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Alex Maas x The City (Official Video)

"'The City' is a sort-of meditative and melancholic reflection of Americana. The video was shot as the director independently travelled across the U.S.A. The director tried to capture the mundanity and nostalgia of present day America on her 3000 mile journey." - Laura-Lynn Petrick (Video Director)

All the watchmen on the tower are sleeping

and the men have all gone home

now that's a city that's ripe for the taking

and behind the castle's walls the children playing

as the army plots their position

all the watchmen on the tower are sleeping

and the men have all gone home

now that's a city that's ripe for the taking

and someone took it for the love of taking

all the many broken bones the people dying

all the many burning homes the women cryin

now that's a city that's ripe for the taking

and someone took it, now it's yours for the taking

all the watchmen on the tower are sleeping

and the men have all gone home as the army starts advancing

now that's a city that's ripe for the taking

ya thats a city that's ripe for the taking

now that's ripe for the taking

now that's our city now that's our city

thats been taken - Alex Maas (Lyrics)

Alex Maas x The City

"Maas originally set out to create an acoustic record, then planned to mix the folk feel of Leonard Cohen with the textures of the Wu-Tang Clan; there are echoes of those previous directions in the samples, drones, stiff drums and occasional picked guitar, but the vibe is more Joe Meek producing The Madcap Laughs." - Uncut

"Having upheld the Texas tradition of the 13th Floor Elevators-style lysergic emanations with The Black Angels, Alex Maas has gone deep into himself for a beautiful solo debut..."[Luca] combines considered, personal songwriting with a late-'60s edge of hazy paranoia, most of it informed by the joys and responsibilities of fatherhood." - Mojo

"Throughout [Luca], ghosts of pre-rock crooners, dustbowl troubadours, torch singers and bobby-sox balladers converge in a backwoods cabin thick with the fug of good grass..." - Shindig

"Alex Maas possesses one of the most timeless voices in Austin music and now you can really hear it....his voice pierces vintage pop landscape."- Austin Chronicle

"Leaving behind the fuzzy guitars of his band Black Angels, Alex Maas picks up his acoustic for his first solo album, Luca...'The City' is especially intimate. "The enemy is always just outside the gates," says Alex of the track. 'Be ready for anything.'" - Brooklyn Vegan