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What Comes After

by Racing Heart

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Flogging a Dead Horse Have, have you read the writing on the boardroom wall? You can forget about flogging that dead horse no, we're propping it up pooling together sharing the load offering billions make it rise from the dead Like Christ on the third day conveniently come back to aid with your purchase Arm the angry young men with machine guns fill out that shopping list give the have-nots a just cause push the market rate up make it ascend to the heavens Like Christ after forty nights make-believe just tastes so much sweeter And let's do it all again repeat from the start Let's do it all again repeat from the start
2.
That Doubt Returns Putting down the phone after you hung up or before why can't I recall? That doubt returns I'll grow tired of you or you'll grow tired these days I sleep alone II: All this grey is still just black and white :II Words turn fluorescent on the page there comes that slow wailing again You said that I don't dream but I feel the worth of things feel it slipping feel it slipping as we try to buy our way out of this as we teach ourselves to compromise II: All this grey is still just black and white :II II: Words turn fluorescent on the page there comes that slow wailing again :II
3.
Bargaining Chip A sound like none before will that be my redeeming feat my bargaining chip These are the limits of all I hunger for to be at peace and purposeful in life the world will know What can I hope to prove and to whom the bargain being new sounds so I’ll be seen Will the world care?
4.
New Economy 00:27
New Economy I’m dreaming I commodify myself it’s a glorious dream I am everything
5.
Letters from the Compound Time stains my fingers like lead from broken pencils fall short of expectations fall on bended knee Is this, is this the life I've chosen is this, is this the house I’ve built I stay up and watch you my mood-swings hinge on your private moments that door must be barred shut or I will break through Is this, is this the life I've chosen is this, is this the house I’ve built In this place of seclusion I’m kept from taking charge But I know the solution I know your face by now Nights pulse, nights pulse with frozen moments is this, is this the life I’ve built gloved hand, gloved hand grips the baton hides bitten-down fingernails
6.
Sleep with my Fists Clenched Tight They talk to me, talk about marching forward motion diseases cured improved standards of living I speak to them, I speak of essence lands taken over, religions smashed ways are wiped out Sever the chains that binds me to you fall deeper and deeper fading from view They throw facts at my face mileages of roads and railroad tracks I mention millions of men torn from their gods, their lives from life, from the dance I said Sever the chains that binds me to you fall deeper and deeper fading from view II: We have been taught to tremble we have been taught to kneel :II Sever the chains that binds me to you fall deeper and deeper fading from view Sever the chains that binds me to you They balance the books fall deeper and deeper fading from view I sleep with my fists clenched tight
7.
A Prayer from Our Leaders Some days the ocean rises seeps in through beneath the door a steady, building undercurrent leaving watermarks on my office walls soaks the Rolodex Years upon years of personal toil, professional triumphs Wife says I'm married to the job While they are born anywhere, anyhow keep dying anywhere, from anything II: And the great world spins :II as I feel my bones shrink Still I know truth I know these are amoral times I see they've lost their way I'll lift them to our God on High I know truth I know these are amoral times I see they've lost their way but I'll lift them to our God on High I know truth
8.
New Economy (Slight Return) I’m dreaming I commodify myself it’s a glorious dream I am everything to everyone I am everything to everyone I am everything
9.
Badlands 04:45
Badlands We dance in the desert your hi-beams trailing us like hungry spotlights you said; If I could write a song about how I feel right now it would surely be a hit Nothing could stop us for the longest while for the longest while I don't trust people and why should I the way thing have been? they keep on wanting what's best but all they get is what's coming he got what came for him Nothing could stop us for the longest while for the longest while All those things I trample on to stay alive beat into the ground no-one can blame me no-one can blame me I turned and looked away Nothing could stop us for the longest while for the longest while II: Nothing happened, everything was happening life is a millstone grinding and sharpening :II
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Squaring the Circle An agent of change in troubled times. at the center authority, in the provinces none but the periphery is never further away than the pull of a trigger I am that gun point and shoot A new force within new parameters squaring the circle, cutting through land nobody talking in an unauthorized way no-one to tell me resistance is futile no black and grey to cover up where these bullets fly squaring the circle, culling the herd I am that gun point and shoot out shooting twigs and grass out shooting twigs and grass and dust out shooting twigs and grass and dust and us I am that gun point and shoot aiming at my own body Silence. We wait by the church steps wait for him to exit rifles in our hands we’re holding the arms of God Must not let the waiting game get to me the waiting, the waiting, ashen cross on his forehead, a divinely sanctioned crosshair a ribbon sash I am that gun point and shoot flying through twigs and grass and dust II: I am that gun point and shoot a ribbon sash :II II: I am that gun point and shoot aiming at my own body I am that gun point and shoot flying out like the hands of God :II
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What Comes After I saw you stand in the fire flames lick and lap at your breasts couldn't help but wonder if you won't burn who'll be next? We push you onstage or to the frontlines the prize a pedestal to knock you down from Watch the sins of our fathers sear right off your soul but this is the sin I make my own this is the sin I make my own II: Singing your virtues while your body grows cold :II The question is what comes after le marchand de la mort est mort we’ll never answer for what comes after

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The second album of music by Mathias H. Tjønn as Racing Heart, "What Comes After" is a political record trying to be personal rather than preachy.

Produced by Hanne Hukkelberg (a renowned artist in her own right), the album is a stark departure from Racing Heart's debut record in both style and substance. Instead of looking inwards, we look outwards. Instead of being folk-based, we aim to meld acoustic instruments and synthesized sounds. This album has sharp edges.

Genre-wise, "What Comes After" is an experimental pop album, inspired by musicians such as David Sylvian, Winston Tong, and John Foxx.

Aided greatly by the creativity of musician Jenny Hval who contributes both lyrics and vocals, the songs are propelled by the drums and programming of Martin Langlie (Susanne Sundfør, Pantha du Prince, Valkyrien Allstars).

Recorded at Engfelt & Forsgren studio in Oslo and mixed both there and in New York by engineer Aki Nishimura (Elliot Scheiner, Tony Visconti) from Avatar Studios, NYC.

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released September 16, 2016

All songs and lyrics written by Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn, except where noted. Arranged by Mathias H. Tjønn and Hanne Hukkelberg, except where noted

Published by Mikkismakkis Music Publishing - ASCAP
(c) & (p) 2016 Misra Records

Background vocals, voice synthesizer, omnichord and synthesizer: Hanne Hukkelberg
Lead and background vocals: Jenny Hval
Drums, drum programming, percussion, body percussion and synthesizer: Martin Langlie
Cello: Kaja F. Pettersen
Clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet: Kristine Tjøgersen
Lead and background vocals, autoharp, omnichord, guitar, glass, piano, hammond organ, harmonium and synthesizer: Mathias H. Tjønn

Produced by Hanne Hukkelberg

Recorded by Akihiro Nishimura at Engfelt & Forsgren in Oslo, with additional recording by Julian Tulip at The Sleeproom in New York
Mixed at by Akihiro Nishimura at Engfelt & Forsgren and Moultrie Studio in New York
Mastered by Morgan Nicolaysen at Propeller Recordings in Oslo

Album cover designed by Bendik Kaltenborn

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Racing Heart Oslo, Norway

Racing Heart makes music that is both complex and catchy, with lyrics that are not afraid of taking on bigger issues in a personal way. Helped by some of the best and most noteworthy musicians from both Norway and the US, such as Jenny Hval, Hanne Hukkelberg and previously members of The War on Drugs, St. Vincent and Sufjan Steven’s band, these songs aim to mean something to you. ... more

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