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Anti​-​Matter

by The Line

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  • To mark the year anniversary of the album Matter, the album is being re-released with an additional album map and listening guide.
    The map represents the internal journey carried out throughout the span of the record, despite the entirety of the action being located in a single room. The added listening guide presents two contrasting breakdowns of the writing/listening experience - one is carefully considered and rational, the other impulsive and emotional.
    The guide was written by The Line but the stunning artwork and design was the work of Lia Wright.
    The album map comes in the form of an A3 poster on recycled paper and the listening is a small A5 booklet, also printed on recycled paper.

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1.
Anxiety 03:00
This is all that’s left, I don’t need to tell you that. I hope you get some rest, You deserve so much more than that. Evelyn, I hope you realise, I meant it all along, I never told you lies. Now I’ll go, I never meant to stay. I find it hard to find the words to say. What I meant, Didn’t mean it anyway. In other words, another way. In other words, another way.
2.
Weight 03:52
Waiting Weighting my words If they're too heavy, I'd seem absurd If they're too light, You wouldn't mind But I want you to remember my sibilant curve I've been waiting all this time for you Weighting fishing lines and lines to use Wading in and out of welfare queues Waiting on the phone for happy news
3.
Wet Skin 04:50
My skin is wet again, The feeling, is coursing through. My skin is wet again, A simple feeling, Like missing you. The sin that I let in, Is easy, is nothing new. To call that guilt a sin, Makes little, Of missing you. I’m missing you.
4.
Wade 03:29
5.
I know I’ve lost you now, I feel ashamed. I know it’s all my fault, I pulled the trigger anyway. I’d like to see, That other world, on the other side of my decision. I’d like to be, In another world, in a not quite parallel dimension. Evelyn, I’m sorry, For being wrong, For being young. Evelyn, I’m sorry, Maybe I’m selfish, Maybe I’m just dumb. Evelyn, I never meant to make you cry, Never thought I’d have to say goodbye, The way I did, When I quenched it, I unhinged it.
6.
She came from the water, It’d kill me to drown her, So I closed my eyes ‘til she was gone. I needed an answer, So I made up the question, Can’t wait for the facts, To prove me wrong. I broke her only heart.
7.
I don’t believe in everything I’ve seen. I tend to find that truths lie in between. I’m fading, in and out of view, They’re fading, in and out of view. My voice gets very loud inside my head. It serves to amplify what I regret. I’m fading, in and out of view, She’s fading, in and out of view. Fading in and out of view.
8.
Over 02:55
Now that it’s over, I’m only someone, Someone not waiting for you. Now that it’s over, I’m still just someone, Someone who doesn’t know what to do.
9.
Matter 05:35
You know that love has left me It makes me feel unholy All old beliefs reject me They curse and not console me She knows that I don’t matter We’re all just in the ether God knows she’s made of matter Sounds waves will not impede her He hopes that you’ll accept me It hurts the ones who know me You know she won’t forget me That’s vanity, if only I know that I don’t matter I know she doesn’t either I know we’re made of matter I don’t know if I need her I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter. I know that I don’t matter.
10.
Am I so fickle? Am I so shallow? I didn’t realise I was. They say time heals, But what if I don’t want to heal. There’s so many feelings, I still want to feel.
11.
Epilogue 04:43
I can't bear to be so close to you anymore Separated by walls and clothes and closed doors I can't believe in a God who won't believe in me When I pray I pray for someone else For all I ask, I never ask for help What help I give, I just can't help myself Like a moth to a flame, I come back again It doesn't burn me but your light puts me to shame And I've no-one else to blame Like a moth to a flame, I come back again You're not playing but your still part of the game You don't even know my aim I can't bear to see pictures of you anymore Pixelated but not quite obscured I can't believe in a life lived through an lcd screen We're so connected I see everything you eat But I can't share things that mean that much to me Like a moth to a flame, I come back again It doesn't burn me but your light puts me to shame And I've no-one else to blame Like a moth to a flame, I come back again You're not playing but your still part of the game You don't even know my aim I can't bear to be so close to you anymore I can't bear to be so close to you anymore I can't bear to be so close to you anymore I can't bear to be so close to you anymore But I can't keep away Like a moth to a flame, I come back again It doesn't burn me but your light puts me to shame And I've no-one else to blame Like a moth to a flame, I come back again You're not playing but your still part of the game You don't even know my aim Like a moth to a flame, I come back again It doesn't burn me but your light puts me to shame And I've no-one else to blame
12.
She came from the water, It would kill me to drown her, So I closed my eyes til she was gone I needed an answer so I made up the question Can't wait for the facts to prove me wrong I broke her only heart
13.
This is all that's left, I don't need to tell you that. I hope you get some rest, you deserve so much more than that. Evelyn, I hope you realise, I meant it all along, I never told you lies.
14.
I know that I don't matter.

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released September 4, 2021

All Tracks Written and Produced by Brian Dillon
All Tracks (except 11, 12, 13 & 14) Recorded by Daniel Fox & Des Garvey
All Tracks (except 11, 12, 13 & 14) Mixed by Daniel Fox
All Tracks (except 11, 12, 13 & 14) Mastered by Matt Colton
Violin performed on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8 by Éna Brennan
Cello performed on tracks 1, 5 and 8 by Rory White
Violin performed on track 11 by Gareth Quinn Redmond
Cello performed on track 11 by Sophie Geary
Track 11 & Track 14 recorded and mixed by Brian Dillon
Track 12 produced by Ana López-Reyes
Track 13 produced by Jofridur Akkadotir
Track 11, 12 and 13 mastered by Fergal Davis

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The Line Dublin, Ireland

A line is a visual trail of energy that has been drawn across a surface and is a manifestation of the life energy of the person that made it.
The Line is the pseudonym of Brian Dillon, musician, sound artist and Irishman. Brian is originally from a small town in rural Ireland and he has never quite been able to escape the lines of identity that separate his life from the lives of others.
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