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The Coldest Carnie's Heart

by Built Like Alaska

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An imaginary moment in a sideshow family's life on Christmas eve.
Recorded the Christmas of 2018

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The bearded woman donned the santa suit this year.
"Must I wear it every year," she says.
Mr. Pin Cushion replied as such, "I wore it last year, remember it when... the siamese twin did sit upon my needled lap. Tears from all four eyes before her Christmas color dripped on the floor."

"Thats not how I recall that story at all my dear," said the strong man through his yawns.
He has a tree in every arm.
The worm boy's worried face, "I have no stockings for the fireplace!"

Calm down my armless, legs don't matter when...
you have so many friends who have so many legs.
The siamese twin she gave the extra stocking from her extra leg.

credits

released December 22, 2018
Neil Jackson (guitars, vocals, organs, glockenspiel, drums, bells)
Kenny Michael (bass)
Esperanza Jackson (voice of bearded woman)
Moses Jackson (voice of worm boy)

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Built Like Alaska Oakdale, California

Built Like Alaska: a rock band from California. Surrounded by rolling pastures, a cold river, and stony foot hills, the band has developed their craft to reflect the scenery surrounding them. Bringing a rural perspective to sturdy rock songs, the music has been said to conjure images both "warm and rich as the central valley sun” and as isolated as a “mic stand draped in cob webs...." ... more

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