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Cons At The New Moon

from Bakelite In The Moonlight by Chris Page

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This is a track from Camp Radio's first LP. I thought doing an acoustic version of this power poppy number would be a fun experiment. It's always been one of my favourite Camp Radio songs to play. The riff off the top is a jammer and the Knack style break down as the song builds from the bridge has always been a rock and roll manoeuvre I'm proud of.

The backstory stuff: the New Moon was a restaurant in NDG (Montreal) that served as part of the backdrop to my time living there. I remember my friend Leesie finding a cockroach in a salad there too, and though that gave us pause, it didn't stop us going for poutine when we were bringing empties back to the Dep across the street.

The part about getting shin splints running down that street in my Chuck Taylors is absolutely true and the 'sweet breath offers' and 'hack poets, fumbling on' is meant as a private tribute to another old friend who went on to do some pretty cool things. She still does.

Those are just some of the little moments that came together to make this song, which is selfishly meant as a vehicle to keep those memories alive for me.

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CONS AT THE NEW MOON

I got my shin splints running
On pavement in my Cons
Can we cheat and lie together
As hack poets fumbling on?

Oh, I did your powdered room
And oh, your potent lines in bloom
Are exposing you.

Your closed door, sweet breath offer
Made sense, made perfect lines
And the swell of revelation
We'd never recognize

Oh, I did your greasy spoon
And oh, I waited at the Moon
All that afternoon.

I got my shin splints running
On pavement in my Cons
Can we cheat and lie together
As hack poets fumbling on?

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from Bakelite In The Moonlight, released April 15, 2016
Written by Chris Page. Words, music, all that stuff.

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Chris Page Ottawa, Ontario

Songwriting for indie garage bands Expanda Fuzz, The Stand GT, Camp Radio, and all these folk songs I strum quietly to myself, just below the din.

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