From the recording Over the Counter
If this is your first-time hearing Car Park Social, you literally couldn't have picked a better moment in time to discover them. Their meticulously crafted new single Over The Counter is easily their best work to date, heralding the band's ascension to a higher plane of song writing. Twisting and turning like a rollercoaster through different tempos and moods, it is epic and unpredictable – anchored only by its beautiful chorus – and, like any good rollercoaster, you want to go again as soon as it's finished.
Mixed by Andy Lawson, Over The Counter was tracked by Karnivool's Drew Goddard and Barefoot Bands' Brenton Meynell at the Historic Coolgardie Railway Station – an amazing location already featured by Car Park Social in the video for their single The Captain And The Queen. Balancing a free-form approach to structure with catchy melodies and heartfelt lyrics, Over The Counter falls somewhere between a critique on the world and self- expression... a story many people will relate to, set to music that flows like a movie.
Lyrics
It’s late and the cynics are talking
Speculating on the news
Hatching plans conflicting science
The focus short term revenue
Writing countless genius verses
To sabotage what’s become known
And sail us further from the truth
Conscience eraser over the counter
Income addiction louder and louder
Feel it dancing rampant in your mind
Over and over ears are burning
Ever so slowly wheels are turning
Sleeping through your wake-up calls no more
As you sail off into the night
Don’t think for a second you’re right
Armchair experts’ endless advice
Humble lights are shining brightly
Yet they haven’t overwhelmed
The backward dullness of denial
(of the) puppet masters at the helm
With a stance so firm and stable
And a view unwavering
They sail us further from the truth
Conscience eraser over the counter
Income addiction louder and louder
Feel it dancing rampant in your mind
Over and over ears are burning
Ever so slowly wheels are turning
Sleeping through your wake-up calls no more
And I’m hearing what you’re saying
And your story’s getting tired
And I’m hearing what you’re saying
And its lacking in foresight
I’m not hearing what you’re saying