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    Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Will Maravelas @ 1459 Studios in MPLS, MN 2022

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1.
LICE 02:25
Lice Count the eggs on lice Find a way to deny The means that pry To the cortex of your mind They squirm inside So jolly on a Sunday ride Barely alive Move to the side quit fucking my drive That’s lice Don’t you look nice Like a pie can I have a slice Just open wide For a shot of Sweet Cyanide Tastes so sublime Press yours to mine Lick your lips then die twice That’s lice Can not fight the lice From infesting, ingesting the skin Of the scum of the putrid from lepers in sin And the kin of the foul shall perish in dirt While the righteous speed faster and red lights divert Just so sick of this sickness that sickens the sickest, evel as influence and she as my witness We forever follow the lice of the earth Count the legs on lice Spreading fast through the lines Repeat the lies What a burden it must be to be wise Pathetic cries Suck the blood right from the lives Now step inside Stab a pick right through your eyes That’s lice
2.
How do you feel How do you feel, are you alone now I’ve got my fingers crossed, don’t let me down now In your ways you may have gotten lost Been afraid to let your guard down How do you feel? (x3) And are you happy that I’m sober Are you happy that I’m falling down Or are you sad that I am sober Are you sad that I am falling down Lift me off the ground, spin me all around Put me on the ground, I’ll put my foot down And now you’re back again, saying maybe we could just be friends In your ways you’ve gotten lazy, a routine short of stature How do you feel (x3) And are you happy that I’m normal Are you happy you’ve got a fall back crutch Or are you sad that I am normal Are you sad you have got a fall back crutch
3.
FASTEN 03:23
Fasten My burns are cooling Soothing with the thought of likening to my kind and if you say you never Then I know you lie Did you lie, did you try To pull the wool over my eyes Think I wouldn’t find out that you know but I know And I have my ways of moving So quickly, so cunning, so stealthy so slow Lesson fasten Buckled bound Here we go around again now down Hollowed like crimson rotten So blind I fear for sight With a shell so frail and faulty Please forsake this life/God, don’t let me dream tonight If I dream bleed out this night My blood is thinning Winning isn’t everything It’s the only thing that teaches me Lessons, in which I Fasten If I won’t then I don’t and I will not Fasten Can not clean a lesion this size If I shunt and you cunt Then you catch a Lesson Will not bleed out this night
4.
HOLDOUT 02:58
Hold out Punch a hole in the sky, if it keeps you from getting high How many times have you been beat down, how many times do you think you could bust this It happens over and over, and over again Things get so blown out of proportion, patience wears thin And do you think you can, do you think you can Do you think you can hold out (x2) Have you ever been thrown out, sold out? It’ll happen again You’ve busted your ass just to get here, now you’re spent And they’re not looking out for you, as if they cared what you do Vicious cycles round and round, can you hold out? And do you think you can, do you think you can Do you think you can hold out (x2)
5.
1 - 2 - Fuck - You!
6.
RHYTHM 03:09
Rhythm Wade and gasp, tow the line A piece of peace is hard to find That’s the rhythm of the man Stay afloat if you can Try to find the swells in my eyes One might think this flood won’t end I don’t know, but I know how to float The only way to drown is to choke I could swim the ocean wide Then it rains for endless nights If I can not find a life preserver To keep my head above the water Then I’ll drink until it’s dry When it’s all dry I’ll take a hike To the highest peak to see what I have climbed A piece of peace I might not find But right thenI will know I have escaped sure genocide Now just to stave off suicide So again I have survived for one day I have damned the deepest tides I have scaled the highest heights And that’s the steepest slide And that’s the rhythm of the man Stay afloat if you can
7.
SAD 03:11
Sad Where has it gone, could you help me Find the blanket that once covered me smothered me Left for warmth but still shivering Security has no place in a search for independency I feel the need to mingle with my own creed and make decisions that only benefit me It makes me feel bad, it’s all sad Would you take me down to a place I could believe in Where love and hate wont live and die on the fine line of decision Take me to a place I could believe in, where someone else might also benefit From my decisions, take me down now Take me down now, come on Kick the chair cause the ropes not there to save me Don’t have to put up with this self-inflicted torture though I choose to This noose I’m used to
8.
RIPE 02:38
Ripe Young girl calling, crawling down the hall First of the week, come and rape my soul I’ll fall back in line, keep on moving back in time Waiting for hand hanging on my vine, pick my pride cause I’m so ripe Bind my eyes with lies, words will emphasize Flies chew my spine, green with envy I’m so ripe Gave you everyghting you ever could have wanted Words double back now they seem so hoaunting I’ll smile while my eyes are bound with lies
9.
BURN 03:19
Burn I’ve got that same fuckin feeling It burns inside of me It’s just this notion of resentment Breeding hostile jealousy Man don’t you tell me things are all fine Actions supersede your words These words they have such empty meaning Words have no life, die wretched rotten lies I wasn’t born tomorrow I just fell off the truck Harvesting a preclipse of regret And I will not forget Burn, I burn And in the ashes where I burn I hear you laughing but you too will fry Fueled by the kindling that I have left You will not forget I burn burn down to my last leg Guilded by the flames Haunted by the ego that bestows your godly ways And do you think this is easy, think I sleep at night? With your crucifix as firewood I’ll dance around the light You’re gonna burn
10.
APPLE JUICE 02:01
Applejuice Slap me little skin with a five finger discount With ten toes how high can you count Never play marbles with a snake eyed shooter Even it you wanted you could never ever use her If she were there for the taking, making love to the pope Under apple trees in snake skin robes And every other night when it’s time to unwind She reclines with a smile and her legs open wide Her loins burn inside He denies so she cries He can not win so he submits to her whines He can’t take it God I want it, god I want it, I don’t want it, god I want it I don’t want it, I don’t want it, god I want it, I don’t want it (x2) I want it now and I want it how and I will not stop till I’ve got the power She could break it, goodness sake it, even if she had to fake it Whenever she wants but he can’t take it
11.
Ladies on the beach Tudy Fruity oh Rudy, shake your booty little cutie Baskin buns in the sun lookin for a back to rub Loud songs, bongs, thongs, legs are so long Sun tanned, goddamn, wham bam thank you mam Ladies on the beach Do you like my muscles Wanna ride in my boat We’re gonna get wasted Let’s get naked Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini Neato speedo, how I need weed oh! Cat calls, so tall, could you pass my volley ball Hot and stickin, finger lickin, have another piece of barbeque chicken

about

ELEVEN STRAP started back in 1996, then split in 1999 with members moving to other states. We put out a 5 song cassette demo "Miss Fortune" and a cassette single "Burn" in that time. Those songs have been re-recorded and put on this album along with 5 other unreleased songs.

PRS (PUNK ROCK SONG) & LADIES ON THE BEACH were played live a couple of times and were always the "fun" crowd sing alongs.

ELEVEN STRAP has played numerous shows and has played with some crazy bands. Some of those bands are - AFI, AT THE DRIVE IN, EARTH CRISIS, BOY SETS FIRE, SMART WENT CRAZY, STRONGARM, BATTERY, EYELID, BLACK DOTS, MOTHER MAY I, SOMEDAY BEST and STILL LIFE.

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released April 20, 2023

All songs written, copyrighted and produced by ELEVEN STRAP.
*"Burn" written by ELEVEN STRAP & Troy Zoller. 1998

All songs recorded, mixed and mastered
by WILL MARAVELAS @ 1459 STUDIOS
in Minneapolis, Minnesota Oct-Dec 2022

Front Cover Art by : Kelly K. Neisen aka ktig. - kellykneisen.com or kellykneisen@gmail.com

Back Cover Photo by : Courtney Conk Photography - ccphotoarts.com

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ADRIAN BENHAM - VOCALS
TYRONE SCHOCK - GUITAR
DAN DITTMER - BASS
JEFF "SUGARLOAF" THRASH - DRUMS

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ELEVEN STRAP (11STRAP) started in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1996.

Featuring ex- members of MALICIOUS WRAITH, Man Versus and SFTH. ELEVEN STRAP wanted to bring a new style of music to a very small town. With influences like Deftones, Orange 9mm and Downset, ELEVEN STRAP played with a variety of bands including- AFI, AT THE DRIVE IN, BATTERY as well as many others.

25+ years later, we're back.
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