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Crush!

by Renjeaux

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Crush! 05:28
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Crush! You didn't play at home no more Those days are over You had to learn to play the game That a boy Never had to play before You didn't know just who she was You didn't know her name You only stared and saw the face That a man Could only pray for You gave her roses, roses Crush! Crush the roses A thought, an appealing scene To blend with the aroma The pain, the foolish pain The thorn upon the thumb The principle, ah the principle This time it was lost For all in the mind was sharp emotion And all on the ground were petals of pain It seems you want to see her -- Crush! Crush the roses (You didn't play at home no more Those days are over)
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5:11 05:08
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Expressive Motions 05:55
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I move with subtle caution Through the vacuum of the parental den It's so hard to breath, So hard to breathe Stepping upward, stepping onward Envision another plateau, And you begin Over to the wall (so hard to fly) Over to the rail (so hard to try) I dare not step backwards To the vacuum again, The vacuum again Refreshing freedom, I dance alone Expressive motions, I dance alone With wary eyes I'm looked upon Onward, and upward, I climb within To learn what has become My own dance within We move with subtle caution Through the vacuum Of the social den It's so hard to breathe But I see Expressive Motions And they begin They're so hard to find I dare not, I dare not step backwards To that vacuum again, That vacuum again. Refreshing freedom, I dance alone, Expressive motions, I dance alone. And with wary eyes I'm looked upon I'm looked upon I see them looking on... Onwards and upwards, I climb within. To learn what has become My own dance within.

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This EP is a compilation of three jammin' Renjeaux tunes from 1984-1985. It was not actually compiled as one unit until 2006, mainly because the tracks were all recorded at different times, and at two different places. Crush! (the opening track itself) and Expressive Motions were recorded at Gary Beck Studios -- which was the only recording studio we knew of in Corpus that was not Hacienda Records. Gary Beck was a local country musician who had converted his garage into a pretty nice studio. Our high school friend Ben Torralva was the engineer there, so we scraped up a few hundred bucks and recorded Crush! and Expressive Motions there because they were our favorite tracks and we felt most confident in playing them.

5:11 was recorded at our practice space -- "The Warehouse," we called it -- which was in a pretty big space above a topless bar close to Crosstown Expressway and SPID (anybody from Corpus knows that major freeway interchange). At the time, that was not the most reputable part of town, so we got the space pretty cheap, and the proprietors of the downstairs joint didn't mind us competing with their jukebox.

Dell and I owned a TEAC A-3440 4-track open reel deck, which we used to record a bunch of early demos there at the Warehouse. Dell had a Yamaha DX-7, and QX-7 sequencer, and he also played Domingo's Korg Polysix. I had a pawn-shop Fender Musicmaster bass, and when Michael Canales let me play his sweet Ibanez for about a year, my playing got much better. Domingo played a huge set of beautifully-tuned and maintained drums and cymbals, and Luis played a Gibson Les Paul. We had a Shure SM-57 and -58, and maybe another cheapo Radio Shack mic, then ran everything thru a little Boss mixer, with the single effect send running to my Roland SDE-1000 digital delay unit.

Lawrence hung out and provided mood lighting, angsty ambiance, and live drawing. We all contributed to the piles of empty beer bottles.

This is a document of those times. They were young, vibrant, experimental, heady, raw, and creative times. In 2006, I compiled these three tracks together because they were the most accessible and provided the most integrated, unified "rockin' Renjeaux sound" of probably a dozen or so tracks that we recorded at The Warehouse. I created the cover art especially for this release, and am pretty happy with the way it matches the fiery, raw emotion of the three tracks (especially Crush!).

We hope you enjoy!

- Keith

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released November 11, 1985

Dell Little: keyboards, sequencer, vocals
Keith Rowley: bass, vocals
Domingo Leija: drums, percussion
Luis Longoria: guitar
Lawrence Garza: poetic line art, cigarettes

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Founded in 1984 in Corpus Christi, TX, Renjeaux (pron. "rahn-ZHOH") was a set of musically-inspired friends (Dell, Domingo, Keith, Luis) realizing a dream of playing progressive ’80s new wave in the cultural desolation of early 1980s south Texas.

38 years later, Dell and Keith re-emerged with a set of new compositions that combine their decades of experience in life and music production. ... more

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