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Nine Meals

by Toxic Bears

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1.
Call Centre 03:54
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Say, We're calling you today We get paid that way Our relentless hustle Aching heart and muscle We won't let up, oh no never, won't let you get away We won't let up, oh no never, won't let you get away We won't set up, oh no never, won't let you get away We won't get up, oh no never, won't let you get away Must have made a million calls See you through partition walls Sippin from a coffee cup Ring my number I'll pick up Ring, phones all day our thing You and me will spend So much time together Revolution in a call centre We won't let up, oh no never, won't let you get away We won't let up, oh no never, won't let you get away We won't set up, oh no never, won't let you get away We won't get up, oh no never, won't let you get away Working till the break of dawn Laying on the forest floor Call you up and talk some more Lakshmi opens the door So much time together So much time together So much time together
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Guerrilla Gardener 02:35
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When all is quiet, it's late at night Far afield and soon in my sight Near your house, I start to salivate Rest assured, it's time to cultivate Digging, planting, sleep will come later Done, when I am done, when I am done, I am done, I'm not done Was I here, I know you're there Dressed in black, man bun in hair Like a thief, in the night The shadows move, I'm out of sight Digging, planting, sleep will come later Grow And when you wake, to your surprise My flower power, is on the rise Tomorrow night, more native plants A bed of roses, seals our romance Guerrilla gardener for my partner, Guerrilla gardener Guerrilla gardener for my partner, Guerrilla gardener Guerrilla gardener for my partner, Guerrilla gardener
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Experimental 02:39
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Chemicals, give away, way to much I don't have to say Anything, my friends did, find it in A sex shop bin Aphrodisiac, name of foxy, makes you horny Feel nostalgic Imagine those, good times that, we could tap If lab coats new where we're at Experimental Experimental Experimental Experimental Laugh it up, my bad news, we could choose The liquid nitrogen At the end, live again, see the past But how do we know we last Cry, Cry, Cryogenics Who will be at the other end Found the way, through your mouth, I come out My body wants to shed me But I never, never let go But I never, never let go But I never, never let go But I never, never let go Experimental Experimental Experimental Experimental Cry, Cry, Cryogenics Who will be at the other end
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Killer Clown 03:13
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In a labyrinth of sewers lies a killer in wait Unawares you're slapped by the hand of fate The shapeshifter takes on every fear and nightmare You're screaming Crying Hurting Losing It's a killer clown Kill the killer clown It's a killer clown Kill the killer clown Pennywise prowling Calling Mocking Stalking Did you enjoy your happy meal when it super-sized you Pink slime in your nuggets careful as you chew The golden arches, the gateway to cloud nine Your stomachs Aching Internals Baking It's a killer clown Kill the killer clown It's a killer clown Kill the killer clown Hamburgler Captain Crook Grimace Ronnie What a team What a team Ronnie, my monies on Ronnie
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Governance 101 03:46
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Taking it all (I want you, work for me) Choosing who wins, another close call It's supreme (so high, it's ecstasy) Feelin' like this, livin' the dream None shall succeed (sip the cup, taste for me) You'll rise up, they'll stay in need Do it for me (bow down, show fealty) I won't forget... You keep quiet Jetsetter Dire days in the park Dead letter This, is governance 101 Truth, perception is reality Here, there's nothing that can't be spun You're, society's malady Taking a fall (it's your fault, we're not through) Cover it up, clean overhaul Can you supply (chew on this, good for you) Your message is mine, my hand on her thigh Eye on the prize (when you flee, I pursue) Restoring myself, ignoring the cries Who will believe (from your vow, no review) I am beset... Sssssh Foreign envoy Bathed in the red light Blade poised This, is governance 101 Truth, perception is reality Here, there's nothing that can't be spun You're, society's malady Heavy sweater Anxious stints in the dark Don't forget her
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Million Dollar Cult 03:31
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I've seen her on the YouTube videos Testimonials to you She's paying for your secret seminar And your healing touch too There's a lot of women in this neighbourhood Driving down to the centre I can grudgingly admire where you're going there But not where it sent her She's telling me it's my fault, she's in your million dollar cult They're telling me it's my fault, she's in your million dollar cult Tax gifting, five million They're from Lismore, they're Brazilian Lining up for the wisdom of ages Cover all of your children's wages Crazy man tried to fix up my back My girl now speaks just like that She oils up her body like you showed them to She swears it's for me but I know it’s you She's telling me it's my fault, she's in your million dollar cult They're telling me it's my fault, she's in your million dollar cult They're eating, they're sleeping, They're reading, what you feed them She's telling me it's my fault, she's in your million dollar cult They're telling me it's my fault, she's in your million dollar cult
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Nine Meals From Anarchy 03:18
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Climate change, global warming Economies, collapse without warning The bees are gone, here come the asteroids Alien plagues, so now you're unemployed You can forget tonight's fish and chips It's officially, the apocalypse I'm a doomsday prepper this time I belong Doomsday prepper far right and never wrong Doomsday prepper, far right and never As an oath keeper, I'm armed to the hilt, forewarned Fuck with me, you will never be mourned Secluded bunker, high in the hills Booby traps and a private windmill Blink of eye between the womb and tombstone Lootings, riots, my tenure, is overthrown You're all nine meals, from anarchy Nine meals, from anarchy Nine meals, from anarchy We're all nine meals, from anarchy Google won't save me You robbed me blind, now I see Google won't save me You robbed me blind, now I see Nine meals, from anarchy Nine meals, from anarchy Nine meals, from anarchy We're all nine meals, from anarchy
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Atlantis 04:40
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All this will happen again And it makes me kind of sad As I look out of the transport window I think of all the things that I know I think about the drowning earth I think about the stratosphere I think about the pain of birth I think about the smell of beer Water's rising, it's surprising Now there is no compromising Rain keeps falling, millions squalling Now there is no forestalling I'm safe and dry, except for my eyes All those robots couldn't save New York Never again will I eat pork Then when it comes to an end It starts all over again Here and there are the stars Take me way off to Mars Take me away... All this has happened before And it will happen some more As I look out of the transport window I think of all the things that I know I think about the rising seas I think about the worlds gone wrong I think about their desperate pleas I think about my favourite song It keeps raining, they're complaining Now the boats are really straining Time for getting, not for fretting Now's the time for a new setting I'm safe and sound, far from the ground All those robots couldn't save Siam Never again will I eat lamb Then when it comes to an end It starts all over again Here and there are the stars Take me way off to Mars Take me away... Rain, rain, going insane Fire, take me away Rain, rain, going insane Fire, take me away All this will happen again And it makes me kind of sad
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Stolen Shoe Sprawl 04:32
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In the middle of the world's most crowded place Where they're either on the run or givin' chase There's a man, who drank, himself to sleep on the street Somebody has stolen one shoe off his feet All the tourists take their snaps in slow mo Of the one drunk off the clock, in Tokyo Have you ever had it so bad you can't make it home When you lose your heart, your footwear, and your phone Only a fool, misses his train home What kind of a fool, misses his train home Only a fool, misses his train home The kind of fool, that could be me There's a city with a bridge where the ladies take their pick There's a city where the walls a single rash move thick Again, a guy, lays with one shoe stolen Will he wake for the walk of shame crestfallen Those shoeless bastards are living omens Of the mornings after they were chosen When you're dead to the world, the world takes liberties When you swap your bed for a strange indignity Only a fool, misses his train home What kind of a fool, misses his train home Only a fool, misses his train home The kind of fool, that could be me

about

Nine Meals finds the band delving into a world of romance and self-propelled doom, via an unlikely parade of modern tribes: aspirational phone hawkers (“Call Centre”), jail-bound provincial politicians (“Governance 101”), far-right survivalists (“Nine Meals From Anarchy”), New Age cultists (“Million-Dollar Cult”), opportunistic entrepreneurial scientists (“Experimental”), malevolent corporate mascots (“Killer Clown”), unravelling salarymen (“Stolen Shoe Sprawl”) and compulsive DIY landscapers (“Guerrilla Gardener”).

It is the first album to feature lead singer and guitarist Rapido Bear (Mark Limb), who was the band’s videographer on its fabled journey through some of Japan’s smallest and loudest live venues in 2015. Toxic Bears' adventures through underground music scenes in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and Gifu featured in The Guardian: "No record label, no promotion, no merch, no reason to tour Japan".

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released July 12, 2019

Nine Meals was composed, tracked and mixed by the band in Brisbane and mastered by Jason Livermore (Propaghandi, The Descendents, All) at The Blasting Room in Colorado.

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Toxic Bears are an experimental alternative rock band based in Brisbane, Australia. Their music ranges from melodic hardcore to funk, jazz and Latin-infused garage rock.

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