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What If​.​.​.

by District 8

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cmv_amj So, how can having "had the answers all along" save anyone from "the answers one had all along?" :) Well done, as usual...
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The slightly prog, psychedelic outtro to this track was not fully formed when we went into the studio.
Scott suggested using a mellotron, which Erich played.
Dan found an aluminum dog bowl in a pile of percussion instruments and kept insisting on recording it as a layer to the drums. When we finally got around to it, it sounded great.
Erich added the slide guitar and the organ later when we started the final mix.

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What If... by District 8

What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
Would it make any difference
When you know who the enemy is
You drew the lines all around you
Save you from the truth
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing

I can't begin to guess at the games you been playing
I know you never want to be caught on the losing end
It's easy to ignore everything that I'm saying

What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
Would it make any difference
When you know who the enemy is
You drew the lines all around you
Save you from the truth
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing

Saw a fire in the distance
So you built a wall around your precious world

You drew the lines all around you
Save you from the truth
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing

What if you had the answer
What if you had the answer
...

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released April 30, 2018
Lara Karchmar - vocals
Erich Ippen - vocals, guitars, mellotron
Steve Oakes - guitar, bg vocals
Lonny Schwartz - bass
Dan Luscher - drums, dogbowl
Recorded and mixed at Hyde Street Studio C by Scott McDowell
Mastered by Jonathan Kirchner

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District 8 is an indie rock, power pop, karate chop with a cherry on top.

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