Yesterday Tomorrow and You, by Battery Operated Orchestra

Yesterday Tomorrow and You

by Battery Operated Orchestra

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checoni It is impossible not to love it.

Ryan Wilson A really great and quietly ambitious album that delivers, & is full of quirky beats: angular and squidgy synth hooks + fantastic vocals / melodies. I don’t know how they find the time to do what they do, but I’m not complaining. Keep it up Brigitte & Chris. Looking forward to the next album!

slowmo BOO just keep getting better. This release has their trademark, super catchy synth pop, but also some of the darker themes and textures featured on their previous album, Snare. Some tracks, such as We Are Ghosts and 今 (Ima), are simply beautiful. Echoes of Gary Numan and The Cure (to my old ears) highlight BOO's knack of drawing on the past to shape something new and interesting. Check out the brilliant video for Lady Megawatt! Favorite track: The Getaway.

James Makes me smile every time I listen to it. Favorite track: Lady Megawatt.

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Designed by BOO and made with care by their own hands you can be sure of quality and exceptional design in this beautiful CD. The 24 page booklet enhances the music with artwork and lyrics for every song.

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1.	The Getaway 04:31	lyrics	buy track
This room, this town is closing in I can't stand your contented grin I know this road and where it goes Escaped I fly beyond this view In dreams for now but someday true Breathe in breathe out Breathe in the clouds Step by step I'll climb through air and make my getaway I look eagles in the eye Leave behind the county line I see the same life on repeat in all the faces on this street It's not for me I will be free Someday you'll see me fly away at last you won't know what to say You never knew what I could do Step by step I'll climb through air and make my getaway I look eagles in the eye Leave behind the county line This room, this town is closing in I can't stand your contented grin I know this road And where it goes Escaped I fly beyond this view In dreams for now but someday true Breathe in breathe out Breathe in the clouds Step by step I'll climb through air and make my getaway I look eagles in the eye Leave behind the county line Step by step I'll climb through air and make my getaway I look eagles in the eye Leave behind the county line
2.	Origami Car Swan 04:30	lyrics	buy track
Origami car swan Standing in the steel dawn Everything you knew is gone Listen to the swansong You are not the only one Kneeling at the feet of Mammon Dizzy from a bad prawn Sanity is long gone Didn’t aught to be thinking that Didn’t aught to be in love like that I’m folding metal, I’m folding metal To make it better, to make it better Break you out of prison Holding onto reason Rust and sparks in rhythm Listen to the swansong Origami car swan Standing in the steel dawn Beaking the wing Insane metal thing Sanity is long gone Incapable of going slow Blinded by the static snow In this world that’s rusted, twisted When we could all be living in the stars Didn’t aught to be thinking that Didn’t aught to be in love like that I’m folding metal, I’m folding metal To make it better, to make it better Origami car swan Origami car swan Origami car swan Listen to the swansong
3.	Lady Megawatt 04:22	lyrics	buy track
I’ve got the building to myself I’m gonna turn everything on It won’t be harmful to my health At least not in the short term I’ve got no idea where you are Ignite the force of the stars to find you I could kiss my aerial One million watts of power My fuel assembly works so well Heat heat without any fire I’ve got no idea where you are I steal the light from the stars to find you Real friends are hard to find No connection with my own kind Invite the people in my mind Real friends are hard to find No connection with my own kind Invite the people in my mind I leave lines open for your call But don’t expect to be answered In my booth I’m ten feet tall All doubting thoughts have been cancelled I’ve got no idea where you are Ignite the force of the stars to find you Real friends are hard to find No connection with my own kind Invite the people in my mind I’ve got no idea where you are Ignite the force of the stars To find you
4.	Mr System 02:57	lyrics	buy track
Mr System is smiling He’s connected without wires He impersonates a human With all their sycophantic smiles You know who you are Yeah-yeah-yeah You know who you are Yeah-yeah-yeah You know who you are Yeah-yeah-yeah You know who you are We’re just treading water This doesn’t last forever Popcorn for the end of an empire No nothing lasts forever We are just treading water But when we wake up from this dream You’ll turn to steam See them drunk dialling Starting little fires Impersonating humans Ignorance beguiles Your arm around her shoulder Grin into the lens Writing in the book now Count your famous friends You hit the dust You hit the town And we can’t wait to see you dive You hit the ground You’re cracking up And we can watch it happen live Mr System. Mr System is smiling Connected without wires Impersonating humans Practice sycophantic smiles Yeah-yeah-yeah You know who you are
5.	Looking Up 03:23	lyrics	buy track
I wake, and blink. The sun, I drink I listen for a cue. The beat, of you Been rolling around like mercury I had no magnetic sensitivity The ache inside won’t let me stay inside I’ll follow the leylines, till I find ya And oh I’m lost in solar winds I can hear your voice but I can’t hide my sins And oh I’m blind from cosmic rays so I call back to you to lead me out of this maze Ticking the time up! Got to look up you know you've got to look up In opposite seasons we flew apart We went underground we hid in the dark I’ve lost you before I know what you saw This time I won’t let go Yes! You’ve seen me fall from great heights Fluttering blind under city lights You! Like a buoy in a storm You stayed afloat while I was hanging on Yes! I've been running all night Calling out strangers getting into fights You! Will you wait for my train? When I see your face it gives me hope again Open your eyes Open your eyes Look up!
6.	White Lies 03:08	lyrics	buy track
There’s a blue green haze From the countryside No one knows what it is Everybody’s mystified See the little white lies From the mediums We’re all chasing hits We must be idiots Lies on lies and Do you know where you’re from? Your heroes and your history We don’t recognise Something’s coming I hear the drumming And you can only see in black and white yeah Something’s coming The engines humming No up and down and no left or right now Blinding blinding When you stare at the sun Our heroes and their mysteries Need no alibis There’s a blue green haze That’s coming from the countryside No one knows what it is Everybody’s mystified The day’s coming The day’s coming Waving the flag for our own destruction The day’s coming The day’s coming This doesn’t feel like evolution The day’s coming The day’s coming Waving the flag for our own destruction There’s a thin white line Between the sea and the sky The broken edges of our land We don’t recognise Little white lies From the mediums We swallow it whole We must be idiots Driving driving Do you know where you’re from? Our opinions and our luxuries No longer civilised Lies on lies and Do you know where you’re from? Your heroes and your histories We don’t recognise
7.	Piranhas 03:34	lyrics	buy track
Take me back to your embrace I'm drowning in the water Tiny teeth around my face Blood surrounds me every day Calling calling through the haze I slip and slide until I'm falling Going under losing days Can't escape the hands that claw me Finding fragments in the dark Trying to remember I wake up but I slide back Falling now, falling down Piranhas Piranhas Dry myself walk into town Everyone is smiling Open mouths are open wide Pearly white and shining Walk me to the doctor Lead me back to land, bite my hand Give me something true Can't disguise your hunger I can't see it's wrong It’s such a misery It’s such a stupid dream Piranhas Piranhas Piranhas Piranhas Take me back to your embrace Throw me in the water Tiny teeth around my face Blood surrounds me every day Why can't I forget your face Drowning in the water A million cuts I can't erase Blood surrounds me every day Forever Forever Piranhas Pirhanas
8.	Solid State 03:42	lyrics	buy track
Never rainbows When you’re upside down and the falling rain just helps you drown Sunday morning and the week is calling They will never take us from this room We had a lot to celebrate but the fading sun takes it away and I dream of us far from here Out of town We had a lot to celebrate with a steady supply of double A’s but the years flash into memory Out of time I set a light beyond the hill but the shadow’s growing still Life is turning solid state Terrified that we are running slow Turned down low Please. Don’t. Go. Days are echoes I can trace their lines now but they’ll never lead us from this room We had a lot to celebrate but the fading sun takes it away and I dream of us far from here Out of town We had a lot to celebrate with a steady supply of double A’s but the years flash into memory Out of time Can’t help living in the past Only ideas seem to last I’d give anything to stay On my knees I’m praying I see the light beyond the hill Now there’s no more time to kill Life is turning solid state I hope we’re not too late Running slow Turned down low We. Must. Go.
9.	We Bind You 03:25	lyrics	buy track
You won’t win You’ve had your day Well, you’ve had your week Now we’ll have it our way It’s just like magic and you’re part of the trick We hope it makes you sick The more you try to run the more you’re strangled We love it when the wire cuts and tangles We bind we bind we bind you You lose control We eat you whole As each chapter burns you writhe in ashes and every truth to tell gets ninety lashes The channel’s blocked and points one way In our power You are ours Cold white lights that now caress the city Cold white lights that now caress the city Beauty filter that removed your pity What big eyes you have What big teeth you have The more you try to run the more you’re strangled We love it when the wire cuts and tangles We bind we bind we bind you In our power The world is ours
10.	Here Come The Idiots 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Here come the idiots Here come the idiots You laugh but you'll be sorry They're writing your life story Here come the idiots Here come the idiots They wear the same clothes you do They speak the lies that soothe you You knew it's the one thing you hate You had to come here anyway Legs stuck and you're screaming for more Around you while the water roars You knew it's the one thing you hate You had to come here anyway Legs stuck and you're screaming for more Around you watch the water roar Here come the idiots Here come the idiots Walk tall and give your trust Why don’t you come with us Here come the idiots Here come the idiots They act the way we should We know what’s right and good now We put the plastic in your mind You knew it's the one thing you hate You had to come here anyway Legs stuck and you're screaming for more Around you while the water roars You knew it's the one thing you hate You had to come here anyway Legs stuck and you're screaming for more Around you watch the water roar Here come the idiots Here come the idiots You laugh but you'll be sorry They're writing your life story Here come the idiots All hail the idiots They wear the same clothes you do They speak the lies that soothe you Here come the idiots
11.	Bezmenov 04:34	lyrics	buy track
25 years of learning have brought you to this point You can't turn back It's feelings that guide you Forget the facts We would like to show you the right way to behave Unstable citizen in the world and the home to the grave Demoralisation. Destabilisation. Crisis. Normalisation. Can’t you see we’ve always known you will do as you are told In the world as in the home To keep you weak, to have and hold We would like to show you the right way to ignore the writing on the wall the symbol on your door Demoralisation. Destabilisation. Crisis. Normalisation. Don’t misunderstand us We’re most grateful for The life you live, the love you give but we want more We would like to show you the right way to behave Unstable citizen in the world and the home to the grave 25 years of learning have brought you to this point You can't turn back It's feelings that guide you (Feelings that guide you) Demoralisation. Destabilisation. Crisis. Normalisation. (The feelings that guide you)
12.	Golden Spiral 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Every day I fight the same old fight I need it don’t you know? When I close my eyes I still see light Come find me take me home Perfect rituals Painted eye Mirrored surface Furnished lie The minutes taste like dust Empty hunger Stolen touch Golden spiral Hollow tiger Golden spiral Hollow tiger Trading futures Wipe the past See the truth in coloured glass I’m the butcher you’re the calf I can cut the world in half Give the price not the value Empty hunger Stolen touch Giant pictures with no meaning Dipped in powder Take too much
13.	The Dissolve 03:54	lyrics	buy track
So this is the place where we used to meet On broken ground with uncertain feet Nothing to hear, nothing to see Too many ghosts along this street Say that it's over knock this place down Too many ghosts along this street Say that it's over knock this place down Concrete and steel bulletproof glass Zone one people a blur as they pass Advertising sings down from the screen "Embrace the dissolve become what you see" Too many ghosts along this street Say that it's over knock this place down Too many ghosts along this street Say that it's over knock this place down Everyone made compromises How can you feel no shame? Let me go - I'll exorcise this It's over, over, over now Too many ghosts along this street Say that it's over knock this place down Too many ghosts along this street They knocked down the place where we used to meet
14.	World Over 03:19	lyrics	buy track
The world is finally over Don’t worry darling everything will be fine The sea is finally boiling We’ve seen it in the movies since we were aged nine Put your head out the window and scream if you like Scratched on paper Etched in bone The world is finally over Don’t worry darling all your dreams will take flight It'll all be over by morning Leave your things where they are can’t you see there’s no time Put your head out the window and scream if you like Scratched on paper Etched in bone Time to rise. Stop despising We are all in the same boat Time to rise. Stop despising We are all, all the same now
15.	We Are Ghosts 04:07	lyrics	buy track
A flash of light between the two eternities A silver halide fix Sensors and senses just do the same old stupid thing You raise your eyes to mine Faint signals pass, but yes you return to ground but your silence is not heartless the space becomes a sound We are ghosts The static sparkles don’t touch that dial We are ghosts The deep-cut paths repeat for miles We are ghosts The clock stopped at Lahaina noon We are ghosts Closed eye picture of a room In the floor in the walls and the objects that you will never touch In the shoes that take the form of feet that walk no more A flash of light between the two eternities Sodium chloride from your eyes retrieved in a night we can no longer leave We are ghosts We stay forever, we walk behind We are ghosts The photograph that you can’t find We are ghosts The chemicals inside your cells We are ghosts Condemn and lock you in your cell We are ghosts This is the end of all desire We are ghosts These are the ashes in the pyre We are ghosts Recorded sound that you hear now We are ghosts It starts to feel like we’re here now We are ghosts But someone else is stood here now We are ghosts But someone else is stood here now We are ghosts But someone else is stood here now We are ghosts But someone else is stood here now We are ghosts
16.	今 (Ima) 04:20		buy track

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Recorded before and during lockdown, Yesterday Tomorrow and You is a survival handbook for the future in four chapters.

Two and a half years in the making, BOO’s fourth studio album is their largest work to date at 16 tracks, yet their powerful synthpop remains undiluted, full of the offbeat, catchy songwriting and unique, analogue synth sounds that have made their previous works so well-loved.

The sonic range of Yesterday Tomorrow and You is impressive. It’s rock, dance, goth, glam and at it’s heart, pop. Sharp, inventive percussion, a vintage analogue pulse, odd time signatures and well-observed lyrics keep it all fresh. There are genuinely exciting moments when you feel like jumping up and down and shouting the lyrics out your window then unexpected, touching heartache. It is the end of the world after all.

The handmade packaging, designed by the band, looks and feels like a carefully studied and well-loved library book. In spite of being protected by a stiff black leatherette sleeve (limited to 100) the cover is scarred, torn and annotated by unknown hands. Within lies a 24 page booklet full of ominous symbols, cryptic diagrams and the multi-layered lyrics.

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released October 2, 2020

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Battery Operated Orchestra Newhaven, UK

Chris + Brigitte make inter-dimensional indie synthpop.

“Highly charged electronica with incredibly addictive melodies” -Louder Than War

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