Seize the Year
by Hard Soul
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Digital Album
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Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
Our brand new EP pressed on 12" vinyl, featuring artwork by Cara May Gorman. Only 500 records were pressed making this a real collectors item!
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'Seize the Year' EP (CD)
Comes in a jewel case, featuring art by Cara May Gorman. Purchase gives you access to an instant digital download of the full EP.
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Heart-Clock Design T-shirt
Heart-Clock design (a merging of "Love Eats the Young" and "Seize the Year" cover concepts) on the back, Hard Soul logo on the front. Printed on white cotton T-shirt. Super limited edition of less than 100!
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Seize the Year
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Conquered the World
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Passes You By
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Falling Faster
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Not Alone
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about
"Seize the Year" is more than a title. It's a mantra on how to live life as told through the eyes of Hard Soul front-man Johnny Salka. The follow-up to Hard Soul's 2012 debut EP "Love Eats the Young" which was a collection of songs that explored the meaning of love, yearning, loss and redemption, "Seize the Year" carries on the same tradition of exploring the human experience while delivering hard hitting music as the backdrop. Recorded during the summer and fall of 2012 at Four Legs Records in Washingtonville, NY "Seize the Year" features five new Hard Soul tunes crafted by lead vocalist and guitarist Johnny Salka that delve into his desire to first understand and then make his way in the world, and to show others how to do the same. While "Seize the Year" was recorded and ordered to be experienced as one piece of music, each song stands on their own, representing both the emphasis on the songwriting craft while delving into the different perspectives on how each person can reach out and grab hold of their life before it passes them by.
Hard Soul's 2nd EP 'Seize the Year' recorded at Four Legs Records in Washingtonville, NY. It was funded completely on Kickstarter from over 100 individual supporters who contributed funds in support of the EP's completion. See more about the Kickstarter project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1083493881/hard-soul-seize-the-year-ep
Hard Soul's 2nd EP 'Seize the Year' recorded at Four Legs Records in Washingtonville, NY. It was funded completely on Kickstarter from over 100 individual supporters who contributed funds in support of the EP's completion. See more about the Kickstarter project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1083493881/hard-soul-seize-the-year-ep
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released 26 February 2013
Johnny Salka - Vocals / Electric Guitar / Acoustic Guitar / Lead Guitar
Eric Hoehn - Drums
Produced by Johnny Salka & Steven J. Goldman
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Steven J. Goldman
Johnny Salka - Vocals / Electric Guitar / Acoustic Guitar / Lead Guitar
Eric Hoehn - Drums
Produced by Johnny Salka & Steven J. Goldman
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Steven J. Goldman
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- Track Name: Seize the Year
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Year is young
But I got no time to mess around
Now I'm strong
From all the mistakes of yesterdays
No time to frown
I'll make my way just any way
On my feet, off this seat
Why can't you see it's my destiny?
You'll never understand the world that's building in my head
The time it takes, it's very clear, is something that you make
So seize the year
Goodbye love
The time for us has passed to be
I'm on the road to the city
To see the DJ just past Columbia Street
Got my tape
I'm tellin' you it's a number one
Toe tappin' feet, DJ liked the beat
Said it's time to set your music free
You'll never understand the world that's building in my head
The time it takes, it's very clear, is something that you make
So seize the year
SOLO - Salka
You'll never understand the world that's building in my head
The time it takes, it's very clear, is something that you make
You'll never understand
You'll never understand
You'll never understand the world that's building in my head
So seize the year
So seize the year
So seize the year
You'll never understand the world that's building in my head
The time it takes, it's very clear, is something that you make - Track Name: Conquered the World
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I came, I saw, I conquered the world
Atop the mountain, my banner unfurled
Close to the sun, my skin it warms
I came, I saw, and I conquered the world
Lines on my face
A heavy crown
My bones that ache
The toll it takes
Time won't slow down for anyone
Especially not me
So untouchable, a sight to behold
Clad in armor, not an inch exposed
But now the creeping feeling of getting old
All that's left after you conquer the world
Lines on my face
A heavy crown
My bones that ache
The toll it takes
Time won't slow down for anyone
Especially not me
Just another day, just another day with the world in my hands
And I'll waste away, and I'll waste away, blown aside like the sand
And I'm feeling, and I'm feeling like I'm slipping away
Lines on my face
A heavy crown
My bones that ache
The toll it takes
Time won't slow down for anyone
Especially not me
Yeah - Track Name: Passes You By
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They'll break your heart, so never fall in love
You're getting wiser, so listen up
The walls you build, they will tear them down
So don't be there to catch them
Let them catch their own reflection
And you'll waste away
Oh oh oh
And you'll waste away
When your dreams fall aside
Reach out and grab a hold of your life
Before it passes you by
You'll be alone, it's just how it has to be
Just a warning, times will be tough
So clear your head, shake the cobwebs from your mind
Tolerate no distractions
No selfish satisfactions
And you'll waste away
Oh oh oh
And you'll waste away
When your dreams fall aside
Reach out and grab a hold of your life
Before it passes you by
SOLO
They broke your heart, we didn't make it up
You're finally getting wiser, but listen up
The walls you built, they tore them down
Just don't be there to catch them
See them in rear views reflection
And you'll waste away
Oh oh oh
And you'll waste away
Oh oh oh
And you'll waste away
Oh oh oh
And you'll waste away
When your dreams fall aside
Reach out and grab a hold of your life
Before it passes you by
And you'll waste away
When your dreams fall aside
Reach out and grab a hold of your life
Before it passes you by
And you'll waste away - Track Name: Falling Faster
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This was the moment
In the palm of his hands
But it wasn't meant to be
The smoke had lifted off the road up ahead
His perceived victory
It was his pride
Welled up inside
A lie, a grand illusion
We watched him die
& never cried
An end that finally suits him
Falling faster
Falling faster
Falling faster
Never the kingmaker
Always the clown
Self-inflated sincerity
Pressing the flesh, it's respect that he craves
Paranoia, can't shake free
It was his pride
Welled up inside
A lie, a grand illusion
We watched him die
& never cried
An end that finally suits him
Falling faster
Falling faster
Falling faster
SOLO
Falling faster
Falling faster
Falling faster - Track Name: Not Alone
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Once again I find myself
Lost for action, not for words
Talking circles, rambling on and on
And on, and on and on
And it makes me sad - so sad
To feel left behind again
As if I'm glad - so glad
To be left out in the rain
But I'm not alone
But I'm not alone
I'm not alone, I'm not alone
Once again I'm feeling sorry
For myself, no sense at all
Imagined glances, no second chances
Not today or any other day
And it makes me sad - so sad
To feel left behind again
As if I'm glad - so glad
To be left out in the rain
But I'm not alone
But I'm not alone
Won't do this again, my heart can't take it
Just one more blow, how could you know?
But I'm not alone
But I'm not alone
Won't do this again, my heart can't take it
Just one more blow, how could you know?
Just one more blow, how could you know?
Just one more chance, before you go
