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Best Laid Plans

by Hot Mondy

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    Preview the Comic here: issuu.com/hotmondy/docs/best_laid_plans?fr=sMTQ2MjU4MzY0OTM

    Our preorder special price is $79, which will go up to $99 once it starts shipping.

    One way or another these will become a collectors item!

    We expect to be shipping around the end if June.

    A double 45, 180-gram edition of Best Laid Plans, the debut album from Hot Mondy.

    This also includes the nearly 50 page Best laid Plans graphic comic, which includes a short 4-page 12x12 story to accompany each song.

    This is all packaged neatly together in a slip case.

    Other aspects worth noting is the entire album was recorded in high-resolution natively. 96hz/24-bit, meaning the sound stage and audible spectrum reaches to the limits and beyond what we can percieve. The note to producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda was to preserve dynamics and make sure the songs breathe; lifting and falling with the song's natural rhythms.

    The album was recorded at the fabulous Sonic Temple in Halifax through their stunning and well maintained Neve V-III analog board. The unique character and acoustics of the studio are housed within an 1820s heritage building with exposed brick, wooden beams, intricate molding and modern skylights. A 1000-square-foot loft recording area features an 18-foot ceiling and pine flooring restored to its original splendor, sitting atop a modern floating floor designed to offer maximum isolation between this space and the control room below.

    The album was also Mastered by award winning mastering engineer Joao Carvalho in Toronto (Rush, Arkells, Alexisonfire).

    Wer think you'll love the music, but this record is also made for those who love an exciting sonic experience from a turntable. This is all of that.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Best Laid Plans via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Be Mine 04:14 video
Well that time in the corner babe Spent thinking bout your life And I’ll be here waiting Shoulder to cry, voice to share So be mine So be mine You’ll say oh ya love me Just as I am, or get lost Ohh and I know that you feel it Im not ready to grieve So be mine So be mine Yeah I’m always lookin’ back and forth my head always seems to be turning around And I’m scared of what I might see And if you’re looking a for a better view the light should be shinin’ on the melody You’re driving, me home! You’ll say that ya need Right now don’t let go You always said that ya wanted more You’re broken down by the liquor store Yeah I’m still here waiting Like I said time again’ and I know that you’re not sure So just tell me now So Be Mine So be mine Yeah I’m always lookin’ back and forth my head always seems to be turning around And I’m scared of what I might see And if you’re looking a for a better view the light should be shinin’ on the melody You’re driving, me home!
2.
Lyrics The elevator feels slow today Nothing ever seems to change The battle cry, of don't ask why So we keep runnin' and runnin' and runnin' On standby Don't fear, don't cry Don't let 'em steal your soul before you die 'cause otherwise It's just Time Time Time killing Yeah it's just Time Time Time Killing All this time we're wastin' Killin' time and wishin' at the end we had some more of.... 'cause we're always one last step behind ooooh Don't fear Don't cry Don't let 'em steal your soul before you die 'cause otherwise... It's just time time time killing yeah it's just time time time killing They wind us up and let us go a cruel joke that they already know i'm half way through, now how bout you there's nothing to fear but how fast it all flew and it's just time time time killing yeah it's just time time time killing it's just time time time killing me
3.
Lyrics Hey little boy, when did they start lying to you? was it overheard at dinner or spoken behind the school? does it skip a generation? i'm just trying to understand could you imagine what would happen when a boy becomes a man 'Cause the bloodline runs deep, and the middle won't meet When the past comes back to show just where it stands And the water may rise, but it will never compromise Enough to mend the fault line and wash away the bloodline from your hands Hey little girl, when did you start seein' it all? Was it at a Sunday morning service, or in the blue eyes of your dream house doll was it ever complicated? did you ever second guess? could you imagine who you'd be without the cover of your flesh 'Cause the bloodline runs deep, and the middle won't meet When the past comes back to show just where it stands And the water may rise, but it will never compromise Enough to mend the fault line and wash away the bloodline from your hands We all start the same Tied to our parents fate I know, I know Someday (Hey little boy, when did they start lying to you?) The lines, will finally break (Hey little girl, when did you start seeing it all?) Break away Will you change the conversation? im just trying to understand how to reach the destination on a journey with no end 'Cause the bloodline runs deep, and the middle won't meet When the past comes back to show just where it stands And the water may rise, but it will never compromise Enough to mend the fault line and wash away the bloodline from your hands
4.
Lyrics Yeah baby I know, gonna be alright got a special thing, oh its so electric im gonna shock and awe just like a bombshell though years take a toll, still haven't heard the bell Well, I know Now what i want to do my love to see you smile love ain't gone, dream still strong love, love, love Well i cant deny yeah sometimes its rough and i dont mean to pry babe, but i know your tough so you say to me somedays want to run to the hills just choking on these hard to swallow pills Yeah, I know Now what i want to do my love to see you smile love ain't gone, dream still strong love, love, love Well I'm running with you About this life Though it's hard to change from dark to light I know now I know now I know now I know now I know now what I want to do my love see you smile love ain't gone, dream still strong love love love
5.
Lyrics Ease the front door closed, careful not to make a sound Could be you or me, hardly seems to matter now So I wave the white flag, set out on this early morning ride, And by sundown we’ll both know, it’s good to feel alive And if I go easy go, easy go, Clock the miles one by one, until I repay all I owe And I may never ever get there but I will never know Unless I go easy go easy go Were we too young? Or thought this was part-time work And as the fields fly by I can see you in that denim shirt Standing in the front yard laughing, crying at the sweet release Of the life we knew, was nothing, but trying to keep the peace So we go easy go, easy go, Yeah we go easy, go easy go And we may never ever get there but we will never know Unless we go easy go easy go Ain't time funny, it never seems to be on time, Yet we'll keep runnin' runnin' blind to that finish line Cause this pain the calling me home now, wherever that may be, Need to find what makes me run... before it leaves So we go easy go, easy go, Yeah we go easy go, easy go and we may never ever get there and we will never know Unless we go easy go easy go unless we go easy go easy go
6.
Lyrics Give the clerk a ten, Take the change, See the sleight of hand at close range Without wondering why Waitin’ for the train, make your peace, Your steppin’ out in front to break the lease Without sayin’ goodbye And it never meant nothin, it never meant nothin' at all Yeah it never meant nothin', it never meant nothin' at all Buzizin’ with the fluorescent brain pourin’ out the 91 octane And step into the light Hit up your old high school Open old wounds from the broken rule Gonna set things right And it never meant nothin, it never meant nothin' at all No it never meant nothin', it never meant nothin' at all Shovel the dirt, cover it up Fill in the cracks, pushing your luck It's not like anyone could ever know Throw down a bet, settle the score, look the other way, the secret's safe if easy come is really easy to let go. You say you love her knowing it ain't true, She’s living out a lie next to you Can't come out and say I wait, I wait all day Swirling lights racing my mind take me away And those stars, those stars fly by A million miles, Between my heart and naked eye I’ll be right home I’ll be right home I’ll be right home.... Never meant nothing
7.
Lyrics Day stealer, was the summer of ‘84 Green woody with a busted door, And Springsteen’s Cover Me on the Alpine Stereo Day Stealer, gettin' dizzy on the country air, Sundress at the summer fair, And she was the first one, Makin’ out by the carousel glow... And they go, Like waves under the water One after the other, Just like that And before you even know it, The years in the rear-view wind up down the road Where they go... ...Oh day stealer We were running on gasoline Top down in a fast machine Backyard racing, Head out to the lake and let the bonfires burn Day stealer, Didn’t know what was comin’ next, No goodbyes and no regrets, But there ain’t no stoppin’ The hands of time And they go, Like waves under the water One after the other, Just like that And before you even know it, The years in the rear-view wind up down the road Where they go... Take a ride, take a ride Let the past, let the past keep pulling me... And they go, Like waves under the water One after the other, Just like that they go, Like the autumn trees, And the falling leaves And just like that they go Gone without a trace, Tears down your face And just like that they go And before you even know it, The years in the rear-view wind up down the road Where’d they go...
8.
Lyrics We go back to the beginning Nothing but innocence Never knew what was coming next But that’s gone now, yeah that’s gone now Cause we go back do you remember 6 string misery and gin I was kid a watching a hero But that’s gone now All that’s left empty space Broken years, spent waiting and waiting No wisdom words to hold onto Tell me how could you give up just like that When we go When we go When we go back All that time wasted believing You weren’t really leaving Hands on my head here grieving Did you mean it? Cause you’re gone now Yeah, you’re gone now All that’s left empty space Broken years, spent waiting and waiting No wisdom words to hold onto Tell me how could you, how could you, give up just like that When we go When we go When we go back And this is how it will always be... Broken years, spent waiting and waiting No wisdom words to hold onto Tell me how could you, how could you, give up just like that When we go When we go When we go back
9.
Corner Sun Billie on the AM radio, It felt just like the end of a show Blinking back those tears Shrinking in the rear view window Daddy liked his feelings cut and dry Mama did her best to stem the tide Of a little boys first loss Standin' there across the roadside wooahoo well it comes and then it goes Like a river ebbs and flows, each day wooahooo then you end up in that place, Where the lines upon your face, are here to stay And you question everything you've ever done And all the memories you'll never outrun, Yeah but man I'd give it all away Just to spend another day Under that corner sun Daddy liked to say works all you need Mama said it made his stomach bleed, But he never stood a chance, Buried in the best laid plans, he didn't need I put in my last shift on that line When they shut it down before its time Another promise come and gone, And now there ain't too much to count onnnnnn.... wooahoo well it comes and then it goes Like a river ebbs and flows, each day wooahooo then you end up in that place, Where those lines upon your face, are here to stay And you question everything you've ever done Alll the memories you'll never outrun, But man I'd give it all away Just to spend another day Under that corner sun Well I opened up that box Under the bed Saw that crayon color picture Staring back at me And I couldn't help but think How time gets twisted, complicated Side tracked, turn and lose your way Looks at me as if to say... wooahoo well it comes and then it goes Like a river ebbs and flows, each day wooahooo then you end up in that place, Where those lines upon your face, are here to stay And you question everything you've ever done Alll those memories you'll never outrun, But man I'd give it all away Just to spend another day Under that corner sun
10.
Lyrics I see two worlds And they’re so clear Hard to know where to put it all And I’m pushing back on my old self As heavy hearing drowns out my cries My cry for help Ever single nerve in my body sings to me Like a hey hey hey Don’t wanna hear any more Got me tied up in knots And every single day I wake up Thinking it might be the last last time I see this place… See my face Now I’m runnin’ through a mindfield Got the enemy close behind me, Caught up in a war, I just can’t concede the fight is never ending, the end can be so tempting When you’re trapped under the weight Trapped under the weight of battle fatigue Feeeeeel Feeling locked away in a head case No faith No faaaaaaith Can’t be making sense of all these easy answers they be selling me me me me meeeeeee I’m tryin’ to face I need a safe place to land And I ain't gotta know, I ain't gotta know Now I’m runnin’ through a mindfield! Got the enemy close behind me, Caught up in a war I just can’t concede the fight is never ending, the end can be so tempting When trapped under the weight Trapped under the weight of battle fatigue I wake up in a cold sweat I can’t move, there’s nothing left But the front lines keep calling and what can I say? It’s the same goddamn thing... Every, every, every, every-day! Now I’m runnin’ through a mindfield! Got the enemy close behind me, And I’m caught up in a war, I just can’t concede And the fight is never ending, the end can be so tempting When trapped under the weight Trapped under the weight of battle fatigue
11.
Lyrics The middle of November in the basement of a church when I was at my worst Can't recall much of that night except seein' the rest of my life, In the face of a man who's dyin' He spoke a simple truth The kind that comes with long goodbyes A broken stare, through amber eyes He said the python first appeared In a mason whiskey jar it took him by the throat they went flyin' It can find you in the daytime or when the sun goes down And you might not even notice It will lie and you will listen tells you all you need to know And forget about who you were.... I put in my overtime after run-in out the clock Somewhere between a hard place and a rock Pigeon eyed sermon Sour air and curtain stalls Well it gave me all the comfort I was needing But by then I'd lost it all The kids, the second wife and mercy In a coffin bed motel Dead bottles and day time tv My hour was getting late, drinkin to live and drinkin' to drink Gave in to the grip of the undefeated It can find you in the daytime or when the sun goes down And you might not even notice It will lie and you will listen tells you all you need to know And forget about who you were.... I learned about the python, I learned about the python It don't care about your riches, your colour or your name, It only wants the good stuff, buried deep within It can find you in the daytime or when the sun goes down And you might not even notice it until you're wrapped around It will lie and you will listen it will lie and you will listen And forget about who you were, as the python just hangs on, and won't let go

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released April 28, 2023

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Hot Mondy Nova Scotia

Our story is the coming together of many stories. An accidental family that bumped into one another over the years.

The details really aren't important. The names and faces may change. The music will wander.

If you find yourself entertained and enjoy being part of our strange journey; we are happy.

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