Arkells – Blueprint

More today from the Hamilton, Ontario indie-rock band Arkells.  Blueprint is the closing track to the band’s critically acclaimed debut LP Jackson Square, released on October 28th of 2008; the album was among the 40 Canadian independent releases long-listed for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.  The band rode the success of Jackson Square to the 2009 CASBY Awards where they took home the award for Favorite New Artist.  Currently the band is making their way through a Canadian tour, with notable stops in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto; the full tour schedule is listed below.  For more from Jackson Square, we’ve also posted the following songs:

Arkells – Pullin’ Punches
Arkells -- The Ballad of Hugo Chavez
Arkells -- John Lennon

Nov. 17 Kelowna, ON Habitat
Nov. 18 Victoria, BC Lucky Bar
Nov. 19 Vancouver, BC The Venue
Nov. 21 Calgary, AB The Legion
Nov. 22 Regina, SK The Exchange
Nov. 27 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
Nov. 28 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
Dec. 03  London, ON Call The Office
Dec. 04 Hamilton, ON The Studio

If my moves could match these words
And my heart beat like those drums,
I wouldn’t feel the weight of the New Year.

I keep wishing time would stop
So I could figure some shit out -
I’d make a blueprint of what I plan to do here.

‘Cause by next year if I regret another birthday,
Then I ain’t going about things the right way.
I got a voice on my left. I got a voice on my right.
Lately I’ve been falling on the devil’s side.

Hit the street, on your feet.
Don’t retreat, let’s go.
Never regret getting old.

Hit the street, on your feet.
Don’t retreat, let’s go.
Never assume what you’re told.

Well, I ain’t gonna fear the New Year.
I ain’t gonna fear the New Year.
I ain’t gonna fear the New Year.
I ain’t gonna fear the New Year.

Related posts:

• Arkells – The Ballad of Hugo Chavez
• Arkells – John Lennon
• Arkells – Pullin’ Punches
• Mother Mother – Hayloft
• A.C. Newman – The Palace at 4 AM