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Before the Sound, Before the Light

by The Picture Tour

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1.
In the Dark 04:23
in the dark, how the hands will seek. in the dark, you will come to me. in the dark, I still see you. in the dark. in the dark.
2.
Shapeshifter 03:47
white dress hangs down on the floor, shadow cast from ground to the door. “She held my hand against her chest, her heart, Thudding,” just breathe some more. you’ll never find me now, slow down you’ll never catch me now, closed down. always looking at the corner, her face, will it change some more? strangers on their best behavior, did time just slip a little more? you’ll never find me now, slow down you’ll never find me now, closed down. you’ll never find me now, slow down you’ll never find me now, fall down. fall down. fall down.
3.
before the blood, before the bone, we hunger and thirst, forgiveness burns. before the lust, before the guilt. the soul who seeks , salvation keeps. just one thing is necessary… just one thing is necessary… just one thing is necessary… just one thing is necessary… before mercy, before delight, we hunger and thirst, forgiveness burns.
4.
don’t say it’s not enough. our hearts, stop thinking of. lose me. your face, slow to appease. our hearts, the sweetness and ease. lose me. lose me.
5.
the end will come with force tonite, before the sound, before the light. the clouds follow with roar unmatched, O roar, with might! O roar with might! on me… on me… ter-ror in bones, the fear in hearts, splinter this world, our last goodbye. the stir-ring snap, the fractured light this dirt won’t dry, this storm’s alive. on me… the sound and the fury
6.
Monolith 03:01
7.
though I fall, I will also rise, hell beyond, your silent tongue. you will have only me, horror, beyond the clean flame again. lay down, the blood will find its way. the skin, is soft, the smell is light, begin.
8.
Sonic Gloom 06:22
all I see colors everywhere. what does it mean? born from error lost my sight, i can still see the light. all I see, colors everywhere. we’ll never stop until you’re gone wires crossed, you know you’re lost. honey. honey.
9.
i hear the sea call back to me, “stay with me for all eternity” please me. she caused the storm to be still, slowed the waves to a quiet hush. please me. she stands on the sands of the shore, darkens day into nite. i feel her cold black hands, i hear her dry whisper “walk to me… will you please me?”

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First full-length from dark-rockers, The Picture Tour.

"Billy Armijo has long been one of the secretly great songwriters out of Denver in the last couple of decades even though his time-honored and now defunct experimental pop project The Bedsit Infamy never got its due. As one of the guitarists in Emerald Siam he has demonstrated a versatile skill for crafting fetchingly brooding and expansive guitar soundscapes. With this debut album from The Picture Tour, Armijo brings these gifts together for a record that reflects the songwriter’s knack for a tasty melancholic hook. The circular guitar figure of “The Sweetness and the Ease” evolves into an entrancing bit of dream pop like a kinder, gentler Ride. Following the song up with the decidedly darker “The Sound and the Fury” is a perhaps planned example of how Armijo has structured the songs and the album as an exercise of emotional contrasts and the complexity of our lived experience. “Sonic Gloom” might be a bit on the nose as a summation of the record’s aesthetic but also a summation of the musical impulses represented across its nine songs."

- Tom Murphy, Queen City Sounds
queencitysoundsandart.wordpress.com

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released February 4, 2022

All songs written, recorded and performed by The Picture Tour.

All art by Naya Kotko, @kot___ko on Instagram

Drums and percussion by John McEntire on Those Who Hunger and The Sweetness and the Ease, recorded at Soma Studios.
www.somastudios.com

Mastered at The SoundLAB. *Shapeshifter mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios.
www.abbeyroad.com

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The Picture Tour Denver, Colorado

Former guitarist of Denver rock band Emerald Siam, Billy Armijo, is now stepping forward with his new project, The Picture Tour. Armijo released his first solo full-length album as the Picture Tour in 2022 and is bringing his band to life welcoming Mike Genova on bass, and Drew Dyer on drums. The Picture Tour straddles genres, beautifully blending Post-Punk, Darkwave, Goth and Shoegaze.

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