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West of Wonderland

by cult of wedge

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1.
Mind over matter 04:08
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SHE'S A SUPERHERO SUPERVILLAIN ALL ROLLED INTO ONE SHE'S A MISTRESS OF PERSISTENCE WITH AN INTUITION SECOND TO NONE SHE'S MY BLACK WIDOW SCARLET WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS WHEN MY LIFE IS ON THE LINE SHE'S ALWAYS FIRST ON THE SCENE SHE'S GOT MIND OVER MATTER FACT OVER DATA MY BRAINS COOKED, FRIED, AND BATTERED AT THE THOUGHT OF HER SUPERPOWERS SHE'S GOT MIND OVER MATTER FACT OVER DATA SHE'S AS MAD AS A HATTER BUT I LOVE HER ANYHOW SHE'S A SISTER OF MERCY SHE CURES ALL MY FEARS SHE'S A TRIPLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN AN OLYMPIC YEAR SHE'S A SECRET SUPERWOMAN COULD DIFFUSE AN ATOM BOMB SHE ALWAYS PICKS ME UP WHEN I FLY TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN SHE'S GOT MIND OVER MATTER FACT OVER DATA MY BRAINS COOKED, FRIED, AND BATTERED AT THE THOUGHT OF HER SUPERPOWERS SHE'S GOT MIND OVER MATTER FACT OVER DATA SHE'S AS MAD AS A HATTER BUT I WOULDNT BE WITHOUT HER NOW SHE'S MY STRAIGHT SHOOTING, STRAIGHT TALKING NO NONSENSE REBEL PRINCESS I'M UNDER STRESS C'MON BABY USE THE FORCE AND GET ME OUTTA THIS MESS
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Guitar Girl 02:46
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SHE JUST BOUGHT A STRATOCASTER SHE KNOWS THREE CHORDS GONNA PLAY EM FASTER I WOULDNT PUT IT PAST HER TO BE JUMPIN ON A PLANE WITH AN ALBUM MASTER I WAS JAMMING WITH HER YESTERDAY SHE WAS CHANNELING JIMI AT MONTEREY NO MATTER WHAT THE BOOK SAYS I COULD NEVER QUITE MANAGE TO PLAY IN A DAY SHE'S GOT AN OVERDRIVE, SHE TURNED IT UP TO NINE SHE NEARLY BLEW MY MIND YEAH! CHERRY RED, CANDY APPLE SHE PICKS HER GUITAR TO MATCH HER LIPSTICK YEAH I'M IN A WAR, I'M IN A BATTLE FIGHTING FOR HER AFFECTIONS I'M IN LOVE WITH A GUITAR GIRL I'M IN LOVE WITH A GUITAR GIRL I WAS SEARCHING FOR THE KILLER RIFF ITS ALREADY THERE AT HER FINGERTIPS SHE'S SHREDDING LIKE A WILD THING A HELLS ANGEL PLAYING ON MY HEART STRINGS SHE KICKED THE PHASER IN, MY HEAD BEGAN TO SPIN I COULDNT STAND THE DIN YEAH! CHERRY RED, CANDY APPLE SHE PICKS HER GUITAR TO MATCH HER LIPSTICK YEAH FRET BUZZ, STRING RATTLE I'M JUMPIN OUTTA THE SADDLE I'M IN LOVE WITH A GUITAR GIRL I'M IN LOVE WITH A GUITAR GIRL SHE SWITCHED THE FUZZ BOX ON ITS LIKE AN ATOM BOMB MY MIND IS NEARLY GONE YEAH!
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Insomniac 03:49
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AWAKE ALL NIGHT TWISTING AND TURNING FEELS LIKE A FEVER MY HEAD IS SPINNING SO MANY HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE MORNING SO I GO DOWNSTAIRS TO MY TV CHAIR AND WATCH RE-RUNS OF KUNG FU AND CHEERS TO PASS AWAY THE TIME TILL THE MORNING IS HERE CAUSE SINCE YOU BEEN AWAY I'VE JUST HAVENT SLEPT FOR DAYS IT AINT COINCIDENCE OR A PASSING PHASE ITS WAY PAST THE WITCHING HOUR AND I'M STILL WIDE AWAKE I'VE TRIED NEW AGE MUSIC AND COUNTING SHEEP EVEN CHLOROFORM WONT SEND ME TO SLEEP UNTIL THE DAY THAT YOU COME BACK OH YEAH, I'M AN INSOMNIAC I USED TO SLEEP WITH MY HEAD AND NECK COVERED UP I'D KEEP THE WINDOW CLOSED AND THE CURTAINS SHUT YOU THOUGHT IT ODD BUT I BLAMED IT ON SALEMS LOT WISH YOU WERE HERE BESIDE ME NOW BREATHING SOFTLY UNDER EIDERDOWN COPPING Z'S ON THAT TRAIN TO MORNINGTOWN CAUSE SINCE YOU BEEN GONE I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING THE NIGHT TERRORS AND THE FEARS COME CREEPING I'M DROWNING IN A WATER BED THAS JUST STARTED LEAKING I'VE TRIED NEW AGE MUSIC AND COUNTING SHEEP EVEN CHLOROFORM WONT SEND ME TO SLEEP UNTIL THE DAY THAT YOU COME BACK OH YEAH, I'M AN INSOMNIAC
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West of Wonderland 03:33
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YOU SAID YOU OWNED A UNICORN BUT TOTALLY TRUE TO FORM I FOUND THAT IT WASNT TRUE A LITTLE WHITE LIE YOU SAY YOUR MOMMA WAS A MARTIAL ARTS SPECIALIST YOUVE GOT A DAD AND BROTHER IN THE SAS BUT I SAW EM YESTERDAY DOWN THE BUILDING SITE YOUR HEAD IS SOMEWHERE WEST OF WONDERLAND SOUTH OF SHANGRI-LA NORTH OF BABYLON EAST OF AVALON WISHING ON A FALLING STAR YOU WERE WISHING ON A FALLING STAR YOU SAID THERE WERE FAIRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN I TRIED HARD NOT TO LAUGH I BEGGED YOUR PARDON YOUVE ALWAYS BEEN PRONE TO FANTASY YOUVE ALWAYS BEEN DETACHED FROM REALITY YOU WERE A FIRST CLASS DAYDREAMER OF THE FIRST DEGREE YOUR HEAD IS SOMEWHERE WEST OF WONDERLAND SOUTH OF SHANGRI-LA NORTH OF BABYLON EAST OF AVALON WISHING ON A FALLING STAR YOU WERE WISHING ON A FALLING STAR YESTERDAY I COULDNT STOP LAUGHING YOU SAID YOU WERE THE ONE WHO RELEASED THE KRAKEN YOU WERE THE ONE WHO ENTERED BEFORE THE DRAGON WELL, PICTURES OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN
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Laura take me dancing 03:53
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LAURA, I'M A NERVOUS WRECK I'VE GOT THE TV ON AND ITS SCARING ME TO DEATH MAN ON THE NEWS SPEAKS OF NUCLEAR WAR I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT THIS TWENTY FIRST CENTURIES GOT IN STORE SO BEFORE WE VANISH IN A MUSHROOM CLOUD WHY DONT WE TAKE A TAXI TO THE OTHER PART OF TOWN AND LOSE OURSELVES, IN THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC THIS MAYBE OUR LAST CHANCE SO BABY DONT REFUSE IT LAURA TAKE ME DANCING YOUR THE CURE FOR THE BLUES WE CAN GO DOWNTOWN HONEY WE CANT LOSE LAURA TAKE ME DANCING WEAR THAT ROSE IN YOUR HAIR WE CAN ACT SO CRAZY LIKE WE JUST DONT CARE ABOUT TOMORROW... ABOUT TOMORROW... LAURA, I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO I'M LIKE A ROCKET IN A BOTTLE AND YOU'VE JUST LIT THE FUSE YOU SPIN ME ROUND, LIKE A MOTOWN 45 I'M CONFUSED, BEMUSED, BUT GLAD TO BE ALIVE AND I WISH THIS NIGHT COULD LAST FOREVER AND IF ITS THE LAST I'M GLAD WE SPENT IT TOGETHER GETTING LOST, IN, THE NIGHT AND THE CITY SO PARDON ME GIRL BECAUSE MY HEAD IS GETTING DIZZY LAURA TAKE ME DANCING YOUR THE CURE FOR THE BLUES WE CAN GO DOWNTOWN HONEY WE CANT LOSE LAURA TAKE ME DANCING WEAR THAT ROSE IN YOUR HAIR WE CAN ACT SO CRAZY LIKE WE JUST DONT CARE ABOUT TOMORROW... ABOUT TOMORROW... THERE'S A CHANCE TOMORROW MIGHT NEVER COME IF SOME DUMB FOOL GOES AND DROPS THE BOMB SO THIS IS MY OPNINION FOR WHAT ITS WORTH I'D LIKE TO SPEND WITH YOU MY LAST NIGHT ON EARTH OH LAURA...
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If But's and Maybe's 04:57
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SAY YOU AINT SEEN A BLUE SKY SINCE SEPTEMBER WELL, THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT JUST REMEMBER THERE'S ALWAYS A SUNNY DAY UP ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND YOU SAY JANUARY HAS 100 DAYS AND IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN PAID SOMEONE CAME AND CUT THAT MONEY TREE DOWN WELL LIVING ON THE CLIFF EDGE AINT SO VERY FUNNY AND I KNOW WE AINT LOADED BUT I'LL TELL YOU HONEY WHEN I'M WITH YOU IT FEELS LIKE I'M RICH WITHOUT MONEY NO IF BUTS OR MAYBE'S WE'RE GONNA RIDE ON A TRAIN THATS FULL OF GRAVY GONNA GET BACK TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRACKS AGAIN NO IF BUTS OR MAYBE'S GONNA FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY AND STING LIKE A BEE GONNA PUNCH OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MISERY CRAZY MAN PREACHING HATE ON TV WELL HE'LL BE GONE SOON JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE WE DONT STAND FOR THAT KIND OF THING THESE DAYS IN FACT, TURN OFF THE TV AND SWITCH OFF THE PHONE AND THROW IT IN THE BIN AND LEAVE IT ALONE BECAUSE ALL THAT SOCIAL MEDIA GIVES YOU SENSORY OVERLOAD DONT TRY TO START THE TV CAUSE I'VE TOOK OUT THE FUSE JUST LOOK OUT THE WINDOW THERE'S A BETTER VIEW THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD WAS MADE FOR ME AND YOU NO IF BUTS OR MAYBE'S WE'RE GONNA RIDE ON A TRAIN THATS FULL OF GRAVY GONNA GET BACK TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRACKS AGAIN NO IF BUTS OR MAYBE'S GONNA FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY AND STING LIKE A BEE GONNA PUNCH OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MISERY WINTER STARTS TO FADE AWAY, SPRING IS BRINGING BETTER DAYS PAINTING OVER THE CONCRETE AND THE GREY NOW THE BRAKES ARE OFF AND THE ENGINES A HUMMING THE WHISTLE BLOWS AND WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING SO HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT GIRL BECAUSE SUMMERS A COMING
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Laughing in the face of danger 02:59
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KICK THE TYRES AND LIGHT THE FIRES WE'RE GONNA DRAG THIS CAR WRECK FROM OUT OF THE MIRE GONNA RUN INTO TOWN DO THE MIRICAL MILE WELL NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK HELLO SQUIRE WE'RE GONNA LIGHT THE BLUE TOUCH PAPER GONNA PAINT THE TOWN WITH LASERS GONNA LAUGH IN THE FACE OF DANGER HA HA HA HA HA HA SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE FUN FOR TONIGHT WERE HOTTER THAN THE SUN WE'RE GONNA STRUT AROUND LIKE THE CHOSEN ONES WELL SHINE ON YOU CRAZY SON OF A GUN WE'RE GONNA LIGHT THE BLUE TOUCH PAPER GONNA PAINT THE TOWN WITH LASERS GONNA LAUGH IN THE FACE OF DANGER HA HA HA HA HA HA SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE FUN SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE FUN
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New York 04:27
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I DONT KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT NEW YORK CITY GETS MIGHTY COLD IN THE WINTER IN THE WINTER TIME BUT I COULD STILL FALL ASLEEP IN A TAXI CAB WITH THE HEATER ON, IN A TRAFFIC JAM WITH MY HEAD ON YOUR SHOULDER YOU PUSHING ME OVER AND I'M BLAMING THE JET LAG AND IF WE MAKE IT TO MANHATTAN THROUGH THE WINTER STORM I COULD STAY IN YOUR APARTMENT TILL I GET WARM SO GLAD I'M NOT ALONE DOWNTOWN IN THE CITY, THE BIG BIG CITY WELL PICTURE THIS BABY ONE SATURDAY IN MY BLACKHEATH MARKET SNEAKERS I'M STOMPING AWAY ON THE AVENUE NEXT TO RADIO CITY WITH STEELY DAN HUMOUR ME GIRL,CAUSE I'VE GOT THIS PLAN I WANT TO LAY DOWN ON BROADWAY JUST LIKE THE LAMB AND IF THE NYPD DRAG ME AWAY I'LL JUST BLAME THE JET LAG WONT YOU TAKE ME TO THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE THEN WE CAN GAZE OUT AT THE BIPLANES AND THE GIANT APE LETS MAKE IT A DATE DOWNTOWN IN THE CITY AND I'LL BE SINGING LALALALA LALALALALA LALALALA LALALALALA BECAUSE I'M LOST FOR WORDS AT THE SKYSCRAPERS I'M GETTING HIGH ON THE GASOLINE VAPOURS IN THE CITY I'D LIKE TO SWAP BRITANNIA FOR CENTRAL PARK TELL THEM WHERE TO STICK MY TWO BIT JOB AND IF THEY START TO COMPLAIN I'LL JUST LAUGH, AND BLAME THE JET LAG I'LL BLAME THE JET LAG AND I'LL BE SINGING LALALALA LALALALALA LALALALA LALALALALA BECAUSE I'M LOST FOR WORDS AT THE SKYSCRAPERS I'M GETTING HIGH ON THE GASOLINE VAPOURS IN THE CITY
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Poundshop Princess 05:27
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AS THE SUN ROSE UP OVER THE MOTORWAY I WATCH YOU SPEED BY OFF ON YOUR HOLIDAYS WITH TWO KIDS IN THE CAR, A HUSBAND CALLED CARL AND TOWING A CARAVAN AND I CAN TELL BY THE MODEL THAT YOUR DOING JUST FINE YOU GOT MONEY IN THE BANK AND YOUR ALL SET FOR LIFE BECAUSE CARL GOT PROMOTION AND ALL THAT YOUR SPENDINGS JUST A DROP IN THE OCEAN AND IM GUESSING THAT YOUR LISTENING TO BLAND FM WHERE THEY PLAY THE SAME SONGS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND YOU OPEN UP A BAG OF SWEETS AND THE KIDS ARE SAYING ARE WE THERE YET? AND AS THE SUN DIPS DOWN OVER THE OCEAN ITS ABOUT THAT TIME THAT YOU GOT THE NOTION TO POST A SOCIAL UPDATE TO LET THE PEASANTS KNOW THAT YOUR DOING JUST GREAT AND YOUR THERE IN YOUR SELFIE, GLASS OF WINE IN YOUR HAND AND CARLS NEXT TO YOU IN SOME CHEAP RAYBANS AND THE KIDS ARE WATCHING X FACTOR AND EVERYTHINGS LAUGH OUT LOUD IN YOUR WORLD AND AS YOU SEND THAT STATUS INTO CYBERSPACE I CATCH A GLIMPSE OF YOUR SMIRKING FACE AND I KNOW THAT THIS PEFECT LIFE WASNT ALWAYS THE CASE SEE I REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WERE A POUNDSHOP PRINCESS TRACKSUIT AND CHEAP TRAINERS YOU REALLY DIDNT CARE LESS LIVING IN A HIGH RISE NEAR THE HAIRDRESSERS AND LAUNDERETTE RUNNING WITH THE BAD BOYS DOING STUFF IN STOLEN CARS SHOPLIFTING IN BHS, WOOLWORTHS AND MARKS AND SPARKS WATCHING PIRATE VHS, ROBBING FOLKS AND BREAKING HEARTS AS THE SUN GLINTS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR 4X4 THE BBC BLARES FROM OUT OF YOUR 44 INCH 4K READY TV SET THAT CARL JUST BOUGHT FROM THE INTERNET AND THE KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL SO YOU POUR A GLASS OF WINE AND SWITCH TO LOOSE WOMEN AND RELAX AND UNWIND BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE TO GO TO WORK NOW THAT YOUR LIVING IN THIS LUXURY BUT YOU NEVER WENT TO WORK, NOT EVEN FOR A DAY YOU EARNED YOUR MONEY THE OLD FASHIONED WAY SELLING OUT YOUR SOUL TO ALL THE GUYS ON THE ESTATE SEE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A POUNDSHOP PRINCESS FALLING OUT OF NIGHTCLUBS SOMEWHERE ROUND 4AM CRAWLING HOME, CRASHING OUT, WAKING UP, THEN DOIN IT AGAIN TURNING TRICKS OUT ON THE STREET, A DIFFERENT GUY EVERY WEEK SELLING LOVE ON THE CHEAP, I PRAY THE LORD YOUR SOUL TO KEEP YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO FALL ON YOUR FEET IM NOT QUITE SURE HOW YOU SLEEP AND IF I SEE YOU OUT WALKING DOWN THE HIGH STREET ILL BITE MY TONGUE AND HOLD MY PEACE I WOULDNT WANT TO RUIN YOUR 2.4 KID SURBURBAN DREAM SEE I REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WERE A POUNDSHOP PRINCESS TRACKSUIT AND CHEAP TRAINERS YOU REALLY DIDNT CARE LESS LIVING IN A HIGH RISE NEAR THE HAIRDRESSERS AND LAUNDERETTE RUNNING WITH THE BAD BOYS DOING STUFF IN STOLEN CARS SHOPLIFTING IN BHS, WOOLWORTHS AND MARKS AND SPARKS WATCHING PIRATE VHS, ROBBING FOLKS AND BREAKING HEARTS
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Strange kind of love song 04:48
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YOUR MY ALPHA AND OMEGA YOUR MY FIRST AND MY LAST YOUR MY ALWAYS AND NEVER YOUR MY FUTURE AND MY PAST YOUR ALL I'VE EVER WANTED YOUR EVERY BAD DREAM YOU ROCK ME OFF TO SLEEP THEN YOU WAKE ME WITH A SCREAM THIS IS YOUR NUMBER ONE, STRANGE KIND OF LOVE SONG YOU ASKED ME TO WRITE IT ONCE, I HOPE I DONT GET IT WRONG YOU'VE GOT A FLOOR JUST LIKE JUPITER A CEILING JUST LIKE MARS AND YOUR STAIRCASE IS A GATEWAY TO THE STARS AND I'M FLOATING ON ECSTASY I'M DROWNING IN DESPAIR AS YOU DRAW THE BLINDS AND LET DOWN YOUR HAIR THIS IS YOUR NUMBER ONE, STRANGE KIND OF LOVE SONG YOU ASKED ME TO WRITE IT ONCE, I HOPE I DONT GET IT WRONG CONFUSED AND TONGUE TIED IN NO MANS LAND, CAUGHT ON THE WIRE I WROTE A MILLION WORDS FOR YOU THEN I THREW THEM ALL IN THE FIRE YOUR THE ARCHITECT OF MY DOWNFALL THEN YOU BUILD AND MAKE ME WHOLE YOUR THE ANGEL OF MONS YOUR THE SAVIOUR OF MY SOUL YOUR A RIDER ON A PALE HORSE YOU ARE BECOME DEATH BUT I'LL LOVE YOU TILL I DRAW MY FINAL BREATH

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released January 28, 2018

West of Wonderland
Which is the follow up to 'Loch Ness Monsters and Motherships' In which Mr Hackett returns with a new, somewhat faster collection of songs. Once again, all written, performed, and produced by himself in his home studio bunker somewhere West of the kitchen. The sound falls to earth somewhere in a late 70s, turn of the decade into the 80s landscape. Mr Hackett recorded the songs on somewhat worse for wear instruments, including a rather battered Les Paul goldtop copy which he found on a market stall for £25. The Cheapskate Maverick.



Cult of Wedge is....
Pete Hackett - Vocals, 6 & 12 string electric and acoustic guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, stylophone, some drums, hand clappy stuff.

Backing Vocals on 'Insomniac' by the rather brilliant Maxi Dunn maxidunn.bandcamp.com

Number one Top Man award goes to Mr Dave Spittle for loan of the various drums and cymbals!

Written, Recorded, and Mixed at Brikhaus Bunker Studios between
Jan - Oct 2017 somewhere west of next door.

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CULT OF WEDGE..... Is the musical alter ego of Pete Hackett.
Its a bit like a car crash involving members of - E.L.O, Genesis, Human League, Kraftwerk, Motorhead and Yes. With John Shaft and Starsky and Hutch being the first on the scene, with Beck and Air driving the ambulances! ... more

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