1. The Garden is an American art… Read Full Bio ↴There are 3 artists with this name:
1. The Garden is an American art rock duo from Orange County, California, formed in 2011 by twin brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears. The duo released their debut album The Life and Times of a Paperclip in 2013, with several smaller releases following. In 2015, the group released their second studio album Haha along with the lead single "All Smiles Over Here :)" to critical acclaim after being signed to Epitaph Records. They released their third album Mirror Might Steal Your Charm on March 30, 2018. Their fourth album, Kiss My Super Bowl Ring, was released on March 13th, 2020. Their most recent album, Horeshit on Route 66, was released September 8th, 2022.
The band is known for their fast, punk-influenced two-piece bass and drum songs, with both their music and image being characterized by "DIY principles, thrift store-cum-glam fashion style and a vast list of influences." The brothers classify their sound as "vada vada," a philosophy which Wyatt Shears describes as “an idea that represents pure creative expression, that disregards all previously made genres and ideals”.
2. The Garden was a gothic rock / ethereal wave / shoegaze band from Pittsburgh, PA, United States. The band was formed in the autumn of 1985, with the intentions of pursuing a sound that was not only unique, but also moving. And through the years, Anthony LaCava, Christine Sacramento and Stephen Marlette, with accompaniment by Shelly O'Keefe on bells/keyboards, followed this dream by creating many songs of great substance. The band emerged with an intensely uncommon sound drawn on electronic drum tracks and dark ambient guitar mixed with rhythmic bass, heartfelt lyrics and strong vocals.
Often described as "Pittsburgh's first gothic rock band", The Garden has sustained a rather faithful following. Tanya Kavalkovich joined the band in 1996 with her lyrical violin contributing a new warmth and beauty to an already compelling sound. Opening for such acts as And Also the Trees, Wolfgang Press, Throwing Muses, Faith and the Muse, Strange Boutique, Spahn Ranch, Gargoyle Sox, Of a Mesh, FourWay Cross, This Ascension. The Curtain Society, Bella Morte, Eva O.
Heavy employment and academic demands forced Stephen to leave the band in 1997. Christine, Anthony, and Tanya formed a new band with drummer James and vocalist Patricia called Between the Waters
3. The Garden is a collaboration between David Tagg and Hakobune. It isn’t often that collaborative projects bear such bountiful fruit right from the start of their conception, but sometimes, nature seems to have another motive in mind, and we’re given a very special and very unique result. Hailing from near-opposite sides of the globe, David Tagg and Takahiro Yorifuji (also known here at Install and elsewhere as Hakobune) decided to combine their complementary approaches to ambient guitar music and make something new together.
"In Sea-Land" certainly conjures images of organic growth in a surreal landscape, and the album colors in the empty spaces with watery blue melodies submerged in ocean water and triumphant overarching towers of weathered stone drones surrounded by sea spray and thin clouds. Both similar to what David and Takahiro have individually created before, and also unique to itself, these two men have found an alchemical assurance in combining their crafts with The Garden. Sure to please fans of either musician’s work, or anyone who appreciates gentle guitars unspooled over a canvas of water and green. Deep and lush, alive and vibrant. A multifaceted pleasurable listen for the hot Summer months.
Rainbow
The Garden Lyrics
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In my place
Look at the rainbow
Across my face
The Garden's song Rainbow is a complex and abstract piece of music that explores themes of addiction, escapism, and the desire for connection with others. The first verse introduces a girl named Jane, who has dark features and is likely struggling with substance abuse. The singer reveals that they don't know her age, but she seems to know theirs, indicating a potential power dynamic or imbalance in their relationship. However, they share an interest in rainbows, which serves as a symbol for hope and optimism.
The second verse delves deeper into the world of addiction, with references to drug use and violence. The singer and Jane are seemingly living in a state of desperation, but they are still holding onto the idea of rainbows as a source of comfort. The desire to hide out and escape their problems is palpable, even if they know the risks involved.
The final verse brings the focus back to the relationship between the singer and Jane. They have a physical and emotional connection, but it is tinged with darkness and uncertainty. The use of the phrase "everything I own" suggests a level of dependence or codependence between them. However, the singer is willing to clean up their act and take responsibility for their life - but only for the sake of Jane and their shared hope for a brighter future.
Line by Line Meaning
You're number eight. Your name is Jane, with black hair, braids, and black lines around your eyes... Shades to hide your habit. I don't know your age, though you guessed mine... My sign. Your sign! The opening line is always just the same. The same intention, destination. You and me and rainbows.
You are someone unknown and mysterious to me, but I see you with your black hair, braids, and dark makeup. Shades that must be hiding some habit. Although I don't know your age, you are aware of mine and my astrological sign. Despite these differences, we share the same purpose and goal which is to experience happiness together in the form of rainbows.
Loaded guns attract. We know the rules, we don't react. We wait in hope, we don't expect - You and me and rainbows.
Having dangerous weapons can lure people toward us, and we understand the potential consequences. We don't act impulsively and wait patiently with hope but without any specific expectations. We are focused on our companionship and finding joy through rainbows.
Down here everything is fine. We have a straw, we have a line. We have a bag, a rock, a mountain with a string of shepherds driving lions. Aiming skewers at the sheep... face down, asleep in onion fields. The frying fields. The worms... they peep through holes which once were eyes. They thrive... they bake although we painted out the sky and the sun. There's only thunder, and you and me and raindows.
Despite being in a difficult situation, we are doing well. We have what we need to sustain ourselves, including a straw, a line, and a bag of drugs. We see a surreal scene of shepherds controlling lions with skewers pointed at sheep, who are sleeping face down in onion fields. Worms continue to thrive and bake in the absence of the sky and sun. In all this chaos, there is only thunder and us, finding beauty and happiness through rainbows.
Let's hide out in the lay-by, let the time fly by. Tonight's disguise - a car crash with our wheels like shattered stars, our dashboard charred. Our windscreen... a graveyard for the flies (we're fast!) The hungry flies are circling, mourning as the watchers squat with cameras, cakes and flasks. They're spying, spitting as the blue light flashes, axes swing. We're broken wings, but still we'll fly and we'll reach our destination - you and me and rainbows.
We will find a place to hide and let time pass by quickly. We don disguises, making it look like we were in a car crash with our wheels shattered, dashboard burnt, and windscreen now a graveyard for flies. Though we move fast, flies still circle and mourn while onlookers watch with cameras, cakes, and flasks. They spy on us, spitting as police sirens blare and axes are swung. Despite our brokenness, we push on and will arrive at our destination of finding happiness in rainbows, together.
And if we turn the lights down low and watch the sky cry through the window... Will I watch your fingers grow and stretch like butterflies? The shadows flexing, licking toes, and blinding as slowly sun sets on the same old hill. The same red glow. We're quite alone - just you and me and rainbows.
If we lower the lights and observe the rain outside, will we see your fingers grow and move like butterflies? The shadows play tricks on us, sometimes appearing to lick our toes or blind us as the sun sets on a familiar hill. We are completely alone, except for each other and the rainbows that bring us happiness.
Everything I own is in the corner of your room. It's covered with a sheet just like it died - but I will take a broom. I'll sweep it new again, arrange it... Oh, I'll grow a dozen hands. No I never will neglect my world again. I'm safe beneath my blanket. Call it home... For you. For me... and rainbows
All my possessions are kept in your room, covered with a sheet as if they're dead. But I'll take a broom to clean and arrange them again, even growing more hands to do it. I'll never let my world fall apart again. I feel secure under your blanket, and I call it home for both of us, along with the rainbows that bring us happiness.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: FLETCHER SHEARS, WYATT SHEARS
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