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Kill City: Switchblade Renegades (Digital Companion)

by Go Van Go

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HighDesert Red vinyl tastes like candy. Sounds great but I just put a fancy set of Go-zillion-dollar "interconnects" on my system..

One of my favorites of 2016 so far...
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Be one of only 150 people in the universe to receive the full 2 part Kill City Saga on a Limited edition RED Vinyl! It comes equipped with bonus vinyl goodies such as a Red Skull sticker and colour booklet.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kill City: Switchblade Renegades (Digital Companion) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Get the complete Kill City Saga into your hot little hands. Tactile digital at its finest, for all you die hard CD fans. The renegades artwork is only featured on CD (it's different in the vinyl) so that's something. All Kill City artwork is by Liam Waldie, there's 2 dashing photos of us on the inside taken by Freya Lamont and we'll even ruin it by signin' it for ya. For the ultimate Go Fan Go, you rock our worlds!

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1.
Black lungs, poisoned blood, packing alleys and doing it tough Lost souls struggle for life, emancipated, walking the night death row, black and cold, trading all they've got for cold downtown, a murder for art, and the discipline to pull it apart What you see when you really take a look around, is a city going to fall and destroying it all Rays break an ominous sku, "today would be a good day to die" destined to carry on, "it seems all hope is gone" cracked walls, a city will fall, "the begining of the end of it all" Act though, lacking the know, "rack it and attack it, and go!" What you see when you really take a look around, is a city going to fall and destroying it all Execute a revolution from the underground another crooked corporation we could do without wave your hands to fan the flames, then put the fire out rise above, spread the word, sow the seeds of doubt Dread and menace on the faces of those looking down another batch of good advice that they could do without wave your hands to fan the flames, then put the fire out they'll take the crown, and spill the blood over the battle ground Heavy hands raise their weapons to the ready as a child pulls a pin from a hand grenade backup kids, with their rifles holding steady, detonated the bombs, "you get as good as you gave" they fought and they won, just as the morning sun pierced through the blackened fog, and then they congregated as one, broke the arms of their enemies and sent them on their way
2.
This town’s a massive black hole A gaping chasm that’ll steal your soul Wish it was good to be back It might be straight but it’s a narrow track I'm old, i'm shattered, I'm lost, but well traveled Every city's the same You’ll move right in and then you’ll complain It's either too hot in the sun or cold and lonely like the only ones Where is the line that you're coming from You told me so many times What was the line that you told me Something ‘bout borrowed time? 'Cause I'm old, i'm shattered I'm lost, but well traveled 'Cause I'm old, i'm shattered I am lost, but well traveled I'm cold, i'm rattled I am lost, but well traveled
3.
Known Better 03:00
I got pulled over leaving Lefty's, man I was done The god's of alcohol were smiling on a hopeless son I got rear ended by red neck drunkard in his truck They apprehended him, that sucka, he was out of luck Thought I knew it, but I didn’t know, I should have know better Give myself another year to go and get myself together, Yeah! I was a Jonesin’ and a shakin’, every muscle aches My nerves erupted and another sleeping giant waked bbbbbrrrrrrr (not sure how to write this) juk You know I’ve felt this every day & night since she's gone Thought I knew it, but I didn’t know, I should have know better I think I'll give myself another year to get myself together, Get me outta the hole I Jammed my money in the pokies and the rest was alcohol Get it under control boy I climbed a mountain of white And then I nearly lost my soul Going out with a bang I really need to leave, but then, I kinda like it here Oh I’m feeling the pang And if it doesn’t leave me soon, well then, I’ll have to disappear Wooh! Thought I knew it but I didn’t know I should have known better Give myself a couple of years to go and get myself together Thought I blew it, but I didn’t, though I should have known better Give myself a couple of years to go and get myself together Get me together, get me together, get me together
4.
Raygun 03:10
Wanted fun, she got a gun, she got a raygun She’s eagle eyed that girl can shoot, shoot Broken smile, bloodied teeth over the floor tiles She’ll stitch you up and then she’ll put in the boot On file, got her standing side profile Shoot, shoot, she’s still smiling Let her go, 'cause all you’ve got to show is A lack of evidence to go prosecute Another typical insult, that’s been doing you so much harm Another full frontal assault, it’s the killing that keeps her warm Understand, she met a man, he was a bad man She threw his body down the chute, chute Ridding waste, dumping bodies in haste Eradicate you while she’s looking so cute Another typical insult, that’s been doing you so much harm Another full frontal assault, it’s the killing that keeps her warm Another typical insult, that be doing you so much harm Another full frontal assault, another letter, let, let her The pariah, eyes blazing with a cold fire She’s breaking out, so don’t you even try to hold her Gun for hire, easing tensions like a live wire She’s on a mission, it’s all resolute Her body is a weapon (she) Had to kill so many, for a lesson (she) Won’t leave until it feels like home 'Till the parasites are dead and gone Hope in the total absence of god Walking streets with the blood that’ll never wash (she'll) Keep marching, with her head and her gun She wont sleep, till she’s dead
5.
Galactic 06:02
Why don't you let me into your mind? Your thoughts are playing hard to find Your soul is stormy weather Gonna tie yourself down honey get yourself together now Why won't you let me into your heart? I came here to make a new start My life would be much better I've stated my case but we’ll never be together now Well if you're lying then I hope that you mean it 'Cause the truth has hurt too many times You might be blind, but I hope that you'll see it One day in time I’ve been watching from afar Deep cuts, healing into scars Love that’s interstellar I’m Gonna fix my ship gonna get myself together I hope you're coming with me soon Way past the dark side of the moon All my ties are severed , yeah I burnt my bridges when I pulled the fucking lever down Well if you're lying then I hope that you mean it 'Cause the truth has hurt too many times You might be blind, but I hope that you'll see it One day in time Well if you're lying then I hope that you mean it 'Cause the truth has hurt too many times You might be blind, but I hope that you'll see it One day in time
6.
There was you, staring at the ceiling fighting all the feelings of being ignored there was you, smiling so sweetly not dancing discreetly, with all of the boys/bores gotta get me out of this 'cause my head is swimming & now you're all upset help me out of the gutter 'cause it's still before lockout, and i know you've got me now you made the first contact now it's too late to go back, (to) like it was before and i know I shouldn't be thinking, thinking about sleeping with you anymore gotta get me out of this 'cause my head is swimming & now you're all upset help me out of the gutter 'cause it's still before lockout could you get me out of this place? I don't care what you say about her she's still my black flower, i know she used to be yours & I know i shouldn't be thinking, thinking about about sleeping with you anymore gotta get me out of this town 'cause we're on to a winner but i'm not done yet help me out of the gutter, 'cause it's still before lockout and I know you still love me there was you there was you only you
7.
This is a lesson, don't you be messing around This is a lesson, don't you be messing with a girl from Kill City She was a natural born vandal, & her momma said "she's getting much too hard to handle" But she became a rogue villain the night that she decided she was gonna do some killin' It was almost too easy, he was just waiting for a taxi. Meandered up to him & asked him for a cigarette, he handed it over, but she said she wasn't done yet It's always the same, when you don't know her name Always insane, when you don't know her name He's hanging down from the ceiling His chest is open, he appears to be bleeding She says, "I knew it boy, you never had feelings" As she holds his heart in her hand, it's still beaten "It was almost too easy. I knew you wouldn't recognise me". In his confusion he still asks her for a cigarette, She hands it over but he knows she isn't done yet It's always the same, when you don't know her name Always insane, when you don't know her name You're going down, oh boy, look at you now, now you're not looking so pretty That's what you get, you get for messing around with a girl from Kill City It's always the same, when you don't know her name Always insane, when you don't know her name You're going down, oh boy, look at you now, now you're not looking so pretty That's what you get, you get for messing around with a girl from Kill City It's always the same.
8.
Juggernaut 03:13
Open doors & the hopeful whores looking pretty, just 'red light running' Junkie sores & their mangled claws in the kitty, no-hoper, no-nothings We've got a powder keg about to explode, what a sight to see, we're going to hit the town gunning Take back the power so they'll leave us alone, in our sights you see, we're going to hit the ground running Another typical oppression of the hope that we hold onto. Token laws & the border wars of the city. Time to do something. Lonely ones, holding onto guns, sitting pretty, revolution is coming. We'll start the fire so we won't feel alone, what we'd like to see, is a city standing for something A million vagabonds who don't have a home in the ashes, a city starting from nothing What will you do when we have taken it over? What will you do when you're under control Another typical oppression of the hope that we hold on. A city under control, taken down overnight, latching onto a host Another symbol of aggression to the hope that we hold on to A broken pause, many fight the cause, take the city, hey. We'll start the fire so we won't feel alone, what we'd like to see, is a city standing for something A million vagabonds who don't have a home in the ashes, a city starting from nothing What will you do now that we' ve taken it over? What will you do now when you're under control? Another symbol of aggression to the hope that we hold on.
9.
Skyrocket 03:20
So you're carrying on, but it's not the same On my own, gotta say that i've felt much better You're not the only one that'll feel this way I knew the deadest man alive, & he got better I'm having the thought of ending it all, so you know... I'm having the thought of ending it all You'll never get it back, so just walk away You said you'd write it down, I never got one letter If you're right, there's nothing left to save Shoving me from a height but I've got no feather. I'm having the thought of ending it all, well, ya know... I'm having the thought of ending it all I'm having the thought of ending it all, are we over? I'm having the thought of ending it all I saw red, I saw a red light, I saw red I said I'm dead, you said I'm dead right, you say I'm dead? I saw red, I saw a red light, I saw red I said I'm dead, you said I'm dead, right? you say I'm dead? Hold on, wait right (here), Hold on, wait right Hold on... Wait... Right Hold on... Wait... Right... I'm having the thought of ending it all, well, ya know... I'm having the thought of ending it all I'm having the thought of ending it all, are we over? I'm having the thought of ending it all.
10.
I took a walk into the town on impulse late last night Soon enough things got real strange My eyes were blinded by a thousand small exploding suns Turned the night time into day I found the five ways, walked inside & found myself alone Nothing that I could explain All wise & non-corrupted seeing freedom in the skies My chest erupted & the colours burst forth from my eyes My mind is open to the prospect of infinite high Isolation, won't you stay? My heart exploded & my mind became a lightning rod Saw God reflected, saw myself Try to find the significance, resolution, ignorance, of my... My body's open & my head is ready for the crown Our God is virtual, all control is taken over now.

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Kill City: Switchblade Renegades is a cohesive collection of visceral rock songs underpinned by lyrical themes dealing with a variety of characters in the dystopian 'Kill City'.

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released August 19, 2016

Go Van Go is:
Troy Henderson: Vocals/Guitars/Bass
Dan Sugars: Drums/Backing Vocals/Percussion, keys and assorted sonics

Composed & Performed by Go Van Go (what did you expect?)
Lyrics by Troy Henderson
Produced & Engineered by Dan Sugars, assisted by Mat Broadley & Brad Kelly
Mixed by Drew Parsons @ The Studios in the City
Mastered by Brian Lucey @ Magic Garden Mastering
Drums and guitar beds recorded to tape at Wavelength. Overdubs and vox recorded in Maleny at the little studio next to Tony’s house.
Art Direction & Visual design by Liam Waldie.
Photo Credit: Freya Lamont

Additional Musicians:
Sean Foran - Keys on Switchblade Renegades and Galactic
Rafe Shola - Bass Guitar on Known Better

Big thanks to all our families, friends and fans. You know who you are. Thanks to Halt for his guitar & Tony for the use of his studio

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