Plug In the Amp, We're Back

Tracks

1. 1. Plug In the Amp, We're BackThe garage door lifts up slow and the dust is on the drums. We opened the record exactly how we opened the band.heavy metal, anthemic metal3:11
2. 2. Steel Door, Frost Breath, Open It WideFirst frost on the factory gate and I am not late. A driving song with a big harmonised hook.heavy metal, twin-guitar metal3:31
3. 3. Fog on the Morning Shift, Lunch Box SwingingFog on the road at half past five and a lunch box swinging. Midpaced and mean and honest.heavy metal, melodic metal4:00
4. 4. Sign the Lease Before the Coffee CoolsThe pen is in my hand and the page is on the glass. A song about signing on to something before you are ready.heavy metal, melodic metal4:10
5. 5. Brake Lights and Thunder, Home by SevenBrake lights and thunder and home by seven. The simplest riff on the record, and the one we play when we need to feel like a bar band.hard rock, road rock5:01
6. 6. Blue Ribbon on a Coffee CanA pie contest at the county fair and a ribbon on a coffee can. We recorded it in one take and laughed through the solo.hard rock, boogie metal4:04
7. 7. Gate Seven, Streetlamp Orange, Hold the DoorThe arrivals hall is humming at the dead of night. Orange streetlamps and a thousand tired travellers.heavy metal, anthemic metal4:20
8. 8. Lend Me Your Jacket, Brother, It's ColdCold wind at the factory gate and dawn is gray. Lend me your jacket, brother, we are all late.heavy metal, anthemic metal4:24
9. 9. Lights Down on Section NinetyFloodlights humming and the crowd long gone. We wrote it after a stadium show and sat in the empty seats.heavy metal, power metal4:53
10. 10. Night Baker Knows the SunriseTwo in the morning and flour on my hands. A baker's anthem for everyone awake when the street is not.heavy metal, anthemic metal4:01
11. 11. The Band Got Back Together in the RainRain on the roof of the rehearsal room and four old friends under a flickering light. It is about us, and it is the closer for that reason.power ballad, anthemic metal3:51