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    Bob Bryden (Reign Ghost, Christmas, Benzene Jag, Age of Mirrors, producer-Forgotten Rebels) and Long Day Journey (Rory Quinn) with Katie Iarocci produced a double lp/single extended play CD neo-psych concept album.

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    Bob Bryden (Reign Ghost, Christmas, Benzene Jag, Age of Mirrors, producer-Forgotten Rebels) and Long Day Journey (Rory Quinn - The Deadbeat) with Katie Iarocci (The Flamingo-Go's, Watermelon Pie, The Saffron Sect) produced a full double lp of psychedelic concept rock.

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The 'more' and the 'surprise' are this 20 minute bona-fide epic. It goes beyond the tale the album's told so far into both primordial and futuristic places.

lyrics

Warriors of the Golden Spiral (Bryden)

I came into this life
and my eyes could not help but see
That all around me
Nothing was familiar

There was no one to make me feel
that I was not alone
Or that there was purpose in my
being here

From all sides the dark forces
at work in the material world
Sought to make me renounce
my heart’s recollection
of some purer reality

Many hard battles were fought
on the field of my soul’s honour
and not all were won

Many times it seemed
that horrible spectre had succeeded
and my cup was surely smashed

And yet, in these dark hours
of dire conflict
and most painful realization

There was a voice within…

Faint and obscured by my mind’s
mad prancing
but nonetheless audible
Speaking softly in soothing tones
words of forgiveness and hope

And it was to this voice that I listened
Above all others and gave greatest heed
in gravest times

And when at last the sun was summoned
and warm winds blew away
from my soul’s ship
The clouds of storm

The voice rose within!
and became a great healing power.
Which transformed my grief into my joy
and my scars into brightest armour

And wading through the streams
of my thought’s disorder
Rediscovered the fount of wisdom and
Restored my heart it’s kingdom’s throne

And when all my inner struggles ceased
The outside world shone in through
my soul’s window
With a never before imagined lustre

A shining glow, an imperial aura
Illuminated the material world
and helped consolidate my newly found
inner solidarity

And my body
My poor wracked body
So long the first victim
of my confusion
Became as a chariot forged
from sterling silver
A fitting vehicle for my sojourn
in the lands of time

And lo! When all seemed too wonderful
for improvement
There came into my sight
a new being.
Another of my kind.

And it was as in the days of old
When the firstborn of our human race
Achieving sight of outward vision
First beheld in sublime astonishment
another of their kind.

And there began the great connection
that to this day is still maintained.
So that

Linking hands and hearts and minds
Bear fleeting but sure witness to
The invisible warriors of the golden spiral
in their grand march to the stars.

Aum… (4X)

Where has all the anti-matter gone?
Down that black hole.
What is left when everything’s gone?

Celestial beings watching over you.
Benevolent creatures loving you.

Celestial engines… (4X)

When things are so tranquil
When things are so still
The warriors are sharpening
The warriors are sharpening
their spears

We are one… (4X)

All these things are comprised
of tiny, itty-bitty things

All these itty-bitty things are in essence
all the same

As itty-bitty are these things
There is space between them all

All these itty-bitty things are moving,
grooving without end

These tiny itty-bitty things are
like a magnet to a friend.

All things dance… (3X)

Dance all things, dance all things
Dance as one (4X)

Beat your shield, stomp the ground
Stomp the ground right where
you stand

Never yield, except to things
Except to things so fine and grand

Call out your mortal enemy
Call out the ones you’ve hurt so bad
Call out your mortal enemy
Call out the ones who make you mad
Lay down your shield, become good friends
Lay down your shield and make amends

When things are so tranquil
The warriors are sharpening
their spears… (2X)

Invisible warriors… (8X)

Atavistic memory
Akashic Chronicle
Library of Alexandria
Knowledge of the higher worlds…

Warriors fight for peace… (4X)

Love is the only thing that’s real
Love is the only thing… (7X)

Warriors fight for peace.

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from Love in the Atomic Age by Bob Bryden and Long Day Journey (featuring Katie Iarocci), track released May 7, 2021
Song by Bob Bryden

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Formerly of Reign Ghost, Christmas, Benzene Jag and Age of Mirrors.

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