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Big League - A Symbol Like a Cloud (album)

by Big League

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    Big League's sophomore record, pressed locally at Zenith in Melbourne, on opaque white vinyl

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    Big League's Lo-fi masterpiece on CD

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    They've got tapes! Side A contains Big League's debut album I Thought Thunderbolt, and side B their lo-fi masterpiece A Symbol Like A Cloud.

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1.
Slight interjection when the mystery eraser, Comes into to contact with aliens lazer, No chance that the memory escapes ya, A giant drag for the young boyracer, Come on you must believe, When you see spaceships through the trees, In time you’ll come to find we have to leave old worlds behind, It’s true, they’ll know it soon, They bring death from above, All played out with peace and love, Boy racer rise above become our saviour, And victory for you, they’ll know it soon, Terror screams through the night for the invasion strike, But he’ll know what to do, Forget your tractor beam command your social scene, Pitch fork army unite, take the fight, Until their tenticals don’t move, Cricket bat, or the knife, send them fleeing to the moon, They’ll know it soon…
2.
On the way to mount cleverest, Wind and swagger never rest, March on the citadel, Add rock to rock so well, Tried, denied, a citadel too far, In a place to where you sped, Tortured by the things you read, Confucius must have had the life, In a gunfight with a knife, Tried, denied, Tried, for a citadel too far…
3.
You’d think the folks would let you know, You’re better off alone, then loving in neutral tones You can cut the strings and float if it no longer goes, As high as you know and it’s through, And there’s nothing for you, Feel the wind for the first time, Though I was younger before, I’m feeling better than norm, Kiss the gears that grind goodbye, Don’t wanna settle for fine, a body in a chalk line, And there’s nothing for you, And there’s nothing in mute…
4.
See You Fly 03:30
From the cut of the seasons clothes, Judgement woes, who would know, New car and a big abode, Kids have grown, talent shown, Consume ‘til it’s so-long, Study’s wrong, never gone, If you don’t recognise the type, Their ego’s ride on recumbent bikes, Hypnotized by the city lights, Range-roving out to see what’s bright, Remebering what the stars look like, Firestorm burning through the night, We cling to loved one’s hold them tight tonight, But still it’s good to see you fly, It’s good to see you fly… Watch the face on the TV show, Wind will blow, too and fro, Edge towards the shimmering doubt, Call in you can vote him out, News flash to cut to you, If they knew scenes to view, ‘Til the trees are pulled from the ground, Signs are loud, a symbol like a cloud, It’s good to see you fly…
5.
Prairietale 03:13
6.
Join us ride your life away, The car we chose to be, Heading to a brick wall, You’re in the front seat, And all this pushing/shoving, For a penthouse view of nothing, We can love and hate, relate to you, And they say that we’re through, And there’s nothing to do, But it’s here for you, What a view, But when there’s nowhere left to play, And the believers start to pray won’t you, Mess around, simmer down, Let’s take a walk in the field, Lay about, smoke a fag, put it out, With your teeth, nice and clean, I wanna tell you about a secret place where you can go and screw, But when there’s nowhere left to play, And the believers start to pray won’t you, Mess about, figure it out, It depends on you, And they say that we’re through, But it’s here for you, What a view, And when there’s nowhere left to play, And believers start to pray won’t you, Mess about, pull your finger out, That what she said…
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Sign Waves 03:05
News line designed to keep you down, Top 10, tell a friend to feed the buzz, Savages come to knight you, When the real world can’t unite you, Text on a screen, is that what they mean, When it says that machines will kill us all, Click bait, demonstrate what’s wrong with me, Behave we’re sign waves that cross occassionly, They’re gonna give you the run-around, Sampling how their voices sound, Shit-can the person seen from vinyl castles, Meanwhile, penile to those that keep you safe and sound, From alien forces, Evil sourceress, Flying fortress, You know you want more of this, You know you want more of this…
9.
Enough to make a nation sick, Must be an amazing trick, Olympic mystery has been sold, The CEO has swept it all away, They all wanted to be you, Though now I can’t say, March into the super dome, To board your throne, For champions alone, Is it better just to walk the line, Ride the pine, And play the sportsman’s way, It has been sold, The CEO has swept it all away, They all wanted to be you though, Now you see, that that was another day, Morals of the desperate sole, Digging for gold destroyed your family’s name, KGB burst in your home, Sorry sensei, You can kneel or stand, Applauding the dead hand, Move to where they don’t extradite, That’s fine, ride the pine…
10.
Heston Front 03:41
Figure out where it was, Where I decided I wanted more, Plutonic better dead and gone, It goes atomic before too long, Super friends, avenging around, We boldly go where no one’s allowed, Disco tripping and coming down, But I still want you, I want you around, Together we make whole, Girl’s a friend you’re out of luck, If it’s a friend you wanna fuck, Girl’s a friend you’re out of luck, If it’s a friend you wanna fuck, Figure out where it was, You put me right back, right where I belong, If we never get involved, It’s all for better or so I’m told, Girls a friend you’re out of luck, If it’s a friend you wanna fuck, Write it all out in song, I start to wonder if the world could be wrong, We can’t let this grow cold, And you say if we fight it won’t end up alright, But it’s old, It’s old…
11.
Riverside an icy glow, When my brother wished it was the same, you know, Where the city runs the way it always ran away, And we never thought that night would become day, And light, with the promises of future bright, Seem them lie through orange glow, Getting by on quid pro quo, We sit lay and wait to die, Die, die, Everybody’s looking for a hero, Searching for the new DeNiro, Fill there I eyes with looks of wonder, Hide the mess that we discover…
12.
Drop the coin, Drop the coin, To fill the void, that guilty sweet spot, That cunning ape, the life of fun spot, You tough it out to try and make the board, The Billy Mitchell show, But Steven Wiebe knows, Drop the coin, Drop the coin, Kill screen viewing implored, Games over 22nd board, Duck barrels to get to know the score, He and Bill go too and fro, But Wiebe steals the show, He’s the king of Kong, Receive a bow from, Kevin Costner, what a monster, Cleopatra, coming at ya, George Foreman never boring, You’re number one…

about

2021 finally sees the release of Big League's second offering ‘A Symbol Like a Cloud’. Recorded entirely at home during DIY renovations, the album is a lo-fi affair; weaving the best elements of ’90s alternative rock with power-pop harmonies to deliver strong, fuzzy, hook driven tunes.

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released June 21, 2021

All songs written/recorded/mixed by Travis Velthoven

Travis Velthoven - Vocals/All instruments except;

Marie Velthoven - Vocals/Bass - all songs except Mount Cleverest, Brad's Parties Go Off, Sign Waves, Twin Galaxies

Luke Winterton - Drums - No More Vanilla, Prairietale, Earth=Active Neutral, Olympic Mystery, Heston Front, The New DeNiro

Renato Paonessa - Slide Guitar - Prairietale, Heston Front

Mastered by Mikey Young

Cover art by Pete Buckland

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