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    Full length 12" album of The Turtledove, the Swallow, and the Crane. Pressed on coke bottle clear, 150-gram vinyl. Purchasing this is currently the only way to receive the digital files until December 2014.

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In the darkness of the desert
He was walking in the sand
Searching for Emmeline
Following footprints near the pier
In Niland on the shore he throws
Stones into the Salton Sea

I’m sorry
For everything I’ve done
My apologies
Will never be enough

Untying the knot that holds the boat
At bay he remembers that night
She went swimming in the sea
The splintered wood of the oar
Engraves his flesh and pierces his palms
Yet he rows further into the deep

I’ll find you
And surely you will see
How sweet the fruit
Tastes from the family tree
The boat floor
Is splitting like a branch
The wood’s old
I never had the chance

When they found him on the shore
The turtledove and swallow were
Nesting in his dark brown hair without a care
They took his body for her to see
And in the backyard they dug deep
The turtledove returned to stay there on his grave

credits

from The Turtledove, the Swallow, and the Crane, released October 7, 2014
Vocals - Matthew Tinken, Bernard Chadwick
Acoustic Guitar - Matthew Tinken
Electric Guitar - Scott Cowan
Bass Guitar - Peter Mandrillo
Drums - Christopher Morrison
Organ - Carlen Walth

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The Selfish Giant Brooklyn, New York

The Selfish Giant - the songs of Matthew Tinken with the help of Bernard Chadwick, Scott Cowan, Christopher Morrison, Peter Mandrillo, Carlen Walth, Austin Drake, Rachel Chadwick and Lauren Meares.

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