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1.
Clean Slates 04:22
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Clean Slates The rain Lays its paintings on the pavement In the mist of Monday morning As I wade Across an ocean made of light The daemons I thought dead were merely hiding In the basement of my soul What do you know? And the voices in my head they still remember All the stories they once told Can your sky be my heaven Can your chance be my fate I’m not looking for a savior I just really need a break Can your sky be my heaven Can your chance be my fate I’m not looking for redemption Just a somewhat cleaner slate The past So easily forgotten In the wake of new beginnings As I came I saw and I ignored If the daemons I thought dead are here to linger Will we wind up making friends In the end As the memories of regret are slowly weathered Will they return in present tense? Can your sky be my heaven Can your chance be my fate I’m not looking for a savior I just really need a break Can your sky be my heaven Can your chance be my fate I’m not looking for redemption Just a somewhat cleaner slate
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Barbara 03:31
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Barbara Barbara, I have been waiting Here outside your door And I’m fairly sure you hear me Even on the second floor I’ve been knocking, I’ve been ringing Hell, I’m calling you right now But if you don’t let me in This is how it’s going down I’m gonna stand here screaming Barbara I don’t care if people stare at me I’m gonna stand here screaming Barbara Howling at your balcony I’m gonna stand here screaming Barbara How I hope that that’s your name Barbara, my memory’s blurry But I recall just how we met And I do remember thinking You can’t make up a name like that Things would be a little easier Could I yell a nicer name At least there’s grace in shouting Juliette Michelle or Valerie Instead I stand here screaming Barbara I don’t care if people stare at me I’m gonna stand here screaming Barbara Howling at your balcony I’m gonna stand here yelling Barbara How I hope that that’s your name
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Driggs & North 11 03:21
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You know where to find me I’m still at Driggs and North 11 In what used to be our sanctuary Our hideout from the crowds There’s really not much left of our Secret little heaven I’ve been renting out the bedroom And I’m sleeping on the couch I’m calling everyone I know To bring a hammer and a hatchet We’re gonna tear this place apart And when we stripped it to the bones And there’s nothing left here standing Maybe that’s a brand new start Today this place is just a place Just as the street is just a street McCarren Park is just a park And even I am only me Perhaps a brand new coat of paint Will make the walls a little whiter I’m gonna paint the ceiling too And when I’m done with all the grey I’ll paint the sun a little brighter And the skies in deeper blue
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Frequency 03:40
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Frequency Word after word is pouring From mouth after mouth Through the clanking of glasses An echoing crowd Voice upon voice is hanging Like fog in the air And as if underwater It rings in my ears But you You send on my frequency Your signal is reaching me Through all of this white noise You send on my frequency Everyone talks, you see Yet I only hear your voice In between changing channels Where transmissions collide You’re a message I read between the lines Through the maze of the murmur As the sea comes apart In the void of it all You’re a light in the dark But you You send on my frequency Your signal is reaching me Through all of this white noise You send on my frequency Everyone talks, you see Yet I only hear your voice Everyone talks It goes round and round We fight fire with fire, going sound for sound It can’t be only me who feels this way Everyone talks And we say so very little A single white noise and I’m drowning in the middle It’s hard to tell the fire from the hay
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Lego 03:18
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You took my heart And you peeled it like an orange And you sucked the life out of everything I do I should've known from the start Not it's too late to whine about it But there's still one thing I'd like to say to you I hope you step on a lego You heard me right I hope your headphones break At the very start of an eleven-hour flight I hope you step on a lego You heard me right I hope you're haunted by a hated song That keeps you up all night Oh, mark my words They’re the last ones I will give you And, yes, I hope you do appreciate The eloquence Of the poetry you left me There’s really not much else I wanna say I hope you step on a lego You heard me right I hope your headphones break At the very start of an eleven-hour flight I hope you step on a lego You heard me right I hope you're haunted by a hated song That keeps you up all night
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Adrift by Design 03:46
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Adrift by Design There goes my summer Here comes my rain I’ve seen it before It is always the same There goes my summer Here comes my rain I’ve been here before I will be here again Ain’t no use fighting The forces at play Like driftwood the seasons Will wash us away We’re adrift by design The tide of the times Will keep pulling the sand out from under our feet We’re adrift by design The tide of the times Will wash away every foothold we’re trying to keep So I watch my summer make room for the rain I’d try to hold on But I know it’s in vain We’re adrift by design The tide of the times Will keep pulling the sand out from under our feet We’re adrift by design The tide of the times Will wash away every foothold we’re trying to keep
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Radiator 03:09
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Radiator There must be something in the air Or god knows where That got my head spinning There must be something in the air Or god knows where That got me dizzy as I am There’s a fire in my mind It sets the place alight So please just keep it burning There’s a fire in my head That wakes me from the dead As clearly I’m asleep You radiate You radiate Like an insult Like an insult to the sun Can I orbit you For a little while Cause I think I’ve just I think I’ve just begun There must be something in the way You brighten up the day That draws me to your atmosphere And I don’t know what it is But I know there is a force To which I gravitate You radiate You radiate Like an insult Like an insult to the sun Can I orbit you For a little while Cause I think I’ve just Yeah, I think I’ve just begun
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To the Rescue 03:56
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To the Rescue See the morning Comes so well To the rescue Rings a bell May the morning May the sea Set me straight and Set me free My heart is full my head is empty I couldn’t run ‘em at the same time I follow where my legs will lead My heart is full my head is empty I couldn’t run ‘em at the same time Where I go is where I’ll be To the morning To my friend Will I ever Come again My heart is full my head is empty I couldn’t run ‘em at the same time I follow where my legs will lead My heart is full my head is empty I couldn’t run ‘em at the same time Where I go is where I’ll be
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Homesick 03:18
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Homesick I feel like lately We’ve been waiting For something Worth our time We wait for revelations A reason Or a rhyme We rattle Every doorknob In hallways That won’t end Searching Always searching Our quest for Relevance Lately the hole in my heart Takes the shape of A song I don’t know I’ve been homesick for somewhere Somewhere that I’ve yet to go I wanna set my Fuse on fire And watch it Closing in In great anticipation For something To begin Lately the hole in my heart Takes the shape of A song I don’t know I’ve been homesick for somewhere Somewhere that I’ve yet to go
10.
Speed of Sound 03:47
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Speed of Sound Take my hand I've got a bit of a secret And if you promise you’ll keep it I wanna share it with you You and I Could be the start of a movement If we just follow the grovement It doesn’t take more than two Tell me why Take our time Why wait for signs While we could run at the speed of sound I’ll go by your side If you go by mine Until our feet won’t touch the ground At the speed of sound Don’t look down We only keep getting higher I’m not as frequent a flyer But I will figure it out We’ll be fine I wanna be your MacGyver Maybe your Lady Godiva Ain’t noone stopping us now Tell me why Take our time Why wait for signs While we could run at the speed of sound I’ll go by your side If you go by mine Until our feet won’t touch the ground At the speed of sound
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I Wish 02:01
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I Wish I wish I was a dancer I'd take you out tonight I'd spin you round and around and around Anyway you like I wish I was a painter A really good one, too And all the great galleries Would carry paintings of you If at least I was a rich guy I'd buy you fancy things Instead of dinner at home I would fly you to Rome For a drink I wish I was every man you want And every man you need But I'm afraid I'm only good at being me
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Into Place 04:24
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Into Place I don’t know where To begin Out of nowhere I have been Contemplating Help me out I need a thought to Think out loud You come along With a heart full of songs And a head full of melodies You come along And it all falls into place I gave half my Words away For only one good Thing to say In fact, I guess I’d Trade them all For one good writing On the wall You come along With a heart full of songs And a head full of melodies You come along And it all falls into place

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Radiate by The Frank & The Earnest

The Frank & The Earnest is a young band meandering between Alternative Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Funk and Jazz. The nomadic and ever-changing ensemble around Brussels-based singer Franz Rothe consists of musicians from Germany, the U.S, and the Netherlands. In 2018, after two albums, four Europe tours as well as concert series in Asia and the US - all under the name Franz & Frau Schneider - the band starts a new chapter with a new name, some new faces and their new record Radiate.

Recorded on a remote farm in Germany, followed by sessions in Brussels, the Netherlands, New York City, San Francisco and Australia, Radiate channels the diversity of The Frank & The Earnest’s musicians into a unique and inspiring sound. The soulful and lighthearted songs of singer Franz are carried by the powerful drive of drummer Felix Franz and multi-instrumentalist Max Rothe - both from the Alternative band [pi!] – as well as the renowned jazz guitarist Julian Gramm. The complex arrangements of vocalist Lukas Hofmann and the classical pianist Anne Bakker deepen the album’s radiant dynamic.

Always frank but never too earnest, Radiate takes the listener on a journey as it seamlessly twists and turns between the various genres that constitute its distinct sound.

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released September 15, 2018

The Frank & The Earnest on Radiate are:

Franz Rothe – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric Guitar, Percussion, That Heavy Breathing
Lukas Hofmann – Vocals, Bass, Those Heavenly Choirs
Max Rothe – Electric Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer & Keys, Percussion, That Violin & Cello (really)
Julian Gramm – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Pirate Vocals, That Glockenspiel
Felix Franz – Drums, Percussion, Pirate Vocals, Those Goat Hooves
Anne Bakker – Piano
Eli Rumpf – Trumpet
Gemma Brett - Trumpet

Produced by The Frank & The Earnest
Mixing by Max Rothe
Mastering by Peter Vanselow | www.silentsound.de
Photo: Ben Zank

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The Frank & The Earnest is a band from Germany, combining the energy of alternative rock with the drive of dirty soul. In December 2020, the group releases their new album: Sincerely. The band weaves catchy rock vocals into complex jazzy harmonies, carried by a stomping rhythm section that channels the groove of retro hip hop, making for shaking butts even through the album’s down-beat moments. ... more

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