Modern Age, by Vanessa Peters

Modern Age

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Douglas Paterson The songs are great.The production is pristine.And I love the distinctive guitar riffs.Definitely worth the wait! Favorite track: Make Up My Mind.

bruno.0711 Great album. No more words needed.
I had the pleasure to hear it live on stage. Wonderful. Favorite track: Valley of Ashes.

H.L. Over the years, VANESSA PETERS' honest singer/songwriter rock became more and more catchy and accessible. "Modern Age" contains lively hits like "Crazymaker" or the titletrack, but also dynamic, more relaxed tracks which grow up to catchy tunes with each repeat, "Make up my Mind", "Never really gone", "The Weight of this", "The Try" or "Still got time" are good examples. In total, "Modern Age" is a multi-faceted, album which you can enjoy for a long time. Looking forward to hear it live! Favorite track: Crazymaker.

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1.	Modern Age 03:36	lyrics	buy track
my favorite memories were made on grandma's porch I still look for it when I drive by, but it's not there anymore when she passed on they tore it down poured a ton of concrete in the ground and put up a giant box with fake hardwood floors 'cause a house without four bedrooms, there isn't room enough so build a new one twice as big and fill it up with stuff 'cause that's how it goes in today's modern age as soon as it's made, it gets thrown away we're operating at surge capacity and I really miss the way it used to be yeah, I really miss the way it used to be and I still remember when our phones would get turned off sometimes we'd just be unavailable after ten o'clock and it wasn't any kind of crime if every now and then you went offline and big brother wasn't always listenin' when you would talk now we check our phones and we check the news eighty-five times a day but I don't understand the draw; there's nothing good there anyway and that's how it goes in today's modern age as soon as it's made, it gets thrown away we're running on a drained battery and I really miss the way it used to be yeah, I really miss the way it used to be and I really miss the way it used to be
2.	Make Up My Mind 04:24	lyrics	buy track
the sky is just as gray as when it started and some things never change but I'm not so brokenhearted I can't rearrange these deck chairs one more time and I woke up this morning to find the world on fire but the burn was controlled and we all just went to work like it was fine like it was fine 'cause most of us are as happy as we wanna be oh what a curse, that I can never decide 'cause I've considered every possibility now if I could just make up my mind tell everyone what I'm worth punch above my weight stop being afraid listening for the crowd's roar and wondering where it's at take the bully straight down to the mat 'cause most of us are as happy as we wanna be oh what a curse, that I can never decide 'cause I've considered every possibility now if I could just make up my mind and I woke up this morning to find the world on fire but the burn was controlled and we all just went to work like it was fine like it was fine 'cause most of us are as happy as we wanna be oh what a curse, that I can never decide 'cause I've considered every possibility now if I could just make up my mind
3.	Crazymaker 03:45	lyrics	buy track
been chewing on this bitter pill for so long but it's a jawbreaker well all that I did wrong was let myself get strung along it's too easy to make excuses for a faker but I do you the favor, forget your bad behavior we'll just chalk it up to my failure to see you were a crazymaker, a bomb about to crater I was looking for a savior, shame on me shame on me shame on me shame on me and I'm the easy thing you reach for when you need something to hold yes I know what's good for me I just pay no mind and time and time again it gets so old but I just do you the favor, forget your bad behavior we'll just chalk it up to my failure to see you were a crazymaker, a bomb about to crater I was looking for a savior, shame on me shame on me shame on me shame on me knowin' I've been taken for a ride but takin' the ride anyway what will happen when the bomb goes off? will I find another reason to stay? I do you the favor, forget your bad behavior we'll just chalk it up to my failure to see you were a crazymaker, a bomb about to crater I was looking for a savior, shame on me shame on me shame on me shame on me
4.	Valley of Ashes 03:53	lyrics	buy track
wasting all my time away sitting by the door waiting for the bell to ring and pray for something more the last time that you came to call I tried to explain the way you make me feel inside is making me insane reaching for the bottle to fill the empty glass nausea up inside of me I wait for it to pass you say you're coming back this way you won't say when you say you're coming back but I'm afraid to ask I'm afraid to ask I'm afraid and I'm watching headlights coming round the bend and I'm waiting for you to come around again and now come back to the valley of ashes to the valley of ashes you love me like an object addiction you won't quit you swear to me you cannot stop a sickness you can't fix and you can't live forever that's what I told myself I climbed into the taxi and turned into someone else turned into someone else turned into someone that's watching headlights coming round the bend and I'm waiting for you to come around again and come back to the valley of ashes to the valley of ashes to the valley of ashes
5.	Hood Ornament 03:58	lyrics	buy track
born with a shirt on your back, born at third base acting like you hit a triple you've got a choir of yes men to sing all your praise I'm stuck here playing second fiddle if it were easy anyone would do it I've worked so hard to get this far but when it really gets right down to it the old boys are standing guard they cross their arms, the door is barred they're standing guard rolling stones uphill, tugging at my bootstraps I take a break, they crash back down trying to catch my breath, running on the treadmill I'm never covering new ground if it were easy anyone would do it I've worked so hard to get this far but when it really gets right down to it the old boys are standing guard they cross their arms in the schoolyard they're standing guard took my place up on the stage at the big event all alone in a crowd of men one of them looked me up and down and said -- I thought you were the hood ornament if it were easy anyone would do it but why's it gotta be so damn hard and when it really gets right down to it the old boys are standing guard they cross their arms, the door is barred the old boys are standing guard the old boys are standing guard
6.	The Band Played On 03:09	lyrics	buy track
I buried myself in sunshine I had to break through the clouds so I played happy pop songs and turned them up way too loud and yes I got a bit sunburned but it's a victory I earned so what else are we gonna do? we can't give up just 'cause the bastards won I'm going down with the ship and they'll say the band played on, the band played on the band played on and the band played on we should've sounded the alarm much sooner 'cause we held on too long thinking things were gonna turn a corner it looks like we were wrong 'cause we were seeing things for what they weren't and that's a lesson we gotta learn so what else are we gonna do? we can't give up just 'cause the bastards won I'm going down with the ship and they'll say the band played on and the band played on the band played on and the band played on the band played on and the band played on and I don't care if my back's against the wall I'm coming at 'em like a cannonball 'cause what else are we gonna do? we can't give up just 'cause the bastards won I'm going down with the ship and they'll say the band played on and the band played on the band played on and the band played on the band played on and the band played on the band played on and the band played....
7.	Never Really Gone 03:11	lyrics	buy track
it feels good to push the bruise and realize it's gone it's just skin, there's nothing bleeding underneath nothing damaged or torn and I don't trust it yet but I stuck a toe out on the ice maybe coming back didn't make it crack it's clearer in hindsight that I was never really gone I carried it inside always afraid to lose what I had I came back to find that I was never really gone and I'll never forget the fortune that brought me on this path all the people I'd have never got to know if I had let fear turn me back and I left some signs along the road I traveled from here to there and back again and again and again maybe I left home, but in the end I was never really gone I carried it inside always afraid to lose what I had I came back to find that I was never really gone never really gone maybe I outgrew this place or maybe I just thought I did maybe I just needed to spread my wings and fly around a little bit 'cause I was never really gone I carried it inside always afraid to lose what I had I came back to find that I was never really gone never really gone never really gone The Weight of This I don’t need you to be apologetic I need you to be decisive and make the final cut you're not saving anything by giving it a softer landing no amount of pretty words can cover up the constant lo-hum buzzing of regret inside my ears it's got my balance all worn out and I’m tipping toward my fear 'cause we can't forget the things we've done and we can't forgive who we've become and the weight of this weighs a ton and it crushes us ‘til we are numb well maybe if I could have stuck the landing there'd have been a better chance for you to understand me but I’m unable to stop playing this in reverse and all the mistakes caught on tape only make it worse 'cause we can't forget the things we've done we can't forgive who we've become and the weight of this weighs a ton and it crushes us til we are numb so now that we broke free and dodged the bullet tell me why it’s so hard to just let go of it and we can't forget the things we've done we can't forgive who we've become and the weight of this, it weighs a ton and it crushes us... and we can't forget the things we've done we can't forgive who we've become and the weight of this, it weighs a ton and it crushes us til we are numb
8.	The Weight of This 03:25		buy track
9.	Yes 03:36	lyrics	buy track
I'm so tired of smiling and saying yes of always being passed up when I was clearly next but I don't have the courage to put my anger to the test and I know that this ain't fair I've heard it all my life but that won't get me anywhere so I keep turning on the knife but I'm so tired of smiling and saying yes of always being passed up when I was clearly next but I don't have the courage to put my anger to the test and I know that I don't play all their silly games I just do it my own way but I'm angry all the same I just take it all in stride try not to quit the fight I keep my fists balled by my side and my lips pulled back real tight but I'm so tired of smiling and saying yes of always being passed up when I was clearly next but I don't have the courage to put my anger to the test and I'm so fucking tired of saying yes
10.	The Try 03:36	lyrics	buy track
it's an uphill climb for our heroine the sun is setting, the air is growing thin and I can hear the cheers from all my friends from the safety of base camp but I don't know how everyone else carries on well I don't know what they have figured out and maybe it's not that hot, and we're not about to die and we could save ourselves if we'd gather up the try and avoidance of regret is what i'm working on a life lived without it, or to just move on to let it go and really, really mean it to open up my hands and free them for receiving but I don't know how everyone else carries on well I don't know what they have figured out well maybe it's not that hot, and we're not about to die and we could save ourselves if we'd gather up the try and the wound I carry tonight is heavy and it won't stop bleeding no matter how tightly I wrap it up it's always open, a constant needing but I don't know how everyone else carries on well I don't know what they have figured out and baby it's getting hot, but I'm not afraid to die and we could save ourselves if we'd gather up the try oh we could save ourselves if we'd gather up the try
11.	Still Got Time 03:06	lyrics	buy track
well get a hold of yourself 'cause the world isn't ending yet -- what about all that rain they forecast that never came? and get a hold of your fear 'cause it's the only thing that keeps you here just take a deep breath, and go outside! 'cause you've still got time as long as you're hearing this you've still got time to shake off your loneliness you've still got time to make your own happiness you've still.... you've still.... 'cause you can master your circumstance you're the one in control of drawing your every breath and choosing your starring role so get a hold of your feet and use them to carry you right into the street and do something you'd never do! 'cause you've still got time to patch up your brokenness you've still got time to fix what you haven't yet you've still got time as long as you're hearing this you've still.... 'cause you've still got time to shake off your loneliness you've still got time to make your own happiness you've still got time as long as you're hearing this you've still.... you've still got time!

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released April 23, 2021

Copyright ℗ © 2021 Vanessa Peters. All rights reserved.
Words and music by Vanessa Peters (BMI)
except "Valley of Ashes" and "Hood Ornament"
Words by Vanessa Peters (BMI) and music by Rip Rowan (ASCAP)

Vanessa Peters: vocals, acoustic guitar
Federico Ciancabilla: electric guitar
Matteo Patrone: keyboards
Andrea Colicchia: bass guitar
Rip Rowan: drums, keyboards
Joe Reyes: rhythm guitar on "Crazymaker"

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Craig and Laurie Adams

Produced by Rip Rowan
Recorded remotely in:
Ingen, Netherlands
Goslar, Germany
Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Lucca, Italy
Dallas, Texas

Mixed by Rip Rowan in Lucca, Italy
Mastered by Dave McNair

Artwork and layout by Rip Rowan

Special thanks to the Schrader family, Annet Visser, and Amanda and Adriano Versari for giving us the spaces we needed to create the album.
Extra big love and gratitude to our Kickstarter sponsors who made this album possible:

Craig and Laurie Adams, Eric and Jeannie Nadel, Ed and Janet Lopez, Anja and Hannah Peerdeman, The Schunke Family, Reid and Emily Wakefield, Dirk Haun, Roberto Carlos Alvarez-Galloso, Sara and Matteo, Greg Rabel, James and Virginia Ellis, Tom and Bonnie Grier, Neff Conner, Jim Huddleston, Doris Behrends, Dall L. Landry III, Amy and Josh, Raymond Steiner, William and Tiffany Dunn, Mascha and Christiaan, Eileen Melville, Billy and Katie Withrow, Jason and Jenna Kurten, Steve Zwolinksi, Patrick Reinert, Rasheed Khaleel, Craig and Rachael Dupen, Monty Daniels, Miles Poole, Joanna and Chris Amato, Brian and Roxanne Miller, Ashley Pagnotta, Devin Pike America's Sweetheart, Patricia A. Duplantis, Jim Williams, Michael Silva, The Granger Family, Joel and. Jessica Keralis, Crystal King, Martijn de Koning, John Wilkinson, David and Jennifer Tinker, Reto and Sreyleak, Steve Mueller, Silent Bob and Teo, David Gaw, Ed Campbell, Sganga, Brigitte Lehnert and Andre Boughtwood

Additional thanks goes to our Bandcamp subscribers past and present, many of whom also Kickstarted the album. Lots of these folks have been with us since the beginning and we would not be here without them.

Ed & Janet Lopez, Craig & Laurie Adams, Jim Williams, Ed Campbell, Dirk Haun, Scott & Jamie Ostdiek, Kevin & Joni Larson, Gary Shaw, Tom Calhoun, Miles Poole, Susan Edwards, Ashley Pagnotta, Mike Silva, Stefan Valica, Chris Lewis, Alan Perry, Marcy Beasley, Anke Roggenbuck, Jeremy Albrecht, Hugo Dahl, Anyse Joslin, Brian & Roxanne Miller, David & Jennifer Tinker, Neff Conner, Vince Voegeli, Bill Merrill, David Fore, Jessica & Matt Schunke, Wim Jannes, David & Susanne Granger, Jill Van Sickle & Leonardo Prosperi, Jeff Organ, Chris Van Gorder, John Wilkinson, Marie & George Popichak, Leslie Shaw, Houston & Cody Blankenship, Randall & Paula Peters, Steve & Marianne Allen, Allen Lucas, Stefano Fabriano, Sara Cenni, The McCrea Family, Mike Jones, Dario Bonazza, Michael Davis, Jim Huddleston, Margaret Henslee, James Taylor, Pat & Katy Moran, Daniel Tito, Ryan Smith & Andrea Betts, Patrick & Mary Grace Fess, Steve Mueller, Heather Worrell, Billy & Katie Withrow, Alex Harden, Sergio Redaelli, Monty Daniels, Chelsea Ward, Shelly Minter, Brian Adkins, Craig Dupen, Phil & Carol Burnett, David Gaw, Simon Lellow, Martijn de Koning, Stephen Roberts, Sarah Henry, Chris Sims, Ronnie de Champs, Jeanie Silva, Brooke & David Kingery, Filippo Armellino, Anne Cecilia Smith, Paul Chrisawn, Giacomo Contin, Jim & Sue Williams, Jeff Kabacinski, Dario Snidaro, Felix Debets, Joan Van Sickle, Peter O'Connell, Eliana Brown, Terry Smith, Allen Lucas, Amy Franklin, Joe Mayer, Mary Lafferty, Deanna Wood, Rachel Gollay, Jimmy Jacobson, Joshua Parrish, David Persalis, Tom Grier, Denis Stewart

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Indie singer/songwriter from Texas. Musician, Italophile, Virgo, coffee nerd, food lover, bossy-pants, big ol' softie.
I've released 10+ albums and played over 1000 shows in 11 countries. I'm not done yet.

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