Hard Times Single (Nov.2022)
Hard Times is a soulfully tormented song written before the pandemic but encapsulates everything the world experienced in it and its aftermath
The video was filmed at the WISE Hall in East Vancouver in the middle of the pandemic. Notice Spencer's foot in a cast? Perfect. Hard times.
We're pleased to finally be sharing it with you all! Look for it on the forthcoming album, "Put It Out" (coming 11- 02 - 23)
🔗 Download: MP3 or WAV files. HARD TIMES google drive folder is HERE
HARD TIMES
When time is pulling daggers and trying to cause you pain,
You got to turn the knife around on it, control it once again
When the wolves are at your back door, and your backs against the wall,
Got to breathe, got to believe baby and all your fears will fall
Bother hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother hard times- you can turn your life around
When you open up your wallet and you aint got no pay,
You can barely make it baby, hand to mouth most everyday
And it seems you’re moving backwards, got to turn yourself around,
Don’t run from it, face up to it to what they’re putting down
Brother Hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother Hard times- got to turn that shit around
don’t let the hard times get you down girl - It’s all a state of mind
Don’t let the hard times get you down girl - Got to leave it all behind
When the ghosts from your past are closing in on you and
They’re trying to steal your soul away and you don’t know what to do
There’s nothing in your cupboards cause you aint got no bread
It may be fucked but listen up, listen to the words I said
Brother hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother - hard times- you can turn your life around
Brother hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother - hard times- got to turn your life around
WRITTEN BY SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
*from the album Put It Out, releasing February 11, 2023
The Vanrays:
SPENCER MCKINNON - VOCALS
GORDON REMPEL - ORGAN & ELECTRIC PIANO
BRIAN BAR - GUITAR
PHIL ADDINGTON - BASS GUITAR
ERIC LOWE - DRUMS & BACKING VOCALS
JOSE BLANCO - TRUMPET
MELISSA LEE - SAXOPHONE & BACKING VOCALS
NEIL BLISS - TROMBONE
Special Guest
SHELLEY PRESTON - BACKING VOCALS
PRODUCED by SCOTT FLETCHER
RECORDED at PARK SOUND by DAN PONICH and at THREE CAT SOUND BY BRIAN BARR
ENGINEERED & MIXED BY BRIAN BARR
MASTERED by CRAIG WADELL at GOTHAM CITY STUDIOS
COVER DESIGN by MELISSA LEE
VIDEO CREDITS:
Directed by Carleen Kyle
Camera by Nick Lewin
Edited by Gordon Rempel cce
Lighting/Playback by Crystal McCracken
Filmed at The WISE HALL in East Vancouver Canada July 2021
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