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Eden Boulevard

by Diego Allessandro and Lot 25

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1.
Against the Night 03:53
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Lightning strikes, the sky ignites Living under the gun, held hostage for life It rages in your mind like a battle scene You lie at night shaking from the unforeseen Fire and brimstone, from the sky they will fall And soon these dead eyes will see through these walls We’re soldiers, fighting for our lives It’s you and me against the night It’s a town without pity there’s no prayers answered for the lost If you want heaven then you’ll have to pay the cost Everybody goes in search of paradise Yet no one is willing to lose their life Fire and brimstone, from the sky they will fall And soon these dead eyes will see through these walls We’re soldiers, fighting for our lives It’s you and me against the night Gray lightning, black rain, Branch banging against the window pane Thunder bouncing around your brain, The blood throbbin’ in the vein Between faith and fear, the sacred and devine It’ll reach down and grab you by the spine Fire and brimstone, from the sky they will fall And soon these dead souls will scale the city walls We’re soldiers, fighting for our lives It’s you and me against the night Fire and brimstone, from the sky they will fall And soon these dead souls will scale the city walls We’re soldiers, fighting for our lives It’s you and me against the night
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Eden Boulevard 05:30
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Pale moon on the horizon Brings the night into view The taste of defeat Life rendered askew In the distance you hear the battle Feel a chill of creeping death A flash in the sky And the wind carries that stench It’s a dream you can’t shake Something you can live without A fear no man can fake A struggle you know too much about Your heart pounds like a freight train Eyes never off guard This is your home This is Eden Boulevard In exile on Main Street All the blinds are closed Doors shuttered and boarded Left completely exposed Phone wires disconnected Your cell keeps dropping calls And all you hear is silence In the Garden before the fall It’s a dream you can’t shake Something you can live without A fear no man can fake A struggle you know too much about Your heart pounds like a freight train Eyes never off guard This is your home This is Eden Boulevard Dreams are never free Too many end up broken A sacrifice on the altar Of words left unspoken Last night you saw a young mother With a baby crying in her arms She was tryin’ to lull it to sleep The child could not calm The forgotten roamed the avenue The disenfranchised littered the streets Specters of the once young and hopeful Whittled by defeat It’s a dream you can’t shake Something you can live without A fear no man can fake A struggle you know too much about Your heart pounds like a freight train Eyes never off guard This is our home This is Eden Boulevard
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Don't Let Me Sleep Alone 02:20
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Tonight I cannot sleep I got something haunting me and my dreams I can hear the echoes call All I see are shadows that crawl Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight From the darkness of the rooms black veil The silence starts to crackle and wail Visions of Mary’s piercing eyes Drift from within the pale moon light Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight I can feel something watching me I can hear scratching in the hall Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight Don’t let me sleep alone (don’t let me sleep alone) Don’t let me sleep alone baby tonight Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep alone Don’t let me sleep…
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Dirty Little War 04:45
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You planned your latest escape A part of your twisted game Never realizing it’s too late You’ve condemned us to our fate It happens when it happens and it’s over Better duck for cover We start to scream Throw around blame You start to cry I die inside Then you slam the door On our dirty little war Act two let the fireworks begin You wash your hands of your sins Accusations we can’t rescind Time and time again It happens when it happens and it’s over Better duck for cover We start to scream Throw around blame You start to cry I die inside Then you slam the door On our dirty little Why can’t you just See how much this hurts We start to scream Throw around blame You start to cry I die inside The heat turns up But we can’t stop Those words we wield Won’t let wounds heal Then you slam the door Then you slam the door Then you slam the door On our dirty little war
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Restless Heart 03:58
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I woke up in the middle of the night Screaming from a dream I saw a blackened face in the sky And thought it was a reflection of me I wanna go find what I got I wanna go and rip the world apart I wanna break out and blow the spot ‘Nother sleepless night for a restless heart I went to work this morning And didn’t have time to eat And the coffee just ain’t workin’ Somehow I know that it’s all just me I wanna go find what I got I wanna go and rip the world apart I wanna break out and blow the spot ‘Nother sleepless night for a restless heart Sometimes I sit alone in the darkness And tell myself just to “let things be” Seems like everyone’s got something Is it true or is it just me Tonight I’ll probably order take out Turn on the TV watch the same old shows And end up slippin’ into a day dream When the picture fades and credits roll I wanna go find what I got I wanna go and rip the world apart I wanna break out and blow the spot ‘Nother sleepless night for a restless heart
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Disillusioned Blues 03:25
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Here’s a story of American youth And their unfortunate truth See that young kid lying on the ground Another innocent has been shot down Hear them scream, disappointed youth Singing disillusioned blues Here’s a story of American youth One you won’t see on the news They abused her after they slipped her drugs And the school wants to sweep it under the rug Hear them cry, disappointed youth Singing disillusioned blues Here’s a story of American youth Working hard to get into good schools Workin’ til death to pay off their loans Waking up in a world somebody else owns Hear their plea, disappointed youth Singing disillusioned blues Here’s a story of American youth Why do you look so confused All these kids open up their wrists They’re tired of taking all your shit Hear the groans of disappointed youth Singing disillusioned blues Disappointed youth singing disillusioned blues Disappointed youth singing disillusioned blues Disappointed youth singing disillusioned blues Disappointed youth singing disillusioned blues
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Radio Static 03:10
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Morning clouds trace sad lines Sorrow written across the sky TV talkin’ up a fools parade Is anyone fooled by this masquerade If the only tool you got’s a hammer Soon everything looks like a nail Hello is there anyone out there Can you hear my voice call All I got is radio static I can’t hear nothin’ at all The world’s become post-authentic Feel the heat, the new apocalypse And you can’t find no friends This town’s just cheap drinks and cigarettes And poets with stanzas that got no rhymes And the dead got nothing left but time Hello is there anyone out there Can you hear my voice call All I got is radio static I can’t hear nothin’ at all Please don’t adjust your dial This has been a test of the emergency warning system Your eyes see total strangers That call themselves your neighbors Til your soul is sterilized It’s the new world’s sacrifice That moment betrayal is easier than love to grasp And every angel’s got a past Hello is there anyone out there Can you hear my voice call All I got is radio static I can’t hear nothin’ at all Hello is there anyone out there Can you hear my voice call All I got is radio static I can’t hear nothin’ at all And now the new hit single from… I can't hear nothin' at all That one’s sure to be a hit I can't hear nothin' at all Keep it here for the best in Top 40 radio I can't hear nothin' at all
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Echoes 02:47
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Sun down in the heartland Lyin’ awake in your bed Got too many voices screamin’ In your head The man on the radio Says “troubles headin’ our way” ‘Til you’re feelin’ numb At the start of each day You can feel their presence You can feel the remains And all of the sorrow Of Johari’s hidden pane And all that you were once That was all stripped away And all the faded colors That run to the gray The voices that haunt you Their echoes decay Silence sets in Moonlight splits the shade Your mind is adrift You try to breathe deep Your heart starts to pound Waiting for peace
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Baby's Game 03:04
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Baby lives in her own little world Behind the face of a postmodern girl Where her demons are kept Her smile can make your heart beat at double pace You sink into the sadness in her face Where her saviors rest Her men, all wanna know Baby’s name They all play Baby’s game, but to Baby they’re all the same The city boys, who try to buy Baby’s charms Usher her around in fancy cars, she sighs lying in their arms Burning, inside are the fires Of everything she desires, and all that she requires Diamonds and gold, from every heart she’s ever sold All that remains hidden deep in the soul Baby’s got seven suns burnin’ in her eyes One kiss and you’re bewitched by her lies You’ll follow her beyond the night Baby wants to spend her days, wastin’ life away But Baby can’t see that I Love her so, she hides her heart in the streets below I promise my Tokyo Rose, I’ll be there tonight As the silhouettes of the dead reunite For one kiss I’ll pay any price I will fight, I will die
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The Ledge 03:58
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They’ll never know who you are Or what you mean They’ll never understand the sting When the knife slips in between You never learn how to walk Until you’re forced to crawl You’re only truly on the ledge When you don’t care about the fall You’ll never win their love They’ll say you don’t deserve respect They’ll meet you with indifference Abuse myopia neglect You never learn how to walk Until you’re forced to crawl You’re only truly on the ledge When you don’t care about the fall If you don’t comply with their demands Then your everything will be denounced But out here on the ledge You chose to embrace the way down You never learn how to walk Until you’re forced to crawl You’re only truly on the ledge When you don’t care about the fall You never learn how to walk Until you’re forced to crawl You’re only truly on the ledge When you don’t care about the fall You never learn how to walk Until you’re forced to crawl You’re only truly on the ledge When you don’t care abo-

about

When I started writing this album I had no characters, no titles, no story; I had whatever songs I was working on at the time. My idea was to create a modern rock album tailored to the band Lot 25 was in 2013/2014. We were a four piece band with a single guitar and a keyboard. I wrote and wrote and wrote and demoed over 40 songs with over a dozen still unfinished by the time we started recording. While listening to the demos and playing around with the track order I found two very different young men. I traced their stories through the songs and tailored the arrangements to the narrative and the power of Lot 25.
Nicholas is a man in his late 20’s, cynical and snarky. He looks at the world around him which fills him with a crippling fear. Together with his best friend Frankie, also a cynic, and his girlfriend Amanda he starts out determined not to make the same compromises that others made causing them, in his eyes, to lose themselves and surrender. The fear mounts and he retreats inward pushing away the people that matter most to him. Fear has a way of sneaking up on you and causing you to act against your nature. It can reduce you to a fraction of the person you were no matter how old, how smart or how rational you are.
Jerome is quite the opposite. He is fueled by an inconsolable rage. The world around him makes him angry. His sense of betrayal, desertion and rejection causes him to lash out at the world and those closest to him. Even in the quiet moments of the early morning, Jerome seethes and grits hi teeth at the things that hurt and anger him. He’s in love with a woman who is incapable of loving him back and continually dates other men. That kind of angst only seems adolescent to those who never experienced it. Going through life every day angry at the world and wanting to lash out at everything and everyone is not adolescent angst, for some it’s their very existence.
Thank you to James Dellatacoma for bringing out the best of the band, the music and myself; love you cuz. To Brian Morelli for putting up with me, helping me develop the narrative and the sound of this project, and for his friendship. To Joey, Reid and Marissa for their amazing performances on this album, their friendship and devotion to the band, the music and this album; it was amazing. Thank you to Danielle Spoelstra for her amazing artwork which provides a great visual to the themes and characters on the album. Thank you to my parents and my sister Lauren for their love and support, always. To our fans, thanks for your support since 2013, we love you and we’ll see you very soon.

Diego Allessandro – Nicholas, Jerome, Additional Characters
Brian Morelli – Frankie, Raphael, Radio Announcer, Additional Characters
Marissa Cohen – Amanda, Baby, Additional Characters
Joey Preziosi – Additional Characters

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released July 29, 2016

Diego Allessandro: Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Synths, Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programming,

Marissa Cohen: Vocals

Brian Morelli: Drums, Synths, Farfisa, Organ, Percussion, Vocals

Joey Preziosi: Eletric Guitars on "Disillusioned Blues" and "The Ledge" percussion on "Don't Let Me Sleep Alone" Vocals

Reid Weinman: Bass

James Dellatacoma: Drum Programming, Sound Effects

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered: James Dellatacoma

Produced by Diego Allessandro, James Dellatacoma and Brian Morelli

Artowrk by: Daniella Spoelstra

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From the corporate strip mall wastelands of suburbia in Central New Jersey, Colombian born Diego Allessandro’s trademark sound blending Americana with 80s and 90s pop with the sound of the 60s. Diego Allessandro is a powerful voice in Americana music articulating both the American Millennial and the immigrant experiences. ... more

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