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"DepartureS" extended version

by Troy Petty

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1.
All Ghosts 04:24
I disguised you with the fear in my rearview I’m not glued to the past but that voice on my right told me that all ghosts fear to fly I’m a restless spark when the art of light turns dark but i was bound by the fall i was bound to fall for anything when all ghosts feared to fly all ghosts feared to fly I found you through the wounds in my rear view and all those fears to fly all those fears to fly Doesn’t matter how the mirror just knows what do you see? alone inside a stranger or adored like an angel ? I’m gonna find my way into you I’m gonna find my way in through you take this flight! take this flight! take this flight (sky)high! turning ghosts into angels now turning ghosts into angels, I’m turning ghosts into angels I’m turning ghosts into the sky. the sky.. Troy Petty - 2014
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Unfinished 04:06
Lay it out Obsess on what needs fixing wait it out the lines are always shrinking don't lay it down and let it die unfinished rule out any doubt in your ambition don’t settle now when you could be setting out don’t go down unfinished lay me out Obsess on what I'm thinking make me doubt rule out any reason to lie down and die unfinished I’ll rule out certain death to my resistance I’m setting out be sad to settle now I won’t go out unfinished let me out can’t you feel my heart sinking? (shutting down from almost dreaming) let me down you see my heart’s not in it (shutting out with all my heart now) Don’t settle now don’t let me die unfinished rule out certain death of my ambition I’m setting out it’d be sad to settle now I won’t go out unfinished I won’t go out unfinished. - Troy Petty, 2014
3.
Motor Mind 03:36
My motor mind A snapshot in motion from a million eyes I regret never letting you In my motor mind, I can’t sit tight My motor eyes play, pause, pretend, rewind begin again blink, hopelessly.. blink In my motor mind I can’t sit tight In my motor mind I can’t sit tight for long! In my motor mind I can’t sit tight I’m motorized I don’t know how I sleep at night My motor mind rolls all night long All alone I’m motorized I don’t know how I sleep at night My motor mind rolls all night long All alone (i apologize for seeming strange and leaving you behind these eyes in pain) My motor mind motorized my motor eyes motorized my motor mind. - Troy Petty - 2014
4.
Set Me Free 03:46
Set me free untie my tongue Set me free untie my tongue set me free from the virus that keeps me small, weak and lifeless outplayed as long as I keep quiet and refrain from excitement Set me free untie my tongue Set me free! Open me, my enemy I’m just dust if play silently all these years I’d forgotten to breathe and how i held it from the best of me ghost, set me free! go on, ignite my lungs! Set me free ! Just a little push.. Free, free untie my tongue set me free Free, Go on Ignite my lungs now go on, Push set me free ! free, go on and Set me free! - Troy Petty 2014
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Departure 03:27
A new day’s habit expires in minutes look where you are deep enough in it? Enough said to uniform your world all comforts are worn yet none of them are your’s If you stay, your reason will divide into millions look where you are can you see past the deep end? If all you’ve served never cared you’d return then all you’ve learned is to serve well enough to keep you looking up, but never see look up, but never see So close to departure So close to what could be The World, The World! The World is calling you Don’t lose your way by just getting by if all things come to an end this ride will be the finest escape from all the doubt eating you up. You’re nowhere until you’re found. Make your move that makes them see Make your move that makes them see you’re so close to departure so close to what could be the World, The world ! The world is calling you! Troy Petty - 2014
6.
Lay it out Obsess on what needs fixing wait it out the lines are always shrinking don't lay it down and let it die unfinished rule out any doubt in your ambition don’t settle now when you could be setting out don’t go down unfinished lay me out Obsess on what I'm thinking make me doubt rule out any reason to lie down and die unfinished I’ll rule out certain death to my resistance I’m setting out be sad to settle now I won’t go out unfinished let me out can’t you feel my heart sinking? (shutting down from almost dreaming) let me down you see my heart’s not in it (shutting out with all my heart now) Don’t settle now don’t let me die unfinished rule out certain death of my ambition I’m setting out it’d be sad to settle now I won’t go out unfinished I won’t go out unfinished. - Troy Petty, 2014
7.
Set me free untie my tongue Set me free untie my tongue set me free from the virus that keeps me small, weak and lifeless outplayed as long as I keep quiet and refrain from excitement Set me free untie my tongue Set me free! Open me, my enemy I’m just dust if play silently all these years I’d forgotten to breathe and how i held it from the best of me ghost, set me free! go on, ignite my lungs! Set me free ! Just a little push.. Free, free untie my tongue set me free Free, Go on Ignite my lungs now go on, Push set me free ! free, go on and Set me free! - Troy Petty 2014
8.
R u n n i n g Hold myself high and follow through overcome all there is to then the reset settles in changing my direction I’m so tired of changing shoes to running from from running to on my island real friends are few overwhelmed by dreamers ruined falling on empty bottles full of intentions won’t tread lightly to save those shoes stop running from start running to don’t tread lightly to save those shoes stop running from start running to TMP - 11/16
9.
Leave your fists on the field don’t force a fight I came to heal your golden wounds Too fit to fight to fit in your innocence is breeding worn revenge and misplaced entitlement If things aren’t gonna change don’t think I’m gonna stay If things aren’t gonna change don’t think I’m far enough away I imagined your beautiful habits could swing the loneliest me, around but we’re all flawed so perfectly, now why we all want to be buried with our gold? If things aren’t gonna change don’t think you’re far enough misplaced If things aren’t gonna change don’t think I’m far enough away TMP - 2016

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This is the extended version of "DepartureS" by the american artists Troy Petty (US) (troypettymusic.com). It consists of the EP "Departure" plus additional live tracks.

For all the changes that native Chicagoan Troy Petty has gone through since his last release – 2012’s primarily subdued Fairy Tale Pen, a collection of songs dating back three years themselves – it’d be foolish to assume that his songwriting wouldn’t somehow be affected. None of these shifts are unheard of certainly, but each is tenuous and relatable: Dissolved connections with professional and personal relationships, moving into his original childhood home and back in with his parents, hopping from job to job, and relocating eventually to Ohio. But what’s inspiring is how Petty has come out the other end not necessarily unscathed, but better. His music and production on this latest release Departure are more triumphant and his lyrics seem wiser, whether he’s connecting with the listener, requesting needed empathy of a song’s antagonist or talking himself through the steps needed to survive the trials he’s so vividly documenting. To put it simply, Petty himself says Departure is about “letting go, listening to your intuition and finding your own meaning of ‘comfort zone.'”
Though the immensely stirring title track wraps up the album, it’s as good of a starting point as any for describing Petty’s approach. Set to a tense, waltz-like march that simmers with determination to a stunning boil, the song was born in the bedroom he had as a kid, which ended up inspiring much of the album’s material. “Musically, I felt I needed to find my identity in all the recent messes and what direction to go in, because for years i’d been tearing myself apart trying to create in just one medium: Playing acoustically on the road or electric. I decided to let all my notions (about what I thought everyone else wanted me to do most of my life) go, and the instrumentation came similarly, (almost) intuitively and with no rules or fears of crossing another sub-genre for the sake of identity or comfort.”
Columbus resident Brian McGuckin often gives this project its heartbeat on drums, but otherwise this whole soundscape is directly Petty’s. Performing all vocals, keyboards, bass and guitars himself on Departure, these songs sport real emotional muscle to coincide with the headstrong life lessons Petty brings to the table: Lead-track “All Ghosts” coasts bravely on a deep, pulsing rhythm before hitting a remarkable crescendo where it seems all previous versions of one’s self that were once “afraid to fly” turn into “angels,” free to meet their true calling; Augmented by an army of victorious strums and distant shouts, “Unfinished” is a commanding promise not to settle or die on the inside before the physical body does so; “Motor Mind,” as close to a full-on rocker as Departure allows, still finds time to step back and examine the artist’s insomnia with gentle flourishes; “Set Me Free,” as Petty explains, “hit me like a gospel hymn,” and sounding like it came directly from a torturous desert, the tune adheres to the religious-meets-gothic nature of true journeymen like Johnny Cash. It’s a brilliant, if crazed, plea for ultimate freedom.
Recorded at John Schwab Recording – where a wide range of world-renowned acts like Kiss, Peter Frampton and Gavin DeGraw have laid down material – Departure was helmed by engineer/producer Colin Coffey (Slash; Big & Rich) and was “a breakthrough experience… finally knowing where I belong creatively,” remarks Petty. “Much of the feel of this album came from epiphany-like moments, (like) how I felt when I began doing music. Slowly and painfully over the years, I lost myself to the expectations of others in everything I did, and my art began showing signs of that. This album was a great jump-off piece for what’s to come in the future.”

Departure will be re-released as an extended edition in 2017 under the Songs & Whispers Record Label based in Germany

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released July 28, 2017

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