waves of reassurance Skinpulse Tumbleweed factory Circle oceans Sleepboarding Narcissus reflection Thundering hair farmer Vaguely orange or gray The transdimensional waltz Asleep in the city So sets the rising sun A handful of fatalism Life = ghost ship Tumbolia The mighty sandlot ninjas Irispirals I insist Farthur Twinkletits
