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With America shrouded by a thick noise of bombastic rhetoric that deifies the honor of war, its veterans quietly return home to deal with its silent pity. Sleep Station’s Blood of Our Fathers cuts through the noise of patriotic fervor, amplifying the quiet melancholy that too often marks a soldier’s return to a country equipped to deal with the myth of their sacrifice, but not its reality.

This 11-track LP is laced with catchy melodies that act as a thin layer of protection against the raw scars of families drifted apart and the stains of a comrade’s blood that can never be washed from a soldier’s memory. It’s understated and often ironically joyous instrumentation adeptly places these harrowing stories against a political climate that honors their sacrifice with cheap platitudes.

Penned by David Debiak, Blood of Our Fathers decries America’s halfhearted care for its veterans and their families in a folksy, somber voice that seizes the listener and demands their attention.

“I don’t like the Sun and it don’t like me. Each bullet has a name, which one is named for me? My wife is but a ghost, a memory, a dream, I sit and write my son to pray for me. It’s easy to kill when you don’t have to fight, as long as the blood of our fathers survives.”

As visions of home and family fade, Debiak’s well-crafted characters come time and again to the Virgin Mary for an absolution that eludes them. Meanwhile, their commander-in-chief prays for the strength to carry out God’s will.

“Like most writers, I’m simply telling stories.” Debiak says. “Some are good, some are sad, some are mine, some are theirs, and some are made up.”

This album is offered as a digital download exclusively on Airandseabattle.com, all that we and the band ask is that the listener vote in the upcoming election as its only price.

Track Listing:
01. Brothers, 02. Can’t Shake This Town, 03. Blood of Our Fathers, 04. Dream of Mary, 05. America, 06. Leads Back Home, 07. I’ve Been Blind Enough To See, 08. Where Love Used To Grow, 09. Shadow of The Guns, 10. Oh Mary, 11. Brownstone Mill

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