Badlands #4

Z.P. Kunkle and I made a record of narratives together. We share a love for the macabre and folk music.

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Badlands #4 is the story of a heist gone wrong. Johnny, Marcus, and the singer of the song think they’ve got an easy payday. Turns out they’ve been setup. There’s a firefight. It’s not pretty.

Badlands #4 (A.S. Coomer)

Johnny got the keys to the store

I didn’t ask him how

I didn’t need to know more

I thought: here’s a payday

I just said: let’s go

I set it up for the next night

Johnny, Marcus, & me didn’t even bring masks

We thought we’d come off clean

They were waiting at the door

6 cops or more

I didn’t need to see more

I started dropping them

One after the next

I saw Marcus fall too

I put another badge on the deck

Back in the car, Johnny bleeding out under them badland stars

I seen men gut-shot before

I knew there was no hope for him

I said: take this Vicodin

He started in on his rosary

I told him we had one last stop to go

The Little Missouri: up & running from the rain

The Little Missouri: carry him away from the pain

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You can purchase/stream/download the track (as well as the entire Badlands record) on all the usual places: Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Youtube, etc.

Mixed by Cory Gottron at Sub Par Studios.

Mastered by Tony Taylor at Rock Haus Studios.

Nod yer heads.

-A.S. Coomer