Another Year

from Notes From Undergrad by Travels With Brindle

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It all looks different from first-floor windows
Back outside Boston, I should have moved on
Signed up for classes and changed my major
The Yard’s familiar like the surface of the moon

Waltz on the Weeks Bridge, ball game on Sundays
When the bells in the steeple would wake me at one

Another year back where I started
Another year to take my place among the scholars
Clear-eyed and brokenhearted
Another year back at square one

I turn our head as I pass our call box
That’s where you phoned me, outside of Bradstreet
A magic trick that cast a long, dark shadow
How long til it fades into the landscape

A parting message from the monks of Danilov
The bells were here before me, they’ll be here when I’m gone

Chorus

Peel the plastic from my brand-new notebook
Smudged cursive on pearly white
Pink Pet eraser at the ready
A hundred pages to mar with graphite

Chorus

Another year back where I started
Another year, I’ll take my place among the scholars
Clear-eyed and broken hearted
Back where I paid to be, back at square one

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from Notes From Undergrad, released June 2, 2023
Written by Chelsea Spear

Ukulele, vocals: Chelsea Spear
Cello: Marshunda Smith
Percussion: Hilary Lahan

Mixed by Christian DeKnatel
Mastered by Joel Edinberg

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Travels With Brindle Boston, Massachusetts

Under the name Travels With Brindle, Boston-based songwriter Chelsea Spear got started as a busker on the MBTA, playing ukulele covers for a diverse audience. She later began writing her own music, developing the ethereal-yet-gritty style that can now be heard in the tight melodies of her most recent EP, Greetings from Rocky Point. She is writing her second EP. ... more

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