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A Heart Against Your Own

by The Rational Academy

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1.
The Author 03:14
blankets wrapped and kept awake too long i fall aside plaintively with motions lifted sidelong from your light ghosts of thoughts parade as coffee stains and leave too late opportunities arise and fall and still i stay you had me doubting mine borders raised and words kept short we'll speak but not tonight don't shout over me its sad, not angry words i cite you had me doubting mine
2.
remember 1988 world expo watery graves now you are allmost seventeen you are JoJo Planteen death metal 1993 like i was foolish in my teens i thought that pentagrams were safe and i could fool around that age with mercury and snow ive taken notes tread mercury as you grow remember summers on your lawn then back inside to dry off i drew pentagrams on your arm smoked and made out in your garage ive taken notes mercury and stones tread mercury as you grow
3.
David 02:03
you can't state your baiting starts taking turns to leave last still life you can't state why you stay stilted laugh how bored we are
4.
2004 04:54
blessed in our union our mutual unspoken demands we're oceans apart forever after always forever you hold on inside of your heart to memories of the past that you can call on let's go back 2004 if you recall im standing with a girl i used to love you held my hand i spoke with her and i mentioned you and you respond with songs about a band that we used to adore i don't listen to them anymore keeping your time with The Rational Academy who journaled you in songs that won't forget you thinking back to when i met you and you were friends with boys and girls in bands that we used to support in two thousand and (four) lets go back 2004 do your recall me standing with a girl you used to love who lost her way i dont talk about her anymore (now you've got your new songs) lets go back 2004 do you recall me singing in a band you used to go to all our shows i dont think about it anymore (now you've got your new songs)
5.
Two Books 06:36
you lie for the seventh time put your jacket on and say don't rile, we were always here never really liked your ways you followed me home (i don't think so) you're ungrateful (i'm not so sure of that) you borrowed two books (i gave them back) we loathe all your petty ways and the piercings in your nose and when someone finds you wrong how your indignation shows you followed me home (i don't think so) you're ungrateful (i'm not so sure of that) you borrowed two books (i gave them back)
6.
light in her heart a lonely stall autumnal honesty steal through a harboured knowing smile late afternoon a body tense and blue with storm bruised against awfully a humid crayon smoke of dawn pursed lips and child stare in her soft and loving skull pushed hard and offering repeat her playful seaside cries her lighthouse eyes light in her heart against your own autumnal honesty - autumnally
7.
on the back of her motorcycle arms tied in knots around her chest you're sentimental up against this airport nation tarmac bruised limbs gentle summer winds honorary like the movies gather around protect against the wind your opened ashes turned out in ceremonies drinks are on 'til ten gentle summer friend your hair blows straight inside these winds awful how you kept her company open up your passport feelings postcards and trademark open ends her wired heart strings brass bands an wedding bands her gold i love you rings passed amongst your friends pretend you're sleeping when you're found and awful how you kept her company on the back of her motorcycle arms tied in knots around her chest

about

Produced by Lawrence English & The Rational Academy
Recorded by Todd Dixon @ Harvest Room, Say Yes! & Five Star
Additional Recording by Lawrence English @ 158, Matt Jonas in Melbourne
& Anna Arvan in Bellingham, Washington
Squid & Whale beat excerpt from "Pipelinez" by Aoi
All songs © 2008 The Rational Academy

Benjamin Thompson - guitars, vocals, synth, drum kit, bass guitar, laptop
Meredith McHugh - guitars, vocals, synth, tambourine, glockenspiel
Lawrence English - electronics
Matt Jonas - bass guitar
Paul Donoughue - drum kit
Ben Frost - guitar
David Heathorn - drum kit, guitar
Oliver Mackay - synth
Anna Arvan - vocals
"Becks" English - handclaps
John Chantler & Carina Thoren - tape loops

Cover Art "Krakow Playground, November 2007" Lawrence English

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"ALBUM OF THE WEEK. "A Heart Against Your Own" is one of those rare albums that takes the fundamentals of the guitar band format and somehow organically expands upon that framework, incorporating the modernity of the electronic avant-garde without you even noticing you're listening to something as awkward and experimental as it actually is. Massive Recommendation."... Boomkat (EU)

"There is a fundamental difference between the motivations of experimental artists and a pop band: While the former demand respect, the latter want to be loved. With the release of "A Heart against your own", the Rational Academy might see both dreams fulfilled at the same time with their very first album." ... Tokafi (EU)

"It would be nice to think that one day all such music will be of this caliber, but for now we will have to be satisfied with these little diamonds."... Brainwashed (USA)

"What makes this debut album from this Brisbane Australia unit so brilliant is it's incredible sonic diversity"... J Select (Japan)

"A bedroom romantic's My Bloody Valentine. Bedroomantica, that's what The Rational Academy is. They know what they're doing."... Audiersity (USA)

"A love affair begins. The first time I heard 'A Heart Against Your Own,' the debut album from Brisbane band The Rational Academy, will forever be etched into my memory"... Scene Magazine (AU)

"What I imagine a Pavement record produced by Brian Eno would sound like"... Rave Magazine (AU)

"bringing the floating Spacey color, if desired so heavy"...White Noise (China)

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released January 1, 2008

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