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Einsteinium Delirium

by Custard Flux

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    We’re proud to announce our second release on the Fruits de Mer Records subsidiary Friends Of The Fish. These 180g Solid Red Vinyl LPs are being manufactured at Press On Vinyl in England. Includes lyric insert, black dust jacket and a reusable plastic bag.

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    shipping out on or around July 7, 2024
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    We’re proud to announce our second release on the Fruits de Mer Records subsidiary Friends Of The Fish. These 180g Cyan Blue & Red Vinyl LPs are being manufactured at Press On Vinyl in England. This version also includes the lyric insert, black dust jacket and a reusable plastic bag, plus an addition of three really cool bonus stickers!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Einsteinium Delirium via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    shipping out on or around July 7, 2024
    edition of 100 

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This CD is housed in a gatefold jacket and contains an edited version of the tracks, as they appear on the LP, with a short pause between Side 1 & 2. There are no markers between tracks. Reusable plastic bag included.
    The first 100 orders placed include a bonus Be My Hero sticker!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Einsteinium Delirium via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    shipping out on or around July 7, 2024
    edition of 200 

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  • Limited Edition Equinox 7"
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    These lathe cut crystal clear vinyl Equinox singles have a beautiful cover created by artist Shane Swank. Side B has a different version of Transmutation, with an alternate guitar solo. Includes Sleeve, white paper dust jacket, reusable plastic bag.

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  • Limited Edition Right Now Here In Time 7”
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    Only 50 of these white vinyl lathe cut one sided singles will be made. Includes sleeve, white dust jacket, reusable plastic bag.

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1.
Kiss and tell She’s beautiful Summer of 1940 Down in New Mexico Now forever We’re together Be my hero Advocate for peace and love Again I like things Difficult Foreign tongues Mysticism I learned Sanskrit Read Upanishads And pondered over Bhagavad Gita Be my hero Advocate for peace and love Again
2.
We were drinking Bottles of Merlot And eating Company Casserole I strolled back to My humble abode And curled up on The hard wooden floor I see everyone Burning in the Sun The vaulted ceiling Up above my head Supporting an iron chandelier With half spent candles Glowing orange and red I drifted off Into my nightmare I see everyone Burning in the Sun
3.
Kingdom Come 06:54
All the world was lighted With a searing glow Much brighter Than the sun It was golden and purple Violet and gray and blue Every peak and crevasse Every ridge on every mountain Was alight It was golden and purple Violet and gray and blue Blown to Kingdom come Kaleidoscopic prisms Change in complicated rhythms Before my eyes Some folks laughed Some folks cried Triumphant cheers of joy Now I have become death The destroyer of worlds Blown to Kingdom come
4.
Equinox 04:07 video
Blaring false alarm Oko saw the wrong thing Don’t alert the guard I just don’t think it’s happening Just a false alarm Oko are you listening Once this really starts There’ll be no returning Equinox I love this time of year Equinox I wish that you were here Equinox We nearly lost you, dear Oko in the sky What are you observing? There is no reply I just don’t think it’s happening
5.
Instrumental
6.
Inflated hands In the wind Oversized Fat mitten Up against An Iron fence I clumsily Pick up my wrench Right Now Here In Time Constructing A cartoon town With full intent To blow it down Right Now Here In Time… …Floats by Eventful day They take the garbage Far away They’ve dug a hole A human mole I stepped in some Einsteinium
7.
Open Wide 04:20
Our Van Gogh On this wall Vibrant and Colorful Vuillard Avant garde Known for Interiors Open wide Peer inside Quantumize Dreaming Charcuterie Going to waste Left over from Our soirée Open wide Peer inside Quantumize Dreaming Picasso Framed in gold All in blue Cleanse my soul
8.
This is my life A perfumed garden This is my life A folding paper screen This is my life A rolled up futon This is my life A child and my calligraphy It’s time for me to go What did I do to cause this horror Moments ago the world just went insane What did I do to feel so hollow Drowning in breaths of terminal decay Where did you go my only daughter Everything’s gone except this searing pain Where did you go my love and laughter Stumbling in shock as my skin falls away It’s time for me to go This is my death A cancerous battle This is my death Shunned from society This is my death A human puzzle This is my death The only peace that I can see It’s time for me to go
9.
Valentine 03:22
A soul isn’t born and it never dies A soul never ceases to be Unborn, eternal and primeval A soul doesn’t need the body Take my hand I’ve been told You’ve got some communist friends You’ll be my Beyond time Valentine You were born I’ve been told In Ann Arbor Michigan You’ll be my Beyond time Valentine A soul isn’t born and it never dies A soul never ceases to be Unborn, eternal and primeval A soul doesn’t need the body After Noon The FBI Slipped you a strong Mickey Finn You’ll be my Beyond time Valentine Trinity I’m guessing now I won’t ever see you again You’ll be my Beyond time Valentine
10.
Fat Man 08:03
Instrumental

about

This album is a little different than our first four albums. It’s no holds barred electric! The songs blend into each other on both sides of the LP to create one nuclear based relativity, with a conceptual narrative of our historical atomic madness in variable time signatures, rests and pieces. On top of that, our whole rhythm section is a Detroit gang. Let’s rock!

Einsteinium is a highly unstable element that was discovered in the debris after the first hydrogen bomb explosion. Using it in the title eventually compelled me to research and write about characters and events relating to atomic bombs, a thoroughly depressing subject. The infamous key scientist involved in developing the first atom bomb, had deep spiritual interests and in some interviews had made references to the Bhagavad Gita, which I was able to use for more positive, psychedelic inspiration.

I tried to use the imagery I’d learned about in my research somewhat abstractly because I didn’t want the lyrics to be dark and depressing, or even obvious. It’s a facticious tale. My own version of our collective insanity. My hope is that it might inspire the listener to do some research of their own on the subject of nuclear bombs to see how many have been detonated already, which is staggering. Maybe read some eye witness accounts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, if you have the stomach for it, or learn about real false alarms that have had the world on the brink of nuclear war.

The use of atomic weapons is not a thing to celebrate. The use of atomic weapons is not a thing to forget about. Atomic weapons are not a thing to be taken lightly.

A quote from Sri Ramakrishna: “Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often with human blood, destroyed civilizations, and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal”. He died August 16, 1886.

This album is dedicated to our friend Mars Williams, one of the coolest cats that ever lived. R.I.P.

(The individual tracks, as they appear on this site, will be available on all digital outlets after the release date. Only the LP and CD have the songs blended together, as intended.)

credits

releases June 7, 2024

Curvey: Vox, Guitar
Vito Greco: Guitar, Portuguese Guitar
Timothy Prettyman: Bass Guitar
Nick Pruett: Drum Kit, Percussion
…and special guest
Andy Thompson: Mellotron

Recorded and Produced by Curvey at Rabbithole Studio, Detroit.
Mastered by Mike Hagler at King Size Sound Labs, Chicago

Cover painting by Gregory Chamberlin
Please explore Gregory’s work at www(dot)gregchamberlin(dot)com

Artwork by Shane Swank
Please explore Shane’s work at
quantumtomfoolery(dot)bigcartel(dot)com/artist/shane-swank

Sticker art by Curvey
Layout and design by Curvey

LPs manufactured at Press On Vinyl, Middlesbrough, England

Thank YOU for your support. We’re truly forever grateful.

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Custard Flux Detroit, Michigan

Curvey, thee driving force behind The Luck of Eden Hall, has a new band. Custard Flux! These first 4 albums are heavy acoustic Psych-Pop-Prog. The next album, Einsteinium Delirium, will be full on electric. Both Helium & Echo made the Top 10 on the Reviews Editor of PROG Magazine's 2018 & 2019 Critics Choice lists! ... more

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