Name: The Petty Task
Duration: P00H04M16S
Description: Recorded and mixed by Naevus at Wooden Lung in 2004. Drums recorded by Naevus and Andrew Trail at the 491 Gallery in 2004. Previously issued on the compilation CD 'The Old Europa Cafe'.

The Petty Task

from Stations by Naevus

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Recorded and mixed by Naevus at Wooden Lung in 2004. Drums recorded by Naevus and Andrew Trail at the 491 Gallery in 2004. Previously issued on the compilation CD 'The Old Europa Cafe'.

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Our lives are locomotive
To the liberation traitors
The petty task of ‘greatness’
Estranged from the urban
Education has risen
And transformed our impressions
The dominant teach heroism
To imply a greater sphere
The universal is replaced
With a greater assembly
And culture sinks into
The talent of the city
The modern proletariat
Make poor art
They want democratic accomplishment
But time has passed them by

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from Stations, released August 18, 2013
Words by Lloyd James. Music by Lloyd James, Joanne Owen and John Murphy.

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Naevus London, UK

Lloyd James: voice, guitar. Ben McLees: bass. Hunter Barr: drums. Sam Astley: guitar.

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