The Woodpecker

from Sad Bangers by The Shops

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When we stood outside the tower
Sergei said now is the hour
Didn’t know the war was over
Radios had blown our cover
They said we’d hear San Francisco
We picked up some kind of disco
Didn’t know their war had started
Mourning lovers soon departed
Oh I’ve never felt colder
Since the ending of the war
And I’ve never felt colder
Since the falling of the wall
We stood on top of the tower
We saw the station of power
Found out about it far too late
Evacuations made to wait
Human robots start the clean up
Dancing cleaners do the robot
In homemade dresses worn today
They never canceled our May Day
May Day
May Day
May Day
And I’ve never felt colder
Since the ending of the war
Oh I’ve never felt colder
Since the falling of the wall
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from Sad Bangers, released February 3, 2023
Written by Holmes, Holmes, Russell, Young
Recorded by Jonny Woodhead at Green Velvet Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Phil Dobie in Dalkey

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The Shops Manchester, UK

The Shops are an a-pop-alyptic four piece raised on short wave radio broadcasts from behind the Iron Curtain, inspired by misheard disco and degenerate pop from underground Baltic bunkers.

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