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The Pretender / Memory Ends

from Phosphorus by Custard Flux

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    Two beautiful 150g slabs of White vinyl, in black paper dust sleeves, housed in a gatefold jacket bearing artwork by Gregory Chamberlin, and liner notes by Mick Dillingham. Remastered for vinyl by Curvey. Includes a lyric sheet, postcards, and a reusable plastic bag. (The first 100 orders will receive a set of Bonus Stickers!)

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    Only 50 available! This is the exact same packaging and includes the same inserts as the White Vinyl version, only pressed on Sky Blue vinyl.

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    This is the last available single of only 10 made! A single sided, lathe cut 7” on thick crystal clear vinyl, includes a 14" x 14" poster and a sticker, house in a reusable plastic bag. They were rather expensive, costing me $25 to put the whole package together.

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    The CD has a slightly different version of the intro to Roses And Wine on it. Comes in a gatefold cardboard jacket, and is housed in a reusable plastic bag. Includes a 5” x 5” postcard of Gregory Chamberlin’s fabulous cover art.

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The Pretender and Memory Ends are two seperate songs that flow together. Memory Ends was inspired by the riff I started playing on the Harmonium at the end of The Pretender, and is about the loss of a good friend.

lyrics

The Pretender

Let’s be someone
That we’d like to be
Train our minds to think
The thoughts they’d think
Be good models
For society

We can pretend
They’ll never know

Cast our shadows
In a different light
A constant
In life’s inconstancy
Fake it ‘til you make it
I believe

We can pretend
They’ll never know

Memory Ends

The postman leaves our letters
By your door
To be placed upon the shelves
Of evermore

Warm light beams through your window
Every morn
Then it slowly moves across
Your dusty floor

The light is gone
When memory ends

Remembering the games
You used to play
As your mind and body
Go their separate ways

Does the memory of your birth
Come back again
I imagine the shock is
Overwhelming?

The light is gone
When memory ends

One day the postman passes
By your door
While inside, our letters spill
Across your floor

credits

from Phosphorus, released September 15, 2022
The Pretender
Curvey: Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonium, Piano, Drum Kit
Vito Greco: Acoustic Guitar, Stratocaster
Timothy Prettyman: Double Bass

Memory Ends
Curvey: Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonium, Piano, Drum Kit
Vito Greco: Acoustic Guitar
Timothy Prettyman: Double Bass

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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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