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Kill the Summer

from Sleep Like A Noble by The Planes

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Kill the Summer is another poppy love song that might have made it onto Wax Diamond if we had more time. It's originally from a band Jason and Aileen from Space Merchants/The Knolls and I started back in 2015 called "Dreadful Crows," and I'd been meaning to record it for awhile. The song is about a passionate summer fling; getting lost in each other and the magic of the city, being mischievous and intoxicated... while making peace with the fact it won't last forever.

This track was missing something until I added the acoustic guitar over the verse. It made a big difference in the final mix. The long dive-bomb after the first chorus is something you could only pull off with a Strat; it's the one thing that Strat-style trems do better than JM-style designs. Overall, this track came together really quickly. It's one of the easier ones to play, and I had experience playing it live.

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I don’t care and I don’t mind,
Not every little thing is gonna last forever.
I’ll stay with her to fight this fire,
Same sweet spark and we catch it every time.

We are here,
We are bound together again,
Waste paper moon, the city is vile,
But we are cleaner than everything.
Summer thrill, summer wine,
Summer kill, summer crime,
You were right, now it’s on,
And we run from ourselves,
‘Cause the summer won’t take long.

I don’t care and I don’t mind,
Not every little thing needs to take forever,
She stays with me to fight this crime,
Same sweet trap and we catch ‘em every time.

You are here,
We awake together again
Morning sun, the sky is violet
And we are greener than all of the trees
Summer thrill, summer wine,
Summer fall, summer climb,
You were right, now it’s on,
And we run from ourselves,
‘Cause the summer won’t take long.

The summer won’t take long,
The summer won’t take long,
The summer won’t take long.

I don’t care and I don’t mind,
Not every little thing needs to take forever,
I’ll stay with her to fight this fire,
Same sweet spark and it catches every time.

You are here,
We are hounds together again,
Barking moon, the city’s wild,
And we are brighter than everything.
Summer thrill, summer wine,
Summer kill, summer crime,
You were right, now it’s on,
And we run from ourselves,
‘Cause the summer won’t take long.

The summer won’t take long,
The summer won’t take long,
The summer won’t take long.

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from Sleep Like A Noble, released December 11, 2018

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The Planes Brooklyn, New York

The Planes are a three-piece indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. Since their founding in 2010 by guitarist/singer Stephen Perry, they’ve earned a reputation for writing catchy indie rock jams, showing up to gigs on time, and taking that last drink ticket off your hands, y’know, if you’re not going to use it anyway and it would just go to waste. ... more

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