Men I Trust - Untourable Album (HQ)

Untourable Album
Cover by Lynn Goldsmith

00:00 Organon
02:30 Oh Dove
05:47 Sugar
08:43 Sorbitol
11:41 Tree Among Shrubs
14:49 Before Dawn
18:22 Serenade of water
21:18 5AM Waltz
23:15 Always Lone
26:30 Ante Meridiem
28:56 Lifelong Song
31:58 Shoulders
35:23 Beluga

01 Organon

I’m one
My blood
I owe
I bear
The past
My heirs
I owe
I bear
(bis)

When I smell sweet hay
Peace of mind comes
Distant land I’m from
Honey & sun

Oh, I relieve it
Where I was born
Oh, I can feel it
In the storm

02 Oh Dove

You’re not done
You just broke a bone
Oh dove
You’re not the one that’s gone

To be ours
Like the trees on our shores
All tweezed
The cliffs eat away at our knees
On my knees

I’ll be the one to tell your story, don’t say you’re sorry, you rest and heal
You used to be my spear without fear, you had the will
I want to give you time, give you mine, until you heal
You used to speed your way through the fields, but now you’re still

Soon we’ll roam
There’ll be shade once more
We’ll stray
Oblivious of boats sailing home
Sailing home

03 Sugar

I ran out of made up consolations
I’ve been waiting forever
How can you call me with such conviction?
“Sugar cane, sugar “

You get yourself out of situations
Won’t you leave me, won’t you?
‘Cause I don’t have the time for indignations
“Sugar cane, sugar”

It goes on and on and on
And it goes on and on and on again
(bis)

Can you find just one thing you cherish?
Would you hold me just like you mean it?
Am I the one with much imagination?
Give me one reason

As it gets older,
You keep pulling and pushing away
But you never promised me
To be wiser or better

04 Sorbitol

Took a Flintstone pill
Pantry uphill
Curtain child within
My teens, our dreams
Ride through Hyrule fields
Roaming scuffing
Mileage on my bike breezing

The freedom
I enjoyed through flames
I owe it
Mother and bygones
Remember
Days that gave me aim,
So I can feel the same

I don’t know about your love
I don’t know about your past
Things I did have brought me shame, and pride
Alas, I don’t know about your past

05 Tree Among Shrubs

You make no sound
As folks gather ‘round,
Like shadow hounds
Eyes seem unsound
As folks gather ‘round
And please you aloud

And I now believe that no one asked
About your secret past
The pain to match your strength
And I now believe that no one thought
You had a lonely past
The pain and strengths so vast

From mellow seas,
To houses on wheels,
To slabs in West lands,
Hand in hand
From yellow bills,
To slabs in West lands,
Like bones in your hands

But I see a tree that's standing high among the shrubs
So only one hand may rest its palm upon my cheeks
The only one that I'll need

To know why no one asked
About your secret past
The pain to match your strength
And I now believe that no one thought
You had a lonely past
And pain to match your vein
When it rains

07 Serenade of water

Slow, we all slowly move
“Just like a river’s flow… never ends” gentle

How long,
Go slow on me
No longer young
Hold on to thee
I’m where I belong
Go slow on me
Hold that we’re bond
In truth

Go slow on me
Slow on me
(bis)

Be My Love
Once more
Tears and joys together
Tweeds and stones, our past our tether
Be My Love
Once more
Springs and hail we weather
Gentle

08 5AM Waltz

Don’t Say Much
I know I
Don’t Own Much
I Know I
(bis)

09 Always Lone

I’m not someone
You take away and leave alone
I’m not the one
To shy away and moan

And though I am
A deeply flawed human
I feel the shame
When you lay your eyes on me with pain
It’s not hard to see you’re getting cold
Oh, bring me home
Where I’m proud
Where the scales are plane
And It’s sane

We can play your game
Such a cruel way
To keep you entertained
It’s hard to see who gains
And who plays

I’d rather be the one who got fooled
Than to have my heart cooled
I always care
Always lone,
Always lone,

10 Ante Meridiem

Slide
Staring high
Dolly cam
Fixing light
Must be ‘live

And I'm breathing
Lost in time,
I'm fine
And I'm feeling
And I'm bleeding

“Same”
“We're the same”
“Different times”
Near my bed
Passing friend

11 Lifelong Song

Three times the echoes of my name
How could someone not turn insane
What made you leave, what made you go,
Long road, long time ago,

Whistling your lifelong song
Solace is your lifelong song
(bis)

You fenced yourself from the crowd
Black water, far as eyes can see,
Clear metal taste in your mouth
Nights howl,
Are you invited or not, ‘till dawn?

Three times the echoes of my name
Can one man be an island
I want to leave, I want to go,
A long way, like you taught me so,

12 Shoulders

Time, won’t you ease my shoulders?
They got here unsafe
Winter’s monsters adopted my place

I don’t know how you’ve been
I don’t know who she is but I can tell
She’s ‘got delicate hands
That must dance around you with the grace
Of a free bird
Of a song

Time won’t you ease me?
I wonder if you’re still waiting with
Pride for the sun, for the one
To tell you to go to sleep

Of a bird
Of a song
Of a bird
(bis)

[abiflo]

i’m so excited, i’ve had oncle jazz on repeat for a whole year

[Quinteraoceana]

I’m pregnant with my first child, and as she wiggles and kicks me in my tummy, I think about how I will soon be giving my entire life to my baby. It’s an exciting moment but it feels just like this album. Every time I play it it’s so bittersweet that when my baby is all grown up I’ll get flashbacks to me listening this album on repeat in 2021.

[nbigham]

Men I Trust really said “Let’s take all we learned in our previous albums, distill it’s essence, and start from the beginning to create one of the greatest indie records of all time”.

[komi-origami]

There is a unique mood in this album that I haven’t found anywhere else

[justin-zymg]

This album feels like a rainy, foggy morning right before your life is about to change forever

[ist]

never known a band who can balance remaining fiercely independent, sticking to their own terms and their own principles, while remaining inclusive, friendly, and welcoming to all

their music is like a friend covering you with a blanket and setting a glass of water next to you at the end of a heavy night

[aquibalamLUMOS]

I m from India. And me and my cat are listening to this song while it's raining outside. Bless you all!

[bennie_who]

The bass on this album absolutely fucking slaps

[kayroe]

Emma really influenced the sound and feel of the music. Men I trust's first two albums were less dream pop compared to now.

[avainspired]

Men I trust's music is like a painting that you keep staring at, entranced and you keep noticing more beautiful things about it. I can't wait for new sounds!!

[yungjose]

The instrumentals are so flipping unique it's like the music you hear in between space-time travel

[bernardgonzales]

When I first heard Men I Trust, they weren't the type of music genre I generally listen to, but they're creativity just pulled me in.. but this album, just made them go to the top of my favorites list. They stayed within their realm, but also went out on a limb and its perfect!!!

[epalheta]

Every time I hear "Men I Trust" I get the feeling I can die in peace. Even though things aren't okay, it's like they're going to be okay in the end.

[volkruss]

"Sugar" is probably one of my favorites. That sweet bassline gives it the perfect seasoning!

And Emma's vocals are softer than cotton candy. What a wonderful song!

[Alpha_Canem]

There's music you like because it's popular, because the looks, the lyrics, the history, someone special or because they're great musicians. Then there's the music that touches your soul, that's it right here folks.

[miluaaaa]

When I listen to this I'm kind of happy and sad at the same time. Melancholic at it's best. This album feels like my past teenage years where I couldn't sleep, sat by my open window all night, secretly smoking cigarettes so my parents wouldn't know and looking at the stars only in my underwear some oversized a hoodie a random boy borrowed me and my cozy socks. I felt alone and was graving someone to share this moment with but in the end I was happy to have this moment all by myself because I knew no-one could ever experience this moment as I did. And that also made me happy and sad at the same time.

[chillgamer]

We all have been waiting for this since 2019!!

[unzibug]

This came out when I first started college. This album was exactly how I felt about starting adulthood. A foggy reminiscence to the past, a tired yet upbeat feeling. The feeling of seeing the world as it actually is at the moment and gratefully accepting you as you are all in truth. This album will forever be a blanket that shys away my newfound adult responsibilities for at least 30 mins 💗

[SpacePepermunt]

Can't wait to spin this vinyl and forget about everything for a while

[helenstorey]

I am currently undergoing my second cast on my left foot so far in 2023, thinking with my family about the possibility of ankle surgery in the future. I'm angry, tired. At the same time, I am getting rid of the vague hope of love and a future together that I felt for a friend that I really loved very much. University is not being so pleasant, it is a constant feeling of loneliness that only gets worse with each semester I spend in college. Right now is not my best stage. Finding this band, with their music, relieves me a little. It feels nostalgic, happy, optimistic and that makes me feel good. Really thank you.