Thanks So Much

by Cusp

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John An incredibly solid follow up that suggests this band has plenty more tricks left in the bag. I've never heard, nor experienced, anything remotely similar to the lead track anywhere else; congrats to Cusp for truly navigating new sonic territory (while remembering to pack their trademark tightness, lyrical wit and wistfully-melodic-yet-raw-and-unrelenting sound). Favorite track: The Alternative.

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1.	The Alternative 03:34	lyrics	buy track
If they had a dollar They’d want fifty cents They'd take their three quarters And spare no expense That’s the problem with power It doesn’t make sense If they had a weapon They’d want twenty more With their guns on their shoulders Their guts on the floor Their arms couldn't take Any arms anymore I think people are good They just make mistakes And some you forgive The rest you just take The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache If they had a reason they’d burn you alive Claiming what’s best for the queen is what’s best for the hive Put the world in reverse for a leisurely drive If they could see you curled up in a bind (In a bind) Caked in the dirt with your limbs intertwined (Intertwined) When you’re out of their sight you are out of their mind (Out of their mind) I think people are good They just make mistakes And some you forgive The rest you just take The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache I think people are good They just make mistakes And some you forgive The rest you just take I think people are good They just make mistakes And some you forgive The rest you just take
2.	Your Freedom 02:45	lyrics	buy track
How high can you climb? Impressive How deep can you swim? Now can you sit still for a moment? Too hard for a man like you? Consider a moment won’t you The terrible burden you can’t touch Yet it remains there Too hard to move your mind away When you flaunt your freedom I want to explode But I have to let it go I have to let it go If I think, "What would I do If I was you?" I hope it would be something But I really don’t know When I see you Move on with your life I could kill you I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it Sorry, I'm sorry, sometimes you gotta do the hard thing Sorry, I'm sorry, sometimes you gotta do the hard thing When you flaunt your freedom I want to explode But I have to let it go I have to let it go If I think "What would I do If I was you?" I hope it would be something But I really don’t know When I see you Move on with your life I could kill you But I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it go I have to let it Sorry, sorry Sometimes you gotta do the hard thing Sorry, sorry
3.	Window 04:56	lyrics	buy track
Look at yourself, look at each move, asking the man, "How does any single being get out from Under the thumbs of all of those hands Grinding them off of their lines in the sand?" I smile to myself, setting poses, clenching my jaw Am I unique enough? Have I had a single thought? Am I in the woods wasting time being scared? There’s no point if a tree falls and nobody cares And nobody cares Nobody cares And nobody cares Nobody cares And nobody cares Thank you, I mean it Don’t have to repeat it I'm grateful, I’m grateful I hate being so hateful You are not me, I am not you That’s all that we can do I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I'm grateful Feeling the pull, feeling the push, stopped in your tracks Deer in sunlight, fragile body will face facts You are the glass, and I am the pane Feeling ashamed that we’re one and the same Oh to be bitter, so jealous, so petty, so mean So dramatic, cut straight from a magazine Pasted to cardboard and dragged through the dirt Straight down to the core of the earth Straight down to the core of the earth Straight down to the core of the earth Straight down to the core of the earth Thank you, I mean it Don’t have to repeat it I'm grateful, I’m grateful I hate being so hateful You are not me, I am not you That’s all that we can do I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I'm grateful I'm grateful I'm grateful I'm grateful I'm grateful
4.	Thanks So Much 04:08	lyrics	buy track
What was once a town is now a cloud People standing in a crowd Hugged their loved ones, cry aloud Little chickens make no sound Poison water in the ground Little insects sink and drown Life is changing all around Life is changing all around People standing in line Come on home it’s dinner time The lights are on, an orange glow Casting shadows in the snow The stove is on, the sun is low You don’t ever have to go You don’t ever have to go You don’t ever have to go You once told me money Makes the world go round Those things that we lose They won’t be found I was just a kid No sense of the world But scared of the sound I had no idea Not a clue what you were talking about They will ride away on paper planes Make the fathers take the reigns Fear is coursing through their veins Puppet masters keep their trains Here’s a dollar, now I’ll pray It’s much too much to keep away Much too much to keep away Much too much to keep away Once a stream, now a grave Hooded figures smile and wave Shuffle off into their cave They stick around enough to say Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave You once told me money Makes the world go round Those things that we lose They won’t be found I was just a kid No sense of the world But scared of the sound I had no idea Not a clue what you were talking about Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave Thanks so much for being brave You once told me give up on that dream Give up on that dream Give up on that dream Give up on that
5.	You Can't See Me 02:52	lyrics	buy track
When I wake up I am someone else Keep one eye closed And I wait for ten minutes Return to myself Return to myself Return to myself Return to myself Return to myself I bought a ticket to another show I stayed at home, I didn’t go I sat all alone Returned to myself Return to myself Return to myself Return to myself Return to myself I looked in the mirror as it folded three ways I wonder if that’s how I really look from your gaze You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can't What if it was what I really need? Laid bare before me I've waited so long But it’s good for my health It’s good for my health It’s good for my health It’s good for my health It’s good for my health What if it was like a fever dream? Brilliant and frightening I don’t have to like it It’s good for my health It’s good for my health It’s good for my health It’s good for my health It’s good for my health I looked in the mirror as it folded three ways I wonder if that’s how I really look from your gaze You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t see me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me You can’t hurt me

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released March 15, 2024

Gaelen Bates played guitar on tracks 1-5

Jen Bender played guitar and sang on tracks 1-5 and played keys on tracks 1, 3, 4 and 5

Matt Manes played bass on tracks 1-5

Tommy Moore played drums on tracks 1-5

Drums, piano and bass were recorded by Seth Engel at Ohmstead Recording in Chicago, IL

Guitars were recorded by Gaelen Bates

Mixed by Scoops Dardaris

Mastered by Matt Poirier

Album art by Gaelen Bates

All music by Cusp

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Cusp Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, IL

Jen
Gaelen
Matt
Tessa
Tommy

Pic by Abram Huezo

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5/21 at Sleeping Village

6/27 at Beat Kitchen ... more

discography

Thanks So Much

Mar 2024
You Can Do It All

May 2023
Win

Apr 2023
I Know

Jun 2022
Sight Unseen

Feb 2022
I Can't Die

Oct 2021
Spill EP

May 2021

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