Red Hot Dust

by Mirrorball

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about

"Red Hot Dust

was written a time when I
desperately want
ed
to go home
but
circumstances
wouldn’t allow it
.
My heart was running on empty and going back home was the only way to
fill it back up again
.
‘Canyon of dreams’ refers to where I grew up in Sierra Madre Canyon.
I was stuck in the heart of Los
Angeles,
and it started to feel surreal, unfriendly
, l
ike driving
down the LA freeway with molten lava where the asphalt used to be.
Everything is
the sa
me,
but something is different, something is unfamiliar.
I heard Scott playing the piano part and I thought of the lyric “The devil is in a dark place”. To
me it was kind of a joke, it

s already the devil how could the devil be in a dark place. But that’
s
how things felt at the time.
I was trying to
force some light to the surface
with this song
. I wanted to drive out to the
desert with the top down and fly under that pink
-
hued and eventually
starry
sky that only
exists
in that place
. If you can’t go ho
me, you can always go to the desert.
Strangely enough, as the song releases,
I am saying my final farewell to my childhood home
.
It’s like Thomas Wolfe says, “You can’t go home again.”
Alexandra Johnstone

lyrics

The Devil is in a dark place
He's lost all self
-
control
I've won but I've lost the whole race
And I'm gonna hit the road
Desert pink fill my lungs
Canyon of dreams
,
fill my guns
Red wine, it's a thriller
Its Goddamn killer
Let's ride with
the top down
Shoot stars till they fall down
Desert pink fill my lungs
Canyon of dreams fill my guns
Don't look at me innocent
Because I can't breathe
Red hot dust
Red hot dust
Interlude
The
D
evil is in a dark place
He's lost all self
-
control
I've won
but I've lost the whole race
And I'm gonna hit the road
Desert pink fill my lungs
Canyon of dreams
,
fill my guns
Don't look at me, innocent
Because I can't breathe
Red hot dust
Red hot dust

credits

released June 2, 2023
Alexandra Johnstone-vocals, composer
Scott Watson-piano, synths, composer
Darren Weiss-drums
Todd Dahlhoff-bass
keys-Michael Rosen
producer-Chris Coady
mastering-Heba Kadry

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Mirrorball Los Angeles, California

La indie pop duo Mirrorball had been separately releasing music in LA before teaming up.
‘This Time’ was released on Dangerbird Records in 2019 and, incidentally, was the first song they wrote together. It caught the ear of producer Chris Coady (Grizzly Bear, Beach House), and they entered production on an EP.
"Tinsel for a Tear" is the first of a collection of songs produced and mixed by Coady.
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