Demolition Derby out April 16th 2021
Pre-order: minta.bandcamp.com/album/demolition-derby
Minta & The Brook Trout play “Matador”
Francisca Cortesão: vox, electric guitar, electric piano
Mariana Ricardo: bass, banjo, cavaco, synth, vox
Margarida Campelo: electric piano, synth, vox
Tomás Sousa: drums, vox
"Matador"
written by Francisca Cortesão
produced by Mariana Ricardo and Francisca Cortesão · recorded by Nelson Carvalho at Vale de Lobos, Sintra, assisted by Nuno Simões, December 2020 · additional recordings by Mariana Ricardo and Francisca Cortesão at Hide and Make Inactive, Lisbon
mixed by Nelson Carvalho at Valentim de Carvalho, Paço de Arcos, February 2020 · mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA, February 2020
cover art by Bernardo P. Carvalho
video edited using archival footage from several Demolition Derbies in the US (credits and links below)
MATADOR
under the vertical garden
in the fluorescent light
you came up with a plan
then you let it go
look at the vertical garden
the shiny artificial plants
they will never die
they will never grow
go out of your way
or fake it through another day
everything is real
make your peace with whatever you feel
the unwilling coalition of characters crowding your thoughts
make too much noise
and way too little sense
when you run out of excuses someday soon
you might just linger
in the present tense
go out of your way
or fake it through another day
everything is real
make your peace with whatever you feel
demolition derby footage taken from:
- “Demolition Derby - August 12th 2016” (Bolton Fair – Lancaster, MA)
https://archive.org/details/slctvma-Demolition_Derby_-_August_12th_2016
- Editing - Nantucket Demolition Derby for PlumTV” (Nantucket, MA)
https://vimeo.com/16111649
- “ Behind the Wheel as a Demolition Derby Driver “ (Coon Rapids, MN)
https:/archive.org/details/Behind_the_Wheel_as_a_Demolition_Derby_Driver