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Bagheera

by BAGHEERA

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1.
Scowl 03:42
[this song is about gentrification in north portland and the histories in these neighborhoods that are being erased and replaced with shiny new businesses every day. its about how we as punks contribute to gentrification everywhere while also being affected by it in small ways - Ⓐ] walk around the block and i cant stop thinking about all the places thats ive come from surrounded by ancient wooden houses with stories of their own that we never could compare to this place that we call home, acted like it was our own looking out from some iron gate he used to live in a house now hes dying in a well lit dream we’re the finger on the trigger and this is the end its the beginning of an end sitting on our front porch, pretending these days will never be gone were all white punks living in the spare rooms but still driving up the rent till you cant find a bedroom grocery stores that no one could afford novelty bars, brand new condos and apartments this place that we call home, acted like it was our own
2.
No Furnace 02:22
(this song is about the winter our landlord refused to fix the broken furnace, spent huddled around one space heater because two would blow the circuit. Then she evicted us. ALAB.) Scratch the surface of the frozen floor and i cant feel my limbs anymore its getting harder to breathe ooooh where the rain goes i cant get out from under the snow ooooh where the rain goes board up the windows and seal all the doorways the sun is setting so i guess this winter ill drink to stay warm i guess this winter ill drink to stay warm
3.
Bad Day 01:33
“With a bit of practice we could get through a whole day without one single idea. Daily routine thinks in place of us. From work to ‘free time’, everything comes about within the continuity of survival. We always have something to cling to. The most stupefying characteristic of today’s society is the ability for ‘comfort’ to exist a hair’s breadth from catastrophe. The economy and the technological administration of the existent are advancing with irresponsible recklessness. One slips from entertainment to large-scale massacre with the disciplined insensitivity of programmed gestures. Death’s buying and selling extends over the whole of time and space. Risk and brave effort no longer exist; there remains only security or disaster, routine or catastrophe. Saved or submerged. Alive, never.” (from At Daggers Drawn, Anon.) three cheers for the apocalypse shawn fucking tried three cheers for escapists this culture lied dont tell me what to do i dont care what you say dont tell me how to act i think im acting okay i dont need your shit i dont need your speech three cheers for the apocalypse shawn fucking tried three cheers for escapists this culture lied there is no other side
4.
Void 01:51
“To be disillusioned—with ‘Global Revolution’ and with our capacity to ‘Save the Earth’—should not alter our anarchist nature, or the love of nature we feel as anarchists. There are many possibilities for liberty and wildness still. What are some of these possibilities and how can we live them? What objectives, what plans, what lives, what adventures are there when the illusions are set aside and we walk into the world not disabled by disillusionment but unburdened by it?” (from Desert, Anon.) we’re in a void stuck in a lonely cycle what have we come to thinking this is crucial this place reeks of poison as humans we have failed i need the forest i need recovery void in life wasted in death fuck all the rest it doesnt make sense how people feel so safe when their freedoms taken in front of their own face the earth has summoned to go back to that state where we’re all unbroken where we can make decisions
5.
Nests 03:46
it was the winter that i closed my eyes, curved spine dirt falling from my eyes forming boulders in the night crawl up into my palm, i wanna keep you warm ive never seen a dark as heavy as where i call home im here, im yelling, im cold deep inside our nests, we sleep like little crows we are humble, hidden under leaves and wooden ceilings branches crumble as creatures fall from our consequences
6.
Siding 03:14
[this song is about staying put. its about forsaking the allure of travel to build stuff at home, work at the shelter, make art, or just to sit around, if only for a little while. -B] mini porches on the fly roaring southbound its july robin says this could be our life but i’m siding for this time burned out on this place on this house on cold friends stressed out and heading north again working for nothing the same place the same shit nostalgia drags me south again i cannot find what i am looking for you said it was on the road but i am trying to find it where i’m standing champs siding is a lie roaring eastbound its july gary says this could be our lives but i’m siding and its fine
7.
do you feel like you’re not good enough i see you walking by the local coffee shop do you feel like you’re the one who's scared at night who doesn’t know what’s going on
8.
Shelter 03:05
“struggle that doesn’t understand the importance of care is doomed to fail. The fiercest collective revolts are built on a foundation of nurture. But reclaiming care doesn’t just mean giving ourselves more care, as one more item after all the others on the to-do list. It means breaking the peace treaty with our rulers, withdrawing care from the processes that reproduce the society we live in and putting it to subversive and insurrectionary purposes.” [from Self as Other: Reflections on Self-care] [This song’s about doing care labor (specifically at a youth shelter) while trying to take care of yourself. Its about vicarious trauma. Its about juggling the emotional weight of the work, and the usual crisis of management, while trying to occasionally think of your own personal well being. -b] so this is shelter but i don’t think i filed that fucking prog note that says that boss is vile avenue of hope crushed by machine but sometimes it feels okay which part of me does care for the part of me that cares for which part of me is labor and how can it stay tender? so this is shelter, but what of my welfare?
9.
Joey 01:51
its time to get out of that fucking town its full of disappointment, its killing you don’t lie to me i can see through those shaky eyes you’re in a city that drained the warmth that you once gave to me its hopeless you gave in the darkness consuming
10.
Indecision 03:22
[this song is about depression and anxiety and interpersonal relationships. its about using drugs and alcohol as a means of coping with the stress and pain of everyday life, and how thats not inherently bad for everyone, always - Ⓐ] i woke up sweating in a different bed but the politics arent lost on me i wish i was sleeping alone again i wish i could sleep alone again i havent felt anything in years just chemical burns i wish i could say whats been wrong with me theres this void that i cant help but keep i used to feel a lot of things but now all i wanna do is sleep i havent felt anything in years just chemical burns most days i sit around and drink a lot i smoke cigarettes until my lungs are sore this must be some kind of therapy i just hate who ive been before we dont care about our indecision we dont care about our repercussions its strange how all things are temporary but i guess it doesn’t really matter

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natalie - drums/guitar/vox
bryan - bass/guitar/drums/vox
august - guitar/bass/drums/vox

this tape was recorded and mixed by Ⓐugust at scowling house in october 2014 on an old four track recorded over nine grateful dead bootleg cassettes from the bins

cover diptych photo by august

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released November 18, 2014

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BAGHEERA Portland, Oregon

a couple of twenty-somethings playing in a punk band.

our band is named after our old cat. we do not in anyway support or agree with Rudyard Kipling or any of his works.


natalie -
vocals/drums/guitar
bryan -
vocals/bass/drums/guitar
august-
vocals/guitar/bass/drums
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