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Welcome to Flat Earth

by Ty Richards

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The avowed goal is world domination The Iron Curtain is more than A barrier to Freedom and Truth Behind it they seek to hide their brutality And protect their organs of propaganda They believe that if they can Maintain a monopoly of information They will ultimately succeed in Brainwashing their 70 million captives A mind with vivid memories Cannot be easily overwhelmed But a new generation is now approaching maturity Who have no memories of Liberty Who have never known Freedom They're trying to take from them Their free will and conscience And subvert their minds With the distortions of lies "Experience teaches the working people that Whenever the Bourgeois refer to God and Freedom They actually think of factories and exploitation" This is the official view of America Which for more than a decade The regime, radio and press Have presented to the people This is the version taught in the schools And this is the version that Would be eventually accepted as true If we allow it to stand unchallenged But it is challenged These are the voices that destroy The monopoly of information In one of the most significant events of our time But the leaders are using every means At the disposal of a modern dictatorship In their effort to warp and mold the 70 million people In these countries into instruments of their power Into slaves who can then be used to enslave others
2.
Ow I was a contrarian canary in coal mine yesterday But I got no fucks to give to you today I won't apologize for being everything I want to be right now Wanna fuck the system and we'll burn it down to the ground To the ground I'm a proud boy baby and I'm happy in the USA I'm a Western chauvinist with no apology Got my bootstraps pulling up and now they're taking me away Got my housewife honey and she's happier than you or me I want my drugs, guns, fast cars, booze cruise and babies too Don't you ever ever ever ever tell me what to do What to do I'm a proud boy baby and I'm happy in the USA I'm a Western chauvinist with no apology I'm a proud boy baby and I'm happy in the USA I'm a Western chauvinist with no apology, apology Ow Yes I'm proud I'm proud I'm proud I'm a proud boy baby and I'm happy in the USA I'm a Western chauvinist with no apology, apology I'm a proud boy baby and I'm happy in the USA, USA I'm a Western chauvinist with no apology Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo
3.
Hollywood laughing in your face Lights camera action now you're lost in space Rose-colored glasses help you see You can fly up to the moony through the TV screen Around and round and round we go Dizzy as we spin the truth around again Merry-go merry-go-round Middle finger to the man Cuz the lizard people run the PTA yeah Round earth is looking kinda flat Like a short stack with honey and a heart attack Around and round and round we go Dizzy as we spin the truth around again Merry-go merry-go-round Around and round and round we go Dizzy as we spin the truth around again Merry-go-round and round and round we go Dizzy as we spin the truth around again Merry-go merry-go-round Merry-go merry-go-round Merry-go merry-go-round Merry-go merry-go-round
4.
Red Pill 04:01
Red pill baby, never thought it happened to you Robots taking over all our brains and I'm in ecstasy Lobotomy, are you leaving some for me? I don't think so Now that there is no one left to blame, to blame Once you see you'll never be the same, the same Red pill baby, never thought it happened to you How could you believe in anything that's not lockstep true? This is a holocaust of every single thought that's not mine Now that there is no one left to blame, to blame Once you see you'll never be the same, the same Red pill baby, never thought it happened to you Red pill baby, never thought it happened to you Now that there is no one left to blame, to blame Once you see you'll never be the same, the same Red pill baby, never thought it happened to you Red pill baby, never thought it happens to you
5.
I'm not content to be with you in the daytime Girl I want to be with you all of the time The only time I feel alright is by your side Girl I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night All day and all of the night All day and all of the night I believe that you and me last forever Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never The only time I feel alright is by your side Girl I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night All day and all of the night All day and all of the night All day and all of the night I believe that you and me last forever Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never The only time I feel alright is by your side Girl I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night All day and all of the night All day and all of the night
6.
Killjoy 03:55
Why you gotta go wreck everything Who dropped dead and made you the queen I see you freak out at every joke Take your Xanax honey and leave me alone You are the killjoy You are the killjoy Yes you are You got your fire and brimstone smoking gun Like the holiest witch-hunt Puritan And you tell me what to say, tell me what to be Honey look into the mirror tell me what you see You are the killjoy K-k-k-killjoy Yes you are You are the killjoy K-k-k-killjoy Yes you are What you fear is in your mirror What you hate is what you are You are the killjoy K-k-k-killjoy Yes you are You are the killjoy K-k-k-killjoy Darling, yes you are You are the killjoy K-k-k-killjoy Yes you are You are the killjoy K-k-k-killjoy Honey, yes you are You are the killjoy
7.
So you're kissing the wizard To wash away your tears And he's gonna whisper Like honey to your ears You dance the dance of the devil But you're looking back with angel eyes You're hypnotized A touch from the wizard Is just the thing you need But the fruit of the lizard Don't seem so good to me You dance the dance of the devil But you're looking back with angel eyes His left hand is honey to your ears But his right hand is closing your eyes Wake up break up the spell Cuz even you can tell Heaven from Hell Don't you wanna laugh in the face of the one As you dance on his grave in the sun The charm of the wizard Will bring you to his bed When you sleep with the wizard You'll never wake again You dance the dance of the devil But you're looking back with angel eyes His left hand is honey to your ears But his right hand is closing your eyes You're hypnotized You're hypnotized You're hypnotized
8.
You are my God, my God The only God, my God You are my God, my God The only God, my God You never ever ever gonna leave me behind But you, you're gonna bleed You're gonna gonna gonna bleed yourself so dry So dry Now that you're here Won't you stay for awhile Now that you're here Won't you stay for awhile Awhile You, you will never Never never leave me behind But you, you're gonna bleed You're gonna gonna gonna bleed yourself so dry So dry Now that you're here Won't you stay for awhile Now that you're here Won't you stay for awhile Awhile Now that you're here Won't you stay for awhile Now that you're here Won't you stay for awhile You, you're gonna bleed You're gonna gonna bleed yourself so dry You, you're gonna bleed You're gonna bleed yourself so dry

about

Ty Richards’ highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Welcome to Flat Earth’ is a DIY psychedelic future-punk record that summons the future and the vintage all at once.

Released on his indie-label Tremolo Records, the album offers up heavy-handed grooves, video game-esk keyboards, and blown out fuzz guitars laced with gritty pop melodies and absurd lyrics.

This anti-pop record was written, performed, produced, recorded and mixed solely by Richards, who tracked everything straight to tape, one hundred percent analog with zero computers and
zero editing.

Like Devo and punk predecessors of the twentieth century, ‘Welcome to Flat Earth’ combines a fearless electro rock sound with mischievous satire to poke fun at our ‘post-truth’ world.

credits

released April 20, 2018

Performed, Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ty Richards

All songs (except track 5) written by Ty Richards
© & ℗ 2018 Ty Richards Music (BMI)

"All Day and All of the Night" written by Ray Davies (of The Kinks)
© & ℗ 1964 Ray Davies (BMI)

Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron, Synthesizers, Bass, Drum Machine, Percussion and Drums performed by Ty Richards

Unwanted background screams, cries, and talking by the Richards girls ;)

Recorded at Tremolo Records in Austin

Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering in Los Angeles
(Beck, David Lynch, The Black Keys, The Arcs, Spanish Gold, Dr. Dog, Ray LaMontagne, Sigur Rós, Cage the Elephant, Dr. John, Arctic Monkeys, Lucinda Williams, Ringo Deathstarr)

No computers were used in the creation of this album. This album is a 100% analog recording. This album was recorded directly to quarter-inch 8-track tape and mixed live directly from a Tascam 388.

Photography by Andy Emery
Cover art by Ty Richards

Regional PR by Heather Wagner Reed at Juice Consulting in Austin
Radio promotion by James Holland at Airplay Junkies

THANK YOU

Thank you to Emily Richards for being the most badass woman in the universe, Tom Richards for getting in a bar fight with a friend over Flat Earth, Kyle Warwick for a drawing of a Flat Earth map on a napkin at Sushi Sam's, Flat-Earthers for your diligence and courage, fake news for being so fake, Western chauvinists for being Western chauvinists, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien for LOTR Book 3 Chapter 10, McCullough Ferguson for selling me his Tascam 388 and thus making such a special recording possible, Mike Ingber for being the heart & soul of the band, Travis Eiland for showing me Transcendental Meditation & Mantra Meditation, Boots Electric for giving me your number and never returning my text messages, and Neil Armstrong for his moon-walk, and all my supporters who make this and future music possible.
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