Name: Transnational Relay
Duration: P00H03M37S
Description: Our final single before The Second Opium Wars is released in full. Here's to world-building: Get in the tube! Life is better when we work together and are connected. What could go wrong?

Transnational Relay

by Bad September

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Our final single before The Second Opium Wars is released in full. Here's to world-building: Get in the tube! Life is better when we work together and are connected. What could go wrong?

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Transnational Relay~
Transnational Relay~
Transnational Relay~
Transnational Relay~

running transnat wires
driving rods to ground
hundred thousand miles
coming to your town
pressure bows to power
power through the line
tube of information
company design

nation bows to commerce
commerce unifies
everyone connected
reaching higher highs

Transnational Relay~
Transnational Relay~

switch off, switch over, switch on - welcome home
switch off, switch over, switch on - welcome home
switch off, switch over, switch on - welcome home
switch off, switch over, switch on - welcome home
switch off!

signals from beirut require a codecard for southeastern wire
packets from siberia must surpass drop criteria
any off-peak power sent comports with codes of government
read through the required texts cross-referencing the arbidex
switching hardware change in store starts may of 1954
the older rules will be replaced with lovelace locks and voltage gates

welcome home!

switch off, switch over, switch on - welcome home
switch off, switch over, switch on - welcome home

are you ready to get in the tube?
now with fifty new app-liances to choose from
entertainment
productivity
leisure
information
education
the transnational relay has everything you need
can't find a job in your area?
well the transnat lines are coming to you friend
we need
line callers and team haulers
tubermen and arbidexters
precision-fitters
lead-spanners
vacuum pumpers
source uploaders
morse encoders
card cutters
program punchers
chad rippers
data scrubbers
packet porters
gate tweakers
assembly compilers
oscillation isolators
harmonic convergers
acquisition mergers
and of course
thousands and thousands of marketing executives
(I wanna be a marketing executive!)
everyone's a company man

transnational relay!
switch off
switch over
switch on
welcome home

credits

released October 15, 2019
released October 15, 2019
Produced by Charles Borchert. Recorded and mixed in Minneapolis by Charles Borchert and Marc Gutman at Morgenstern, and by Xander Moser at TreeSpeak Studio. Final mix by Xander at TreeSpeak. Mastered in Minneapolis by Rare Form.

John Heimbuch - Vocal
Elizabeth Borchert - Vocal
Michael Borchert - Electric Guitar
Charles Borchert - Piano
Marc Gutman - Vocal, Bass Guitar
Keith Prusak - Drums, Vocal
Rose Norris Gutman - Backup Vocal
Ethan Wightkin - Trumpet

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Bad September Minneapolis, Minnesota

Retro-futurist art rock, weaving narratives of desire and loss in a steampunk world careening into war.

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