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Endless Pursuit

by Temple of Angels

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1.
I’d really love to be okay Wash me up and heal the pain I really want to meet someday Open up and let me in I’m coming after you Way up Wait up I’d really love to be okay Wash me up and heal the pain I really want to meet someday Open up and let me in I’m coming after you Way up Wait up I’m coming for you
2.
I found love I cannot hide It’s you that’s clouding up my mind With the way you crawl into my hands still I’ll shout it out for you to shine The world keeps taking up my time But it cant keep me away from you Here you are And you make me feel alright with the world Can you see how the sun shines brighter When you’re tangled up in joy Curled up in my hands still Oh the way you look at me breaks my heart in two Take me out into the night And let me stare into those eyes that I swear I saw in a dream before Our love is not bound by time I’ll find you in the next life But I’m here by your side until then Here I am Staring down the end of the road That we’ll walk together hand in hand And all tangled up in joy I’ll find you in the next life
3.
When I was young I let the wind come by and sing its song Of all its lives past and all the places I could go Now the time has come Yes, tonight The wind is back Blowing down the walls of the cage I’m crawling out through the rounds somewhere safe We’ll make it out We’ll make it last away from this place Never thought I’d see the day I’m waving to the wind Carry me away When I was young the winds would lift me up and take me home Whispering of the world and all the stars we’ll never know Their love forever flows through me The wind is back Blowing down the walls of the cage I’m crawling out through the rounds somewhere safe We’ll make it out We’ll make it last away from this place Never thought I’d see the day I’m waving to the wind Carry me away Carry me away I’m waving to the wind
4.
On the last night of my life I walked down the path blind Through the darkness of the wild Searching for the light inside Dying by the fire inside you I’m so lost without my heart Like a moth drawn to a flame That’s locked behind a door Take my hand and lead the way I’m desperate for a taste Of the water thats made When the clouds work away And turn your spirit into rain Cover me up with your waves I’m so lost without my heart Like a flower plucked from soil And left out to dry No tears left to cry And I am broken I am wandering I am dying to make it close to you And I have fallen I am all in, fully lost in you I’m so lost without my heart Like a flower plucked from soil Like a moth drawn to the flame I am lost in you
5.
A mystery What’s right in front of me Came to stay There’s nothing I would trade It wont take much to let it show We can watch our silver turn to gold Wonder how my head spins around There’s no rush it’s easier for us It wont take much to let it show We can watch our silver turn to gold A mystery Your path should cross with me No need to try It’s just our state of mind And it still shows How silver turns to gold Wonder how It’s right in front of me It wont take much to let it show We can watch our silver turn to gold
6.
When you left without a trace The sun fell out of place I’ll wait for better days When you left without a trace Your sun fell out of place I’ll wait for heaven’s grace When you left without a trace The sun fell out of place I’ll wait for you always I heard you call my name I know I saw your face How am I to blame For wandering astray When the shadows come to play How will we fall into faith? As the Earth turns round each day And our world begins to fade I beg for you to stay As the Earth turns round each day And our world begins to fade How do we fall into faith? I heard you call my name I know I saw your face How am I to blame For wandering astray How do we fall into faith?
7.
Torment 03:36
Life spent waiting Always praying Take me up to Heaven with you Time is spinning round And I am slipping under No way out and I am left to suffer Time is spilling out and I am crawling out to you No way back only moving closer to you I am left to suffer through I am crawling out to you Time is spinning round and I am slipping under No way back, only moving closer to you I am left to suffer through Time is spinning round And I am slipping under No way out and I am left to suffer Time is spilling out and I am crawling out to you No way back only moving closer to you I am left to suffer through Time is spinning round and I am slipping under No way back, I am left to suffer Time is spilling out and I am crawling out to you No way back, only moving closer to you
8.
Secret Place 04:08
You found the way To the secret place I’ve hid all my life Can you now feel the warmth at night I’ve been waiting For the changing Springs of time To bring you back into the light Glowing on The voices above will lead you on On the way out you’ll find the key The answers to all that you seek Holding out for truth You found the way To the secret place I’ve hid all my life Can you now feel the warmth at night I’ve been waiting For the changing Springs of time To bring you back into the light Glowing on The voices above will lead you on On the way out you’ll find the key The answers to all that you seek Holding out for truth The light is glowing on The voices above will lead you on On the way out you’ll find the key The answers to all that you seek Holding out for truth You found the way To the secret place I’ve hid all my life Can you now feel the warmth at night I’ve been waiting For the changing Springs of time To bring you back into the light
9.
Stay 03:48
Show me the way Show me the future I heard of in your lullaby Call me her name Tell me about the pain all mixed up with sweet nothings Hold me always I’m clinging with all my might Can you give me one last night To stay Are we okay? When you are all alone, do you ever drive past our home? Don’t leave, please stay I’m begging one more time, I’ll be yours, you’re forever mine Show me the way Show me the way I die, I know that I’ve lost deep inside I’ll be here Lying in the grass Where we took that photograph Hanging on the wall Hanging in my heart Forever
10.
The Hill 04:19
How do I go on with life at war with the way things were before I heard you playing Just as the bell rang Kept away by the walls we shared And the stars we wished upon I saw your face Blissed out with grace I just wanna fall in love On that hill in the forest Under the sun, on a bed of posies By the water, going softer I just wanna feel it all Eternity wash me over How will I ever know if it’s yet to come Or a thousand years ago I felt your embrace I swore I was awake How am I meant to stay and wake up each day When I’ve lived it all before I cry your name Trapped inside this game I just wanna fall in love On that hill in the forest Under the sun, on a bed of posies By the water, going softer I just wanna feel it all Eternity wash me over How do I go on How will I ever know How am I meant to stay
11.
Your lips and your eyes Your touch and your kiss Such are the things that I often miss They’re in my heart They’re in my heart The more I want the more I desire Sets my willing heart on fire It’s hard to hold But it’s harder to let go Took one more piece to make it whole And now it’s in our hands Close your eyes And when the time comes For you I’d lose it all Your lips and your eyes Your touch and your kiss Every night wraps me up like this Such a strong hold Closer we keep More tangled and true Folding in on parts of you Such a firm hold Gets harder to let go Took one more piece to make it whole And now it’s in our hands Close your eyes And when the time comes For you I’d lose it all

about

Temple of Angels’ debut full-length, Endless Pursuit, is a towering and stunning album of gothic beauty that heralds the proper arrival of one of the most dazzling bands performing right now. Shaped by the ghosts of the past and the wonder of the present, the release is dream pop at its most striking, using the haze and beauty of the genre not to blur songs til they are impenetrable in every sense, but rather to capture the fleeting wonder of new love and emphasize the confusion and disorientation of loss.

Formed in 2017 in Austin, Texas, Avery Burton (guitar/vocals), Patrick Todd (drums/vocals), and Cole Tucker (guitar) had all played in various hardcore and punk bands around town for years, but were keen to explore the dreamier, moodier music they enjoyed as well. After recording a few demos, they recruited Bre Morell (vocals) to be their lead singer. The new group self-releasing two EPs–2017’s Temple of Angels and 2018’s Foiled–and a single on Funeral Party Records in 2019, and were soon performing with the likes of Beach Fossils, Iceage, Narrow Head, and Turnover as well as at festivals like Levitation and Not Dead Yet.

Now Temple of Angels have arrived with Endless Pursuit. Recorded with Colin Knight (Death Bells, Fury, Leisure World) and Phillip Odom (Ceremony, Militarie Gun, Portrayal of Guilt), and then mastered by Will Yip (Turnover, Citizen, Title Fight), the album sounds so fully formed and assured that it belies the difficult circumstances that inspired it. While Temple of Angels started working on Endless Pursuit in 2020, the pandemic and Morell’s move to Los Angeles meant that the band wouldn’t start recording it until late 2021. In that in-between, separated from friends and partner, Morell began to fully process the loss of her mother in 2017. “I started having extremely vivid nightmares reliving certain experiences with my mom that started to take over my life, trapping me in that trauma,” Morell explains. These dreams, filled with “the constant feeling that something or someone so essential to you is missing, home doesn't feel like home anymore, and something about this world just feels off now” would form the central core of Endless Pursuit. A sense of unease can be heard in the eerie lumber of the title track that opens the record, all shimmering, spider-like guitar lines and Morell’s hushed vocals swirling together. Or the way Morell’s voice reaches a pained, aching wail in the finale of “Lost in Darkness”, capturing the sense of person or moment that is truly lost forever.

Yet Endless Pursuit isn’t just sorrow and anguish. Moments of joy and comfort are also present throughout the album. “Sometimes a beautiful dream will sneak in past the nightmares, which inspire a lot of my writing as well, specifically these dreams I had as a teenager that took place in a past or future life in some kind of parallel universe,” Morell confesses. “I’ve been thinking about those dreams for 16+ years and they still consume me.” A song like “Tangled In Joy” is the band at their brightest and catchiest, an avalanche of jangling guitar chords and Morell’s vocals at their sweetest, swelling and cascading over each other. The band aimed to limit the effects they used on Endless Pursuit in order to further step away from being labeled shoegaze, and the result is an album that’s bolder and sharper–more willing to step out of the shadows.

It’s fitting that Endless Pursuit ends with “(For You) I’d Lose It All,” a track that’s as grandiose and gigantic as The Chameleons at their peak and possibly Temple of Angels’ most anthemic song to date. With Todd taking center stage on vocals, out pours a tale of desire so intense it consumes every part of your being, matched by a thunderous rhythm section, and amplified into the heavens by soaring keyboards in the chorus. It feels almost defiant; a refusal to ignore something wonderful even if it may just end in more sorrow.

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released July 8, 2023

Written and performed by Bre Morell, Cole Tucker, Patrick Todd, Avery Burton & Jacob Cloud
Engineered and produced by Colin Knight
Additional Production by Phillip Odom
Vocals produced and engineered on "Lost in Darkness", "Torment", "Secret Place", and "Stay" by Phillip Odom
Mixed by Phillip Odom
Mastered by Will Yip
Layout Design by Lauren N. Bailey
Artwork by Bre Morell

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