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Sleeping

by Zach Schimpf

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1.
Sundogs 02:31
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Breathing 02:30
you get so much for breathing raindrops on your skin little messages of life and you're taking a quiet drive because you can maybe you will wake up at noon or midnight or search for dots in the sky listening for something so deep in veins and books and friends and you get little but fading lines and shapes find good things to feel good about and keep breathing as long as you can
3.
i've got soft skies and clouds crawling by and i've got life here right in front of my eyes i've got rough skin and worn out vines but i've got life here right in front of my eyes
4.
Out of It 03:06
where have i been i've been stuck in an old house filled with people i used to like and things i used to write quit it quit sleeping it's no good it's no good for you where have you been today you've been stuck on the moon oh well it's just time and an old house filled with people you used to hate and things you used to say quit it quit sleeping it's no good it's no good for me
5.
July 04:46
i've been wondering lately how things get to be and fall into place but then float far from me i'd tie bricks to them if i had the rope or the time but with distance and days come flaws in design i'll be breaking my neck just to find a warm face ill be biting my tongue just to satisfy taste there's always time to fix things slowing your pace with sleep and some paint you'll find those things that you erased can i ask for some smiles from strange colorful faces or words with some life from new uncharted places but when you're sitting around so still like a tree you're eating up minutes like you're shedding off leaves you'll be breaking your neck just to find a warm face you'll be biting your tongue just to satisfy taste there's always time to fix things slowing my pace with sleep and some paint i'll find the things that i erased i'm just hoping i'll find you with all this lead in my mouth i keep wishing i'd find you
6.
look at that your eyes are like deep craters on the moon there's no one else like you look at that your skin is like water on the move no one is like you
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Careless 03:12
i need a breath a breath of fresh air i need a walk a walk without care i watched your beath your breath frozen in air you could use a walk a walk without care i could use your breath my lungs are out of air could you walk with me a walk without care
9.
Blinding 02:56
when you say that you are alright i'm counting down the seconds in my head but after days of waiting your eyes glow brighter instead
10.
In Place 03:54
everything is right where it should be i'd take a grain of now over a pound of last week this air so gentle to me it's whispers are my breaths of relief fresh eyes for a fresh start and skies with smiles like painted art you'll be pullin' up soon enough oh, ive been waiting far too long spendin' money just to make the seconds pass on and on layin' under a tree yeah, i'm findin' new ways to think tuning some gears in my mind yeah, i'm findin' new ways to rewind everything is right where it should be i've got a grain of now in a cup by the TV
11.
Cicadas 03:32
i feel good laying on water getting tired with you i feel good walking on grass getting tired with you
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Album Artwork by Chelsea Marchetti
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"Zach Schimpf produces easy-flowing pop that ranges from the fleeting guitar-led rock of “Movin’ Right Along” to the warm, synth-led twinkles of the more emotive “July”. The St. Louis-based producer and songwriter released his new album, Sleeping, just a few days ago. This is a mere six months after his previous album, Comfortable. Those album titles suggest a serene and blissful sound, which Schimpf produces on efforts like the hazy Radio Dept-inspired “Clairvoyant (Tiger’s Eye)”. But there are moments of hook-laden excitement as well, especially in the album’s first half. His relaxed and more energetic qualities are not simply separated by electronics and guitars, though. “Blinding” has a very active, synth-led arrangement with wistful synth sweeps reminiscent of Susumu Yokota. Several of Schimpf’s synths remind me of effects on a track like this one. And on “July”, a gently strummed guitar appears for a moment among the chaos, but is quickly supplanted by a blur of synth beeps that fit cohesively within the backbone’s soaring ambiance. Sleeping provides an appetizing mixture of guitar-led pop and synth soundscapes, which results in a quality electro-acoustic sound that shows off his promise well."
Obscure Sound (obscuresound.com)

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released September 10, 2012

Zach Schimpf, Alex Schimpf, Caleb Klingler, Seth Buehnerkemper, Spencer McDole

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