In The Basement

by Cotton

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"Honestly, this is the longest I've worked on any band's album before, and I think it's some of my best work" --Producer and Sound Engineer Paul Howells.

"In The Basement" chronicles a period of change for Cotton, where the band immersed themselves in their basement practice space in New Brunswick, NJ and focused on songwriting specifically for an album. The band specified their approach to the writing process and all 11 songs that eventually made it onto the album were written during the course of 2010. From Mid-May-Feb 2011, the band worked tirelessly to write songs they felt were worth recording. Prior to May 2010, the band played numerous shows around the tri-state area building a reputation in Asbury Park, NJ and New Brunswick, NJ for their energetic live improvisation. However, the band felt that their original material lacked substance, continuity and direction. Therefore the band retreated to their practice space to work on what would become "In The Basement". Around February 2011, the band cut their 23 brand new songs down to 14, which NYU producer Paul Howells cut down again to 11.

The band worked with NYU sound engineer and producer Paul Howells, who happened to be in another band that went to Hightstown High School with members Brandon Broderick and John Aponte. Cotton recorded the album in under a month in Paul Howell's garage studio in Hightstown, NJ known as "The Castle". Weeks later, Broderick recorded vocals at Harvestworks studio in Soho, New York City (the workplace of Howells). Paul Howells also mixed and mastered the album.


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released 15 September 2011
Brandon Broderick, Eitan Levine, Andrew Saunders, John Aponte, Leo Kalik, Paul Howells.
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Cotton is a band made up of long time friends hailing from Hightstown, New Jersey. They formed back in the summer of 2005 by ... more guitarists Brandon Broderick and Chris Moran, and found themselves surrounded by musicians that could help each other grow. From high school to college, the group went through a number of line up changes, name changes, artistic changes, and underwear changes (though not as m less

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Track Name: Intro
"Instrumental"
Track Name: Rather Be Blind
"Rather Be Blind"
Broderick

Watching TV, a ship on the sea
Casting the anchor down on your dreams
It's not healthy, you won't get wealthy
Filling up your head with all of this

The people there
Don't care about the place they're living in
I know and I know that hope is slowing fading
And I hope I don't choke on the smoke
Slowly invading my world

Believing in lies, the man in the disguise
Friends are sometimes the ones behind it all
Did you really think that the elected wouldn't laugh at you?
Did you really think they wouldn't turn on you?

The people there
Don't care about the place they're living in, no, no
I know and I know that hope is slowing fading
And I hope I don't choke on the smoke
Slowly invading my world

My world
The people there
Don't care about the place they're living in, no, no
I know and I know that hope is slowing fading
And I hope I don't choke on the smoke
Slowly invading my world

You'd rather be blind
You'd rather be blind, no
You'd rather be blind, cause
You'd rather be blind

Why oh why would you rather be blind?
Why oh why would you rather be blind?
Why oh why would you rather be blind?
Why oh why, yeah, yeah, yeah
Track Name: Atlantic City Eyes
"ACES (Atlantic City Eyes)"
Saunders/Broderick


It's so hard to read you,
Shouldn't waste my time but I need you
A poker face designed to keep you out of her hands

Why do you play these games to trick me?
Right now my odds seem 50/50
I could lose it all too quickly
If I risk my heart and go all in

She got eyes like Atlantic City
She got style like Atlantic City
She got eyes like

Almost too much to handle
I could miss my chance to gamble
But If I did I'd miss out on the chance I had to win

Women here are just faces,
Rolled a game and nothing changes
You are pocket aces,
If I fold I'll take it on the chin

Somehow she comes clean too easily
Somehow she flows like a river through me, yeah

She got eyes like Atlantic City
She got style like Atlantic City
She got eyes like

Somehow she comes clean too easily
Somehow she flows like a river through me, yeah

She got eyes like Atlantic City
She got style like Atlantic City
She got eyes like
Track Name: Now And Then
"Now And Then"
Broderick

It took me so long to get where I am
Progress can hold you back now and then
People, they're like a needle in the vein
Sucking you dry for bucks in change

But I'm tired, I'm tired of you telling me how to live
Yeah I'm tired of this and everything you've said

I fall, I fall down
Now and then
I fall, I fall down
Now and then
I fall, I fall down
Now and then
I fall, I fall down

So you're the captain of your ship
Everyone on board wants to see you sink
They'll stop at nothing to drag you down
Like an anchor tied to the ground

But I'm tired, I'm tired of you telling me how to live
Yeah I'm tired of this and everything you've said

I fall, I fall down
Now and then
I fall, I fall down
Now and then
I fall, I fall down
Now and then
I fall, I fall down
Track Name: All Your Life
"All Your Life"
Broderick

Friends are a broken record
You need someone by your side
Eyes can tell quite a story
And I tend to read in between the lines

You always thought that you could do better
Whatever happened to those dreams inside?
Trust me, you're not worthless
You can't be sure life is perfect
If you've never tried

Cause you, wanna break his ties
If you change your mind
I'll be playing the songs you wanted to hear
All Your life

All your life
All your life
All your life, yeah, yeah

So often you'll live the lies
As long as you find the time to justify them
Your life full of longing,
Can you really expect to survive it?

If your intuition begs for freedom
If emptiness tends to creep inside
I'll be waiting here by your side, uh huh


Cause you, wanna break his ties
If you change your mind
I'll be playing the songs you wanted to hear
All Your life

All your life
All your life
All your life

Cause you, wanna break his ties
If you change your mind
I'll be playing the songs you wanted to hear
All Your life
Track Name: Under The Moon
"Under The Moon"
Broderick


Just a smile can make the clouds subside
Sometimes the sun is lonely
And you have to call it out

Well please don't let everything pass you by
There's only so much time, what are you waiting for?

Under the moon, I've found that
It's a monsoon without you
I could have been your mystery
You could have been my misery

But you're not, and it's alright
But you're not, and it's alright


Without the dark there cannot be the light
Just don't let yourself get caught in between for too long
Ah, it'll tear you apart, tear you down
Like nightmares from your past
Like the time you hesitated, wished you could go back
Ah, ah ah

Under the moon, I've found that
It's a monsoon without you
I could have been your mystery
You could have been my misery

Under the moon, I've found that
It's a monsoon without you
I could have been your mystery, no no no n o
You could have been my misery

But you're not, and it's alright
But you're not, and it's alright
Wish I was back in time
Wish I was back in time
Wish I was back in time
Wish I was back in time
Wish I was back in time
Track Name: Heart Strings Loose
"Heart Strings Loose"
Saunders

"Where's all the gold?", she said
"We're growing old", she said
"I wanna know, I wanna know if we're meant
Meant to keep on groovin'"

Somehow it seems like heaven,
If only we want it to
So many weeks gone by now
I'm turning, I'm turning
My heart strings loose

Am I in too deep, is the bleeding natural?
Can't stop the beat, can't stop the beat, groove on
My knees tremble with regret
But I'm not one to share my secrets

Somehow it seems like heaven,
If only we want it to
So many weeks gone by now
I'm turning, I'm turning
My heart strings loose

Mmm, mmm
mmm,mmm
mmm,mmm
mmmmm
Track Name: Settle For Less
"Settle For Less"
Broderick

Ain't it funny how friends dissapear?
They just settle down
Is it loneliness they fear?

It's too late for sleep, but it's never
Too late to dream
It's too late for sleep, but it's never
Too late to dream

Settle, I don't want to settle for less
Settle, I don't want to settle for less

Nobody's perfect, what is perfection?
Will you be the one to share my reflection?
But you lie to yourself in the mirror
Cause it's easier than the truth

It's too late for sleep, but it's never
Too late to dream
It's too late for sleep, but it's never
Too late to dream

Settle, I don't want to settle for less
Settle, I don't want to settle for less

At least I'm trying, to live the life I wanna live
At least I'm trying, to live the life I wanna live
At least I'm trying, to live the life I wanna live
At least I'm trying, to live the life I wanna live
At least I'm trying, to live the life I wanna live
At least I'm trying, to live the life I wanna live
Settle, I don't want to settle for less
Settle, I don't want to settle for less
Track Name: Tear It Down
"Tear It Down"
Broderick

The people there, they don't care
They got it all figured out,
Got no time to work things out

Build up yourself in your head,
You're so sure you could be king
You think the world owes you something
The world don't owe you a thing

You'll run down around the town
Till everyone can see you now
Don't we all want to be part of the crowd?

And you tear it down
And you tear it down
And you tear it down
And you tear it down
And you tear it down

Once your chance is gone, it's too late
You'll drive yourself insane
And channel your anger into hate
You're only human

Though we are just so small
When compared to the earth and stars
We are sure that there's some truth
We could understand it all

And you tear it down
And you tear it down
And you tear it down
And you tear it down
And you tear it down
Track Name: I'm Over This
"I'm Over This"
Broderick

Do you know what it means to be lonely?
Surely someone shares my pain
Cause I've been chasing shadows
Only to find out that they're casting doubts on me

I'm as helpless as a bird's nest
Without the mother there to feed it
She has flown away, just like the love in my dreams
And I won't spread my wings again

I'm over this
I'm over this

Do you know what it means to be alone?
Well no one knows but me
The sounds of your room are closing in
And there's no one there to help you escape

It's been so long since the touch of her
Surely there's someone else they say
Who knows how long I'll be waiting to fill her place
Because the cup has been empty for me

I'm over this
I'm over this
I'm over this
I'm over this

Over and over, no one will know but me
Over and over, no one will know but me
Over and over, no one will know but me
Track Name: Bucket Of Rain
"Bucket Of Rain"
Broderick

I don't believe in anyone but myself
It's so hard for me to trust anyone else
Might be in my head, I just can't tell
It's just something in my heart, that I've felt

Who are you looking to blame today?
What kind of clouds hold your tears today?
There's no use in the weather, no, no
When you're holding a bucket of rain

In my life, there is pleasure
In my life, there is sorrow
In my life, there is leisure
But is there really happiness?

I don't believe that a life could fall apart
It's a puzzling world for one to get caught
There's too many pieces, and you have thought
So put it together, to see what you haven't got

Who are you looking to impress today?
Does their opinion give you away?
It's not enough for anyone
If you're looking for satisfaction

In my life, there is pleasure
In my life, there is sorrow
In my life, there is leisure
But is there really happiness?

We're always holding a bucket of rain
We're always holding a bucket of rain
I've seen rain, I've seen rain, I've seen it rain on the town
Don't you know the world is round?
Track Name: On The Wind
"On The Wind"
Broderick

I've tried, I've tried so very hard
To be a better man
It seems my attempts have all been lost
No one understands
Black crows they seem to hang around my head
But all of us seem to get picked every now and then

But time goes on
And it goes on
And on, and on

On the wind, you've sworn your sins
On the wind, you've sworn your sins
On the wind, you've sworn your sins
On the wind

That childish smile on your face is worn
Such a loss of innocence
By a path men are expected to ignore
Will the sky forgive our sins?
Wish I could go back in time to play again
To smell the air the way it used to way back when

But time goes on
And it goes on
And on, and on

On the wind, you've sworn your sins
On the wind, you've sworn your sins
On the wind, you've sworn your sins
On the wind