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Valentine

from Fortress of Fun by J. Graves

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    YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE FORTRESS OF FUN. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO CONTINUE, THIS WILL BE YOUR GREATEST ADVENTURE.

    The Fortress of Fun Mystery Color Deluxe LP is a limited edition release. The packaging and contents of the deluxe release is all limited edition and will only be available with the deluxe LP.

    Without giving all the secrets away, you can expect: chainmail, a printed choose your own adventure experience, limited edition prints, and a signed release poster (+ more).

    FOF was pressed at Cascade Record Pressing in Milwaukie, OR and is cut to 45 RPM (it sounds reeealll good).

    *Please note the picture does not represent the deluxe packaging and contents.

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    YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE FORTRESS OF FUN. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO CONTINUE, THIS WILL BE YOUR GREATEST ADVENTURE.

    Follow long on our choose your own adventure record, Fortress of Fun. These were pressed at Cascade Record Pressing in Milwuakie, OR. They are "mystery color" and sealed so even we don't know what they are!

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    Super soft, Next Level Apparel - unisex cut. Chainmail is a still from the Fortress of Fun choose your own adventure music videos.
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    YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE FORTRESS OF FUN. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO CONTINUE, THIS WILL BE YOUR GREATEST ADVENTURE.

    This FOF compact disc comes in a full color sleeve and a poly bag.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Fortress of Fun via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

“I have some wild ideas, and this is one of them,” laughs Jessa Graves.

It’s good to have the support of your bandmates when it comes to creative ideas, but Portland’s J. Graves is doing something very new that required a little extra long-term understanding from bandmates Kelly Clifton and Aaron MacDonald: a “choose-your-own-adventure” album. Titled Fortress of Fun, each single comes with a music video, which ends with a choice, which, in turn, leads to another video.

In this concept, new single Valentine is the first stepping stone, leading viewers into a visual world full of piercing music, nice beaches, swords, and chain-mail armor. Under the surface, however, Valentine is a song that brims with barely contained despair; a tumult unfettered by its brighter sound. Buried beneath howling refrains and gaunt overdrives lies something equal parts mournful and angry as Graves reflects on an unhealthy relationship that ended just as harshly as it existed.

In the digital world, Fortress of Fun puts the tracklist into the hands of the listener, leaning into the idea that people can (and should!) listen to their songs in any order they want. One thing is for certain, however: no matter the order you choose, you’re bound to feel something both heavy and exciting as you make your way through the emotional maze of the album.

lyrics

Come closer now
I could be the lonely one
We could work it out
I could be the only one

Come closer now
I could be the one
We could work it out
I could show you how

Get get get away
Get get get it away
And on the way to the top
But it’s not what you wanted to say
Get get get away
Get get get it away
And on the way to the top
But it’s not what you wanted to say

All I want is borrowed
But that’s a funny way to die
Don’t you know tomorrow?
And don’t you follow
Into the light
Don’t you want me so

I can’t feel you
No tomorrow
I don’t know why
I would borrow
Can’t you feel me
Coming right
I don’t know why
I could die

Come closer now
I could be the only one
We could work it out
I could be the lonely one

credits

from Fortress of Fun, released September 30, 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.

Fortress of Fun was shot and edited by Cai Indermauer

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

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