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Direction (20th Anniversary Edition)

by The Switch

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Just close your eyes Because it's the last chance for your Waiting for your goodbyes Waiting for that drive Waiting for your goodbyes Waiting for that drive It's been so long Since I've been home It's been so long Since I drove home
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Saw your photograph and I'm so happy I can say it You're so beautiful just standing there You're so beautiful another year goes by And I don't know Most likely things just won't work out but it's killing me just thinking Just wishing things weren't left this way For the first time in my life Feel a little bit of insecurity about Little things that were left out I'm just hoping you might say Maybe hoping you might stay for a little while a little while longer Because it's your smile that makes me happy your smile makes me wonder about the
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Take this broken day, my last intention's forever ending, I never meant to stay. Tried so hard not to disappoint myself again, so many times I'll understand. Seems so far away. Seems so far away. Forget, your regrets.
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In this sudden haste we left so many things behind us in the way, maybe Saturday we'll see, you know that you're more than I'd ever be, I'm dying to say I think you stole my heart, left behind, I'm so inclined, I know these pieces fall apart, find a way, I'm dying to say, I fell asleep through this day. Tomorrow goes on in pieces left behind in memories, nothing changes rearrage this part of me, tomorrow goes on in pieces left behind in memories, nothing changes so, so maybe.
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It's been 19 days since this new year and I'm still wishing that you were here. Because it's cold outside when the sun arrives and I've never seen anything like your smile. And these simple things. Don't speak because no one's listening. When things are changed, all rearranged, there's nothing better than April rain, when things are changed, all rearranged, there's nothing better than April rain. These endless days go by And I'm counting my last days for your smile Have you ever seen your last goodbye And have you ever said your last goodnight Because bad habits are so hard to break When you're leaving, deceiving mistakes. These endless days go by And I'm counting my last days for your smile Have you ever seen your last goodbye And have you ever said your last goodnight Because bad habits are so hard to break When you're leaving, deceiving mistakes.
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And I hate to say it, but it's not my home, drives me to say, you're better off alone. So tell me a story and I'll make believe it's true. It's honesty so honestly I think I'm losing you. And days go, ends conversations, it's honesty so honestly I do believe it's true. I'll be the last to say that things were so wrong. I'll be the last to say but I've been waiting for so long. And it's these dying days and I'll never thought I'd say it. But it's oh so hard for me for me to try and hide these things, go on, goodbye forget these days are almost gone, and I'll promise you you'll make it through if you just hold on.
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Like a Sunday afternoon, and I hope you'll be here soon, because I'm waiting, will you call me when you get there, will you call me when you get there. And I don't know what I'd say, if I saw you here today, because the lines are drawn and my hands are shaking so bad, my heart is breaking so bad. Times are long gone by, conversations end and die, and I'm sorry. Can I call you when I get there? Can I call you when I get there?
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It’s been a long long time old friend Spent the better half pretending, forgetting these things that were said to you. Things that meant so true. But it's ok, let it go. Just let it go sometimes I often wonder Sometimes these things just go on. I'm at a loss for words and I never thought I'd be here I've given up. It's easier to do so It's easier I think so. Today, found your, memories in my mind Forgot to say, how much I did care
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about

20 years is a long time. Somehow in the whirlwind shit-storm of 2020, the anniversary of this EP was initially forgotten, but when I realized it was due a proper remembrance, mainly for myself and my band mates, I decided to do some digging and give this a proper digital release.

We existed in a weird minor internet/digital time. Film cameras documented our existence and many photos were scanned at that time, but originals have since been lost in time.

The original direction demo was recorded to ADAT tape which we still have somewhere in storage. The songs you hear were sourced from an original WAV format, maybe for the 25th anniversary we will try and remix and remaster everything.

Myself (Anthony), Pat and Adam our original bassist entered the studio to record some songs we had written that summer, I remember seeing a classified at West Chester Music for cheap studio time (I think it was $15 an hour) and we ended up at a studio in Downingtown with Eli Wengle (later of Los Halos fame). The studio was a small back house with an all digital set up. It was our second time in the studio and it was great to actually spend time in a studio without being super rushed.

I remember throwing around some ideas about reverb and Eli brought out a reverb rack unit. We turned it on and pressed preset 44 which brought up "Hallelujah". Cycling through more presets, "Last Goodbye", "Mojo Pin". Apparently, the reverb unit had belonged to Jeff Buckley and was purchased after his death from his estate.

We initially released this as a "demo" around 50 of these with hand drawn covers and lyric sheets inserted in a slim line CDr. But listening back again to these songs, and particularly these recordings, I don't think there has been a better recording of the Switch that really captures the sound of what we were going for and how we wanted to sound. We were always too poor to really "master" this recording until recently,

Please enjoy.

credits

released November 22, 2020

Tracks 1-6 recorded and produced by Eli Wengle in Downingtown, PA, 2000.

Tracks 7-12 recorded on a fostex 4 track in Providence, RI, 1999-2000.

Track 13-14 recorded winter 2000 by Joe DeLuca at Why Me? studios Gibbsboro NJ, mastered at Milkboy Recording Studios by Tommy Joyner

Track 13 initially appeared on Pennsylvania Vol. 1 complication on Kickstart Audio Records.

Track 15 recording unknown times sometime 2000-2001(?)

This version mastered at home in San Francisco Fall 2020.

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