We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

...buried where you stand

by Mutes

supported by
Tom Osman
Tom Osman thumbnail
rothbard
rothbard thumbnail
skinny23
skinny23 thumbnail
Rachy
Rachy thumbnail
David Malys
David Malys thumbnail
Steve Watts
Steve Watts thumbnail
illini1973
illini1973 thumbnail
angiebug
angiebug thumbnail
birminghamreview
birminghamreview thumbnail
Tokyo Heavy Industries inc
Tokyo Heavy Industries inc thumbnail
Mere Slaughter 00:00 / 03:04

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

      £3 GBP  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited edition CD of the 4th Mutes album '...buried where you stand', with artwork by Megan Henebury.
    Includes booklet of scans from original lyric sheets- limited to 30.

    Includes unlimited streaming of ...buried where you stand via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 30 
    Purchasable with gift card

      £5 GBP or more 

     

1.
Transparency 06:10
lyrics
This body is a vacant space All former hosts have been erased No eyes to hear, no ears to see No mouth to fuck, no holes to feed Thoughts account for nothing in the sempiternal spring Our catatonic Christ grew bored of his device And the desperate pleading of our failed design Transparency In the waking hours of the drip-fed dream Tracing charred remains along the borderline Too practical to die; too precious for this life Blood runs cold No exit wound. I bite the nail down to the quick Painless All virgin eyes, I writhe away Perfect Forced hate
2.
Televangelist 02:15
lyrics
When all is laid bare There is no great equaliser Just those left to tally the cost And those that are led to slaughter (Lies) Star of the congregation Divine as the virgin-born son I’m paying back the balance I owe All’s left is the skin and the bone I’d take Christ for company If only he’d take me
3.
Barely Living Proof 04:10
lyrics
Force-fed eyes Creeping oblivion of decorated graves Shameless plagiarism No drawing blood tonight No trace of an outline Subsist on stolen memories Caught between the cracks Shudder to exist Nothing you can do Justify the need Cut to watch it bleed Barely living proof Scraping bones and shadows pray for rest All blister packed; no lessons learnt Mothers fall and fade From ivory to grey In a room without a view Dog-sick with the possibility of another failed escape. The thrill of private crime It kills the part of me that cares Delirious resign The spirit masses scraping by Each of my future sins Have bet their lives on borrowed skin Prenatal plague within Young violence speaks our fall to ruin
4.
Another Moon Song 04:47
lyrics
A cancer-caused epiphany Darling of the smokescreen Repossessing holy ground I fill my church with plastic flowers Absolute unease Getting straight won’t stop the shakes History’s a killing game The knee upon your neck today Haunt me Hunt me down Lick my wounds of age The sea spits bodies on the shore Silent witness of the moon Never-bound forevermore Never say ‘goodbye’ too soon Haunt me Hunt me down Raise me to the ground Lick my wounds of age Until the flesh decays It’s not a part of me I recognise But that’s alright When the sun grows tired of rising I will still be here Waiting for you
5.
Spiders Again 03:19
lyrics
If you're so sick with information Then stick to what you know But don't you swear you've "never felt better" In response to the white-good-drone If all the vultures scraping flesh Have left you covering your tracks Why'd you keep on driving nails Like you're some martyr for all lost potential? All doubt is drowning men is well deserving Each empty threat and every last remaining word Dead-weight that drags you down share The spoils of my decade of waste The decade I've wasted Out in the open Rotting from the waist-down If you sincerely miss the screaming And the kicking through the night Just one curse could send you crawling And leave you begging for your life Death is just an interruption Just a holding of the line Why don't you make a little time for it? Breathless in the tabloid aisle Do I keep my maker's name? Or throw myself towards the dogs? It seems these things will never change. She's seeing spiders again And I never took the time to learn.
6.
Dewired 04:46
lyrics
Everything that you want; nothing that you need.
7.
.cycles 02:39
lyrics
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
8.
Great White Nothing 03:18
lyrics
These days Christ comes so cheap and easy I’m sick of the sight of him And I expect he’s sick of me No hard feelings I’m just undecided I pray in thanks for every prayer that goes unanswered Like catching breath between two hands It all slips away Without word Live undiscovered Great white nothing Empty handed in the rising rain Ghosting through your second youth Without me The warmth of mortality All the rising-scum and falls from grace Learnt lunacy in the static age All the guilt that kills Leaves no space for a saviour All the terror shared Leaves no time for crawling under I will drag the pale valleys for you
9.
Perfumed Corpse 04:43
lyrics
Porcelain with purple lace Sitting pretty as I wait Free from faith and memory Hang my head in disbelief Dim sun rising Keep me idle Save my skin form surfacing Mother Mercy Never fail me Shield my shrinking eyes Joy is a light that eats itself alive Between the shadow and the shade Paper casket for a shallow garden-grave Old before our time Dogstar looming overhead Palm-cradled insect Just some pet you kept unable Perfumed corpses of the West Jealousy in retrospect Second coming came too late to stem the tide Washed away in time
10.
Mere Slaughter 03:04
lyrics
Mere slaughter Entangling of crosshairs Slow murder Why don’t you slit your own throat When you’re called upon to speak? Why don’t you slit your own throat Instead of feeding on the weak? It’s just witches burning At the hands of self-appointed gods
11.
Sightless 04:03
lyrics
Consumed by all concerns Mastered inability to formulate from thought to speech Scarlet-amber tongue Picking off the innocents A cold embrace would dull the ache But pity’s just so sweet to taste Temporary blindness Suffer for your silence Lips dripping with guilt As my creator’s corners are curling In the faded hour A fix is found and self is lost Black market flowers Cutting lines that lead to the exit Such a willing sacrifice It eats me from the inside out Pulling at threads of purest evil To crawl back to where this dearest hell began
12.
Born Again Blues 04:14
lyrics
Near-sighted subjects scurry Like rats through paper waste Clawing at the exits Paling at the thought of numbered days Some worn out mirror Starving for an unfamiliar face All flesh divided Whether hell awaits or heavens break I waste the last of my witching hours Scoring from sick dogs down the alleyways Just the crow-feet counters for company To set the world to rights I need a break from being reborn again My body just can’t take being thrown away Will my hesitation marks make the grade Or am I doomed to being saved? I’m not your chosen animal No longer your fatal flaw Not tasked with minding my rotting core These aren’t your sins to pay for You spend a lifetime chasing fate Slowly gaining on your future grave Only stop to mourn the battles lost All the words that I have failed to say All the love I’ve lost to history All forgotten once I pay the cost

about

'...buried where you stand' is the 4th album from Mutes.

Copyright Mutes 2024. All unauthorised usage is prohibited.

credits

released May 17, 2024

All songs written and performed by Mutes except tracks 7 & 12 (written, performed and recorded by James).

James- guitar/vocals/keys
Craig Bainton- drums
Thomas Hewson- bass

Recorded by Mark Gittins at Megatone, and James at home.
Mixed and mastered by Mark Gittins and Mutes at Megatone/Sensound.

Released by No Sound Records.

license

all rights reserved

tags

Tags

alternative krautrock mutes noise rock post-punk punk Birmingham

about

Mutes image

Mutes Birmingham, UK

Birmingham, UK.

'...buried where you stand' out now.

contact / help

Contact Mutes

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

Top

If you like Mutes, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Cercle du Chêne's Joanna Maeyens talks painting and black metal.
listen now