Guster - 'Hard Times' [Official Audio]

"Hard Times" is from Guster's new album, Look Alive, out now on Nettwerk Music & Ocho Mule Records.

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LYRICS:

Enter a scene that defies description
They say to open your mind
And take it all inside
One click at a time

We move through fictions
And send our sisters to the sacrifice
A cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times

I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times

10,000 miles of the new prescriptions
So we open our mouths and take 'em all inside
One pill at a time
The purist fictions

We send our sisters to the sacrifice
With cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times

I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times

A new religion
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
And then the audience goes wild!

I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times

Guster is Brian Rosenworcel, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds and Adam Gardner.

[mikehammock]

I have listened to this album on my iPhone a 109 times and I swear it gets better every time. I love to listen to all of you. It moves me back to my center in ways I haven’t found possible anywhere else in my walk.

This sounds nothing like the Guster I remember...but I really dig it. Definitely gonna be taking a look at this new stuff.

[winklett]

We move through fictions (where genius lies); sinister systems keep us satisfied -- So true. Love this song and the ever-changing sounds of each new album. Thanks Guster, for getting us through all the hard times.

[ryzero.]

This is what indie music is going for plus its well produced. Pretty impressive, and without losing the signature "guster feel".

[Cloudcage]

I’ve been waiting for what feels like forever for new music from you guys. This was worth the wait. Awesome song and I can’t wait to see what comes next.

[JeffIftekaruddin]

Absolutely phenomenal. Guster is one of the best bands out there. LOVE this sound

[davidmallen]

Just saw them last night in Saxapahaw, NC and this song kills in person. They only played a few from the new album but this song was the first they played and the place went off. The bass is fantastic and they lit up the venue. Most of their new stuff is awesome. Can't wait to see them again.

[laramiestreet]

so great. I've been listening to Guster since 2004 and I can not think of a better evolution of Guster's sound.

[VVangs]

Well done boys! Now you need to come to SLC and play it for us live! :-)

[ohwhatacutup]

I genuinely love every second of this. Guster is consistently my favorite band. This song matches my life rn.

[Melanizing]

Been a fan from the beginning, amazes me how every 1-2 albums your sound noticeably changes and evolves....yet it’s always Guster. Enjoying this and can’t wait to hear a new album and the next evolution.

[obeauty]

I remember when guster was Gus- damn I’m old

[nathanhobbins]

I love Adam's part in this song. Man, I wish he sang more often in the newer stuff. His singing and Brian's bongos were what the older stuff awesome

[whatdidudo]

Go away Coronavirus. Thanks for the great music Guster

[daniell]

can't wait to see y'all in Louisville! Guster keeps me going through the hard times

[LisiiChesney]

A friend introduced me to your music when I was in middle school. Guster was my first step into the world of music outside Backstreet Boys (listen, I was a kid, don't judge haha) and your sound blew my mind, I was obsessed and I'd listen to Lost and Gone Forever on repeat for hours and hours. Some shit went down in my life around that time and you guys helped get me through it. I always carried one of your CDs with me (or a mix with some of your songs), when I transitioned to an mp3 player I got your music first, same with iTunes, then Spotify. My music taste has branched out and changed in the fifteen years since I first heard Guster, but Lost and Gone Forever is still my absolute favorite, ride-or-die album. As in if I had to choose only one album to listen to for the rest of my life, despite all the other music I also love, it'd be no contest. This year has been incredibly rough for me, like rock-bottom after I already thought I hit rock-bottom rough. There's a light at the end of the tunnel and I know I'll make it through with time but I also know getting there is going to be a long painful process and it's been easy to fall back into feeling hopeless (the state of the world isn't helping either). But man...I just found out you released Hard Times / Don't Go (thank you Spotify!!) and thirty seconds in I was tearing up and getting goosebumps. Music hasn't made me feel like this in way too long and god what timing. This is exactly what I didn't know I needed.

Sorry for the long-winded TMI, I just wanted to let you know you were formative for me and have had a HUGE impact on my life. Thank you for making music, I wouldn't be the person I am without it and you're still keeping me going. "Things come around in hard times..."

[subwayeatfrisch]

Good shit!
Got a real Collins Genesis feel here

[aidanheaney]

Yes! I love you guys and am a massive fan! Been waiting forever! Keep up the hard work! Didn't really sound like your older stuff but still but awesome!

[imana]

just came from watching the Eagles vs. Bears game & heard the first five seconds of the song and FREAKED OUT !!!

[devernepersonal]

Guster I had to remember you were the " You're my Satellite" guys lol. This is sweet shit though. Reminds me of the band Yes.