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The Constant One

by Iron Chic

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CX
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CX All of the Iron Chic albums are ridiculously good, but what defines this one is the diversity of sounds. A total inspiring powerhouse from start to finish! Favorite track: Prototypes.
Terry Hope Romero
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Terry Hope Romero #realtalk: I'm not one for most posi, melodic punk these days...but this album (and band) makes me FEEL things once again. The heartfelt sing-alongs and sincerity crack through my hardened grindcore heart and make water leak out of my eyes (time to put on those sunglasses) and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you IC. Feels are rad, feel are alright! Favorite track: Spooky Action at a Distance.
Donovan Cole
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Donovan Cole such a great jam Favorite track: Don't Drive Angry.
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-garyh. This is what I want out of punk rock these days. Like whiskey. Favorite track: (Castle) Numbskull.
Geri V.
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Geri V. This is a great album. I think they my current favorite punk band.
Jerrod Wagner
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Jerrod Wagner When each track starts, I get the same tingle of excitement! Favorite track: Bogus Journey.
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It's all a matter of entropy While I break apart entirely What ever might be left of me Might mean something to someone Now I'm all out of energy My mouth can't be coaxed to speak When you've fucked up at everything You start thinking that's how it should be Of all the possibilities In infinite realities This one eventuality is something that we share Across a hundred million miles of space The right time and the perfect place A burning hot piece of fate Has struck my chest and left me breathless A tiny part of an endless place So much space It takes all of us just to hold it up A tiny mark on an endless page We leave our names and the rest just turns to dust Now we're trapped in an endless maze A tiny part So much space A tiny mark Where we left our names An endless pace It takes everyone Just to hold it up Who'll find what's left of us?
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I've been lost before I've seen the lights on a distant shore (On and off) With a full moon to guide me (Back and forth) And to pull in the tide for me I can't feel a fucking thing. Standing in place Wind in my face but it can't knock me down I'll be lost again In all the places I've always been (On and off) It's not hard to find me (Back and forth) I haven't moved in weeks I can't feel a fucking thing. Staring out into space Wind in my face and my feet on the ground. (Turn it off) A whole life in front of me (For what it's worth) So why must I drag my feet? There's thing I still need to see I still have songs left to sing Places I'd die to be While the years pile on top of me I love how it fucking stings It only hurts when I laugh I do when I can Until it tears me in half There's a darkness inside of me It's starting to frighten me Cuz I don't know a fucking thing Can't see ten feet in front of me There's a light there to find you It's right there inside of you
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Wolf Dix Rd. 03:59
I'm gonna think real hard About what I'm gonna say I really couldn't stand you thinking any less of me And how I spend my days So I'm looking for the perfect phrase I'm gonna try real hard I'm gonna find a way I'm really gonna try and stand on my own two feet Spend my days Looking for this perfect place To lay my head Close my eyes and get some rest What was the question? I don't know I wasn't paying attention You say I'm lacking direction Is my course corrected? I don't fucking know I'm gonna find out on my own I can only coast so far There's gotta be a better way I really wanna try to prove that I'm not a waste of space So it goes these days I can barely keep up the pace Approach the edge Close my eyes and take one step Fought real hard Tried to stay Dropped our guard And let the tide drag us away
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Prototypes 02:26
We got nowhere to run We can hide till the morning comes And in the blinding sun We'll have to face what it means to be a human being Are we prototypes? The first mistakes of a god who couldn't get it right When the stars collide Maybe that's when things will start over Maybe we get another try My heart still beats Any fool could see It feels like I'm fading out These little blasphemics Mean the world to me That's my cross to carry We haunt this town Like a stain that they can't get out It's a shame how we let them down and I'm sorry While the walls collapse We'll try and get it right Until something snaps And we retreat into the safety of the night Now one knows just how deep it goes But it feels like you're falling now When you hit the ground That's when you found There's so much to forget about Close your eyes Try not to make a sound When I close mine I can still see the outlines Maybe we get another try I'm sorry we let them down.
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You make time stand still You make time stand still And I can deal with that 'Cause I got time to kill I'll breathe when I have to And I'll leave when you say so I'll burn in the meantime But only on the inside We have an oath to keep And we rise while the rest sleep There's no going back At least not for me I'm dying for answers Things that I used to know But that was years ago I'm biting my tongue now Some things can't be said aloud From my lips to your ears You'd only see through me See into the true me Yeah! You know that time's a wheel And if we stand right here You can see for miles You could even see for years I'll bleed if I have to But I'm never letting go Oh no! I'm biting my tongue now Some things can't be said aloud From my lips to your ears You'd only hear screaming While I whisper the meaning To you
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So far behind We'll try but there's no hope of catching up So let's take our time And weigh all sides and all possibilities We're here alive There's still time to fuck that up Before we lose our minds We'll play all sides to our best ability Making art out of excrement Feel so proud about a silly piece of shit Unwind Get high Then greet the world When we're done with that Maybe then we can Maybe then we can relax Life can be a comedy But I don't really get the joke So I crack a smile and fall down Just for the hell of it Things get weird You just have to deal with it Eat the heart Eat every little piece of it Unwind Get high Say fuck the world We're done with that Maybe then we can Maybe then we can relax We can't do math But we can handle this There's no formula For doing fucked up shit We found our path We found our wits We were born in dirt But we grew out of it Make it known We might explode Who'll pull the plug when it comes to that?
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You had a heart of gold I know because I fucking sold it Truth be told I couldn't even say what I did with the money Heads are like that At least for me when I try to think back This is where I'd ordinarily Check the room for special distortion Stare at the moon and cherish the feeling Eat my words and choke on the meanings Stoke the flames and burn like I mean it This is where we lost our memories This is where I long to be Here I am This walking sum of your disappointments I made peace with that When I let all the feeling out I can do that much But I can't stop the bleeding Speak in code Spin the wheels til we bend the spokes Shake up these tired bones Make a point and drive it home You're cool as a heart attack I can't move so I can't relax Some things you can't take back Not now Not fucking ever I've got a heavy soul Right now it's like a fucking boulder All I know There's not too much more I can shoulder Fill my lungs And cough til I'm heaving Spill my guts And just fucking leave them
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We were singing "Hey Jealousy" We drove through town And let the cops chase us around The kind of day We only get once in our lives We were bursting with energy All the weight in the world couldn't keep us down Never let up Never let them get us alive We're not lookin' for sympathy In fact, we're all out of fucks to give And we'll just be indifferently Waiting here for the tide to shift We were crushing our enemies Took all the pain in the world And made a crown Waiting here for the world to disappear If I know one thing It's how to waste my time If you've taught me anything It's not to waste my life We're here right now That's all that counts So it goes Made up our minds To make our mess And do our best To not die alone We're not looking for anything We're too busy biting feeding hands I found an epiphany In the eyes of a dying man We'll be waiting indifferently We can wait for eternity
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Open my eyes Open the fucking door I can't help but feel like I've been here before Or a million times In one of a million lives I can't shake the feeling That I've already lived mine Maybe I've been living forever Sure feels like I'm losing my mind I've been alive as long as I can remember Maybe I'll come out better next time Open my mind Shed the skin of another life Let me rest here another night I may have learned something this time Keep pushing forward Without understanding With no way of knowing Which way I am going Keep getting nowhere Over and over I know when I get there I'll be another day older Maybe get a bit closer this time
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We're part of the pulse That's keeping the pace On a giant blue rock That's spinning through space We'll be gone in the blink of an eye While we're here I wanna live for something I know this world is a terrible place At least it seems that way Even on a good day We'll make a new one with our own two hands No one else is gonna do it for us If you can't trust me Then you can't trust any one But you can't trust me So take that for what it's worth Until we fall back down to Earth We can try not to let it hurt 'Til we're in holes in the fucking dirt We're caught in the wires In the walls that they made Can't speak Because there's nothing to say I can only whisper in my hands When I get loose I'm gonna scream about it It might not feel like we're moving But we're falling into the Sun We're just falling forever This once we all fall together Falling in circles In the light of our yellow Sun Just falling forever This time we all fall together We all fall together Just falling forever

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Iron Chic's long-awaited sophomore full-length, 'The Constant One' ups the band's ante, boasting nearly 40 minutes of their heartfelt, signature melodic punk, with big buildups, warm harmonies, and gripping climaxes. The band tackle somewhat altered subject matter from 2010's 'Not Like This' with deeply embedded metaphors hinting at themes of communication, perseverance, and self-worth, making 'The Constant One' no mere sequel, but rather its own set of cleverly cloaked ideas soundtracked by a bed of driving riffs and life-affirming, tremendous melodies.

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released November 5, 2013

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