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Letters for Landfills - Live Recordings from Cuernavaca, Mexico

by Justine Vandergrift

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I'm chasing my demons I hope you are too I'm walking on water I'm still looking for you If I knew better, this wouldn't matter anymore This burning ember, left over from the war We never should have started Fighting fire with fire Hanging on a wire With the demons of desire I'm walking on quick sand I'm moving so fast What's left of this wasteland The crimes of demand
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He took my heart just to see it crack I feel him watching so I turn my back To all the brokeness he wore so proud Just for the people standing in the crowd Please, would you stop existing for a while? 'Cause I'm getting tired of trying To just get past how it always feels so wrong Everytime I see you I watched him dance to that old beat again I couldn't let him see the shape I'm in But something took all of that love away Or maybe you never really knew your way
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Let You Go 02:46
There's a place in time Where you and I don't fight Competition pride and need Don't bring in the night There's a place in my heart Where you love is real I saw it in your picture But now we don't trust what we feel But now I know I have to let you go I live today To find tomorrow I have to let you go There's a place in time When you're tender still All of your desire Demands all your will There's a place in my heart Where you're doing well There's a better story That we're gonna tell

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In late February 2015, Joe Nolan flew into Mexico City and together we went back to the Quest Mexico www.quest-mexico.org house in the hills that look over the beautiful Cuernavaca, "La ciudad de la eterna primavera", the city of eternal spring. My good friend Gerardo Debbink (director of Quest) kindly allowed us to use his program room as a studio. The idea was to record a full album live off the floor using one room mic.

A couple of songs that didn't make it onto this album were specifically about the corrupt state of affairs we see in Mexico today that keep the poor very poor and continue help the top 10% get more wealthy. The reality of these growing injustices becomes more and more astounding the more you learn about the real Mexico.

When recording in Cuernavaca in the evening, the crickets seemed deafening. Recording during the day felt like both a battle and a conversation with the birds. You can hear both as a backdrop in these recordings.

Thank you for listening!

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released April 14, 2015

Joe Nolan (producer)
Mitchell Veldhuisen (Sound Engineer)
Gerardo Debbink (studio host)

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Justine Vandergrift Calgary, Alberta

“Occasionally a new artist emerges that immediately demands respect and attention. Justine Vandergrift is one such artist. She will make a solid impact on anyone who has the privilege of hearing her songs.”

-Bill Bourne (Juno award winning Canadian Folk Artist)
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