Life Arcade by Ashby & the Oceanns

Life Arcade is an album with a lot of different ideas and threads running throughout the songs. About half of the album is a collection of stories that take place in a fictional town, Winter Town. The other half are autobiographical, similar to the previous two albums. The goal was to make a album with a larger scope than the previous two albums, while still focusing on writing good, catchy songs.

Most of the lyrics were written on scrap sheets of paper on breaks at work, with chords and melodies being added in the evening. Plus, multiple versions of most of the songs were recorded before settling on these recordings.

Hopefully, the album will be a different, but enjoyable experience! Thanks for supporting my art!

This album was written in February and March, 2016. It was recorded on a tascam DP-004, except for tracks 2,8. All the songs are written and performed by Ashlynn Barker.

Tracklist

1.	Life Arcade (Hum)	2:41

2.	Life Arcade (Doors)	4:49

3.	The Toughest Critic	3:21

4.	Runaway (WLD HRT)	4:07

5.	Dead Artist	2:50

6.	Spook's Life	3:05

7.	Fake Gamer Girl	4:51

8.	Thomas, The Mechanical Fox	4:30

9.	The Asexual Punk Song	3:12

10.	Forward Facing	4:41

11.	Five Weeks (Peaches)	2:19

12.	Home Videos	3:51

13.	The Spotlight	4:26

14.	Television Land	4:48

15.	Fun Expo 1998 (Open World)	5:27

16.	Lady Nova Stella (The Queen of Space)	8:37

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released March 15, 2016

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