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Ocelot

by Caleb Groh

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1.
Vocelot 04:40
Look at where the line was drawn: I drew it And you didn’t do it SELAH I was up in the tropo’ Hundred heart beating bravado Cloud cover over vesper summer Hungry Heaven no vacancy Who’s gonna rapture me? Can I dismantle the moment- Okay I’m finally focused I dreamt this sound 30,000 feet off the ground when Heaven felt its closest And I believe that a fraction of my actions the other night were loaded I thought my love was an omen the moment I kicked the bedroom door open No limit I resent it- ain’t having fun until someone leaves offended One life is lovely ’til suddenly I ain’t thrilled until I’m living doubly What am I doing here? “Oh my god!”, I vociferate Through the algorithms of myriad universes Do I want love or just heart pollution? I gravitate toward lust crusader in solution Please promise me omneity, I want you all My fountain is accounting for the waterfall I get high and levitate above the minute I forego the low, create the limit What am I doing here? “Oh my god!”, I vociferate Through the algorithms of myriad universes Do I want love or just heart pollution? I gravitate toward lust crusader in solution Or do I want love? What are we doing here?
2.
Thunder At 03:53
Great Orion, sky savant Hunter of celestial love Satiates fate with lust Gravity is grave enough And if pressure is the power of our love Destiny’s a diamond And my heart and island I hear a boom and a holler and a clickity clack Here I was wondering’ where my thunder was at 1 for Heaven, 2 for height 3 for a dream who commands the night I got lucid, I found flight Breathed anomaly to life And all Valhalla And golden allah, Succumb to thunder I hear a boom and a holler and a clickity clack Here I was wondering’ where my thunder was at And if pressure is the power of our love Destiny’s a diamond And my heart and island I hear a BOOM I hear a boom and a holler and a clickity clack Here I was wondering’ where my thunder was at
3.
Caleb: Giver her little bows of indigo Put her on a boat to sea, Ms. McLean Send her on home to me So grieve, if one of us must grieve Took my luck to the Calvary But the Calvary wasn't for me, I did up and leave Made a pretty little priest for a year or two But it didn't quite do for me, here's why; It's hard to be the only light and love Molly: How do I begin to say this sober? Finally confide in me, come over You ain't above love You ain't above love You ain't beyond the heart or better than the beat Must be hard to be the only Five thousand lumens must get lonely But you ain't above love
4.
Vox 04:27
We cannot coagulate We can’t even say, “Babe, I have to walk away” Do you really want to talk? Let’s talk about it Livid all night, breathe put the weight on me Let’s fight the giant Get it in line, we don’t have to be defeated or divided Livid all night, breathe put the weight on me Let’s fight the giant Get it in line, we don’t have to feed defeat, let’s talk One more Nephilim nightmare All heaven was mine, all of Canaan was howling Like harrowed Pharaoh, got cheap sleep Interpret my dream Go on ask me how I got it Let’s talk about it Livid all night, breathe put the weight on me Let’s fight the giant Get it in line, we don’t have to be defeated nor divided Livid all night, breathe put the weight on me Let’s fight the giant Get it in line, we don’t have to feed defeat, let’s talk I don’t believe in a love so strong, That the two can’t carry on It’s heart alliance- Multiply, double minus Fight don’t define us Let’s talk about it Livid all night, breathe put the weight on me Let’s fight the giant Get it in line, we don’t have to be defeated nor divided Livid all night, breathe put the weight on me Let’s fight the giant Get it in line, we don’t have to feed defeat, let’s talk
5.
In my dream I conquer King Cassander Whose blood, irate, ate the ancient wonders All of my power was a woman of fire All of my power and I want you to see what I am All of my power was an omen of fire All of my power and I want you to see what I am In my dream I see yon seven hunters With peregrine eyes, and great plumes of white Moon drummer, mystic dawn wanderer In an ivory mire Dancer in a diamond fire And all the powers of dynasty All forbidden walls And all Mystic hyperbole Couldn’t make my Babel fall Vision of oblivion every night Of colors forgot by Aphrodite One mountain mutters a sigh, Hungry for a heaven too high All of my power was a woman of fire All of my power was a dream devourer All of my power All of my power and I want you to see what I am
6.
No you don’t have to belong to Bedford You don’t have to be mine But when I call to you through the mirror Will you come out tonight? One of these nights I’ll stop wondering where I was all the time Can you only use certain words? I feel like I was fire in the canyon Or a parallel companion But burned through the passion faster Than a hot vat of castor I was sure I was flying, but awake leagues deep in the ocean Can you only use certain words?
7.
I am the messenger, I am the Smoky Mountain Angel of Doom Here in the room Put my jacket on You’re gonna pay for every day you slammed the back door Would he, the Porch King of San Juan, Make a Steel Angel of you? I’ve seen maybe 14 of his angels Sitting on his Green St stoop And with my hands on 10 and 2 Man I got so heavy the sun withdrew But I drove through the night for a word with you How was I to know you would never come home? The refrigerator buzz sounded so alone And the kettle grows quiet Wild winds silent Storm begins to form And the living room lights go out I am your reckoner, I am your jury on judgement day You will atone for every phone call claimed to have been out-of-State I got the bills and I did the math And the sum was time that I can’t subtract Well I gave you my word and I want the word back How was I to know you would never come home? The refrigerator buzz sounded so alone And the kettle grows quiet Wild winds silent Storm begins to form And the living room lights go out
8.
Caleb: I am endowed with a vision Or a sonnet of hope In a Subaru with Alexander Pope When I hit my drum, Oleander come Jeff: I am bereaved by the reaper When I wash in the bay In my old white shoes Close my eyes and I hear a sweet wind say, “Hasn’t he a lot, give a gust forgot” And when I hit my drum, Oleander come Vile drummer put the rhythm on the rock when the rhythm is off Oleander plays a rhythm I forgot, when the rhythm is gone When I hit my drum, Oleander come
9.
Cloud Cover 03:39
Cloud cover, in a dream I watch myself eatin’ the earthquake Me and all of God’s children And the power is enough Until the dream comes back for the crown One minute, if the number has no top and the sum no limit- How can finity finish? Or eternity diminish? Love becomes because we invent it Cloud cover woman I’m given a conundrum whose result is the life I’m livin’ Yet it ain’t quite what I’d envisioned It got 50 grit rough Fuckin’ friends I thought I was above Dream river woman Soft forgiver of a woman Finity wins, woman Cloud cover woman
10.
Sweet Wind 01:16

credits

released April 26, 2016

When Production started in Fall of 2013, Caleb and his musicians + engineer (Chad Wahlbrink) had a vision of what they wanted to hear on Caleb's 2nd studio album, but having never heard the sounds and having no real reference point, experimenting transformed the album again and again, up until recording finished in 2015.

Acoustic guitars provided reference for drums, then were mostly deleted. Much of the drums were then replaced with organic (field recordings of the timbres of mushrooms, logs, etc.) and electronic samples. Harp, hammered dulcimer, and brass were added to counteract the knife-sharp electronic elements.

Ocelot is an example of complete creative freedom, blended with pop sensibility.


Recorded between Nashville and Cincinnati, Fall 2013-2015
Recorded / Mixed / Mastered / Engineered by Chad Wahlbrink
Cover art by Caleb Groh, with lettering by Sam Solorzano

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