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New Battles, without honor and humanity - Moonlight

by 2L8

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rainer eric
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rainer eric A masterpiece (I). Great lyrics, great singing. The music is full of vitality and often haunting. Raw. For friends of the early TUXEDOMOON - and for others as well :-) . Favorite track: Lost pictures.
Poesy Rider
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Poesy Rider On connaît surtout la Grèce pour son histoire et sa crise économique (qui d'ailleurs est déjà historique), mais à part Septic flesh, je connaissais peu de groupes... Cela dit, je considère que 2L8 est un groupe tellement merveilleux qu'il est forcément sorti de nulle part ! Favorite track: Silence.
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Inside your chest, I found a key, it unlocks, a secret door Where it leads, do not know, I am under a spell I wear the sea, like a blanket, this blanket I curse And I find myself, in a plane, where will I land? Silence, fear grows, why? You learn to hate Despair, your city inhales everyday So lay aside this wound, lay aside this life. Lay Dream under this spell, dream for something fragile, I am Hey! We shall learn, from the dust No more fear The rain We shall wonder The seven seas And we’ll find peace Like a filling glass I feel my soul rise into my eyes I finally see
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When the times get tough When the tide turns black We stick together We stick together
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A monent !!! 04:36
This time we won’t go far It’s clear and it’s safe How much longer will this body Will it hold me down? I believe in this ideal moment Will come and crush the past How much longer will this body Prevent me from getting Inside you, inside you, and we lay, silent Well it starts like this Without a breath, with no fear, I face the truth, and kill myself Without a moan, with no tears, cause I learned, a new spell And I can, I will, find me, a new wind Just stay Silent
4.
Lover 02:15
Will you be my lover? This could be forever This will be forever At first we all thought this could be it You can bite and not be bitten This would be so liberating Now we know it was pretending How could I say? It just looked so goddamned great. Before you know it was spreading, coloring my mind You can never leave; go back to where you’ve been to You will never leave, once you are there Will you be my lover?
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Silence 05:37
The silence inside him And as the years go by I become more and more of an animal I sit alone in this dark room, yes I hide inside My tenderness, my sweet desire, I do not remember, I cannot recall What I desired, if I ever did desire And I make this my commitment, till the end of slavery Of my soul, and of my brothers and my sisters Nothing belongs to me, nothing ever did belong Let us dream on, dream of moving on On the stars, on the stars, on the stars, they shine so bright tonight At last it all makes sense, this trip is about to end Exactly where it begun, to the lust for life Life inside Oh, finally its clear friends, we have all been misled Now nothing is solid, nothing is saved, we never feel safe Who will ever be so brave, to speak the forbidden words I fear it’s possible that we are already tied Let us dream of freedom
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Healing song 04:28
Wherever you are, I hope you rest And all the wounds will heal soon Wherever you are, whatever you do, whatever you see, whatever you taste, whatever you touch, whatever you smell, I beg you kindness, embrace her Until you blossom again No more tears Believe in yourself Don’t drown in fear Dance my dancer, dance like you always did Let us admire your grace, Let us see! Your glowing eyes in ecstasy Brightening all the world Your glitter wave Time is a cure In your resting place A solitude remedy Away from everything Everything that hurts
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Dust is dust, the world is sinking, I need her, to hide inside her To kiss the mouths, of their dust, who rides the imagined oceans? So dust is dust, if the world is sinking, I do need her, to hold in my hands To scent the palms, of their dust, who admits the delusive light? Don’t you see what they’ve been after? Our good little slave will be working forever Oh, we’d love to see them suffer! When they’ll be going down Holding on to old ideas and patterns of thought Is not consistent, with the current government policy But dust is dust, and enough is enough, no words can describe injustice How many of us, will be turned to dust, until the spaceship reaches mars? I know it might sound like I have lost it It’s because I do have lost it Looks like the slave won’t be singing forever Guess we are going down Down, down, down, because I have lost it Down cause the slave won’t be working forever Down, down, down, we’d love to see you suffer You are going down Dust is dust, my world is shrinking, in fact it is just one room Dust is dust, and I am just thinking that I need her, to live inside her
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Sleepless 04:59
I heard her voice grow faint I heard her voice grow faint How unfair, how unfair, I sink in repetition The progressive softening of her tone The progressive softening of her tone How unfair, how unfair, I sink in repetition The enigma takes the form of a thorn, Pricking the innocent soul into A bloody state, a bloody state This girl’s dream decays into futility The trap was set, Blood thirsts for more blood, for more blood, for more blood The trap was set, the trap was set I sink into, I sink into The trap was set, the trap was set I sink in repetition How unfair, how unfair I sink in repetition How unfair, how unfair I sink into You
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When we were young, we forgot to share, to see, to blossom And now we are tired, tired of this and that and all The reason why we lost, we lost our hearts you know is comfort Yes we are tired, of being such cowards Forever young, that’s a game we played and lost Since we live, we shouldn’t sell our dreams so cheap, we should have Always remain faithful to the essence of our existence Always keep everything in our lives that defines us There are so many roads to freedom, I will follow There are so many roads to freedom, pleased to follow you if you show me one Don’t follow me cause I am lost too
10.
Xxx 02:05
When I was a little boy, I swore to my god I will never be your toy; I will never be your whore
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Love is gone 03:31
Now my love is gone to the sun Forever These things happen when you love a bullet And then you go BANG! shooting your gun And then you go BANG! BANG!
12.
This future is a mess, there is nothing left to spoil, so I construct my ark, fear the rain no more What happened to the child? What is this moan? If this is the fall I choose to dance I don’t care about your law I use my legs to climb the wall I’d rather die struggling man Than wait to drown in your sea They say love is a liberating dance, I tried, the steps are all mistaken I agree love is a liberating dance, but your steps are all mistaken
13.
When I am thinking of the future, of the things we are going to do, all the lies we will say, all the dreams we are going to screw, well it doesn’t fit to me it, it all feels so vain, suddenly its clear to see and I say We are gonna die Yesterday she said to me, look if you are going to stay you better stop singing this song today, well it just brings me down, makes me feel so sad, oh darling, you don’t get it, what I say is You are gonna die, we are gonna die Oh my friend came to me, he was cheated oh betrayed, it’s a pity I agree, shame, shame, shame, well I said to him, don’t drown in your fucking shame, you better let go brother, soon it will be late! Your truth, your lies, not mine, not mine, this is not a world in which I wish to live in. It’s your truth, your lies, not mine, not mine; this is not a world in which I wish to live in. Nothing can extinguish my anger, and nothing can restore my faith We are gonna die May the dreams you are dreaming in a warm soft bed and the voices inside you that feel you with dread, guide you through to another day that will be so much better, better than today I hear there are still people that are saving for the day that the sky will be blue without a toxic chemtrail, come on now don’t you see it’s such a fucking waste, so how about sister let’s start living today! And if we ever grow old and ugly, ok that’s not very probable but let’s just say, if we ever grow old and ugly, guess what I am gonna say You’re gonna die And I will die. And he will die. And she will die. Oh, they are gonna die. We are gonna die WE ARE GONNA DIE
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I got nothing left but to sing for you
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The darkness within your own heart, everyone has this darkness Let’s go to the see in winter Don’t focus on the scars, focus on the journey You are a good liar, at least do the right thing Dying

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“In my opinion, 2L8 with "New Battles without Honor and Humanity" will produce a small cult of fans among the avant-garde, neo-classical, folk and especially indie rock music. I admit it, I am a little surprised that this band is still not known everywhere”
Machinist (Belarus)

“2L8 are indescribable. They manage to convey the sound of today. Epic music filled with torrents of guitar treble, strings and voices worthy of the best opera house. Pure music, with an expressive rawness complexity, earning in value with each repetition. 2L8 are the culmination of contemporary musical expression, a sound document that we must listen "to understand how music evolves"”
Alter Ars (Spain)

“Led by K the Clown, the ever-fluctuating group 2L8 has been together for only four years, producing two albums of heady avant garde explorations, pop, rock, and glorious dissonance. Listen to the epic, irresistible, oddball violin and poetry-dominated music that they make.”
MTViggy

“For some reasons the sound of 2L8 bring the likes of Liars to mind, except that they rock a bi-zillion bigger and louder. That doesn’t goes to say I don’t like Liars though. I guess its the slight punk(ish) edge. Obviously this goes as an EPIC noise updated that truly rock the hell out of guitars and distortions. Simply hit play on Let it go track and you’ll know what I mean. INSTANT BRAIN DAMAGE”
Sirensound (UK)

“The main tracks are inspired by a kind of free-style rock music, which is sometimes moving on the edge of punk-rock and wave-rock. 2L8 uses different influences, but in the end it always appears to be rock-minded. I didn’t exactly expect acoustic instruments like cello, piano, violin, saxophone, viola ao to achieve a rock-minded work. 2L8 sounds quite particular, having created a proper genre with rock music as their main guiding line.”
Side-Line (Belgium)

“'New Battles' is an epic album, "album" as in the truest sense of the word and which you can also perceive to be a handheld theatre play. Like rhetoric goth perhaps, the lyrics, however, read like pamphlets. The wording is straight and simple in its striving for a better world.”
Pennyblackmusic (UK)

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released October 14, 2011

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2L8 Θεσσαλονίκη, Greece

A collective led by K. and comprised of greek talented musicians, 2L8 is a bold project that has come to be categorized by their radical stylistic shifts between albums, while retaining a consistent interest in rhythm and distinct sonic accents and textures. Their music is rewarding, challenging and lurches deftly between emotional intimacy, ambition and uncompromising experimentation. ... more

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