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What Comes Next

by Jason Moody

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1.
True Stories 04:34
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True stories never fade They just grow tired on the page Call the fiends out for a ride, pulling me through the other side Don't you see me? Stone sober are the days Well over twice the legal age See me falling falling falling falling from the stage Once the heart is true, then it's black and blue I shouldn't carry on this way, I shouldn't carry on this way Stuck staring at my face Grasping at straws my fingers ache Held the glue against the tide, now I'm just trying to stay alive Don't you see me? For God's sake don't look down Trap doors are open all around For all the madness cons the morning Out of what to say in a lifetime I had the nerve to rise Call if courage in disguise, I'm not like all the other guys Don't you see me?
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For a Wartime Girl 04:43
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All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl Whispering codes to intecept, 'fore they get too deep All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl Do what comes most naturally, and then make like a thief I've stained across the winter seas although it's spring and if you asked us What would you expect? You burn for whiskey tooth to float into the roots of heavy boots and Have you noticed yet? All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl Letters home in cellophane curling under the sun All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl Shoot to kill with shaking hands, serve to meet their demands You drag your body broken no relief you're tilting on your axis What would you expect? You break against the grain to see your diamond dreams of fighter planes and Have you noticed yet? Have you noticed yet? Ah girl A generation lost to the world Send a message, send for a priest Dry those eyes as you shudder to think You beat your chest, it's not complex, yes you do it best All you soldiers surrender for a wartime girl
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Leave the Rest to Me 05:33
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Well I've got this scary feeling Welcome to the crossroads blues I left work so damn late Hung out like ice upon your gate I ran headfirst into midnight And I felt like broken glass We held tight along the midway When the bombs went off at last I stood like I had somewhere or someone else to be Say that I'm your only, leave the rest to me "None of this is real" Read tattoos upon our necks You'd have to be a little drunk To pretend to know what's best You wouldn't get too close to me Oh god no I would size you up, you would knock me down It's perfect, it's such harmony I stood like I had somewhere or someone else to be Say that I'm your only, leave the rest to me We snuck out through the garden In our disguised identities Who cares if we go missing? Who cares if we go free? We were careless all along We were captives of the song We divided our belongings We divided and we were gone I stood like I had somewhere or someone else to me Say that I'm your only, leave the rest to me
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The Diesel of Summer 06:01
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The diesel of summer is all I remember From the window left open in our room Our sorry excuses for keeping late hours To the neighbors in studio two And I'd do it all again, my delinquent friend Because I haven't laughed that hard since I don't imagine I will again The street corner bar with it's ruddy red faces Evaporates softly in the dark We sent the stars racing around this dumb planet Till we thought we were satisfied And I'd do it all again, my delinquent friend Because I haven't laughed that hard since I don't imagine I will again
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We Wish You Well 03:29
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Cancel the play, it's gonna be a downer That's just not what the people paid for You're born for the stage, you're not some shrinking flower Well, just what did you think was in store? And we wish you well, and your guarded mind In your own sweet time A mountain of prayers repeated every minute It's that old familiar battle cry You're looking for love, you'll never know you're in it With whatever creeps up from behind And we wish you well, and your guarded mind In your own sweet time And we wish you well, be it blessing or curse Or whatever comes first Back on defense when you're out on a limb Write whenever it's grim, through the thick and through thin The season appears to ring from every tower From the corners we paint ourselves in The reason appears for whiling away the hours It's the power to give and give in And we wish you well, and your guarded mind In your own sweet time And we wish you well, be it blessing or curse Or whatever comes first
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Any Old Fashioned Way 03:21
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They might be right, it seems like things just happen You think it's a sign, it's just a big distraction For keeping you off your game In any old fashioned way How long have you pretended to be in the right mind? You lie about pills, and you lie about crime all the time Can you put off a day when you're facing disaster? Can you hang on till fate calls you faster down your own hill? They might be right, it seems like things just happen You think it's a sign, it's just a big distraction For keeping you off your game In any old fashioned way You scream and you cry till your face turns crimson The way it looks to me, well it's your decision anyhow Why cut me with a knife when you can easily throw it? Say the magic words before you totally blow it all again Fumbling forward, now on your way back Before you can speak take your time and relax You chased down a dream, you didn't feed it enough It slouched out to die when the going went rough Why stab in the dark when you've got no reason to ever climb out again? Preparing to die by your own incision, not a great way to begin Not a great way to begin They might be right, it seems like things just happen You think it's a sign, it's just a big distraction For keeping you off your game In any old fashioned way
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The Cross and the Crown 04:13
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I thought, "Stacie's a pig" in that offhand way I always do She thought how she called me Kid worked to compel me to stay 'Causes she always knew Just waiting up here for her with Sticky Fingers for the last time I can't bend my mind to prove all these old feelings aren't so far behind And let, let it be known Let it come down She left me with the cross and split with the crown Up in the house last week Left all her shit lying around Clothes on the railing, Lipstick mirror left me to trace Ah, poor Stace Maybe it's too soon to tell Pull back the blinders from a dead horse Back in the saddle again The thing I most wished for has set me racing off course And let, let it be known Please let it come down She left me with the cross and split with the crown And let, let it be known Just let it come down She left me with the cross and split with the crown
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What Comes Next 04:31
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You don't need to know what to expect There's secret when you're older There's a gift under the tree You don't need to know what comes next There's a devil on your shoulder And there's an angel up your sleeve Pacing the carpet Kicking up dust A woman stares on the city bus Sun in her eyes, she's right in your line of sight Taking the space you could sell to the world Space you could sell to the world You don't need to know what lies ahead You're a canary in a coal mine And you're running out of breath You don't need to know if you're right You can leave it till tomorrow This way you won't recall a thing Pacing the carpet Kicking up dust A woman stares on the city bus Stars in her eyes, reciting a lullaby Taking the space you could sell to the world Space you could sell to the world You don't need to know what to expect There's secret when you're older There's a gift under the tree You don't need to know What comes next
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The Thickest Thieves 06:05
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Sugar spun trails line the high flying moon Winding over us I alone choose the road I like Holly's got a room She'll go and prove every song is named for you I won't deny what is true But something is turning the wheel to the sun There's no sense in fighting it now We were the thickest thieves With the world our sworn enemy Drowned in bad company Crossed our hearts, but we lied We were the thickest thieves I'm wide awake in a double wide dream Cursed by the winds on the sea I dive for pleasure at the heart of high tide I'm dragged down beneath I can assure you poetry like this But nobody's killed for it Climb over Holly, the vodka's run out I saved you a seat Holly she lies in the garbage we'd find Hallelujah the blues She said, "You'd make a better machine, I promise that much to you." We were the thickest thieves With the world our sworn enemy Drowned in bad company Crossed our hearts, but we lied We were the thickest thieves
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The Ballad of Chez Rand 03:29
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We could really put on miles tonight Before we're lost to anyone No one notices, we blow the light and Time keeps rolling on Pick another ancient song to play This one really brings me back Abandoned firesides and railroad lines Stretching far into the past Lying silently intact Here's to 'Denna Here's to Dan and Matt Here's to Kim and here's to Scott Here's to Dryden and to old Chez Rand May we all go down at once May we all go down at once

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What Comes Next has been recently voted by CHIRP DJ Tony Breed as one of the best releases of 2023. Read what Tony had to say about it:

"I’ve been following Chicago musician Jason Moody’s musical career since about 2006, with his old band Zerostars, and I have always loved his work. But this album—coming after a 10-year hiatus—I feel confident in saying it’s his best yet. The music is dense and rich and has a lot going on: “Wartime Girl” pairs soft crooning with heavy guitar and drum; “Diesel of Summer” stars out quiet and abstract and then hits a funky breakdown halfway through. This is good music to listen to late at night with headphones on."

It’s been 10 years since my last album, Nowhere Near Here, though I’ve kept myself busy with other work between then and now. Many things kept me from completing this album, but I’m grateful for the time since these songs underwent change after change between 2017 and 2023, when they were created.

My natural inclination is to demo songs on acoustic guitar, mumble along with a melody and eventually flesh things out. I’ve used that practice to write a few of these songs. For some of the other songs, demos began with drums and bass, fleshed out with piano and synths and found sounds. This was a welcome change to my usual way of doing things.

The demos for these songs (and many songs which don't appear here) funneled through Garret Hammond, aka quality control. He and I have been friends for nearly two decades. He’s helmed three Zerostars (my old band from 2005-2009) recordings, one solo album (2013) and a handful of various odds and ends over the years. I trust Garret’s ear as much as I trust his talent as a musician. If I sent him a demo and he said he liked it, I knew I’d have to do better. If I sent him a demo and he loved it, something was going right. I threw a lot at him this time: mixing, remixing, interpreting weird drumming patterns, trombone playing even! Lucky for me Garret likes these songs, I can’t imagine going through all this with a mediocre view of the music.

Katy Yenter is an artist out of northern Minnesota and my sister-in-law. I asked her if she’d paint something for the cover, but as much as I love her paintings, I found this photo she shot, and it became the cover.

Initially, the cover was gonna be of a tiger, but Survivor and Diana Ross had already perfected the concept.

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released July 23, 2023

Produced by Jason Moody and Garret Hammond
Arranged by Jason Moody
Engineered by Garret Hammond

Stephen Cecil - viola
Gabriel Hammond - cello
Garret Hammond - drums, percussion, trombone
Jason Moody - vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, pretend piano, fake synth and imposter mellotron, mini moog app, mandolin, drum programming, found sound recordings, theremin, clapping, wine glasses

Photo of Whipple Lake, Crow Wing County, MN by Katy Yenter with additional manipulation by JM.

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"Local musician Jason Moody has been riding the periphery of the Chicago indie scene for years, and I think he deserves a lot more attention than he gets. He's a songwriter who crafts well-structured pop songs, which makes them ripe for covering (check out Daniel Knox's cover of "Halcyon Days"). Moody has a way with melody and hooks. He's also got a lovely voice."
Tony Breed, CHIRP Radio ... more

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