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Optimistic Selfish

by Mal Ride

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    Last 2 original transparent pink tapes released by Galaxy Train (Nagoya, Japan). They include a 10-minute bonus track, a booklet with the 1st part of a story, all lyrics, illustrations, photographs, 2 stickers (yeah, baby, stickers!) and a redeem code.

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1.
私は シロ なんだかもやもや 太陽から赤を そうだ緑もほしいなぁ 欲張りシロ 私はシロ 茶色いシロ 悲しい青 もやもやぐちゃぐちゃ 私は黒 暗いよ怖いよ なみだがぽつり ただいま おやすみ なみだちゃん ありがとう 私はシロ
2.
Hoping for a hit of luck in a polka dotted hillside I can deviate from myself and turn into magic tricks The waves don't wait The waves don't wait They don't appreciate what is swallowed into deep blue and it's taken from my heart And I say Taken from my heart And I say Taken from my heart what is swallowed into deep blue will never get back to your heart And I say
3.
Elevator 03:30
It's safe on the outside It's clear all above your faces, your arguments Easy choices put me down falling through the elevator's floor now It's not me, it's him, it's someone else, yeah
4.
Pink birds watch in the garden It takes time to grow high It takes time to rise above I've eaten twice as much this world Can't walk straight through the white line Signs painted blue It feels empty while you feed me When I'm running into you Pictures taken from my mind decorate your backyard Getting washed out by the sun Transcending loneliness and fear Will you let it get out back to my head? Baby birds flapping around inside your nest. Pink birds watch in the garden It takes time to grow high It takes time to rise above I've eaten twice as much this world Can't walk straight through the pavement Signs painted blue It feels empty while you feed me When I'm running into you
5.
6.
Everyone looks at me And I dance as if I knew all the moves Drugs never worked on me And I need to run deep inside my mind I tell myself I cannot stop The future is a freight train taken from my dreams The limit is a blurry line Kindness is the abyss Optimistic Selfish
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8.
Space Surfer 04:24
I don't believe anything you see The shiny, shiny faces always over me No matter where I've been No matter where I go They hunt me when I get out of my bungalow I know this girl in the neighborhood She's so sweet, she just waits for me Don't wake me up this time Just let me feel her arms The shiny shiny faces always showing up Pretty awful, I know Go I don't believe anything I see The shiny, shiny faces always over me I'm gonna drive my car I'm gonna take her out Let's share a crypt today, what do you think about? I know a place we can crash tonight Just park the car and start to dance I wanna feel your lips, your arms around my head And taste your sweat, come on Pretty awful, I know Go

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Watch 'Las Sesiones de Josuelito': www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsrx7_bbXiw8-fkdeITZEeKav0va0VrSx

Originally released (tape + digital) by Galaxy Train (Nagoya, Japan) on September 11, 2022.

Music written, mixed and mastered by Miguel, except tracks 6, 7 and 8 (written by Miguel and Germán Amitrano) and BONUS track 9 (improvisation by Miguel, Germán Amitrano and Samu Mesa).

Lyrics, booklet story, illustrations, back cover photograph and booklet selfie by Miguel. Cover photograph by Marta Verrier. Booklet cover photograph by Germán Amitrano.

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 recorded live at Music Zone La Laguna by Daniel Ferreiro on December 10, 2016. Track 2 recorded live at Music Zone La Laguna by D. F. on June 26, 2017. Bonus track recorded live at Monte Las Mercedes on April 24, 2017. Vocals on tracks 6 and 8 recorded at Miguel's home studio on May 13, 2022.

Miguel (guitar and vocals), Germán Amitrano (drums, backing vocals, tambourine on tracks 4 and 9, metal hits on track 7, keyboard and drum machine on bonus track), Samu Mesa (Bass, synth on track 5).

"Hi Samu How Are You" includes the radiant voice of Hiromi Oishi (solo singer and piano player, bass player in qujaku and bird lover).

"Interlude II (dad)" includes the tender voice of Nico Amitrano.

None of this would be possible without the warm support of two wonderful dreamers: Toru and Katsura. Our breakfast in Nagoya touched me deeply. This release is dedicated to you, our families, friends and very specially to Germán's dad.

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released January 16, 2024

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