A signed copy of our album, Sure.
Comes in a 4-panel digipack, photography by Tommy Vo & design by Ash & Eric L'Esperance.
Includes unlimited streaming of Sure
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
$20USDor more
T-Shirt/Shirt
The very first "Ash & Eric" T-shirt! Custom design from New Antlers, printed on Bella + Canvas (no-sweatshop, eco-friendly).
Available in UNISEX JERSEY (cream) sizes S-XXL
and WOMEN'S RELAXED FIT (sand dune) sizes S-XXL
ships out within 30 days
$20USDor more
All of the newest merch from Ash & Eric, bundle valued at $47, get it all here for $40.
- Signed copy of "Sure" CD
- T-shirt (Unisex Jersey - cream, or Women's Relaxed - sand dune) with custom design from New Antlers, printed on Bella + Canvas (no-sweatshop, eco-friendly).
- 4x4" sticker, with custom design by New Antlers.
ships out within 5 days
$40USDor more
4x4" sticker with original design by Aaron Powers (New Antlers Design).
ships out within 5 days
$2USDor more
Book/Magazine
Hand-assembled white 5.5" x 8.5" 22-page booklet of lyrics, stories, photos and chords for Ash & Eric's album "Sure". Includes a Bandcamp code (free download) of "Sure", on back cover of booklet.
“Church of the Concrete Wave” is a song for those of us who never found true community or belonging in the homes or religions we were brought up in. Instead, we found our families in the unlikeliest of places. For Eric, as a kid in the early 90s, he found belonging in his skateboarding community in his small town. The misfits he skated with were a rag-tag group of broken kids with difficult home lives. They gave Eric true connection and communion; the kind that religion might promise but often fails to provide.
lyrics
In the center of town stood a beacon of light
A church with a steeple all painted in white
But for a handful of outcasts, the true sacred space
Was the wall on the sidewalk with the smooth granite face
In the afterschool hours, we’d mount for a ride
It was wood, wheels, and thunder, there was nowhere to hide
As our feet pound the pavement to answer the call
To barrel our boards across that old granite wall
With no chapel and no ordained leader
No choir or sacred song meter
Just a sect of lost souls seeking to be saved
Found peace in the church of the concrete wave
Jojo, his father couldn’t put down the bottle
So he moved like an engine stuck in full throttle
And I can see now he just wanted to fly
The adrenaline hit was just his way to get high
Justin, he lived with his sister and mother
None of us seemed to know what had become of his father
With red Gatorade and a bag full of weed
He said his board and a good beat were all that he’d need
There was Benjamin, he lived in a park full of trailers
Out on the back side of town, they hid society’s failures
He used words unexpected on a body so small
And his tricks, they were perfected on that old granite wall
With no chapel and no ordained leader
No choir or sacred song meter
Just a sect of lost souls seeking to be saved
Found peace in the church of the concrete wave
‘Cause in small towns like ours
You have saints and you have sinners
And children are born to both the losers and the winners
And pain gets passed down
From the old to the young
Like a package too heavy
For any to carry
My father and I drifted apart
We became strangers in a house plagued by anger
So I rode to that sidewalk and prayed to belong
Those boys & their skateboards, and that old granite wall
With no chapel, no ordained leader
No choir or sacred song meters, no
Just a sect of lost souls seeking to be saved
Found peace in the church of the concrete wave
The church of the concrete wave
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