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Partly Cloudy

by FLOWERTRUCK

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1.
Pretending 03:34
Another Facebook memory, not all of this again. I feel like taking it off, just like a t-shirt Threads, made just for me. You’ve come a long way for views of a distance But you can’t know something til it’s fallen, Inside – and out of view. But it gets closer when I remember Words borne out of fear, We never meant, but now they’re said It’s all I hear An angry bell stuck by your ear A history you can’t clear But now there’s nothing to say, there’s nothing left to make clear I’m stuck here wondering why I wish you were here. I’m stuck pretending again Maybe the wound has healed It smells like roses and gold. (Nope) it’s just the parting gift Of an illness New words, will make us sick again. And it gets stronger when I Remember Words borne out of fear, We never meant, but now they’re said It’s all I hear An angry bell stuck by your ear A history you can’t clear But now there’s nothing to say, there’s nothing left to make clear I’m stuck here wondering why I wish you were here. I’m stuck pretending again No closer No stronger No better I’m just pretending That you weren’t important All our memories, forget them all I’m just pretending that you weren’t important at all I’ll forget you cause the truth hurts, I’m just pretending that you weren’t important All our point of view, our plans and thoughts – I’m just pretending that you weren’t important at all Pretending that it’s just all in my head
2.
Father of the bride Daughter by your side Can she see your skin has paled Underneath the wedding veil? Father of the bride Terror in your eyes As your walking down the isle Try and force that tired smile Something borrowed something blue Is how you feel at night It’s the way of the world You are the father of the bride Father of the bride Pinching at his side Did you picture her in white When you were teaching her to drive? Father of the bride Crows feet in your eyes How you wish that that first dance Would just last a million years Not to keep or to hold You’re not a prison guard It’s the way of the world You are the father of the bride Giving her away Father How can you describe What you’re feeling on this day Hands catching her bouquet Father of the bride Where are you tonight? Because she’s not your little girl On your shoulders anymore And tomorrow’s grandkids Or maybe it’s a hearse It’s a blessing a curse You are the father of the bride Father of the bride You are the father of the bride
3.
Crying Shame 02:23
Enough to make you laugh Laugh until you cry Cry until it hurts Hurts until you smile It’s a crying shame No one will ever feel your pain It’s a crying shame And I’m crying No one to hold your hand No one to hear your thoughts I thought I’d understand It only makes it worse It’s a crying shame No one will ever feel your pain It’s a crying shame And I’m crying I’ll walk with you I’ll run with you I’ll sit with you I’ll smile with you I’ll think with you I’ll laugh with you I’ll cry with you I’ll stay with you It’s a crying shame It’s a crying shame It’s a crying shame It’s a shame It’s a shame It’s a shame One, two, three, four
4.
Likelihood 04:50
Finish my degree Or try and take some savings overseas The likelihood of that is low What’s the likelihood of that? Turning in my sleep I told you I would skype you every week The likelihood of that is low What’s the likelihood of that? Dreams aren’t real until you make them so I can feel them crashing down on you Lost without a key, maybe someone left the door locked on me. I don’t know where else to go, stuck without a home. When I was seventeen, if you could show me this is where I’d be. I don’t think I’d want to go, any further in this mould. Dreams aren’t real until you make them so I can feel them crashing down on you Promises are given like a rose Withered by the weight of what you owe. Ah, I’m still waiting. Finish my degree, or try and take some savings overseas. The likelihood of that is low, it’s unlikely. So unlikely, unlikely (repeat)
5.
Months of alarms, waking you up Round you life like bars What is the point of all of this back and forth? Walk home from work your body hurts Thoughts are somewhere else Rivers and straits waiting for your, wave to break Sing along to your life Weathered and brave you face the rain, Certain in your way. Blisters soon turn to callouses, you’re welcoming the change. Old fears and doubts look funny now, Small and far away. The years all fall so silently, don’t look behind you! It might be hard, sing along to your life It might be far, you can still get it right It might be hard, sing along to your life It might be hard. I see a couch some years from now Lonely in it’s place. Static whistling, a hearing aid like a lyrebird. New knee in place your memories small and far away. Lightning at sea a litany of love behind you. It might be hard, sing along to your life It might be far, you can still get it right It might be hard, sing along to your life It might be hard. Shaking you say we only go backwards, What is the point of all this pretending? How can you say the worst is behind you? Nothing remains in all of this changing. Cold and afraid, the past is important Don’t look away from views of yourself, Just pick up the strain and push yourself forward Compose yourself and you will feel better.
6.
Quiet! 03:19
I tried to fall asleep I tried to count in sheep I couldn’t do it The static of the day Remaining in some way That kept me lucid Oh I can be so quiet Barely lifting up a finger But my thoughts are too Dismissive of the night The heavier my Eyes became the More I prized that Silent rhythm But slumber has to fight A conscious restless mind In spite of comfort Oh Silence is the product of the readily accepted time for rest I can’t grapple with that quiet I tried to hear the sea Be mindful of my breathing In the moment But silence kept me up Evading my best plot To try and fool it So I’ll just think in insomnolence Listen to myself, listen to myself Dream about my earthly freedoms Listen to myself, listen to myself Scoff at those who sleep so easy Listen to myself, listen to myself Dream of things like that Shush, Stop, Calm, Breath, Drift, Rest, Wake, What? Why does it have to be so quiet I can’t slip into rest Overwrought by the mess Of my thoughts unconscious Pinch me! (why does it have to be so quiet) I can’t Resolve Quiet Control I can’t Pass this quiet I can’t Resolve Quiet Control I can’t Rest with quiet
7.
My heart starts As we move Driving fast Next to you Hearts like cars Old and new Toyota, Subaru We’d don’t have Right of way We just move Anyway Speeding past Changing lanes As I say Watch the past Shrink from view Tyre tread Fresh and new Engine hot Gasket cool Passenger Beautiful Our love is A timing chain You don’t have To replace Every five Hundred thousand K’s All through roads when I’m with you Highway hearts Me and you Drive right past Traffic queues Left lanes end Or turns into Cul-de-sacs Dead end fools Our love is A timing chain You don’t have To replace Every five Hundred thousand K’s Baby I’ve got my full licence No fear of hill starts or parallel parking We’ll start those engines when I say Let’s drive away All through roads when I’m with you I might dream of silly things like Endless fuel just freedom while those free Speed cameras watch us move I’ll never let those miles catch you All through roads when I’m with you
8.
You can dream when it’s over The future’s an open wine When nothing gets closer But birthdays you count in fright You’ve lived in the moment the moments gone in no time So why are you frozen stuck watching that dying light? You can force a big smile You can straighten your spine You can cycle to work Or you can curl up and cry It doesn’t have to be alright You miss that pull of doona of tv shows binged like wine days in bed with your laptop Where time was so long and ripe What’s making you Anxious What’s keeping you up at night Grown Contempt with improvement Of routine so dead and dry You can yell at your friends You can drink all the time You can lie to yourself to Or you can turn off the lights It doesn’t have to be alright Your fate Your life Your best self dies Your curse Your prize No one decides And you can burn that bridge down You can try to be nice You can forget yourself Or you can turn off the lights
9.
Oberon 03:56
Like the magic of the afternoon Feel the sky about to split Love looks with eyes but with mind too Passion burning out our wits Good things I wish I sought protection from How can you believe all that? Now we’re slowly waking up to views Of the sleep of sorrow’s back These are all Those moments that you thought were gone You don’t need those dreams at all False imaginings of perfect blue watch our souls dance in the sky Willows crashing from the weight of truth Forests flooded from our lies Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Squabbling on the banks where wild thyme grows Reaping what you left under rain Finding out what you supposed These are all Those moments you thought were gone You don’t need those dreams at all Like a tree about to fall Watch the big hand hit the twelve What are you still waiting for Oberon Come and help me He won’t talk He won’t listen He just runs From my presence After all He don’t need those dreams anymore Like a tree about to fall No more wishing anymore Watch the big hand hit the twelve What are you still waiting for You don’t need those dreams at all!
10.
Hopeless 03:57
Forget what you paid for The feeling’s gone with the warranty A fatal denouement In writing that all of us can read Hopeless, just joking What was it that you were chasing so endlessly? Gone overnight oh How could you be strong when they were weak? Or big enough to finally see? We give and we take from Those others that came before our scene Like names in a Graveyard All Buried but there for us to see Hopeless, no focus The beauty of place that Only soft eyes can see All in your blindside Light dancing in shapes You’ll never be As everything you wanted weaves Itself back through to Memory Hopeless in happiness Hopeless, just joking What was it that you were chasing so endlessly Gone overnight I wish it was mine I can’t believe the time Hopeless in happiness

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Five years in the making, Eora/Dharawal garage-pop outfit FLOWERTRUCK return to our stereos with their sophomore album Partly Cloudy - the long-awaited sister record to their 2018 debut ‘Mostly Sunny’.

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released September 2, 2022

All tracks written by FLOWERTRUCK
Recorded by Bowen Shakallis & Cody Munro Moore
Mixed & Mastered by John Lee

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FLOWERTRUCK Sydney, Australia

Charles
Sarah
David
Will

Garage-pop outfit FLOWERTRUCK return to our stereos with their sophomore album Partly Cloudy - the long-awaited sister record to their 2018 debut Mostly Sunny.

The acclaimed four-piece have dedicated their twenties to writing songs of love, loss and overdue rent, and this album is a wax seal on FLOWERTRUCK’s 8-year-long efforts inside Australia’s independent rock scene.
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