Heaven Is A Ghost Town (Album)

by Nicki Tedesco

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nickitedesco The concept for this album is the caricature "Frantic Ginger" arrives in Heaven and NO ONE IS THERE! It's a ghost town and not only that, her shadow transforms into an ominous alter ego part of herself that is a monster. There is a dark side to all of us. This album explores ALL those things we all think and feel but desperately try to hide or pretend aren't happening, or flat out ignore. You WILL have to look in the mirror, but at least we can do it together! Favorite track: Broken.

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1.	Trapped Inside 02:51	lyrics	buy track
I make up lies to fill the time, the lines inside my mind. Words aren't in black, they're white...they don't exist. Fake stories to my delight, just to fuel my plight. It isn't, it isn't right, but I fight to fight! I'm TRAPPED INSIDE! Trapped in the bondage of myself, that ego's in my way. Can't write a song awake, I'd suffocate. I just get in my own way, don't trust my waking mind. When I'm asleep, ok to actually CREATE. I'm TRAPPED INSIDE! My first thought isn't even right My first thought isn't EVER right. I'm TRAPPED INSIDE! I'm TRAPPED INSIDE! I'm TRAPPED INSIDE! I'm TRAPPED INSIDE!
2.	Heaven Is A Ghost Town 03:09	lyrics	buy track
It's so pretty you've frozen up the city do you think so? You were a ghost in the sun, and I could see you there. So bright in my eye, but I could see you shinin shinin. I thought I'd arrived, we're finally so near. With no one else around, like Heaven is one messed up Ghost Town. It's so pretty you've frozen up the city do you think so? It's a Ghost Town. Tried to pretend it was real, like I could touch your hand. When I could smell your perfume and you'd listen to my funky music. We wrote 3 lovely songs but then forgot them all. I knew it's just a dream, I'll never get back tryin tryin. It's so pretty you've frozen up the city do you think so? I, I'll sneak into heaven with you one more night. It's so pretty you've frozen up the city do you think so?
3.	Egotistical Boys 02:31	info	buy track
4.	Cross To Bear 03:46	info	buy track
5.	Taco Truck 02:35	lyrics	buy track
Say you wanna meet me at the TACO TRUCK, you think I don't know you only got one buck? All the people wonder why I want you so much. But you belong with me and I can't be greedy. And I belong with you, but they think we're needy ...but I don't care! Say you wanna meet me at the TACO TRUCK, nobody should judge you that you got no bucks! Maybe every day we could not give a fuck. And live! not like they want, lonely and hopeless. Hopeless, hopeless, hopeless... We might be broke, no insurance, maybe be homeless, but we don't care! Me and you should open up a TACO TRUCK, downtown Honolulu we can find some luck. Keep your eyes on the prize and we don't give up. Cause you belong with me and after some thinking. I’m thinking, I’m thinking Wise man once said: "life is too short, you gotta be happy". So let's retire!
6.	Broken 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Even though I know when I lie, I still pretend I’m victimized. This is how I survive the pain, it’s not ok. I know it’s BROKEN, and that it’s hopeless. And if I keep on doin what I’m doin to my heart’s content. I'll show you hopeless, you’ll know I’m BROKEN. And if I keep expecting something different, it don’t make no sense. It just feels good ignoring life and all the things I can’t depend. I’m in a bubble of pretend, I LOVE PRETEND! I know it’s BROKEN, and that it’s hopeless. And if I keep on doin what I’m doin to my heart’s content. I'll show you hopeless, you’ll know I’m BROKEN. And if I keep expecting something different, it don’t make no sense. Denial means: Don’t. Even. (K)now. I. Am. Lying! I love pretend, come let’s pretend!
7.	Enchanted 02:48	lyrics	buy track
People fall into ruin, they forgot that golden rule. Will you scream or will you feel ENCHANTED? Sunlight phased the moon, Maestro. Will you scream or will you feel ENCHANTED? When you want more than them, and you're bitter till the end. Your heart screams, when will you feel enchanted? The ancients tried to share an everlasting goal to care. Your heart will sing; you'll finally be ENCHANTED. Lessons I should have learned at 5. Loving kindness. Truth without it is just brutality. Lessons of kindness and love. Loving kindness, truth without it is just brutality.
8.	What Are You Waiting For 03:30	info	buy track

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NICKI TEDESCO
Heaven Is A Ghost Town
(2020)

On her sophomore solo outing, L.A. multiinstrumentalist Nicki Tedesco notches a new creative high with eight dangerously-addictive tracks that tap deeply into the heart of the punchy, pop-inspired styles that dominated the late-80s and early-90s. Of course, there’s a massive distinction between drawing inspiration from, as opposed to imitating, one’s influences and refreshingly, on Heaven Is A Ghost Town, Tedesco channels her influences in a way that never feels like anything less than contemporary. Cuts like Trapped Inside, Broken and the title track showcase a thrilling refinement of the pop punk stylings that dominated 2013’s Sweet As Freak, mixing in driving guitars, propulsive tempos and the kind of sugary pop harmonies that you’re still humming days after you hear them. Be forewarned - these songs are catchy enough to require a warning label. A relentlessly-creative (and highly in-demand) bassist in her own right, it’s hardly a surprise that thick, rubbery bass lines dominate the outing, adding rich emotional texture to tracks like What Are You Waiting For. At its heart though, Heaven... is a pop rock paradise, with revved-up bangers like Egotistical Boys conjuring the sneer and swagger of L7 or Bon Scott-era AC/DC. Then there’s the turbocharged Taco Truck — a pop punk beatdown that dives straight into its exhilarating, shout-out chorus before serving up the first verse. Thematically, Heaven catches Tedesco at a point of real transition, as she reconciles her past with a present that’s filled with new purpose. It’s this jagged optimism, borne of real life wisdom, that infuses the record with an ineffable sense of gravitas. Given the high overall quality of songwriting, you’d be hard-pressed to pick a standout, but Enchanted offers a convincing showcase of Tedesco’s consummate strengths as a songwriter; starting with a brooding, midtempo chug, she gradually piles on growling riffs and sparkling atmospherics until the track builds to the kind of virile climax that begs to be shouted out by fifty thousand people at an outdoor festival. The next time somebody claims that they just don’t make great albums like they did back in the day, hand them a copy of Heaven Is A Ghost Town.
- Joe Daly

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released February 21, 2020

All songs written and recorded by Nicki Tedesco.
Additional guitar and production by Alex Guadagnoli.
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Guadagnoli.
Album art by Brian P. Judy.
Album cover by James Parris

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Nicki Tedesco Los Angeles, California

Nicki Tedesco delivers driving attitude filled songs with nostalgic sound, that speak to the pop punk genre traditions. Heavy duty riffage with post-punk sneer, expressive vocals, screams and beautiful harmonies, reminiscent of Elastica, Hole, The Breeders and L7. She mentors female songwriters in L.A. as well as has 100's of BASS videos/covers on her youTube channel.
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