The Shining, by FRANKIE & THE DEADBEATS

The Shining

by FRANKIE & THE DEADBEATS

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1.	Deadbeat Waltz 03:09		buy track
2.	Once Upon A Time 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Once upon a time you were crucified No surprise in those times Once upon a time you were satisfied No more pain in your life If I tell you an old story You will dance with the devil again If I tell you about glory You will disappear into hell Once upon a time you were glorified Your body fell apart Once upon a time you were burned alive Your soul was satisfied
3.	Let It Rain 03:07	lyrics	buy track
The clouds are grey and I know I'll be here when I grow old The clouds are grey and I know I'll be here with my soul The clouds are dark and I know the start is where I was born The clouds are dark and I know the next part is gonna be a storm   So let it rain    Let it rain    I need some water in my veins  The night is cold and I know I can't go back to my home The night is cold and I know home has never been so close    I'm waiting for the storm to come To wash away the tears I'm waiting for the storm to come To kill all my fears
4.	City Cowboy 03:50	lyrics	buy track
I don't know the names but I know the faces   Meet them on the streets and different places  Try to hide from them but they catch me on the other side of the street On the dirty street   I am a city cowboy without horses without guns and with no glory I just play the guitar that's all I've got Thank God   So give me one good reason to live here another season    Cause I'm just lost with no way out I am still living in the past drinking "old fashions" and riding so fast The good old days are gone and they're not coming back I'm a nervous wreck This fast century is rattling my bones I am scared because I am getting too old I never thought this day would ever come It always comes
5.	Cowboys & Dreamers 04:21 video	lyrics	buy track
The train is rolling down    My baby is not around   My coffee is getting darker   Like my soul in the middle of the night The wolf howls out so loud I sense a harvest moon with Neil Young The songs are still so quiet My voice is getting tired   We’re all fucked up    Last drink and cigarette I’ve got    Cowboys and dreamers we used to be   Nightmares come sooner than we need   The sun goes down in fear I can hear your voice in tears I will hurt myself and fall The pain is what I know after all  I keep my feet on the ground Still tied to the homeward bound As soon as my last breath comes This mortal man releases his sins We’re all fucked up From now I don't believe in God    Cowboys and dreamers we used to be    Nightmares come sooner than we need  Cowboys and dreamers we wanted to be   With nightmares in real life I can not ever live     From now till the very end   From now till the very end    Cowboy and dreamer that’s what I am
6.	Soul Of The Blues 02:58	lyrics	buy track
One day I'd like to go west and die One day I'd like to meet darkness with the shine One day I'd like to see: "Fire walk with me" One day I'd like to forget the fear Life is done life is done keep trying to run But there is no one to wait at the finish line My blanket is covering me I can barely see Time goes by so fast for you and me   Life is done and time is gone I deserve to die for this crime The sun never shines through the window of mine It's still dark in the soul of the blues Steal the words and melodies that's what I do I'm not a bank robber I love songs to the moon Sometimes I hate them when they come back I'm a country boy but not the man in black
7.	Something Calm 02:34	lyrics	buy track
Between golden sun and silver moon   Between golden sun and silver spoon   Between golden sun and empty room   There is something bad something bad inside my head Between golden fields and lonely roads Between golden fields and life boats Between golden fields and useless votes There is something wrong something wrong in this world    Between golden leaves and blue sky Between golden leaves and nature‘s fight Between golden leaves and owl's flight There is something nice something nice in the afterlife   Between golden shot and my girl's smile Between golden shot and last goodbye Between golden shot and mamma's cry There is something calm something calm in this song
8.	In The Middle 03:41	lyrics	buy track
I am sitting on my couch nothing left to hide I am sitting in the middle of my life I am sitting on my couch no reason to be shy I am sitting in the middle of my life I am standing by your side nothing left to hide I am standing in the middle of my life I am standing in the night I don't feel any pride I am standing in the middle of my life  I am waiting in the middle  I am waiting in the middle I am waiting in the middle Of my life I walk and you run away from all those lies I am walking in the middle of my life I'm scared and I don't know why. I'm scared and I don't know why I am so scared in the middle of my life
9.	The Light 03:19	lyrics	buy track
I will wait in the night   Cause the night is all I need I need to fill my heart with darkness The darkness is all I can see In this place full of eyes I need to be blind In this place full of ears I hear the sound of passing years    I saw the mountains under the falling stars   I saw the lights of all the passing cars   You fell asleep in the backseat like in the good old days   There was a light that one day went out Day by day, year by year Still can see the picture of you and me There was a fire inside me A fire that I couldn’t keep The dreams of a life I could live They keep killing me I’m still alive but I can barely breathe I feel the slow heartbeat

about

Country music is often assumed to pander exclusively to America’s poor and rural white folks and Southerners, a stereotype that belies the much broader appeal of its storytelling, melodic immediacy, and tradition steeped timbre. It’s true—the output of Nashville’s hit factory may cater to a narrower demographic, but artists like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and George Jones managed to craft timeless songs that touched upon universal hardships and resonated with a broad swath of music fans. So while a pedal steel and a twangy guitar might conjure images of the American west, there is also something in that combination of sounds that can stir the hearts of people across the world. And for five wild punks of Prague’s Frankie & the Deadbeats, that dusty bucolic sound was the perfect vehicle for their outlaw escapades. On their debut album The Shining, Frankie & the Deadbeats pay homage to American country music while filtering it through the distinctive lens of Slavic fatalism and Bohemian artistry. The album opens with “Deadbeat Waltz,” a Morricone-tinged instrumental of sorrowful slide guitar and minor key chord progressions. This ain’t no honky-tonk; this is Cormac McCarthy’s sepia-toned sunsets set to music. When the album moves on to “Once Upon a Time,” vocalist Frankie Knuth steps into the limelight, singing “once upon a time, you were crucified,” in an accent-inflected baritone. The effect is reminiscent of the musical choices of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks—an ominous juxtaposition of camp theatrics and a dark spin on pop-culture nostalgia.

That tightrope walk between reverence and kitsch continues across the span of The Shining. Songs like “Let it Rain” and “In the Middle” almost conjure the fire-and-brimstone liturgies of Nick Cave or Sixteen Horsepower, but there’s also something in their sound that implies a wink and a smirk, something that seems to say “yeah, we’re all wearing costumes… even our heroes… and we’re not afraid to call it out.” That sardonic edge adds an extra dimension to their music, one that downplays the gravity of their mournful melodies while highlighting the charisma of these misfits and miscreants. Whether you’re a sucker for the charms of the upbeat two-step or the forlorn down-and-out ballad, there’s undoubtedly something on The Shining that touches upon your preferences for old-timey Americana. But in the hands of these mischievous Frankie & the Deadbeats, the yesteryear sound is less of a trip down memory lane and more of a sly subversion of that sound’s
supposed innocence.

credits

released September 1, 2021

Frankie & The Deadbeats are:
Frankie Knuth – vocal, acoustic guitar
Štefi Kouba – bass
Miller Harrison – pedal steel guitar, dobro
Kuba Siňor – electric guitar
Martin OG Slezák – drums
Guests:
Matěj Vašků – bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Ondřej „Krleesh“ Lukeš – bass (2), acoustic guitar (2), backing vocals (2)
Vojtěch „Woody“ Troják – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 8)
Josef „Stoláč“ Stolárik – backing vocals (4, 6)
Bořivoj Škorpil – harmonica (1, 8)
Music written by Frankie Knuth & The Deadbeats
Lyrics written by Frankie Knuth
Produced by Kuba Siňor and Amak
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Amak at Golden Hive studios
Cover artwork and all photographs by Tomáš Vrana
Layout: Carton Clan

Special thanks to Krleesh, Tomáš Novotný jr., Honza Moucha, Lenka Dusilová, Sára Kolářová, Tomáš „Ivan“ Mládek, Tomáš Paulas, Petr Culek

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Deadbeat country music from Prague

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