Cat / Mouse
from Scenes from an Art Heist by The Eighty Six Seas
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I imagined Cat / Mouse as a suite with Hey Little Bird depicting a long running rivalry between a security director at a museum and a famous art thief. Cat / Mouse is all bravado - the security director getting ready for battle and more or less saying "bring it on". Another track where I leaned into the baroque elements (with another assistance from Joshua Stackhouse). This is my homage to The National's Squalor Victoria.
lyrics
A porcelain black calling card
He’s a professional
He knows how to savage every inch of my pride
A porcelain black calling card
He’s a professional
He knows how to savage every inch of my pride
But tonight belongs to me
The longest running game of cat and mouse you’ll ever see
And the little bird caught in between
The longest running game of cat and mouse the world’s ever seen
And the little bird, and the little bird
I’ll set the beams, and the heat seeking lenses
I want your A game out on display
I’ll set the beams, and the heat seeking lenses
I want your A game out on display
The longest running game of cat and mouse you’ve ever seen
And the little bird caught in between
The longest running game of cat and mouse the world’s ever seen
And the little bird, and the little bird
Tonight belongs to me
Tonight belongs to me
When the last guest leaves for the night
All the floods will be burning bright
Cmon, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now
When the last guest leaves for the night
All the floods will be burning bright
Cmon, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now
Is that your shadow up there on the ceiling?
He’s a professional
He knows how to savage every inch of my pride
A porcelain black calling card
He’s a professional
He knows how to savage every inch of my pride
But tonight belongs to me
The longest running game of cat and mouse you’ll ever see
And the little bird caught in between
The longest running game of cat and mouse the world’s ever seen
And the little bird, and the little bird
I’ll set the beams, and the heat seeking lenses
I want your A game out on display
I’ll set the beams, and the heat seeking lenses
I want your A game out on display
The longest running game of cat and mouse you’ve ever seen
And the little bird caught in between
The longest running game of cat and mouse the world’s ever seen
And the little bird, and the little bird
Tonight belongs to me
Tonight belongs to me
When the last guest leaves for the night
All the floods will be burning bright
Cmon, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now
When the last guest leaves for the night
All the floods will be burning bright
Cmon, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now, steal it now
Is that your shadow up there on the ceiling?
credits
from Scenes from an Art Heist,
released February 23, 2024
Nick Stevens - vocals
David Anthony - electric guitar, synthesizer
David Knox - bass
Chris Anthony - drums
Willie Roots - piano
Oleh Mytrofanov - violin, viola, cello
Joshua Stackhouse - string arrangement
Nick Stevens - vocals
David Anthony - electric guitar, synthesizer
David Knox - bass
Chris Anthony - drums
Willie Roots - piano
Oleh Mytrofanov - violin, viola, cello
Joshua Stackhouse - string arrangement
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The Eighty Six Seas Brooklyn, New York
The Eighty Six Seas is the moniker of Nick Stevens, a Brooklyn-based artist who weaves a tapestry of indie rock, indie pop, indie folk and folktronica into a sound all his own. Decorated with sweeping strings and poetic stories, it’s a sound shaped by influences as wide-ranging as The National, Frightened Rabbit, New Order, Belle and Sebastian, David Byrne, The Mountain Goats and Bon Iver. ... more
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