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Ass u Me

by J. Graves

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Band leader Jessa Graves has this to say about the latest release from Fortress of Fun:

"Ass U Me and Bested, respectively, were the first and last songs written on Fortress of Fun (FOF). I have a video of myself playing Ass U Me while recording our Deathbed EP in 2019, the first couple of bars and the makings of a verse. We were in a science fiction themed studio called Destination: Universe! which is where the choose your own adventure seed was planted. Both songs have some unique group efforts - Ass U Me has what we call "calps" a misspelling of claps which is us doing our own clapping stunts. In Bested we each played a singular note on the piano to alter be reversed and distorted which funnily enough was labeled as "pinao", much like our "calps". The bass line is the star of Bested and the plot of the music video reflects as such. Kelly really is an archer and yes that is her horsebow. The sword and chainmail found in the FOF music videos all belong to her. All the heartbreak, loneliness, longing to be known, that's all mine, but there's plenty in these songs to go around and surely I'm not alone."

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Assuming makes an ass out of you
Takes the life out of me
And now you’re gone

Presuming you are where you should be
That you are who seem
And now you’re wrong

Excuse me that I gave it a thought
And I thought it a lot
While you were gone

So sue me it was more than I planned
Cut my loss take it back
And now you’re wrong

And oh my
It was doomed from the start
And I gave it apart
And now you’re gone

I want to be
Alone in your hands
I wanted to know
And I hope you’ll understand

I want to be
Alone in your hands
I wanted to know
And I hope you’ll understand

If you mess around
And put me down
And worst of all
Run me around

In all the time it takes
You want it to be
And in half the time it takes
For you to want to see

And oh my
It was doomed from the start
And I gave it apart
And now you’re wrong

I want to be
Alone in your hands
I wanted to know
And I hope you’ll understand

I want to be
Alone in your hands
I wanted to know
And I hope you’ll understand

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released August 16, 2022
All songs written by Jessa Graves and performed by J. Graves

Aaron MacDonald - Drums
Kelly Clifton - Bass
Jessa Graves - Guitar + Vocals

Recorded and produced by J. Graves
Mixed by Sylvia Massy
Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Audio

Layout, design, and sleeve photo by Dorothy Siemens. Cover photo by Cai Indermauer, edited by Dorothy Siemens.

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Bass - Kelly Clifton
Drums - Aaron MacDonald
Vocals + Guitar - Jessa Graves

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