THE MINUTES: “LIVE WELL, CHANGE OFTEN”

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Dublin's finest rock 'n' roll renegades The Minutes return with their brand new album “Live Well, Change Often”.

Three years have passed since the release of their blistering debut album “Marcata”. Since then the band have toured all over the world, including trips to America, Russia, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland and Belgium. They have played at SXSW in Texas, the Reeperbahn festival in Hamburg, T In The Park in Scotland, the Leeds / Reading festival in the UK, Europavox in France and Eurosonic in Holland. Not forgetting tours and shows with The Hives, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters and Kings Of Leon.

“Live Well, Change Often” was recorded in Vancouver at Fader Sound Studios, and was produced by GGGarth Richardson, best known for his work with Biffy Clyro and Rage Against The Machine, with additional production in Dublin. The album was mixed in New York by Chris Shaw (Weezer, Bob Dylan) and in Los Angeles by Chris Lord Alge (Bruce Springsteen, Deftones).

A huge leap forward – in terms of both sound and themes – from “Marcata”, “Live Well, Change Often” deals with the reality of being in a rock 'n' roll band in the twenty first century, the hopes and the dreams, tempered with the shadows and illusions. The first single is the sultry, fatback groover “Cherry Bomb”.

The Minutes are: Mark Austin – lead vocals and guitars, Shane Kinsella – drums, Tom Cosgrave – bass guitar.

“Live Well, Change Often” will be released on CD and download on Friday 9th May on Model Citizen Records.

Heartbreaker
The Minutes Lyrics

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You can jump on a freight train
you can sleep on the nite time
you can be in your eyes wide
you an see in the sunshine
you can be on my mind
almost all of the time

you can sleep in the nite time,

you can sleep in the nite time

When the tea time comes honey
you're on the run honey.

When the tay time comes honey
you're on the run HONEY

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of The Minutes’ Heartbreaker appear to capture the emotions of a person who’s struggling to cope with the ups and downs of a breakup. The opening lines of the song suggest the possibility of the singer running away from their problems by jumping on a freight train, sleeping on the nighttime, and seeing the world through their eyes, both in sunshine and darkness. It seems as though no matter what they do and where they go, trying to move on from the heartbreak, the memory of their lover keeps haunting them, taking up most of their thoughts most of the time.

The chorus seems to cement the idea that the singer is struggling to keep up with the heartbreak. With lines like ‘When the tea time comes, honey / You're on the run, honey / When the tay time comes, honey / You're on the run, HONEY’ we can sense the urgency in their voice, but it’s not entirely clear what they’re running away from. It could be that the memory of the lost love is too overpowering to bear, and the singer keeps finding themselves running away from it, rather than confronting it head-on.

Line by Line Meaning

You can jump on a freight train
You have the freedom to take any path you choose, just like jumping on a freight train

you can sleep on the nite time
You have the option to rest during the nightime and take a break from life's stressors

you can be in your eyes wide
You can be present and aware in the moments that matter

you an see in the sunshine
You have clarity and vision when things are going well

you can be on my mind
You are often occupying my thoughts and I can't stop thinking about you

almost all of the time
You are frequently on my mind, almost to the point of obsession

When the tea time comes honey
When challenges arise, you have a tendency to avoid them

you're on the run honey.
You tend to avoid confrontation or difficult situations and run away from them

When the tay time comes honey
When faced with discomfort or unease, you tend to flee the situation

you're on the run HONEY
You run away from difficult problems, even if it's not the best solution in the end

Writer(s): Shane James Kinsella, Mark William Austin, Thomas Edward Cosgrave Copyright: The Evolving Music Company Limited

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