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Always Almost Ready

by The Roland High Life

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Always Almost Ready

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There's one summer of my adolescence that I remember better than any of the others. It was the summer of 2002, between my Freshman and Sophomore years of high school. We had one friend with a license and a car – a Camry that we thought was the coolest car on earth because it was the top trim, with a good stereo and a moonroof – and we spent the whole summer riding around town, blasting music, smoking weed, and getting into low-grade trouble. (There are two song references in these lyrics, both of which were released in 2002: "Heavy Metal Drummer" by Wilco – an homage that admittedly borders on plagiarism — and "The Best Of Me" by the Starting Line. I didn't check the dates as I wrote them, they're just songs that are inextricably linked to a place and time in my brain.)

The phrase "always almost ready" has been kicking around in my head for years. As I get older I find myself wishing I could be that happy and carefree again, but I have gotten really good at finding excuses why I can't. A list of things I want to do, but won't because I don't have the time, or the money, or the right person to do it with. A picture of the life I want, but can't have until, or because, or unless. "Always almost ready" is the best way I've figured out how to express that feeling, and that one good summer became the foil to this feeling of self-imposed discontent.

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releases May 31, 2024

Walker Dieckmann — Vocals / Keys
Thom Dunn — Vocals / Guitar
Jake WM — Bass / Backing Vocals
Nick Krefting — Guitar / Backing Vocals
Chris Correia — Drums / Backing Vocals

Recorded at the Record Co, Boston MA
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Thom Dunn at B-Side Brewery

Mastered by Derek Blackburn / Quiethouse Recording. Photography by Coleman Rogers.

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The Roland High Life Boston, Massachusetts

Earnest indie power pop punk americana nerd folk emo rock from Boston. Basically we play coffee shop songs that go to 11.

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