Old Soul

New record done!

2012-02-23T12:28:00.000-08:00

I was up until 4am last night getting the new record "Who Are Willing to Draw Close" done. I'm excited to say we will have it by tour and it is for sale on the right side of the page! We are so stoked on this album Alex did a fantastic job recording and mastering at BrightBlackEarth.tumblr.com! We leave for tour in exactly one week! This tour is going to be great! So many good bands, so many awesome cities. Can't wait till March!
Jimmy

Countdown to tour day!

2012-01-31T16:23:00.001-08:00

We played our first show in ages at the Trumbullplex last sunday. It was a great show with awesome bands and people. It was a show to help amp up all of us for our upcoming tour. We are also super excited about the second half to concept album. The art is here and it is amazing, Grim Wilkins did a wonderful job once again! The music is all recorded and sounds incredible! Next step finish the vocals and we will be on easy street to having the second installment. The record will be called "Who are willing to draw close." So Stoked! The tour booking is coming along quite nicely and we cant wait to hit the road in one month!
J

Recording Album #2

2012-01-07T12:04:00.000-08:00

We are excited to tell you that we are recording again! We will be in Alex Larson's Studio the 18th and 19th of January to record the second half of our double concept ablum. It's going to be called "…Who Are Willing To Draw Close". We've worked really hard on these songs and hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Hopefully it will be done in time for the Spring Break No PAreNTS Tour this march. Once Again we have the ever amazing Grim Wilken's on the creation of the cover art and we are very excited to see what he comes up with. If you come to the Trumbullplex On January 29th we will most likely be playing a couple songs from the New Record. We are also going to try and record the set from that night. More info on the tour will be updated as its booked!J

Spring Break Tour

2011-12-17T17:18:00.000-08:00

Were excited to announce we are going to go on tour over spring break! We are going to try and make a break for Florida and catch a few rays of sunshine after freezing this whole winter! Check up soon and there will be some dates up!J

Lyrics & Fragments

2011-09-27T18:37:00.000-07:00

Ocean
Straight ahead
To our deaths
Abound
Crashing waves defend
Straight to the top, crows nest to spot, we’re sailing westward until the rain stops.
Sail on, souls
Seas our home
Sailing on
Our light out
Sailing on
Drowning white foam
Sailing on

Triton
Transmission evident, Shutdown Imminent.
Let go, The setting sun we consume, Sky waves at god, sun pops to grey, why can’t we taste the cold. Suns final days wait inside, Awaken to myself. My shame, my calls to say the onset,my wait self evident softly, my guts, they say again again. Snow, my guts they say the onset, my wait self evident softly. I’ll wait to say again again.
Patterns glowing blue and red, The safety lights have been deferred from glowing.
This snowing, weighs self evident sorrow,
This snowing, weighs self imminent sighs
This snowing, like shame self evident sighed
It’s snowing, so warm self evident
Shine white, suns popped to grey, once again, now shine white hot.
The shadows told the stories of the people and their dying calls.
The shadows told the stories of their law. They told, they promised, they told, for guidance, they silenced, they told the story of you.

Orbit
The days went cold. We were told. The futures all the way up there. Wise ones came. They called our names. Only certain souls were spared. The armed guard said. The rest are dead. I never even shed a tear. We’re counting down. The warning sounds. Only certain thoughts were shared.
Blast off, into space. Blast off, Save our Place. Leave them all behind. Leave it, shelled in ice.It’s always dark. Suffer the cold, die away.
Blank looks on their face, frozen in place, nothing had changed, and their flesh wont remain, warm to the touch.

Shallows
It’s false nobility-signs we’ve cast. Life Lived inherently.
Mixed makeshift character flaws masking the pulse.
My question, where have you gone? Where do I go from here?
These questions. When can we live, when can we face these fears?
My question. When can we leave, when can never be now?
These questions. What are our goals, how do we make them proud.
In all this ignorance we know a lot. Listless intelligence, it’s all we’ve got. I’ll say the cost of all this is for not. I don’t have time to ask why I did this. Always asking why we’d continue staying here. Always calming fears, These days are the cost of all our nights. These are the cost of all. These are the cost of all. All of these meaningless questions and pointless aggressions , we’re scratching and straining for your entertaining. For what? What have I done pretty one? What have I done tell me what have I done.
What have-what have I done.

Crater

Shaking the walls of their cradle.

Breaking the warmth for the cold.

Shake.

Begging the land for a pardon.

Side Ways.

Where does the sun line?

Where does the sun light us all?

Shedding to shoulders length.

Every sense is sullen.

Where does the sun Lie?

Wait at night.

The sun wakes us all.

Where does the sun Lie?

Fill the tanks up. We’ve surely been leeched of our color,the colors that are bleached by the shades. We’ve always been hungry for cover.Our Sullen vents taking us there.

We’re covered by the concepts, Wake. I smell the change.

Twin

Wings of Gate, Winds of Garden, Wings of Gold

Wasting our precious time, Hunting for Comfort

That’s consequence.

Aging our precious lives, Hunting for comfort

It’s consequence.

Slowing our own decay.

Springing from our lives.

Just wait and see why our hearts lie.

Forest

Trees, like the gauge, of his might.

Watching, waiting, bending the frost of the night.

Shedding the bark. Bones brittle to sight.

Bending, breaking, joining, the frost of the night

Waiting for dawn, wishing for the embrace.

They say.

Wishing for the embrace. they say, they say, we’ll stay

Stay, Down, save me, anchor my soul, straight to the ground,anchor my soul. They say we should have sense. Why should I care? We shouldhave sense. Hold me down.

And they’re growing in the moonlight, and we’re grazing onthe last night, and the breeze lifts up the footsteps, when the grain spins andthe night ends. With our arms up to the frost fall, and the white owl gives itslast call. When his eyes drift to the seedlings, all the days end when theleaves call.

Tundra

They stayed the same, with the section unscathed. They say,just let it snow, the section unsaved. They say just let it snow, all night,again. They say risks cost is fine, good night, again. They say, our eyes arefine.

Days cut short of light, snow blind sights to blend

Fragments:

These five had always taken things into their own hands. The sea was their mother and the earth their oyster. A little snow could never scare them. After all, there was salt running through their veins. Some huddled in fear but not them. No, they would do as they’d always done. Pack the vessel with everything they own and brave the briny deep. There was no storm they’d never seen, no rock on the map unturned. If there was a safe place left on the planet they could reach it.

The ice in the water could be navigated. The wind and rain however was unforgiving and after the third day the sails were ripped and the mast was broken. Before their eyes, the great water opened its mouth and swallowed them whole. It was a good death.

Thanks to their stellar machinery they were prepared for the snow long before the rest. They would simply warm the entire city with radiation as it fell. They were never worried for a moment that their technology would fail them. Not even when the snow short circuited their entire civilization into a nuclear blast. Their sullen forms and smug facial expressions were etched into the concrete that protected their prized knowledge.

III

The leader told them over the television. There was hope, but it was a small one with bitter sweet undertones. The lottery would be held one week from the day of the announcement. There were a lot of conversations between the children about who would have to stay and who would get to see the stars. The lottery spared no heartbreak. Families were torn apart and it was nearly impossible for the military to keep any sort of order. In the end only ten thousand were able to leave in the ships. If only they’d known space would be as cold and spiteful as the rock they’d fled in the first place.

There were many days of happiness before the reports came. Days filled with sun and smiles, Days filled with family and living. The people in the area grew up here and grew old here. Life was simple and filled with joy. There was always the constant of love for the people here. Their history and lore contained no great oppression or moments of weakness. There were no sad stories, no unhappy endings.

When the reports came, the people felt the twinge of sadness in their hearts for the first time. Mothers wept in the streets for the fate of their children. The shops were closed and supplies ran dry.

When the snow began to fall he asked her to meet him where they’d first made love. He told her that they could try to run, that they couldn’t give up. They both left their homes in the late evening, bundled for warmth. The moment their eyes met they embraced with a kiss. He held her close and told her that their love was like the shallows before them. Though the whole world could come to a stand still and the waters could freeze, it could live on forever encrusted with ice.

He told her to pray near the shallows with him. When she dropped to her knees and clasped her hands together, He closed his around her neck and took her life. She wouldn’t endure the pain and fate of the end of the world. Her end would always be her one true love and his pretty words.

V & VI

They’d burrowed into the underworks of their own accord. Things above were unsatisfactory and they thought it best to remain unseen at times like these. The cities were baron and the lakes like glass long before the freeze would ever reach them. They were cowards in death. Blind and contorted. The great crater, forever their tomb.

VII

He’d been tending to the Forest as long as he’d lived. His father had once told him that his entire family had been planted and grown like the seedlings they shared with the rough dirt in the spring. Late one evening in the fall the trees spoke to him while he meditated. They told him that there was a storm coming and there was no need to prepare for the harvest.

If there was no longer work to be done, there was no longer a need for this form. His feet became covered in moss and his spine rooted directly into the ground. He would rest forever, amongst the forest of frost.

VIII

The snow fell and fell and fell. The last animals ceased to move and the plants became lifeless, motionless. In the end there would be no great savior. The world is bitter and cracked. A fragment of what it once was.

Buy Natures Arms Encircle All Online!

2011-08-26T17:19:00.000-07:00

If you look to the right side of the blog a new addition has appeared! You may purchase our album and view the album art! So go and buy it with a quickness! We have posters too, but you will have to talk to one of us to get one! If you live outside of Mt. Pleasant or Grand Rapids send a message to Oldsoulcontact@gmail.com and we will figure out a way to get you one!

2011-08-22T14:48:00.000-07:00

We're home

2011-08-22T12:17:00.000-07:00

After a long restless night we've finally made it home. Last night we played at Panchos in Chicago. The band Flesh Broker was absolutely incredible and we look forward to playing a lot more shows with them. Pancho entertained us with his magic tricks before we had to leave. Earlier in the day we spent some time at the Chicago air and water show. Their was easily a million people in attendance if not more. After some walking and jam packed busses we had dinner at Chicago Diner. If you ever get the chance, we highly recommend the food there. For now it's back to the daily grind for all of us. We'll see you again soon road.

Cinci/Indiana

2011-08-20T21:53:00.000-07:00

Last night we played a great show in Cincinnati. Big Thanks to Apparition and Veterans who both played wonderfully. A special thanks to Matt Hamilton for letting us crash at his place.

This afternoon we made our way to Madison Indiana. Most of our day was spent exploring the fantastic trails of Clifty state park. We hiked somewhere between 4-6 miles, "Though nobody can seem to agree on how far it was." Our show in Madison was quaint. The crowd seemed to be interested in a bit different style of music than we play. The people were friendly however, and they really enjoyed Pessoa who seemed like cool guys to hang out with. We are currently In the first half of tonights drive and I'm riding shotgun with a caffeinated Jimmy at the wheel. We should be in Chicago in about 5 hours.
-C

Tour update!

2011-08-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

Tour is such a wonderful thing! We're going to be late to cincy because Jimmy left his wallet in grand rapids, thankfully his girl friend is willing to drive it to him in Lansing. On top of that we were almost killed by a bus, Adrian was stung by a bee(he's allergic), Casey almost broke his foot, Mikey and Steven both are steam clothing it(forgot their underwear). Tour is great! On the exciting side suffix, cloud mouths, jowls and final cub were all great! In the mean time whilst waiting for the wallet we've eaten more delicious burritos and played frisbee in a churches yard! Stressful but in the end its been a great time! Woot

Natures Arms Encircle All

2011-08-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

Great news the art for our record is done! I put 7 hours into making it today and it turned out fantastic. Even better news is that it will be out in time for our weekend tour! So have 7 or 8 bucks ready to purchase it! We're so excited its silly! Or if you like send us a email at oldsoulcontact@gmail.com and we will figure something out to get one to you! Also check out grimwilkins.com he did the art for the album, he's done alot of awesome stuff! Go check it out!

J