Fancy Hercules

by MAKAR

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17 Year Locust 00:35
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I'm Alright 02:17
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I’M ALRIGHT I’m okay, I’m all right I’m okay, I’m all right I just can’t sleep at night I’m okay, I’m all right I’m okay, I’m all right I just can’t sleep at night Because when I’m down, I’m down Because when I’m down, I’m down All I find is the ground I’m okay, I’m all right I’m okay, I’m all right I just can’t sleep at night I’m okay, I’m all right I’m okay, I’m all right I just can’t sleep at night Because when I’m down, I’m down Because when I’m down, I’m down All I find is the ground I will tell I will tell I will tell I will tell you it’s fine I don’t wanna I don’t wanna I don’t wanna I don’t wanna fight But I never do anything right I’m okay, I’m all right I’m okay, I’m all right I just can’t sleep at night
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Fancy Hercules 02:33
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FANCY HERCULES Fancy Hercules Doing what you please The train is gonna come, penny on the track The train is gonna come, penny on the track Fancy Hercules Doing what you please The train is gonna come, penny on the track The train is gonna come, penny on the track Circling the void Circling the void Circling the void Circling the void Never get your sanity back You killed your six sons by stabbin’ em in the back Now you’re undone, the train is gonna come Never get your sanity back Never get your sanity back Never get your sanity back Fancy Hercules Doing what you please The train is gonna come, penny on the track The train is gonna come, penny on the track Fancy Hercules Doing what you please The train is gonna come, penny on the track The train is gonna come, penny on the track
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Love and Confusion 02:22
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LOVE AND CONFUSION You can’t tell me that the sky isn’t blue Even though I know it’s true You can’t tell me that the sky isn’t blue This isn’t what I learned in school I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do Please tell me what to do I don’t know if I’m getting through Please tell me what to do I don’t know if I’m getting through What if life is all an illusion I’ll take love and confusion With you I’m winning when I’m losing I’ll take love and confusion I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do Please tell me what to do I don’t know if I’m getting through Please tell me what to do I don’t know if I’m getting through You can’t tell me that the sky isn’t blue Even though I know it’s true If you bring down my mind I will do just as fine I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do The sky is falling down The sky is falling down The sky is falling down
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Devil In A Dream Part II 03:11
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DEVIL IN A DREAM (PART II) Saw a devil in a dream Don’t mean a goddamn thing Don’t mean a goddamn thing Saw a devil in a dream Saw a devil in a dream Don’t mean a goddamn thing Don’t mean a goddamn thing Yeah Yeah Yeah Saw a devil Saw a devil Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Saw a devil Saw a devil Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Tried to kill me three times, know he wanted me to die Even though, I need to know, I need to know why Was his sister, Devil’s friend Tried to kill me three times Wanting me to die Can you ever begin? Or does it matter why? Does it matter why? Does it matter why? Saw a devil Saw a devil Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Saw a devil Saw a devil Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Devil in a dream Don’t mean a goddamn thing!
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I'm Glad 01:36
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I’M GLAD I’m glad, I’m glad, I’m glad I’m glad, I’m glad, I’m glad I’m glad I said I’m glad you’re okay I’m glad I said I’m glad you’re okay I’m glad, I’m glad, I’m glad I’m glad, I’m glad, I’m glad I’m glad I said I’m glad you’re okay I’m glad I said I’m glad you’re okay We lost you for a decade decade decade decade But you’re okay, yeah, you’re okay But you’re okay, yeah, you’re okay Mom, you’re okay I’m glad I said I’m glad I said I’m glad you’re okay
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Then Never 03:04
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THEN NEVER She rests her head in violent heather Limp violets persist just to exist She pretends she’s crippled, so she can’t be held responsible forever She sets her heart in the land of never never then, never now what she won’t do I don’t know she says she can’t Such a cruel companion the night owl Such a cruel companion, the night owl screams Never to be he speaks in love of diminishing returns She knows this is her Forever He is her never And what is right is always sight unseen, yeah She sets her heart in the land of never never then, never now what she won’t do I don’t know she says she can’t Such a cruel companion the night owl Such a cruel companion, the night owl screams Never to be he speaks in love of diminishing returns She knows this is her Forever He is her never And what is right is always sight unseen She sets her heart in the land of never She sets her heart in the land of never She sets her heart in the land of never She sets her heart in the land of never
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Devil Don't Do Me In 04:15
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DEVIL DON’T DO ME IN Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in I promise I won’t end where I begin Do I give into depression or does the sky simply fall on me? Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in I promise I won’t end where I begin Devil don’t Devil don’t Devil don’t do me in Devil, would you exist if no one believed in you? These are not questions I should put to an empty room Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in I promise I won’t end where I begin I am empty I am simply going away I am empty only what you tell me to be Don’t do me in and I will begin Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in Oh, devil, devil don’t you do me in I promise I won’t end where I begin Devil don’t Devil don’t Devil don’t do me in
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Family Blues 06:14
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FAMILY BLUES Well you know when I was young Don’t ya know I had all the fun Sitting up on my Mama’s knee Her sweet voice singing to me You know I didn’t understand Didn’t want her holding my hand I need her love I don’t know why I see her face I start to cry I need her love I don’t know why I see her face I start to cry Well ya know my Daddy would call We’d go out and have a ball Showed me how to be a man Told me son, do the best you can You know I didn’t understand Didn’t want him holding my hand I need his love I don’t know why I see his face I start to cry I need his love I don’t know why I see his face I start to cry Need his love I don’t know Why Need his love But it makes me cry Need his love I don’t know Why Need his love But it makes me cry Won’t somebody come and hold my hand? Won’t somebody be the perfect man? I see your face and wanna cry the tears in my eyes, babe Won’t somebody come and hold my hand? Won’t somebody be the perfect man? I see your face and wanna cry the tears in my eyes, babe Don’t ya know I wasn’t alone Had a twin sister I could call my own Changed her name when she was three Now she’s grown but still a stranger to me You know I didn’t understand Didn’t want her holding my hand I need her love I don’t know why I see her face I start to cry I need her love I don’t know why I see her face I start to cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry Need her love I don’t know Why Need her love But it Makes me cry
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I Want To Be Loved 04:33
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I WANT TO BE LOVED Want to be loved Need to be loved How can I be loved? Want to be loved Need to be loved How can I be loved? Something I’m sure of I wasn’t before of I need to be loved Something I’m sure of I wasn’t before of I need to be loved Want to be loved All the time Want you to be all mine Want to be loved All the time All the time All the time Want to be loved All the time Want you to be all mine Want to be loved All the time All the time All the time Want to be loved Need to be loved I will be loved Want to be loved Need to be loved I will be loved Something I’m sure of I wasn’t before of I need to be loved Something I’m sure of I wasn’t before of I need to be loved Want to be loved All the time Want you to be all mine Want to be loved All the time All the time All the time Want to be loved All the time Want you to be all mine Want to be loved All the time All the time All the time Want to be loved All the time All the time Want to be loved All the time All the time When I was young I was told No one would love me I would die alone Then I realized I was seeing through your eyes Why did you think no one would love me Why I deserve love I’m worthy of love I will be loved Love, love, love Love Want to be loved Need to be loved How can I be loved? Want to be loved Need to be loved I will be loved Something I’m sure of I wasn’t before of I need to be loved Something I’m sure of I wasn’t before of I will be loved, Love, love, love, love I will be loved, Love, love, love, love I will be loved, Love, love, love, love Oh, I will be loved, Love, love, love, love
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Time Flies 03:50
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TIME FLIES Time flies So high So high away Leaving us far behind Searching for our graves Time flies So high So high away Time flies So far Leaving us for good Leaving us with nothing understood To drift on our waves Time flies So high So high away Time flies Into the void Howling at the moon Opens our curtain, exposing the light Reality of our plight Time flies So high So high away I want to see To see the sight To see the end of night Begin the beginning, end the night The story of our life Time flies So high So high away Time is not on your side Leading you astray Time is not on your side Leaving you but a day
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Zombies Have Rights Too 04:25
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ZOMBIES HAVE RIGHTS TOO Zombies have rights too Just like me and you Zombies have rights too Just like me and you They don’t know what they do They don’t mean to rip us in two AH (Groaning zombie chorus sing along) AH (Groaning zombie chorus sing along) AH (Groaning zombie chorus sing along) Zombies have rights too Just like me and you Zombies have rights too It’s hard eating human gruel Get your head bashed in by a heavy leaden tool Zombies have rights too Zombies are really cool AH (Groaning zombie chorus sing along) AH (Groaning zombie chorus sing along) AH (Groaning zombie chorus sing along) I Want your love Zombie love I Want your love Zombie love I Want your love Zombie love Oooh Zombie want your love Zombie want your love Zombie want your love Your love, your love Your love, your love Your brain, your pain Your appendix, your heart Your small intestine and your spleen Basically everything Zombies have rights too Just like me and you Zombies have rights too Just like me and you Isn’t it cruel To shoot them in the head when they’re already dead Zombies have rights too Just like me and you Zombies have rights too Zombies have rights too Zombies have rights too
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Summer Summer Sunday 02:46
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SUMMER SUMMER SUNDAY Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Have it your way Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Have it your way I don’t want to I don’t want to I don’t want to start the week again My real life starts today My real life starts today My real life starts today Summer Summer Sunday / Yeah Summer Summer Sunday /Yeah Summer Summer Sunday / Yeah Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Have it your way Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Have it your way How can it begin again before it even ends? How can it begin before it even ends? I twist and turn / I twist and turn all night I twist and turn / I twist and turn all night I twist and turn / I twist and turn all night I twist and turn / I twist and turn all night Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Summer Summer Sunday Have it your way
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Ridge Rider 03:00
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RIDGE RIDER Ah Ah Oh Oh Ridge Rider He rides along the ridge Ridge Rider He rides along the ridge Ridge Rider Ridge Rider Do you know what to do with your life Do you know what to do with your life Do you know Do you know Do you know Do you know Do you know Oh Ridge Rider Ridge Rider Ridge Rider You will know You will know
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Ellipsis 04:40
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ELLIPSIS One day you’ll die soon And there is nothing I can do I can’t wish you to stay And I won’t pray Just want it to be a soft landing A sweet lapse tonight An ellipsis of sleep and dreams Lapping at the universe and your mind will rewind forever One day you’ll die soon And there is nothing I can do I can’t wish you to stay And I won’t pray Just want it to be a soft landing A sweet lapse tonight An ellipsis of sleep and dreams Lapping at the universe and your mind will go on, forever ellipsis forever ellipsis forever ellipsis forever One day you’ll die soon And there is nothing I can do Can’t wish you to stay And I won’t pray I just want it to be a soft landing A sweet lapse tonight An ellipsis of sleep and dreams Lapping at the universe And your mind mind mind mind won’t die.
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Bird Bee 04:49
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BIRD BEE Home Home Home Home Home I Wanna Go Home Please Take Me Home Home I Wanna Go Home Please Take Me Home Home Home Home Home Home I Wanna Go Home Please Take Me Home Home I Wanna Go Home Please Take Me Home Please Take Me Home Please Take Me Home And the trees look so bare without the semblance of souls Zigzagging zeppelins wound the sky a fading blue bruise I find I cast a longer shadow than I can walk I find I cast a longer shadow than I can walk I find I cast a longer shadow than I can walk
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You Were Wonderful 00:15
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Makar’s spontaneous, blues-infused songs tap into a particular vein of optimism and melancholy, responding to our fractured modern culture with an eclectic and literate blend of indie rock.

A self-described “...dark and groovy little New York band,” Makar was formed in 2002 by husband and wife Andrea DeAngelis and Mark Purnell. It was not their intention to build a band around their union but after a fruitless search to join respective groups, they dared each other to write their own material. Before long they were joined by guitarist Vicente Viray, bassist Dan Coates and drummer Jorge Arias and embarked on their first nail biting NY gigs, releasing their debut album, 99 Cent Dreams, later that year.

It wasn’t long before the band’s tunes were recognized on a national scale. Their music video for “I Hate My Job” received late night rotation on MTV2, they were voted into 2015’s Top Ten Indie Guitar Bands alongside MGMT, Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot while Rust Magazine called their sophomore album, Funeral Genius, an “...indie rock masterpiece.”

Their latest album, Fancy Hercules, was forged in the fires of quarantine and much like Hercules, who made it through his twelve labors smiting every beast, Andrea and Mark transcended their own personal tragedies during the recording - losing both of their mothers while attempting to navigate the changing landscape of their city. The resulting recording encompasses all that is holy about rock n roll, chalk full of mystery, great riffs, and a wild spectrum of subject matter. “We never run out of ideas,” asserts Mark. “We have so many it’s frankly overwhelming - like a spigot that can’t be turned off.”

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released November 19, 2021

Recorded in Queens, Denver and the UK

Andrea DeAngelis – Vocals, guitar, alarm clock, xylophone, ukulele, sound collector, zombie noises, lamp, thumb piano, mandolin, piano
Mark Purnell – Vocals, piano, glockenspiel, acme siren, zombie noises, shaker, synth sounds, dulcimer, ukulele, tambourine
Joe Crespo – Guitar, bass, tambourine, guitar Armageddon pedals
Max Saidi – Drums, congas, cajons, tambourine, timbales, bongos

Mastered at Metropolis Studios by Andy "Hippy" Baldwin

Produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by Makar®

All Artwork by Makar®

Liner notes by Makar®

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Guitar and Piano driven Indie Rock that will make Punk and Poet rejoice and dance together!

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