This is the six-song debut Merostomata EP on professionally reproduced and packaged cassette tape, in a large "books-on-tape" format, with an twelve-page B&W zine including original pen-and-ink illustrations and essays about each track, as well as the album in general.
Includes unlimited streaming of [001]
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
the elephant in the room
when we try to stay relevant (boom)
alphabet blocks spill, spelling out letters of doom
picking up the pieces, i'll be getting that broom
cuz we're malevolent in a way
when we try to stay relevant (hey)
and make the authentic and benevolent play
but gotta be like "fuck that, hell what they say"
look at me and you look at you
all the things that you think i exist to do
but my heart was missing too
sounding just like the people that i listened to
and you could fill a book in
with all the cadences and styles i took in
man, it had me shook
been to New York twice but I rapped like Brooklyn
y'all never cared a bit
long as i wore the mask spit some grimy shit
but i got embarrassed, y'all
i use a whole different voice when my parents call
that fake accent was hella lame
and you could see right through me like i'm cellophane
i try to understand, but failed
but you bought it and at least i got my bandcamp sales
the elephant in the room
when we try to stay relevant (boom)
alphabet blocks spill, spelling out letters of doom
picking up the pieces, i'll be getting that broom
cuz we're malevolent in a way
when we try to stay relevant (hey)
and make the authentic and benevolent play
but gotta be like "fuck that, hell what they say"
* jesse dangerously *
i ain't perfect but I am quite good.
where's my medal? where's my knighthood?
where is my order of canada? Where is my fresh start?
at least I got my verified check mark
it’s oddly not fair
they shut it all down since the nazis got theirs
now when I wanna staunch my bloody nose
i print a list of all my blocked irony bros
write your own cheque, mine’s blue, what is this?
i am what I am, like a brand or business
can’t get a AmEx for the concert seats; they don’t
do it like my clicks, I’m a sponsored tweet, YEUCH
favstar numbs my behaviour
top ten times I was unkind to strangers
unwind my anger; If it makes you happy
oh! screen shotted and blocked, don’t @ me
the elephant in the room
when we try to stay relevant (boom)
alphabet blocks spill, spelling out letters of doom
picking up the pieces, i'll be getting that broom
cuz we're malevolent in a way
when we try to stay relevant (hey)
and make the authentic and benevolent play
but gotta be like "fuck that, hell what they say"
credits
from [001],
released September 28, 2018
written and produced by j. w. friedman
additional lyrics and performance by jesse dangerously
tools: sequenced synths, electric guitar, bass guitar, handclaps, güiro, egg-shakers, a breakbeat
supported by 29 fans who also own “relevance (ft. jesse dangerously)”
Oops, all bangers! Doc’s songs are all incredibly catchy and clever. I’m pretty sure there’s at least one wrestling reference in every one of these tracks if you’re into that sorta thing. He’s a funny dude, too. Buy this album! gutsygillesbie
Malci's inventive production and rapping shifts between jazzy boom-bap and something more intimate, curious, and experimental. Bandcamp New & Notable May 21, 2019
