We’re alive in this dying world. We speak with ashes in our mouth. All we are not now. We are strangers in our native land. We hold the fire, we hold the fire. Dance with me on top of broken glass. Dance with me to feel your body smash. We are the ones in control. Dance with me to let yourself go. You take more, more than you need. We give you nothing, it’s all we have.
Everything that you could be. Put your trust in paper and live to die. I don’t know much, but I know I’m alive.
from
Jaguar Stevens,
released August 6, 2021
Music and Lyrics by Steve Bartholomew
Recorded at Dirt Bar Studios. Produced by Nate Cook. Sound engineering and mixing by Jeremy Averitt and Jesse Parmet. Mastered by Bill Skibbe at Third Man Records.
Jaguar Stevens is:
Vocals - Caleb Wohlust
Guitar - Steve Bartholomew
Bass, Farfisa and other key instruments - Jeremy Averitt.
Percussion - Miles Jenkins
Additional vocals - Nate Cook, Jeremy Averitt and Jesse Parmet.
Additional guitar - Jesse Parmet.
Recorded five days in December 2020 and five days in June 2021.
Photos by Lily Red Studio