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West Coast Reign

by Vic Horvath

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Im a tumbleweed Tumble anywhere I please Dust falls as I sleep I run like rivers weep Never staying long I long for short synchronicities Never needing love Wheat felids whistling As I walk beside Cat Calls cackling I don't think I've cried For a fortnight stay Since I've seen your face I don't think of you I just take up space I get caught in the west coast reign I get caught in the west coast reign I get so lonesome I go insane Capitalism braiding daisy chains I get caught in the west coast reign I get caught in the west coast reign Pronoun mind games that we're made to play When we ask questions that we think are safe I'm a tumbleweed Heart smashed in prairie Polished shot guns gleam Keep them out of sight Out of drunkin' drawls I won't fight or fall I don't have much time to sit or story tell
2.
You get the pistol and I'll get the rye I'll get the rye I don't care You Feed the chickens wile I pass the time Ill pass the time I don't care Well I don't mind you coming around Long as you don't bring me down Lovely little misses is gone for a while But she don't mind She don't care Got a pretty face but some knots in her hair Knots in her hair I don't care Well I don't mind you coming around Long as you don't bring me down Going out west where the weather winds fair Weather winds fair I don't care Mamas in the kitchen and I'm outside Looking at the sky I don't care Well I don't mind you coming around Long as you don't bring me down
3.
Snake are in the kitchen Smile and let the dogs in Neighbourhood has cashed in on Spells and superstition Black magic tradition Older than old wisdom Smiling conversation You think thats medication I don't know were I end and my thoughts begin
4.
Kiss Nice 02:56
My coffees black My whisky in the red Reefer in the white Bluer than that china white You told me wild Night woman passing time Snakes are in the kitchen Throwing down that Shakin' spice Black jacket red light Black jacket red red light Black jacket red light Don't you know how to kiss nice
5.
New faces, New places, New rates and new races New lovers, new covers, new telephone numbers I know of people, But I don't know anyone I know of love, But I don't love anyone
6.
Put it in my pocket now Sow it in spells I can feel your potion is working Truly I can tell Oh the evening sun Shining on you Oh the evening sun I feel magic brew
7.
Please don't go lightly It wouldn't be right To make nothing of something And forfit the fight It isn't funny but I laugh all the time Through tombstone teeth under waiting room light And I don't see any lines, But I wonder sometimes About this divide I don't see any lines But I wonder sometimes About this divide Push over papers on A desk soaked in letters Statistically speaking I don't know whats the matter So try and remember Its important to consider The pen and pill pusher Needs ammo to trigger I don't see any lines But I wonder sometimes About this divide Pick up and drop off Trying t get off And get strait the reason and rhyme It isn't funny but I laugh all time Through tombstone teeth Under waiting room lights And I don't see any lines But I wonder sometimes About this divide

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"Vic Horvath is a modern-day balladeer. They sing of love, and of loss, and of post-industrialism, all in an easy-going rootsy style, sometimes country, sometimes folk. Then there’s the magic. Throughout ‘West Coast Reign’ they somehow weave magic.

Other than the indescribable, Horvath’s magic lies mostly in their own endearing persona. Their vocal style is relaxed and highly approachable (and even quite intimate at times), while the production is equally approachable, with the rough edges left in. This is enough to charm you, but Horvath also does a little something in every track that adds to the magic. In the mournful, dark number “Don’t Go Lightly” it’s the amazing (self) harmonies as they sing, “And I don’t see any lines/I wonder sometimes/About this divide”. In “Black Magic Tradition” it’s time when the vocals suddenly go into a psychedelic spin in the midst of a swampy blues number. And in “Sow It In Spells” it’s the odd shuffling beat that adds some bop to an otherwise knee-slapping bluegrass tune.

There is a variety of styles that range from gosh-darn down-home country (“Pistol and Rye”) to gentle guitar folk (“Shiny Shotguns”), and from rollicking rockabilly (“Kiss Nice”) to gothic blues/folk (“Rats and Races”). But the genre variety isn’t even required (although it’s very welcome) because Horvath takes a fresh approach to each and every song regardless. And then don’t forget there’s that magic."

-Ride The Tempo album review,
Mark A. Brennan
September 17, 2017

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released September 1, 2017

Recorded at Robins Nest Studio by Jody Johnson
All songs written by Vic Horvath

Album artwork by Vic Horvath
Typography by Sophie Fuldauer

Percussion - Rad Juli and Matt Andrade
Bass - Jody Johnson
Vocals - Vic Horvath
Guitar - Vic Horvath

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Vic Horvath Victoria, British Columbia

Vic horvath is a walk under the glowing embers in the wood stove sky. A mouth that mutters magic and breathes sinful strings and cackling feathers.

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