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Entry 2 of 3 · Admitted 1988 · Consulate Records
Sweat Equity
The road record. The band declared every venue "consulate soil." Most venues disagreed. A local critic called it "the finest album ever recorded by people who owe this many towels."
- 01Slap the Bank2:55
Nair has confirmed the savings and loan and declined to name it.
Read the declaration
Thumbs walked into a savings and loan Thumbs was not there to make a deposit Thumbs was there because the acoustics And the manager said absolutely not Slap the bank Slap the bank Every dollar in this building Is worth less than that Money is a rumour everybody agreed on Same as a country, same as a name We got no money and we got a country And they are both about the same Interest rate, exchange rate Rate of a hand on a string The only rate that ever mattered Is how fast you can play the thing
- 02Down Payment in Sweat2:40
Merkle has confirmed Yuma.
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Van broke down outside of Tucson Van broke down again in Yuma Sock slept under the van in Yuma Sock said the van was fine Down payment in sweat Down payment in sweat We do not have the cash We have got the rest Forty dollars and a bar tab Forty people, maybe less We put in what we had on us And what we had on us was this Equity is a thing you build By showing up when it is stupid to We have been stupid every night For about four years
- 03Consulate Soil3:05
The Chicago lawyer has never been identified and, according to Vukovich, bought the band dinner.
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The minute we plug in, this is our country The minute we plug in, this floor is ours Does not matter whose name is on the lease Does not matter what the city says Consulate soil Consulate soil Stand where you are standing You are standing on consulate soil Club in Tempe said absolutely not Club in Denver did not ask Club in Chicago had a lawyer And the lawyer had a great time Sovereignty is ninety minutes long Sovereignty ends when the lights come up And then we load the country in the van And drive it somewhere else
- 04Overthrow the Neighbors2:25
The complaints are held by the archive. There are eleven.
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Apartment 2B filed a complaint Apartment 2B has filed eleven Apartment 2B does not understand That this is a sovereign matter Overthrow the neighbours Overthrow the neighbours Not with violence, with volume Overthrow the neighbours We offered them a seat at the table We offered them a beer and a chair They said they wanted us to stop We said that is not a thing we can agree to Diplomacy has failed Diplomacy was always going to Turn it up. Turn it up. This is the negotiation.
- 05Wet Carpet2:10
Vukovich has said the room was in Denton and that the carpet was not recoverable.
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Something happened to the carpet Nobody knows exactly what It was dry at nine o'clock It is not dry now Wet carpet Wet carpet Do not ask, do not look down Wet carpet It is not beer and it is not rain It is the room. The room did that. Two hundred people and no windows And a band that would not stop They are going to have to pull it up They are going to have to start again That is a Tuesday problem This is Saturday
- 06Riot in a Small Room3:20
The water stain is referenced again on the final record. The band has never explained it and the archive has not asked.
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Capacity said sixty There were a hundred and forty in Fire marshal came at eleven Fire marshal stayed till one Riot in a small room Riot in a small room Nobody got hurt and nobody got out Riot in a small room Chops broke a string in the second song Played the rest of it on five Nobody in that room could tell Nobody in that room was watching anyway The ceiling had a water stain Shaped like a country nobody knows Thumbs looked up and pointed at it And we all knew what she meant
- 07Thumbs2:30
Album closer. Nair had not been credited as a writer on either previous record.
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Priya Nair does not talk much Priya Nair does not need to Priya Nair plays the part of this band That the rest of us are standing on Thumbs Thumbs Both of them ruined Both of them worth it She learned it off a record in Houston She practised till the neighbours moved She has never once been late She has never once been thanked on a sleeve This is the thanking. This is the sleeve.