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Loud Music is a Gateway Drug to Failure

by Skandalism

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1.
You & Me 02:12
Still let myself sleep in late for no damn reason If we don't have iPhones how will we get to heaven in season Quiet desperation and a glass of warm whiskey Dry wall and burnt toast keep me company You and me Kill time slowly You kill time like you kill me I still recall haphazardly I still think I'm clever but no one knows Will you still give me money if I have holes in my clothes Residual boredom meets apathy Don't give it to me yet cuz now I'm happy
2.
I've been doing things behind the scenes I've been doing things you've never seen Stronger than the binds that hold between Lost our heads split right down at the seams A-ok Spotless dreams Ran over bitter emotions Don't forget To fit right in Keep churning together in motion Do it and do it again Built it straight up just to tear it apart in the end I want you to bleed I want you to seethe I don't care if you don't achieve your beliefs All this decided by someone who won't give a shit How did I just find out this way? I should have known
3.
If it makes you feel alright If it really makes you happy You can tell me to fuck off And you will never have to see me again If it makes you feel alright If it really makes you happy It it makes you feel alright If it really makes you... Lost a friend I know, I know the way it is sometimes Posturing Cuz pride is cheap and walks on a fine line Thoughts alone Haunt me when I try to sleep at night Who'd have known Anxiety would be the one I'd fight I know you hate the way I look And hate acute self-deprecation Talk topped in irony and blame When I'm the person that was running from me
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I think I owe you something That only I can give But the privilege of owing you is something I'm certain won't outlive The timing of a handshake, introduced we haven't been So hello I'm that guy, the one you knew you had to face Let's forgive the past and lay the rest to waste I was hoping for a handshake, just kidding I've already been waiting for the next time I see your ugly face There's never been a first time Now you wish you could erase The stupid things you've done So you better fucking run You never had to sacrifice The many things I did But the privilege of being you is shits you had to give So cultivate my favor Verbosity's a bitch "So hello I'm a motherfucker who needs to have you killed It's not literal of course," you said You've had your fill Candy hearts say maybe But I'm just standing, waiting
6.
Are you the same as you were before you tried To make a living on top of your lies? It's hard to explain What happened to you So I'll just forgive it this last time we're through Last stand on the borderline into reality Consequences merely amuse me With incessant repetition significance dispels You always have the last word, oh well For the last time We're either up on stage singing to our mothers Or we're in Sam's basement wishing we were Swingin' Utters No I won't change my sound and I'm sick of the notion I'd rather go to Target get some Drano and some lotion Nevermind the things I said before Fuck off, convictions are a chore Made a promise to myself yesterday The more sober I get, the more it slips away Tell me my friend how'd you get your record deal Low-fat meals, sex appeal, sacrificing your ideals Discreet operations semi-well-rehearsed It's easy to be catchy with a syncopated verse
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Fish 2 Fry 03:17
It's still raining hard outside So I'll indulge my daily crime Might as well, I'm bored and dry In this life My only friends are those that fly And I still feed them on the by I've got no bigger fish to fry In this life Love my life, 25 Useless living Til I die I can't stop this, wait No, you can't relate Waste it all away Til I'm 28 I can't stop this, wait

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released March 25, 2017

Recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA and Ryan's dad's house in Lafayette, CA

Engineered & mixed by Ryan Ellery
Mastered by James Trevascus

Album art by Katelyn Williams

Thank-You’s:

Tony Two-Tone, Jeff Armstrong, Josh “Stumpy” Wilner, 924 Gilman Street (Volunteers & Rats), Liz, Mari, Alex Mehrtens, Lynsey Palmer, Dina Fields, Christina Collins, Oliver Culver, Ben Simons, Phil Eukel, Josh Candelaria, Ira Torrey, Luke Bowen, Michael Savignano, Joshy Mitchell, Alec Atienza, Alex Muth, Tuuka, Patches, Nick Fields, Charley Fine and the BLM boiz, our families and anyone we forgot. Without y’all this shitty band would have died years ago.

~ In memory of Emiliano Nevarez ~

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