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Armstrong's List

by Gumbal

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hawkwind12 awesome album love the mix of apollo sound scapes and well put together riffs ,being played non stop .
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1.
Far back, the voices fade out, the choices made dawn upon us soon Sat back, the silence sets in, as miles and semblance leave us gone As far as I can see, the time it screams at me You travel much too far Too far for you to be alive I heard you screaming 'No!' What are you afraid of Show all the skin that you are made of But you feel so old So many thoughts, so many moves, to say, to make, to feel, to hear, to see I hope I haven’t left behind the chance today As far as I can see, the time it screams at me You travel much too far Too far for you to be alive Rocks Remember Far back, the voices fade out, the choices made dawn upon us soon Sat back, the silence sets in, as miles and semblance leave us gone Can’t ever let my time Decide just how long I have got (But) You feel so old, don’t you now
2.
Didn’t you climb the tree when you were a child Falling off the branches many times You just stood there all night Wondering what is higher, maybe there’s a father In the night that shines so bright beyond. One day you would jump across the pond Only you I heard a voice Call me Out Pantomime Here I am I flail my arms Hear me now I scream my name Here I am Every halloween disguise, Every small step up unto this point in your life. Rooted in that spine was fear The fear that keeps you up at night all night, Until the edge of time Maybe I can see a freer world that leaves behind all greed In the dark expanse so bright beyond Lies that friendly floating piece of stone Only you
3.
Lost in tongues, we spread our lores Our creations skipped that section where we crawled On all fours They swear, I swear, we swear to forces Unseen by eyes, it trickles down our throats So, you’ve heard the word, the herd slurred down to you In this landscape you will lose A tiny part of you That towers above the world What cultures must have thrived In a place where an absence reigns In Toricellian waste Surely there must be a worm around? What joy could nothing provide? Lifelessness, incontinence Beings of full sentience Yet, they burn As we try standing here, twisting Being nowhere near the scene of crime We watch them burn Oh, how they burn Stare in wonder Stare in awe Forever underneath the (law)
4.
All aboard the wistfulness of time and space Where God abhors a naked singularity Floating out there Every single person you and I have known Locked in a ball, we’re moving, moving We’re moving through clay We’re moving through clay We’ve stared and wondered all these years Is it a turtle that we’re on? Is it turtles all the way down, right down? Curiosity, where were you all this while? Where had you slunk and gone to hide? Where have you been? You should have seen You should have seen Ptolemy wasn’t right But Coper was wrong in the church’s eye I know this much is true The world is just a solid block of paper As time will tell us later Till then we all stay stuck alike I wish there was a way to share this view Janet, you should see this sighting too So pretty and blue We gathered shrubs and we began to hunt Busting hogs with hammers blunt All down to 1969 I wish there was a way to share this view One hundred hours starts to feel too soon Janet, you should see this tiny pea So pretty and blue.
5.
Reach and hold my hands Hold it a while I feel the lap of land now We’re higher a mile All I’ve ever known Of what use are they here? Oh, for a while, I surrender All but a smile This one, this place here It goes right through me Out this window’s A world that words were never meant to know Oh, how should I feel Standing out there On a land that’s Lay asleep in peace for 4 billion years Reach and hold my hands Hold it a while Step so small is nearer The Eagle has landed
6.
Small Step 04:02
Hey, I can see I can see all that there is to see for a man Feel, I can feel I can feel that hair just standing on its end All that black, can step right back, this moment’s fucking mine, to lose All mine to lose Hey Buzz, do you see? Do you see all that there is to see for a man? All that black, can step right back, this moment’s fucking mine What have I done to deserve this One, this only chance to be the one
7.
Cautionary tales Serve to see me fail Their false dichotomies Are not what I will need Silently, finitely, see how, they run out Got to formulate Paths left to create Deadweight overboard Crossed all things I’ve known All that’s beating now One day will shut down In that still, dark, night I’ll still be in sight (With a) beat inside See you on a dark day Like the moon, I’ll See you on a dark day

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Armstrong's List, Gumbal's debut full length record, is a fictional reimagining and representation of the thoughts going through Neil Armstrong's head on his way to the moon 50 years ago. Almost serving as a playlist to his journey, if you will.

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released August 7, 2019

Satish Sridhar - Bass
Siddharth Talwar - Guitars
Varoon Aiyer - Drums
Arjun Iyer - Vocals and Guitars

Songs 1,2,3,5 and 6 mixed by Drona Acharya
Songs, 4 and 7 mixed by Arjun Iyer
Produced and Mastered by Arjun Iyer

Samples from actual transmissions from NASA's Apollo 11 mission

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Gumbal Mumbai, India

Gumbal started off as a two piece electro-acoustic act, putting out an EP in 2014 called 'A For', that has now evolved into a prog alt/grunge 4 piece.

Gumbal is from Mumbai, India.

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