Only Bleakness. Once, years after this was recorded, Mike Montgomery from Eli Paperboy Reed's band called me up on the phone from a bar to ask me what the origin of the phrase "Happy As a Clam" was. Turns out it's shortened from "happy as a clam at high tide," since clams can't be found and dug up at high tide.
lyrics
many months ago
before it all began
I cried tears of snow
happy as a clam
harbor no regrets
harbor no hopes
hollow out your home
hang your walls with rope
let it not be said
that i went like a lamb
words won’t raise the dead
only time can
water up above
water down below
four white birds are the ones
departed before the snow
i have no remorse
i have no surprise
the meek become the earth
no one ever cries
I don’t even try
Plinky shoegaze-inflected guitar rock confronts the world with both nihilism and hope on the sophomore release Philadelphia band Knifeplay. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 1, 2022