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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A very special version of our album "Home of the Mad and the Shameless".

    Contained within The CIA Deluxe Dossier are:

    A copy of the "Home of the Mad and the Shameless" CD (34 minutes of music).
    A foreword from Dr Nugget with your name included (please to tell us what name to add in the "Include a message" section when you order).
    An introduction to the staff at The CIA.
    Patient files for each of the band members.
    A4 lyric sheets. Each song has its own special graphic and a bit of story behind the writing process.
    A hand-stamped certificate of sanity addressed to you. (Please to tell us what name to add in the "Include a message" section when you order).
    2 randomly selected badges.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Home of the Mad and the Shameless via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A glorious digi-pack containing our third and final installment in the "Road Sign Trilogy". A first glimpse at The CIA is on the inside along with our first, true descent into madness. If you can relate, then take solace in knowing that you are not alone.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Home of the Mad and the Shameless via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

We’ve heard this one get compared to bands like Queens of the Stone Age and "a jumped-up Arctic Monkeys", so imagine that! It’s upbeat, favours diminished sounds and features some of our noisier sections. The lyrics are about those who are suffering inwardly but put on a brave face for the rest of the world. We hope that this song will help people realise that they are not alone and can reach out for help.

The CIA staff say: Despite their attempts at putting on brave faces, we see through the collective ploy of our patients. With time, we will have their faces show only their true feelings, no matter how negative. Honesty is best!

lyrics

We are the family
Of self-destructive tendencies
We'll never learn. We'll never learn
We are the voices
Of the internally hated
We'll never learn. We'll never learn

So...

We put on a smile
As we march through Hell
We won't kill ourselves
Well, not just yet
x4

We are the depression
That rises from inaction
We'll never learn. We'll never learn
We are the failures
Of life's little game
We'll never learn. We'll never learn

So...

We put on a smile
As we march through Hell
We won't kill ourselves
Well, not just yet
x4

Do year hear the cheering of the distant crowd?
Are you comfortable there beneath your shroud?
Do you feel surrounded while you want to hide?
Do you feel you can't endure this life?

Do you hear the voices screaming?
They'll be so pleased when you fail
Do you have it all?
Or have you thrown it all away?

The home of the mad and the shameless
'Though it's not great we will not go
The home of the mad and the shameless
It's what's inside you cannot know
The home of the mad and the shameless
'Though it's not great we will not go

Do year hear the cheering of the distant crowd?
Are you comfortable there beneath your shroud?
Do you feel surrounded while you want to hide?
Do you feel you can't endure this life?

Do you have dry eyes but want to cry?
Are you contemplating suicide?
Please know that we are by your side
You're not alone
You're not alone
You're not alone
You're not alone!

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from Home of the Mad and the Shameless, released June 25, 2022

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Black Eddy Blackpool, UK

Punky, grungy, prog-fuelled madness from Blackpool in the UK. We formed in 2012 and examine the darker sides of life and the human mind. It's okay to be strange. You are not alone.

Love Black Eddy xxx

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