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Reckless
by Sparrow Hall & David Crabb

You say you want to stay
But you just want to play
This game I keep on losing
You hold your love at bay
And wait for me to say
Those words that you’ve been choosing

Don’t think I haven’t been around the block before
That I don’t know the score
You shouldn’t act so sure
You had my heart racing like the Autobahn
But now the feeling is gone
That’s why I’m saying so long

Forget this
You’re reckless
You wicked temptress
Your hands they lay me down
But this bed is restless

But all that ends today
Acting so blasé
About this heart you’re abusing

Whatever made you take me for a fool and a ride?
What were you looking to find?
No destination in mind
Whatever made you think that love was something to steal?
That you could fake something real
That you could know how I feel

Forget this
You’re reckless
You wicked temptress
Your hands they lay me down
But this bed is restless

Forget this
You’re reckless
You wicked temptress
You say that love is war
But this violence is senseless

So check ch-ch-ch-ch check this
Cross the love songs off the set list
You can cross your heart and hope to die
Cuz a promise won’t protect us
Your perversity is sexless
There’s nothing left to connect us
Now the only way I’m going down
Is when the Devil comes to collect us
So check ch-ch-ch-ch check this
You can cross me off your checklist
I know enough about love and war
To know your heart is reckless

Forget this
You’re reckless
You wicked temptress
Your hands they lay me down
But this bed is restless

Forget this
You’re reckless
You wicked temptress
You say that love is war
But this violence is senseless

Copyright 2008
Sparrow Hall & David Crabb / A Crowd Electric

I like to perform like this when we play out, but we can never find a roadie big enough to hold me up.

Crystal Castles
Yes No / Live at Glastonbury

About 6 months ago I teamed up with producer and ex-Dual frontman David Crabb to write some songs and see where they went. The result is A Crowd Electric.

“Reckless” is a track we’re developing for an upcoming album. In the meantime, we decided to put together a mash-up version with one of our favorite bands Crystal Castles.

Download:
Reckless [A Crowd Electric VS Crystal Castles]

You can preview other tracks at our myspace and become a fan on facebook.

We’re looking forward to completing the entire album by the end of the year and hope you like listening the tunes as much as we like making them.

SH & DC

Skinny jeans were doing high kicks at The Faint show last night at Terminal 5. I made my way to the back to capture some of the magic.

We now know what happens when you sign to a major.

You get lights.

Lots and lots of lights.

David told me about this. We were going to go to the closing party, but were in the middle of a recording session.

What a sad photo. That workman is hauling out the stage I once danced away many a sweaty night.

Thanks once again to DJ Jess, Antonio and Alex Malfunction for all those lurid memories.

Read the full New York Magazine article.

SH

Done Twice / Ms. John Soda
Tell Me What To Swallow / Crystal Castles
Starstruck / Santogold
The Rip / Portishead
Swallowed In Beginnings / Paul G. Maziar & Goddamn Electric Bill
The Genocide Ball / The Robot Ate Me
If I Know You / The Presets
Crocodile / Underworld
Crosses / José Gonzales
Outlined View / Ms. John Soda

This month’s featured band is Ms. John Soda. I’ve had their track “By Twos” on my ipod in various playlists for what seems like forever.

Merging Snow Patrol melodies, wooden female vocals and a Kid A approach to production, the German two-piece creates songs that move between dirge-like reflection, and bright synthesized arrangements. The album I’m in love with at the moment is Notes and the Like, but the contemplative “Done Twice” off the Drop=Scene EP is definitely a keeper.

If you’re sick of the summer heat, and wish fall would roll up in all its corduroy glory, this is the band to turn to. There’s something about their music that reminds me of the end of a long hot season.

SH