Speaking in Tongues by Desperate Measures

To appreciate the study in contrasts that defines their music, you need look no further than the two brothers who comprise Desperate Measures. Bill Sunkel: high energy, passionate, spontaneous, musicologist, bluesman. Rob Sunkel: cerebral, meticulous, introspective, artisan, jazzman. Together: intellectual, emotional, obsessive, songsmiths, rockers. Once again, Bill and Rob are joined on this CD by guitarist Tony Spatarella, who, as always, brings exciting additional colors to the DM palette.

Speaking in Tongues showcases both the range and the depth of Desperate Measures, from pop culture absurdism to pre-apocalyptic fatalism, and reveals influences ranging from The Fab Four to Carl Sagan. But on this CD, there is a new confidence, a sharper angle of attack than before. Listen carefully. There are melodies you have never heard, but will always remember. There are words that offer up novel takes on familiar people, places and events. If there is a soundtrack of our lives, these songs surely deserve a place in it.

For more backstory on Desperate Measures, or to check out more of their music, click on the links for their first two CDs, Two Can Play and True Confessions, each on the left side of this page. To hear more music by Tony Spatarella, go to www.cdbaby.com/tonyspatarella and www.cdbaby.com/changes.

And, hey, one more thing! Desperate Measures' new website, with loads of photos, song clips, band news, information and more is now live! Just click on the link to the left, or go to www.desperatemeasurescd.com. And make sure you leave a message for the guys in the guestbook! Enjoy!

EVERYTHING BREAKS

Everything breaks, eventually

Hard as you stand, you'll fall to the sea

As the wind and the waves come incessantly

Everything breaks, eventually

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Once there were shadows, now there's nothing here at all

I watched them raise our hopes a hundred stories tall

And never believed

I couldn't conceive

I'd see the day

That they would come to be

Laid to waste

But, honey, take it on faith

Everything breaks

Everything breaks, eventually

The fool is the kind who's too blind to see

Building shrines to his own immortality

Everything breaks, eventually

Last night an asteroid passed close overhead

One hundred meters wide, or so the morning papers said

While I lay dreaming in my sweet unknowing bed

And for all your strength

And for all your speed

How can you talk about

A life that you lead?

We're just caught in the wake

And, baby, make no mistake

Everything breaks

Doesn't really matter

In what truth you believe

Doesn't really matter

Where the dim lights will lead

Doesn't really matter

What the tarot cards show

I've been around enough to know

There's only one way it can go

Everything breaks, eventually

You weather the storm perpetually

And then a kiss brings you to your knees

Everything breaks, eventually

(Copyright 2006 Bill Sunkel & Rob Sunkel)

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