Baltimore Rising EP, by Vim and the Nation

Baltimore Rising EP

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1.	Baltimore Rising 03:35	lyrics
he's given up on his human costume and all he sees is a heaving tide swelling on up swelling on up, father tell us something to make us breathe just a little while drum up the storm, Baltimore Spring is choking under the perfume of good intentions and burning tires flaring on up flaring on up brother sing us something to make us sleep just a little while drum up the storm, Baltimore ain't giving up on my plans to exist I'm telling you just the way it is drum up the storm, Baltimore (turn it up now, turn it up)
2.	Computer Purple 04:33	lyrics
Should I tell her what I know about her that her story's not her own, like she trusts and her flight is just equations, like the owl's that glides away What if all my memories are planted ? What if everything I am was grafted ? The mirror's throbbing with an answer I can't seem to hear Static in my soul, Computer Purple So we're dining in this icy wilderness Doesn't it feel this night is endless ? The crew is sleeping soundly and I'm down to my last bottle You quietly hear the fears I confess, the ludicrous ways my head is a mess the glow of your rings is cracking my eyes and our crystal glasses Static in my soul, Computer Purple

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Baltimore Rising was inspired by the 2015 events in Baltimore following the death of Freddy Gray. Computer Purple was inspired by Blade Runner, transhumanism, and the legend of Vim Cortez.

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released April 30, 2017

Recorded at home, at Wise studios by Sébastien Houot, at Kromatic Records Studio by Nicolas Gueguen. Drums by Swanny Elzingre, additional synthesizers by Nicolas Gueguen, additional backing vocals by Swanny Elzingre. All other instruments, vocals, programming: Guillaume D. a.k.a. Vim Cortez.

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