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The Beginning of the End

from Drink the Dregs by Val Bauer

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    Includes all four original tracks, with packaging hand-screen printed by Val.

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  • Drink the Dregs Limited Edition CD (with bonus tracks)
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    - Includes all 4 original songs, plus 2 bonus tracks:
    “How to Love” and “Winter of This Town,” neither of which are available anywhere else
    - Handmade: Cut and sewn personally by Val and his Opa Val Bauer
    - Hand silk screened by Val
    - Hand numbered
    - Limited edition of 35


    What’s the story behind this thing?

    I bought a second-hand leather jacket. It was originally supposed to be a black rock ‘n’ roller sort of jacket, but I found this maroon leather trench coat and I thought it was too sweet to pass up. I then cut (and tore, and sometimes yoinked) it apart into CD wallet-size rectangles. This is A LOT more work than you might think (and what I thought) it would be! (YOU try cutting up a shit ton of leather with ordinary household scissors!)
    I took my fabric over to my Opa’s house to use his industrial sewing machine – he’s a retired tailor. He decided to help me out in my project, so that afternoon his sewing room was busy with the two of us running off wallet after wallet simultaneously until they were all done.
    I designed the covert art, burned the image to a silk screen with photo emulsion, and printed each wallet myself. Screen printing on leather is not smooth sailing, I found out.
    I learned a lot from this project – mainly that working with leather can be a real bitch. It was a huge commitment of time and energy, but it was a labour of love, and I’m pleased to say that the final product is finally ready to share with you fine people. I hope you appreciate the work that went into this as much as I appreciate your support.

    Cheers and beers,
    Val

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lyrics

I got a lover like a trainwreck
Sometimes she writes a bad check,
But most of the time she’s good to me
Meets me at the station,
Wakes up to make me bacon,
Switches sides with me so I can sleep

And I’ve never loved anyone like this before
But I don’t know if I can keep hanging on

Cos sometimes we’ll go out walking
Too fast, and without talking,
And she’ll stay ten steps ahead of me
Sometimes she may apologize
But sometimes won’t look me in the eyes,
Keeps her light switched off so she can’t see

And I’ve never loved anyone like this before
But I don’t know if I can take this anymore

Won’t you come back to me,
And see the things you’re saying,
The way they make me feel?
Love, please come back to me.

And I’ve never loved anyone like this before
But I don’t know,
I don’t know,
I don’t know…

credits

from Drink the Dregs, released June 2, 2011
Gary Cheung played drums
Val sang and played rhythm guitar and bass
Thomas Engebretsen played lead guitar

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Val Bauer Portland, Oregon

From Portland, Oregon, Val Bauer writes songs of earnest confessionalism, following in the songwriter tradition but built on a pop-punk foundation. Val's music is about the struggle, but also the optimism that it's possible to not have to accept what's given us; that we're all fighting the same fight, and that we're not alone. ... more

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