Mother Sun are a band based out of Kamloops, BC who play psychedelia influenced pop and rock music. The four piece group have an unconventional configuration akin to bands such as the Doors where bass duties fall to the hands of the organist. The band has a penchant for both groove based and guitar driven arrangements. While the band’s sound walks the line of a revivalist group their lyrical content addresses contemporary subjects which creates a juxtaposition of modern and classic aesthetics.
Mother Sun released their debut singles “Flower” and “One Eye” on May 18th, 2018 ahead of the release of their debut LP in 2019. The band has recorded at Little Red Sounds in Vancouver with Felix Fung. Fung has taken on the roles of engineer, mixer, and producer and guided the band through strenuous live off the floor recording sessions. The result has captured the band’s tight knit playing and ability to utilize dynamics as another instrument.
Lyrics:
Daylight on the clock Sun high in the sky Soon be getting dark Shut a heavy eye Water flowing down Springs up from the ground Take another turn One more time around Stream running off Reach into the earth Closer to the source Trying to figure out Ill paint a bigger picture Then wonder what comes after You ask a burning question Still waiting for the answer Daylight on the clock Grey clouds in the sky Soon be getting dark Shut a heavy eye Water flowing down Skin onto the ground Closer to the source Trying to figure out Daylight slow down Pass the time well Daylight on the clock?Sun high in the sky Close to getting stuck Soon be going blindLyrics:
The day I lost my one eye I felt the other open wide Said sorry to me The king at his knees Youll be half blind Youll be half blind Youll be Wish you well That thought in a shell Keep passing it by With my one eye I woke up fast in someones bed To my one eye The world was red I took advice From my one eye I slipped ahead I fell behind I fell Wish you well That thought in a shell Keep passing it by With my one eye If I dont find My one eye Ill treat the other Oh so fine Your sights complete You dont skip a beat Close your eyes The sun dont shineLyrics:
The day I lost my one eye I felt the other open wide Said sorry to me The king at his knees Youll be half blind Youll be half blind Youll be Wish you well That thought in a shell Keep passing it by With my one eye I woke up fast in someones bed To my one eye The world was red I took advice From my one eye I slipped ahead I fell behind I fell Wish you well That thought in a shell Keep passing it by With my one eye If I dont find My one eye Ill treat the other Oh so fine Your sights complete You dont skip a beat Close your eyes The sun dont shineLyrics:
Sugar coats the roof of my mouth Teeth turned gold because they fell out Sucralose, low calorie rush Hard to quit, spoon-fed too much To a sweet tooth its all Cotton candy Sugar rush slows you down Like molasses Sugar sticks to finger tips Hard to shake artificial grip Sugar coats guarded belief Sucralose on all of our teeth ?To a sweet tooth its all Cotton candy Sugar rush slows you down Like molasses Slows you down Slows you downLyrics:
Ive been meaning to speak with you Leaning, a heavy point of view Do you follow? I dont know where to go Feeling the wave take control Has your river run dry? Did you ask yourself why? Excuses abide No one left on your side And which ones mine? Im feeling a deeper shade of blue Believing the things that cant be true Its not far Its only down the road And wheres time? Gone before you know Has your river run dry? In a space less confined A translucent disguise No one left on your side And which ones mine?Lyrics:
Got my jar of flower petals Screwed the lid on tight Dont want the sunlight escaping Escaping Gone to bed like it going out of style Steal an inch, force a smile Shut your eyes and look around Pay no mind to foreign sounds Dig a hole deep in the ground And Ill help you down While were speaking of the devil Keep your ears shut tight Dont want the sunlight escaping Your house built from expensive metal Drawing from the well You had installed in the basement Down the rabbit hole we go Wheres the surface? No one knows Theres one more hole in the clouds Where the suns beating down But it dont reach underground Im lucky that I brought my shovel Dig up towards the light Dont want the sunlight getting wasted Id stand up but the grounds not level Start rolling down the hill My mind is racing, racing ErasingLyrics:
now keep flapping your arms until you're off the ground eyes wide drink in the sights and sounds you'd leave now but the skin of your teeth's got you hanging round I got too tired to pull on my thin disguise walk fast on the tightrope before it snaps in half i tried hard not to be pulled but it's calling me back hang low light in the breeze for an easy way out lie straight the birds overhead move the sky up and down call off the branch of a tree shake its leaves around hang low, light in the breeze that's an easy way out I got too tired to pull off my thin disguise wipe your eyesLyrics:
Up to my shoulders with eyes losing sight of the surface Scratching my head ?Trace my steps backward Through the tall grass That has grown where the street starts to crack All of the questions I know half the answer to Couldnt be bothered to further investigate A candle thats burning too slow Round in circles you go Prying eyes to the window Pressed to find clarity Floating right over your head Trace my steps backward Caught my reflection Right there, so insincere You never noticed yourself staring back at you Ask all these questions you half know the answer to Candles burning so slow Plant all these golden age flowers in a daze that you Dug up so deep in some dream started to come true Throwing dirt over your shoulder and getting so closeLyrics:
Hey mister straw man Strike a match on the back of your own hand And sound the alarm When flames lick your arms Mister straw man Who can breathe all the smoke youve been blowing? Crying wolf Might blow down your door Things you said you would do Of course you dont Hey mister straw man Is there even one leg on which you stand? Scared off the crows Theyll be back in droves Mister straw man Took one page out your big book of matches And struck it hard Till I saw some sparks Straw man Call up the fire chief From the top of that building that you burnt to the ground Call up the fire chief Who wont come aroundLyrics:
Theres one fresh mistake Then waste no more time The clock ticks until youre tired A short circuit design Chop off your foot To toe the line And get a log on the fire! To keep warm through the night With a new type of wood It burns far too bright Extinguished While you calculate the price Thats hard to ignore Young and less than pretty sure With too many things to do Your attention spans a whore When youve beaten it to death Its getting sick of you Theres more than one way To skin a fat cat That feasts through the day Throws a scrap to the rats Sharpening dull tools One penny on his dime Shakes the paw of the law Redefined Thats hard to ignore When theyre rich enough to starve the poor Buy things to fill the room And friends to guard the door Just swimming in the shit! Never satisfied Lining up for more