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Album · 2016

Sorry About the Van

by Safety Pin Saints

A tour-van record of apologies, bad hotels and small, honest thank-yous.

Tracks

  1. 1. Second Chance SoundcheckWe bombed in March and wrote the comeback in April. It opens the record because second chances are our whole thing.skate punk, anthemic punk3:00
  2. 2. Never Learned Your Name, Apartment FourNothing but a wall and a kettle between us. We still don't know her name.punk, neighbour punk2:23
  3. 3. I Owe You a Pizza and an ApologyA confession about a slice of pizza, sung like a courtroom plea. The chorus is a group apology.bubblegum punk, pop punk2:25
  4. 4. Sorry I Taped Over Your MixtapeI recorded over your best twelve songs and I've felt bad for years. Here is the replacement, loud and late.punk, lo-fi punk3:04
  5. 5. I Made a Sign for You and It Says EverythingThe marker ran out halfway, so the sign ended up honest. Hold it high at the next show.pop punk, sing-along punk2:20
  6. 6. Last Warm Night of the YearLate summer, streetlights humming, the last easy night. We sing it quieter than we mean it.pop punk, end-of-summer punk2:36
  7. 7. Twenty Years, One RehearsalWe found our old amp in an attic and played one rehearsal after twenty years of talking about it. It still works.punk, reunion punk2:39
  8. 8. Retirement Cake in the Break RoomA cake with a candle shaped like a seven and a coworker who'll never see us again. Funny until the last line.pop punk, office punk2:37
  9. 9. My Whole Life Fits in Four BoxesMoving out with four boxes and a snack from Mum. The last chorus is where I admit I'm scared.punk, growing-up punk2:08
  10. 10. Puddle Stomp ParadeRain, an empty skate park and nobody to tell us off. We stomped until our shoes gave up.skate punk, rainy-day punk1:41

Liner notes

We wrote this one in the back of a van that smelled like cheese puffs and wet socks. Every song is an apology to somebody: a neighbour, a mixtape owner, a girl at the pizza place, a mum. We kept the jokes sharper this time and let a couple of honest songs sneak in near the end. Recording took a week, mostly because we kept stopping to say sorry to the engineer.

Safety Pin Saints