Deep Tunnel Project, by Deep Tunnel Project

Deep Tunnel Project

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1.	Connector 03:11	lyrics	buy track
The echoes of the greats Are ringing in my head Rusted pipes and fallow fields Buckled roads ahead When it floods they will come I am a connector If we build it They will flood When it floods They will come Our work here is never done Chicago to Calumet We connect it I am a connector What is never finished will never be done Right now
2.	Absolute Zero 02:08	lyrics	buy track
Outside the lander I’m all alone now I’m on the big rock It’s getting cold Absolute, absolute zero I’m all alone This isn’t forever It’s not long enough I want to bring you back It’s getting colder, and it’s getting tough I’m not speaking in code I know what I mean Mach 31, mach 13 Absolute, absolute zero I’m all alone That’s where I’ll end up I want to bring you back It’s getting colder and it’s getting tough
3.	Chapter Verse Overture 04:53	lyrics	buy track
I read the chapters I read the verse I was sold the dream And I earned the curse We conduct ourselves with grace, with dignity We conduct ourselves with grace And we move with alacrity I was sold the dream I earned the curse There is nothing better There is nothing worse These cold hands of technology I’m begging asking you please Just a shred of humanity Just a touch of sympathy The cold hands of humanity I’m begging…
4.	South Branch 03:20	lyrics	buy track
You turned back You turned around You changed your mind All the time You turned back You changed your mind I’ve seen it happen All the time You took the South Branch You changed your mind You turned back You’re not coming back Guilt, sadness, anger, shame I’ve been through it all I came out the same You turned back You changed your mind Your turned around All the time You took the South Branch You changed your mind You turned back To the past It’s unreal or so it seems It’s unreal is it all a dream? Guilt, sadness, anger, shame
5.	The Grid 05:05	lyrics	buy track
The line of the climb Dissembled and rembled Tear the whole County down The sun never sets on this vision of mine Archer Elston Clybourn Lincoln I was always there You were always here I am always here I am always here The line of the climb Dissembled and rembled Bring the whole country down The sun never sets on this vision of mine Archer Ogden Milwaukee Clark Street The line of the climb Dissembled and rembled Bring the whole world down The sun never sets on this vision of mine Get on The Grid
6.	Gold Standard 03:15	lyrics	buy track
Bretton Woods ain’t shit to me Dylan stole my hits from me Bretton Woods ain’t shit to me Gold Standard can piss up a tree Bretton Woods meant so much to me When Dylan sings he speaks to me It’s a Gold Standard I’ll take census in 10 years time I’ll tell you what’s mine what’s mine what’s mine Big Boys said “start your own band” Nina said goddamn goddamn Gold Standard Not all random Heads up, Heads up Across the transom Big Boys said “start your own band” Nina said goddamn goddamn goddamn goddamn goddamn goddamn Valens and Holly Gone too quick Heads up heads they stole my hits Start again start again For the Gold
7.	When I Hit The Ground 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Weighed down by hopes, surrounded by ghosts My Mother and my Dad, I had all of that When the lights go down, and the sunset hits the ground When I hit the ground, when we all fall down When the lights go down and the sirens sound When I hit the ground, we all fall down We all fall down, when I hit the ground In four more hours until we’ll hit the ground I got a red card in this game I got a yellow card in this life From corroded ideals and rusted minds I woke up stolen, I woke up broke On the dark side of the room Look for me I’ll see you soon From the greats and ghosts Nothing left to hope Nothing to be found Thirty thousand feet until I’ll hit the ground
8.	Elysian Fields 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Remember when we first met When it all changed Sunny and sublime When it all changed Ho-Whoah One more step One more stride In the end I know I tried By the highway and the tollway Halfway to Eden Charmed and connected We wouldn’t be going back Hey 4X Oh-oh-whoah Wouldn’t be going back What is never finished will never be done
9.	Sweetest Bells 03:09	lyrics	buy track
The sweetest bells Of my life I swear I’ve heard them Once or twice I’ve got to choose It’s not me anymore I’ve got nothing to lose It’s what I have become I lied to myself For almost half my life I had cancer almost Bite my tongue twice So believe me Believe me What I say is true It’s not me anymore Reinvented and stunned Am I too smart To be that numb Why does it smart To feel that numb I don’t know, maybe I died twice Almost Takes your breath away Almost, almost already The sweetest bells Of my life I swear I’ve heard them Once or twice
10.	Dry Spell 04:06	lyrics	buy track
It just pours out of me, after a year It’s like a bright shining light, it grows and then it goes It pours out of me Our work here is never done We all try to do our part We all have to do our part To fill the hole that’s left From Wilmette to Calumet You made it turn For generations we’ve never learned You’re so dry It just pours out of me all the time now Like a bright light that grows and goes It pours out of me My work here is finally done Our work here is finally done To fill the hole that’s left From Dekalb to Calumet You made it turn For generations we’ve never learned You’re so dry What is never finished will never be done
11.	Took a Hammering 02:46	info	buy track

about

Deep Tunnel Project formed in the summer of 2021. John Mohr and Mike Greenlees, bandmates in TAR and Blatant Dissent, have a friendship and musical partnership that goes back to the mid 80s. Mike and John busied themselves reissuing old TAR records during the pandemic. That was fun, but what really is fun is writing new songs, collaborating and performing. So…they got the jones to do just that.

Jeff Dean contacted John in the spring of ’21 looking to acquire a TAR record. Jeff is a Chicago music veteran and legendary figure, having played in many bands over the years including Dead Ending, The Bomb, Heavy Seas and Her Head’s on Fire.

John seized the opportunity to not just deliver the record to Jeff, but to suggest he join John and Mike and see if they can come up with some music. So… they started working on some riffs and ideas.

Something was percolating but the low end was needed. On a hopeful whim, John contacted old friend and Touch and Go Records label-mate Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit, Mint Mile, Sunn O)))) to see if he wanted to “play some bass?” “Sure!” was Tim’s response and Deep Tunnel Project were off!

Having not written new songs in 25+ years, Mohr had a couple riffs and lyric ideas in him. Collaborating started, and 2021 was productive, concluding with writing and recording six songs.

2022 was better. Vaccines were available and songwriting continued. An inaugural performance took place that spring, and over the year another four songs were written and a “clever cover” of Breaking Circus’s ‘Took a Hammering” was added to the collection.

Those five songs were expertly recorded by Matthew Barnhart in the winter of ’23 at Deep Tunnel Project’s rehearsal space.

J. Robbins (Jawbox, Government Issue, Burning Airlines, Channels, and general awesome human) did the mixification.

This is a Chicago record.

We rehearse here, work here, live here, and have paid our dues here. Like it or not, we’re lifers. We have strong feelings about how to slice a pizza, and we appreciate good art and infrastructure. There’s less road ahead than there is behind us, but there is still time left to create. While we won’t finish what we started, much like the Deep Tunnel Project itself, we will continue working.

Also contributing to this effort is our old friend Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day) and Rachel Drew (singer-songwriter and awesome human). Rick lays down a blistering guitar solo (?) throughout “Gold Standard”. Rachel adds evocative and elevating vocals on “The Grid” and “Chapter Verse Overture.”

This is a rock record. Hardened by time and experience. Two guitars, Mohr’s dry lyrics, more (Mohr?) melody than in the past, Midyett’s classic bass sound, and Greenlees’ banging the tubs as only he can.

Post-Rock, Hyphen-rock, Crazy Horse meet Minutemen? It would be hard to disagree, but that’s for the listener to decide. We think there’s some earworms here, and it fits like a comfy hoodie sometimes. Jeff Dean’s guitar solo on “South Branch”? Brilliant.

Deep Tunnel Project’s debut full-length is alive and available through all retail and digital channels courtesy Comedy Minus One.

Huzzah!

credits

released April 5, 2024

Jeff Dean - Guitar
Michael Greenlees - Drums
Tim Midyett - Bass Guitar, vocals on “Took a Hammering”
John Mohr - Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Rachel Drew - vocals on “The Grid,” “Chapter Verse Overture”
Rick Rizzo - electric guitar on “Gold Standard”

Rachel Drew recorded by John Szymanski at Szymanski Studios

Rick Rizzo recorded by Tim Midyett at Budlong Studio

Recorded and mastered by Matthew Barnhart

Mixed by J. Robbins at The Magpie Cage Recording Studio, Baltimore

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Deep Tunnel Project Chicago, Illinois

Deep Tunnel Project are Jeff Dean, Mike Greenlees, Tim Midyett, and John Mohr.

What is never finished will never be done.

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