San Quentin

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Following three 7"s, Great Apes' debut full length, THREAD, will be released this fall on Asian Man Records. The lyrical and musical material on Thread was inspired by and pieced together from written conversations and interviews with close friends. The individuals who contributed spun narratives based on their own experiences and expressed their ideologies regarding subject matter they deemed important. Essentially, each song represents a different person.
Co-released with Side With Us Records.
1. Seventeen Years
2. Arms of Catastrophe
3. Yellow Ribbon
4. Everything is Everything
5. The Fine Art of Holtzing
6. Vial of Life
7. The Edge of Western World
8. Withering Heights
9. San Quentin
10. Thread

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lyrics

an off-white blemish on a perfect palette of blues
 sea green converging with Marin money hues

  Tamalpais looks downward upon the wealth-exempt wound
 500 acres with a con in every room   

while the sun-soaked saunter smiling through Northgate Mall
 breathing grey specters sickly scratch cell walls

  Samaritans of privilege spewing script liberal speak  
wretched truth on the Bay’s edge - oh, the ease in turning cheek   

it’s not human if we don’t have to look

  in death’s glowing chamber, stone cage to stone plaque
 window watching strangers witness life unpacked

  under a redwood halo comes love and regret
 sinner self-forgiveness while the saint freely forgets

  if there’s a problem, we’ll lock it up  

  devaluation - the slow strain on the core
 treatment by covering the sore 
demonization enables error without remorse
 systemic - avoidance of the source

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from Thread, released September 17, 2013

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Great Apes San Francisco, California

Insert hype-up descriptors here. Plain and simple, San Francisco's Great Apes are a lyrical punk band. Music, much like a bio, is often at its best when it’s spit out intensely and quickly, with concision and honesty.

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