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Cusp

by Action Camp

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1.
Oathtaker 05:06
A familiar haunting hums in view The heat of their pursuit Folie a deux One from two Not much to break this hollow ruse My heart it shapes from foe to muse A legacy gone blue One fell two And I hear the curve in tune And I fear my doubts they All allude Blind to their abuse All for you All from you All for you All from... Flows from your mouth All from you All for you All from you All for... Grows from your mouth My heart laid safe away Apart your ache won’t fade Your heart laid safe away Apart my ache won’t fade Soothsayer Earthshaker Oathtaker Frustrater My maker All in you Go close your mouth
2.
The Water 02:33
Blood, blood in the water Don’t make this harder Can’t explain Strange I feel nothing When your words once dripped meaning I’ve forgiven All you owe me Where’s it written That you can still know me? Can’t stay angry I’ve run empty Shed you slowly Now all I see is the… Blood, blood in the water Spit, spin, or swallow The silence let it bleed Believe me this once I was never a given What was endless, endless, endless Lost the depth I’ve let go of All that could be Say it’s cold, Say that I’ll end up lonely Why stay angry? We’ve run empty Bold and lowly I don’t care if we are… Blood, blood in the water I let go of all that could be I let go of never would be The end came as relief
3.
Tabula Rasa 03:14
We save us No one else No answer answer Doubt our way to truth No answer answer No higher calling No savior saviors I know this is new to you No one to show you what to do We are what we make Can't run in bad faith We make us A life as rebellion Restoration Find freedom and strength with no consolation
4.
The life I’m told I’m owed is gone They bought and sold me out How could They take And break my faith Then sink to think This time we wouldn’t blink Secret messages No one heard No one saw No one paid for what was done to me Now you want Want it all Takes what’s left And give it away for free You distort my pain and deem it a pleasure The mess that we’ve become Now I’ve lost everything Even with The war at my side A lie so bold That unity would hold I know how others see me A big mistake The side you take Deserved Or earned It’s all burned And now no one’s safe You distort my pain and take great pleasure No one heard Well, you’ll hear me now No one heard Well you’ll hear Yeah you’ll hear Well you’ll hear me now One and done One and damage done
5.
Wolves 04:39
Fitful night Same empty fight, Hushed tones, lips tight Restless sleep Each breath a thief Just leave with me, just leave Pushing back Walls close in A cardinal sin The state we’re in. No time to grieve Take the risk please, You’ll see. Just leave with me Pushing back Stories we trade Keep wolves at bay Except for one Tempered, afraid Our embers fade Except for one Things fall apart Are crushed or sparked Cradle them and crack the lock Push to see What they can’t keep from us Pushing back Every piece of me is pleading to stay Except for one Except for... One
6.
Reverberate 05:07
Baby come over It's late I know You can't sleep, circle closer Sober thoughts take hold Hit hard when I'm alone That feeling with no name Do you remember? Broke open again and again To let it all in My love You know me better Than I could know My past stretches out vast And overblown If I can’t be better Let me be true and kinder There was a moment Riding high when living my lowest Slip her on for the night Seed to feel what I was like Broke open again and again To let it all in Promise Honest Did we say what we meant or Just talk, Sleepwalk, Landmarks lost, the path we were taught Did we know once and then forgot
7.
You give me your ear Expecting it all A dangerous place The high before the fall Encase or erase me I break I never knew how much space to take How will I know if we speak the same tongue? I have a habit of nursing Only the licks that stung The licks that stung A lift of the veil My words are aflame A vision laid bare But who should feel ashamed? Unbowed and unbent my fair shape I never knew how much space to take How will I know if we speak the same tongue? I have a habit of nursing what stung Only the licks that stung The licks that stung How will I know if we speak the same tongue? I have a habit of nursing what stung For what each little death left undone Sink through my edges Or give up the gun Only the licks that stung The licks that stung The licks that stung Only the licks that stung
8.
Moonlight 04:37
You can keep your straight line Jail time You can keep your safe ride Hold tight as I All day And a night Deep bind But I see my gate wide Head held high And so they say our rules keep you safe And so we play at prison as escape You can’t hold me now I can hear my pulse rise Star bright I can feel my hips glide Soft light As I see your eyes wide Hands tied As I feed my sweet crime Waste no time And so they say our rules keep you safe And so we play at prison as escape You don’t hold me now I can be the pure side Slow dive I can be the sharp knife Cold sight But how can I free my deep cry Echoes denied From a steep climb or bled dry Threads untied Won’t hold me now And so we play at prison as escape And so they say our rules keep you safe You won’t hold me now
9.
Pythoness 04:12
Smoke rolls from the hill Three knocks at your door No wool tips the scale A toll will reveal Push through confusion and anger Press the wound and heal Tempted leave it Fallow Tender vessel, go Follow…. A plow from a sword Penance here fulfilled Godless, not blameless A tithe forms the seal The refuge of hubris and anger Razed and hewn, mastered and heeled Your fear is not enough Your guilt, damn silt, is not enough Put hands in dirt, build a new church, rebirth Each beam a bone, ardor the stone Atone, disown, witness, confess, yes Enough Follow…
10.
Resonant 05:55
My body betrays me Gives way, gives away Control and withhold Withhold and condone Hold Hold close the dual sense We know the constant A moving target Live or lie The fix, the forfeit Live or lie Endure, an offering My body betrays me Gives way, gives away Control and disavow Withhold, hesitate Hold Hold close the dual sense We know the constant A moving target Live or lie Forfeit Live or lie Endure Betrayed Live or lie Betrayed My body betrays me Gives way, gives away My own, uncontrolled

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We're proud to present our new album, Cusp.

This record is 100% DIY start to finish and five years in the making, so we are eager to finally share it with the world. Sonically, Cusp digs deeper into our heavier and noisier influences without completely abandoning our fondness for airtight arrangement and harmonically-rich hooks. Lyrically, Maura Jacob explores deeply personal and complex topics that naturally come with age and life in a world increasingly torn between compassion and control.

After 16 years we are entirely comfortable in what we are: a band forever between worlds. If our progression as a band shows anything it is that we get bored very easily in one genre or another and are always moving forward to the next idea, but at our best this is what you get from Action Camp - thriving in the cusp.

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released August 21, 2022

Written, performed, and recorded by Action Camp
September 2016 - August 2022

Maura Jacob - Vocals, Bass
Bengt Alexsander - Guitar
Joe Tarowsky - Drums

Lyrics by Maura Jacob
Mixed by Bengt Alexsander
Mastered by Garrett Haines, Treelady Studios (www.treelady.com)
Artwork by Gary Henzler Allen (garyhenzler.com)

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Action Camp Pittsburgh

Action Camp is a Pittsburgh-based quartet who blends elements of doom, post-punk and art rock. Now in its 17th year, the band has moved toward a minimal post-punk approach, in contrast to its electronic, sample-heavy beginnings.

Maura - Vocals, Bass
Bengt - Guitar, Vocals
Ryan - Guitar
Joe - Drums
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