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We Could Be Arsonists

by Loquat

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Time Bending 03:57
Can’t see it midday. It all comes at night. If you’re lucky to see it—all the glittering light—you’ll know there’s something else to it. There are millions more, not just gas and core. It’s the distance from suns, and there’s more than just one. There’s so many of them, and they’re so far away. We can’t bend time to get there, and can barely even see. The pictures they take give us clues, yet each one is from the past. I don’t know my purpose in this, but it’s obvious it’s minuscule at best. Other oceans in space, busy with life: They are parallel places, unreachable sights. It’s strange, but there’s something else to it. There are millions more, not just gas and core. There’s so many of them, and they’re so far away. We can’t bend time to get there, and can barely even see. The pictures they take give us clues, yet each one is from the past. I don’t know my purpose in this, but it’s obvious it’s minuscule at best. You see the lights ahead, as they’re flying in? Will they find us first, or will we find them? If we could make the trip, it’d be a giant risk. What if we never find our way back to our little atmosphere again? There’s so many of them, and they’re so far away. We can’t bend time to get there, and can barely even see. The pictures they take give us clues, yet each one is from the past. I don’t know my purpose in this, but it’s obvious it’s minuscule at best.
2.
It’s wind over wind, and it’s cold upon dark. But outside the door, the weather is clear and unfailing. None of us really need the medication. I don’t want any other revelations. But we have to stay awake because the stakes are high. We have to stay awake because the stakes are high. We could be arsonists with the impetus. We could be infamous if it were effortless. We could be mobsters if we were in the family. We could be crime lords if we got out of bed today. Mechanical walls are squeezing us in. But outside the room, the space goes on forever. None of us really need the medication. I don’t want any other revelations. So we have to make our escape because the stakes are high. We have to make our escape because the stakes are high. We could be arsonists with the impetus. We could be infamous if it were effortless. We could be mobsters if we were in the family. We could be crime lords if we got out of bed today. Can’t you get up, get up with me? Strike a match and start it slowly. Watch the fire spread swiftly everywhere we look.
3.
Rumbling 03:37
Oh ticking time… they know that there’s trouble in line. Not much to do but look at their shoes and wait for the moment of nothing or crime. Until then it's a rumbling train with conversation strained in a heavy rain. Until then, it's a hundred thoughts bottlenecked at the cross. Oh ticking time… fanatic beliefs kill a man in his prime. Left on the floor, so they know what's in store. All they can see are the ominous signs. Until then it's a rumbling train with conversation strained in a heavy rain. Until then, it's a hundred thoughts bottlenecked at the cross. Soon, they'll know it soon. Keep hope in the room. Until then it's a rumbling train with conversation strained in a heavy rain. Until then, it's a hundred thoughts bottlenecked at the cross.

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"TIME BENDING" VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjFphY1fMBk

Loquat on AMAZON.COM’s 2012 “Outstanding Albums You May Have Missed” list

"Electronic blips and keyboards give tracks like 'Rumbling' and 'The Legion' a soulful, steady pulse, while 'Seeds' evokes the more straightforward, jamgly guitar-driven sound of Bettie Seveert.... Evocative."—Magnet



"The new Loquat album packs several festival-ready moments, including the jaunty title track and stargazing single "Time Bending." —San Francisco Chronicle

"Loquat's ‘We Could Be Arsonists’ could very well be the summer album you've always dreamed of. The melodies and hooks galore will steal your heart, and singer Kylee Swenson possesses the kind of fog-lifting lilt that'll make you wanna put the top down and go cruising down the 101 with a beatific grin."  —KXT 91.7 (Dallas)

"Vocalist Kylee Swenson Gordon leads this San Francisco quintet through 10 tracks with aplomb, understatement, and a coolness that’s so cool it’s hard to believe…. They could be also be stars." —PopMatters

"We Could Be Arsonists is a must-listen and Loquat could be on its way to stardom real soon. The Bay Area band delivers a sound that’s lush and bursting with vibrant imagery yet is still intimate, quiet and personal."—Pop-Break

"We Could Become Arsonists benefits from a wide-screen polish, big sounds that seem destined for an arena near you. Loquat have big adventures in store for them, and 'We Could Be Arsonists' is pointing the way forwards."—SSG

PAST PRESS: "Don't look now, but 'Secrets of the Sea' just might bridge the gap between generational record collections. A.V. Club Rating: A-"—The Onion

"Sugary, sultry vocals from Kylee Swenson were wrapped around bouncy basslines and shimmering guitars, a bit like Rilo Kiley at the more melodic, singalong points or Cat Power in a few soaring, emotion-soaked moments." —Spin.com

"In a genre marred by overproduction and, sometimes, a lack of imagination, Loquat is not only wonderfully organic but refreshingly inventive." —Nylon

"Swenson's voice soars like Sarah McLachlan, but her lyrics cut like Cat Power." —URB

"Sometimes it's nice to just press play and daydream while the world crashes around you. Loquat is very helpful that way." —Wired

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released April 24, 2012

ABOUT LOQUAT
After releasing a string of well-received albums on various indie labels, Loquat returned on 4/24/12 with a stunning new album titled "We Could Be Arsonists." The band came to the attention of Nacional Records when frontwoman Kylee Swenson sang guest vocals on the Nortec Collective track “I Count the Ways” from their GRAMMY-nominated album ‘Bulevar 2000.’

"We Could Be Arsonists" was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, Calif. and was co-produced by Rondo Brothers (Foster the People); mixed by Dave Pensado (Mary J. Blige, Beyonce), Count (DJ Shadow), Glenn Rosenstein (Madonna, Talking Heads), and Ben Ellman (Galactic); and mastered by Dave Cooley (M83, Silversun Pickups).

Live, Loquat has played the Treasure Island Music Festival, SXSW, and CMJ and has shared the stage with the likes of Miike Snow, Goldfrapp, TV on the Radio, Nortec Collective, The Cardigans, and Liz Phair. At SXSW 2012, Swenson sang with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies.

Back in the studio, Swenson and Loquat have also collaborated with Amp Live (Zion-I), Junior Sanchez, Dan Sena, Del the Funky Homosapien, Flinch, and From Monument to Masses.

Loquat's music has been featured on TV shows such as CW's "One Tree Hill" and MTV's "Teen Mom" and "P. Diddy's Making His Band." The latest album, "We Could Be Arsonists," is currently being played on radio and in retail spaces such as BCBG, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Starbucks.

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