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Book of Secrits

by The Flavor That Kills

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    Heavy Magazine Review
    Reading through the information panel on The Flavor That Kills is certainly an interesting proposition. There’s tales of blood drinking, Egyptian rituals and Goddesses, and a fight with a chicken, all compelling reasons to give their track Nerve a spin!

    Opening with a twangy guitar lick, the first surprise is the quality of the vocals, sitting somewhere between sleaze rock and blues tinged punk. It is unique and engaging and understandably quickly becomes the focal point of the track.

    It’s almost psychedelic by virtue of the hazy guitar, but there’s elements of so much more happening that are impossible to resist. There’s a lot of noise going on here as well, but it is controlled chaos rather than noise for the sake of it.

    And then it’s over, just like that. 2 minutes and 19 seconds of the freshest and most alluring rock music I have heard in recent times. Spacey, rocking, angsty and chaotic.

    Must be something to do with the sacrificial lamb?

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1.
Intro 00:04
2.
Take a look, this wonderful life, do you see the skies of blue? Take a look, are you having a good time? Or are the times, they having you?.... dream Call the American Dream, They got another world, it’s not answering you, They want none of it and won’t answer to you, Take a look, we signed you up, you’re such a wonderful volunteer, Take a look, we’re shipping you out, pack you bags get the hell out of here, dream Call the American Dream, They want none of it, they won’t answer you, It’s what you wan’t want answering to Don’t you want to, don’t you need to Don’t you need to tell someone tell them, tell them, your number one Take a look across this great nation, everybody is trying it, Take a look, it’s just a simulation, can you believe they are buying it? Dream, American Dream, Dream, American Dream
3.
Home 02:57
You think you got it figured out, and you are brilliant, time to let them all know, Secured in the safety in your haircut and labels on your clothes Who are you going to let go? Who gets thrown away? Its will be pleasure To hear what you have to say. You can wrap yourself up, but you are just a gift that you can't open up alone Home, Home Over old catacombs Home, Home Where they left skulls and bones, Presently overgrown, They touch you, you know, but you were not meant to know You may say it’s a tale for the fiction aisle, I'll say it put it in another file, You'll be looking behind your back, whenever you see a new face approach you with a smile. How can I let go? How can forget and say? These memories just won't work. They are dirty and they got to change, You can wrap yourself up, but you are just a gift, that you can't open up alone, Home, Home, And you don't understand the meaning of you don't know what you think you know. No one gets to sleep here Home of bones.
4.
Nerve 02:19 video
She's got nerves, nerves, She’s got this electricity, that sparks and arcs without a words. She's got words, She lost me mid-sentence but I kept all that I heard, I wonder what she'll do to me, Now I know it's all disturbed, from all I heard, I wonder what she'll do to me, Probably make my body hurt, She's got work, Work, She's got this occupation, she undresses and oppresses the jerks, She's got jerks, But she lost me improperly, now I'm walking with the perks. Tell me what you'll do to me, Make me wait, and make the waiting hurt? Tell me what you'll do to me, Probably turn the pain on in my nerves. Nerves. Zapping Nerves. It doesn't seem to bother her,
5.
The coin operates, by a gamble and fate.Brought to you by our sponsors, no one has ever seen, When you saw me, And paralyzed my in my room, Nothing I could do, Except wonder, are you just going to end me now. I know I'm not of your world, I know I'm not of your kind, I know I'm not of my world, and if I told, I would just be a liar So it's always the same, it’s always the same you put your hands up, or you keep your guns loaded I don't know what got in my head, I don't know why I thought you would stay. Some things you can't communicate, like the cards to be played, When you left me, with the comfort of suspicion that I was to blame, I know I'm not of your world, I know I'm not of your kind, I know I'm not of my world, and if I told, I would just be a liar So it's always the same, it’s always the same you put your hands up, or you keep your guns loaded Spy on me, Spy on me, I can feel you watching me, I can put a production on, Spy in me, Spy in me, I know I'm not of your world, I know I'm not of your kind, I know I'm not of my world, and if I told, I would just be a liar So it's always the same, it’s always the same you put your hands up, or you keep your guns loaded
6.
Furburger 02:58
I can’t think further, than I can reach out from my face The air is wopatulee, with a new improved tasteJust prepping for Nuclear War, Those bombs we bought are gonna pour, On more a target for Nuclear War, Irradiated people mower There’s no schematic, there’s no record, there’s no plans This is for America, the Children, and the Eagles Talons It’s gonna be a Nuclear War, It’s going to pour Here comes the, Wopatooie Wopatooie, Target, Wapatooie Nuclear War, one more time, Nuclear War
7.
Snakes 03:29
He said no more snakes on this plain, They took their ax and knives, They took their children and wives, To change the color of their skins and eyes, The bladesrinsed thru, must have been a dozen times, Hypnotize, god was good good and wise, the times The devil resists, so the devil shall die, Grey shades redden the river from the blood, feeds well the snakes. Grey shades redden from the drink the good god makes. So they made him a saint, The murdered...well they simply ain't, Come alone, I got some brushes and some white paint, Now, his stories can just sounds quaint Times, Hypnotize, God is good good and wise, the times The devil resists, so the devil shall die, Grey shades redden the river from the blood, feeds well the snakes. Grey shades redden from the drink the good god makes. Gold, Gold, so much Gold. Gold is good, Good and Wise, Gold, they need more gold, gold, more gold
8.
Richard 03:00
Say, what the stars say, You are just a speck out here anyways, Say, there will be a day, There will be no survivors, Spacetime gets wider, Resister, transistor, it just delays You are on a timer Resister, transitory, it goes away, You are on a timer, Nay, what the dust does say, Small needles make the record play, Nay, look the other way, There are always survivors, It's a matter of fighters. Resister, Transistor, it just delays You are on a timer, Resister, Transistor, it goes away, You are on a timer, somnoppression,somnoppression, dust away, stars away Resister, Transistor, it just delays You are on a timer, Resister, Transistor, it goes away, You are on a timer
9.
But now the cavalry here. For who, it's not quite clear, You better pick a side, You are running out of time It don't matter what you do They are the driver, you are the screw, It doesn't matter what you say, They were getting rid of you anyways, Born, no right to live, I got not right to live, Looks like they are here to deal. Would you rather watch them squeal. They look like real big pigs, Fat from the dimensions they rig, I don't care what they are We are the children of this yellow star I don't care what they say, We all are going home today, You were born, no right to live They got no right to live, If it were absolute they wouldn't be relatives. Hit the button, smash. Looks like your weapons are trash, Time to run and hide, Thanks for such a good time. If a Being tried to go through a gate................. No one’s here to punish you, The earth is the driver, You are the screw No one’s here to rescue you, You fought for the sword that ran your thru, just born, no right to live the bloody river bows and bends,
10.
Sow 02:28
Sow, Sow, Sow, of Adamantine Sow, Sow, Sow, She wants to do some eating Don't think they don't expect this, A plan past every contingency, Don't act like you wouldn't know this, That you will be ripped into pieces You just had to take a bite, Yet you can't control the terms of your own time, Makes you wonder if you had to bite, Properly functioning primitive AI Sow, Sow, want to do some eating. Sow, Sow of Adamantine They pump you until you are prime, They just need a little bit of mind, Why would they bother with the rest of your slime. You actually did the most of your crimes. You just had to take a bite, Yet you can't control the terms of your own time, Makes you wonder if you had to bite, Properly functioning primitive AI Sow, Sow, Sow, Sow, Sow, Sow
11.
hyp, da, hyp, I'm gonna be a hypocrite, I gonna be your hypocrite, ex, da, ex, I'm the experiment, I'm gonna be experiments hoorah, mama, soma, Hooray, mama, wanna eat a little fire? Hoorah, mama, soma, hooray, moma I breath a little fire, You're fire, Retire, Expire, die, uhr, Fire, die, uhr, fire, ash urn, choir Psych da Psych, I need a psychiatrist, but I got you in my fists, Pac da pac, I was once a pacifist, a pessimist hoorah, mama, soma, Hooray, mama, wanna eat a little fire? Hoorah, mama, soma, hooray, moma I breath a little fire, fire, fire, fire once a pacifist, awesomeness, experiment, do experiments Fire, Fire, inquirer, fire, fire
12.
he ship arrives between 4 and 5, Depending on who you believe. No one can say, which is the best choice, But if you don't choose it will leave. Seizes, Seizure, Squeeze. Abandoned and stranded. Take the .45, fill up your cup and take a drink I suppose you only know your alive as long as you can think Pointer finger on the trigger useless and froze, Seems as though some are not their own to dispose, Seize, Seizure, Squeeze. The ship left you are still alive, no you can't leave, Take the .45, fill up your cup and take a drink I suppose you only know your alive as long as you can think try to Keep swimming, try to Keep hoping. try to Keep believing.
13.
Testicle 02:39
I'm just a I'm just a vestal, I'm just a vestal, I'm just a vestal oooh oooh oooh I'm just a vestal, I'm just paravesicle, some say just a testicle two ooooh oooh, Keep the fire, light the fire, I'm on fire, choir, choir, I'm on fire, a list of priors, and multipliers, cut your wires Do I look edible, egg incredible, just a delectable ohhhohoohhohohohhoho I bless your mandible, with my paravesical, watch what a boy can do ooh ohohoh I'm on fire, Keeping fire, your empire, sings in my choir, choir of fire,

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The 3rd full length from The Flavor That Kills is deliciously ripped and torn, from tight rhythms to raspy vocals with a swagger like Electric Six.

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released January 12, 2024

All songs by The Flavor That Kills except:
(“Right To Live” by The Flavor That Kills, Beau Sorenson,& Ashayana Deane)
(“Burn The Bridge” & “Nerve” by The Flavor That Kills and Ferran Jecky)
Lyrics by Ryan Corcoran

Ryan Corcoran-Vox, Guitars, Synthesizers, Tambourine, Piano, Trumpet
E. Davis-Supplemental Guitars, Synthesizers, Piano, Vox, Bongos
Christian Burnson-Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vox, Piano, Synthesizers
Eric Hartz-Drums, Percussion, Synthesizers
Beau Sorenson-Duck Call

Engineered and Mixed by Beau Sorenson
Additional Engineering by Wendy Schneider
Recorded at Coney Island, Madison, WI.
Mastered by Justin Perkins
Lacquer cut by Ryan Smith
Produced by The Shave and Beau Sorenson
Cover Design and Artwork by Claire Kellesvig

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The Flavor That Kills (TFTK) will release their new album “Book of Secrits” (purposely misspelled) on January 26th 2024 on Shortwave Records in all digital formats. This will be the third release from the band and first with additional guitarist Educational Davis. It's a concept album about the origin of aliens and destruction of human civilization. ... more

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