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Au Sable

by MEGA PIXEL

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1.
Closure 02:40
Don’t know what I was looking for until I got ahold of it Jumped out the plane with a parachute that had a hole in it And I fell to Earth With no instruction manual or a step-by-step Had to learn how to comprehend my actions time and time again But I’m here right now And right now is all that’s guaranteed I’ve walked through so much high water This rain ain’t scaring me It’s apparent these times we’re living in are inherently Quite complex See everything’s a contest You kind of have to Sift through the content And hope for some substance Quit bugging over small problems, it’s nothing but a bunch of nonsense I’m back and forth Backpacking my way with the bare essentials All throughout this wilderness called life to find my potential Penciling ideas down when I get them to see what sticks Saying what’s on my mind and accepting intelligence I’m proud of that reflection I’ve been seeing in the river Guess I finally found some closure with the man inside the mirror ‘Cause I’m Over it Moved on I’ve got closure Signing a new song I’m over it Moved on I’ve got closure Signing a new song Singing a new… New everything like it’s witness protection Like I just one the lottery And a check with three segments I got options I’m operating smoother than I used to You trying to be the best I’m trying to be who the best move to I was waging a war Before I finally found peace Fulfilled external desire before my internal needs I had to readjust I woke up to the sound of the breeze I’m over it I moved on I’ve got closure Signing a new song Yeah I’m over it I moved on I’ve got closure Signing a new song Singing a new New perspective A new lease on life A new direction Yes, I drove all night The Sun rose up And now I’m feeling closer I was under But now I’m getting, getting, getting Over it I moved on I’ve got closure Signing a new song Yeah I’m over it I moved on I’ve got closure Signing a new song Singing a new
2.
What’s up I’m free and loud In a World, ain’t no peace around They got Bomb threats on the TV now They want to blow you up for just speaking out But I don’t get the kaboom, capiche No Ain’t no way they could beat the feet Tell Any Bowser I’m a peach Yeah We gon’ take it to the street I make love to the moment I’m tuned in to the movement Put my mood in to motion I’m a man and I’m a mutant I’ve got power, I’m gon’ use it My ‘spidey-sense’ is grooving I’ve been dancing through confusion I found out that the truth is… The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Pedal to the metal Traffic light when it’s green I go Just like Jason Bourne The car chase scene You know Lighting McQueen And we go back to the front Side to the side Press fast-forward just to rewind We do that just to remind us Of how perfect the time was Yeah I’m a fighter jet I’m a call to action I’m a call your bet So call me back Please don’t forget This motor is running Like rev rev I’m going, going On the home run Tried to run the globe and look what we’ve done Just when you thought that you knew the beat Uh We took it to the street I make love to the moment I’m tuned in to the movement Put my mood in to motion I’m a man and I’m a mutant I’ve got power, I’m gon’ use it My ‘spidey-sense’ is grooving I’ve been dancing through confusion I found out that the truth is… The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh I make love to the moment I’m tuned in to the movement Put my mood in to motion I’m a man and I’m a mutant I’ve got power, I’m gon’ use it My ‘spidey-sense’ is grooving I’ve been dancing through confusion I found out that the truth is The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh The floor is lava The floor is lava Ah
3.
How Long 03:34
If the gravity gave in Tell me how would you fall If you had to go and repent Who would be the first you’d call I’ve been looking at my watch too much I just can’t waste no time As the Earth continues to spin We just keep looking at the sky Wondering How long does it take Before the cycle breaks How long does it take Before the cycle breaks Before it goes up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh And never comes down How long How long How long How long Before it breaks What’s the chance you will ever know What do you miss if it never shows up So much left to give on the home front People die we share the same blood Eight billion all from one seed Half of that got more than they need Wonder when that scale might tip Wonder when we gon’ look at receipts I just want to find my stride Let the self-doubt go out of my mind Everybody ain’t that kind Find me a little piece of what I used to fear Jump in head first No protective gear Hit the battlefield No body armor Nothing left to lose I could not be calmer How long does it take Before the cycle breaks How long does it take Before the cycle breaks Before it goes up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh And never comes down How long How long How long How long Before it breaks Hourglass Waiting by the end By the water Everybody’s Draining Hours Being draining Being Being Someone other Every hour Every day Losing count of every way There’s a new abuse of One, two, three, four I can’t force You to see the fractions in the fiction That we’re living in Insisting Everything is your decision Because it’s not No Supercalifragilistic diction Swinging on the two and four This ain’t rigid I’ve been thinking How long does it take Before the cycle breaks How long does it take Before the cycle breaks Before it goes up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh And never comes down
4.
Is it me or do the means not justify her ends I’m lovestruck, I’m dizzy I get the bends I diss my friends I’m coming from the bottom from where I fell Trying to get some air I’m drowning in a swell of your long brown dishwater hair I’m suffocating Your intoxicating air Is mesmerized Tractor beams You’re my brown-eyed stare Is it worth the struggle, my brother ‘Cause my tank is on E She gives me everything I want that I forget what I need Singing I do I do what I do I do I do what I do I do Uh, I do what I do I do Uh, I do what I do For the love of you Ooh, for the love of you Yo Is it me Or do my means not justify my ends I’m trusting my ambition Huh I know Not again No hesitation though I’m bobbing my head Wide awake and always saying I can sleep when I’m dead I started downstream and swam up Just to get knocked down in which I found laughter Because I did something that I would be proud after Effecting our affection that we shared with a passion And you say you worry Over my lack of a hurry But I Don’t know what’s worse Being thorough or being thirty I know at first glance clarity can seem blurry But if you calculate every single step You’ll miss your journey Man I do I do what I do I do I do what I do I do Uh, I do what I do I do Uh, I do what I do For the love of you Ooh, for the love of you Yeah I do I do what I do I do I do what I do I do Uh, I do what I do I do Uh, I do what I do For the love of you Ooh, for the love of you
5.
Either Way 02:46
A wise man said you can’t predict the weather We could struggle Let’s just do it together Life is velvet and it’s tougher than leather But all materials aside you know it’s simply whatever We Decide How we treat the bumpiest rides How you look me in the eyes at the loveliest times No, really How come I’m the luckiest guy That’s how I feel when we moving I can’t wait to arrive But Forget the BuzzFeed news and open letters to All the twenty-somethings titled How To Be a Better You Listen You need something for which you’re better suit Let’s road-trip to a mind state with a better view Don’t let the stakes marinate in your thoughts Or you’ll be Out of fuel ‘cause over thinking exhausts You never Truly feel like you really evolved So when you hear the call Answer that and proceed to talk Like Hello Now theres a voice on the line Could be your mother’s, brother’s, sister’s, cousin’s Maybe it’s mine Maybe it’s right But listen maybe it’s wrong But facing something is better than putting your face in your palm There’s not an outcome you couldn’t come out from We sit and wonder how come it still hasn’t happened yet Why’s it feel like we’re swimming steel What’s the deal with satisfaction and why we don’t have it yet I’ve been the worst at times I’ve been the greatest I’ve lost the game at times At least I played it I’ve lost the bet but don’t regret that I made it So when it’s going downhill You know at least I’m gon’ skate it Hah Right Coasting (Uh) Sometimes I’m high Sometimes I’m low Take the lead Or follow But I’ll survive You knew I would Win or lose Either way, I’m good Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Either way, I’m good Sometimes I’m high Sometimes I’m low Take the lead Or follow But I’ll survive You knew I would Win or lose Either way, I’m good

about

From 2017 to 2019, MEGA PIXEL’s Ben Rivet and Dave Zup spent multiple weeks at an isolated cabin in northern Michigan working what would become their second offering as a band. The cabin was built by Ben’s great-grandfather in the 1930s and sits adjacent to the state’s Au Sable river. It contains a variety of items like canoes, BB guns, real guns, family heirlooms and a direct walkway to the water. The cabin’s location also provides access to the natural sounds of the surrounding wilderness.

In French, “au sable” means “at the sand.” Rivet and Zup took this to mean that all things in life are temporary but still remain connected through the sands of time. As a result, Au Sable is framed around themes self-acceptance, accountability, and humanity’s natural tendencies to come together and speculate. Although Au Sable presents itself as an EP, it creates a similar listening experience that a full album might. Each of the project’s five songs include actual audio from the river and the woods that was tracked live by the band with a handheld Zoom H1n recorder. These sounds are placed throughout each song to enhance the idea that moments in life should be cherished even though nothing lasts forever.

MEGA PIXEL furthers the album’s theme of connectivity by demonstrating that music does not need to be of the same genre to belong to the same home. Au Sable is rooted in Hip-Hop, Pop and Folk just like a forest is comprised of trees, dirt, and wildlife. The album shows how different genres of music can complement each other if the environment is conducive to their coexistence. These songs can be played loudly with friends or quietly in headphones. Whether it is spoken word verse accompanied by acoustic guitar or distorted vocals over lush instrumentation, Au Sable proves that MEGA PIXEL can thrive at coffee shop open mics and on festival stages. It is modern campfire music for the masses.

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released March 20, 2020

Written by Benjamin J. S. Rivet, David Allen Zupkovich & William Ronald Pinnell
Performed by MEGA PIXEL

© 2020 Journeyman Productions

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Whether it's with his guitar, his looping station and beatboxing, or with a variety of band arrangements, Rivet's baritone voice and indie, folk, pop influences are the connective tissue behind BJSR's music, videos and design.

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