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I can't stop listening to this album, y'all. It's like a c*m-filled Splash Mountain of raw emotion - A guided tour through the cycle of downloading, experiencing, and deleting Grindr for the third time.
Favorite track: looking kinky (feeling empty).
i always did quite well at school
but if there’s one thing that i’ve learned in my 26 years in this world
it’s that the thing that i’m best at is making mistakes
that i’ve made a million times before
i like to think that it’s a side effect of growing up
in front of computer screens
but if that were the case
then i wouldn’t feel so alone
(chorus)
so i unlock my phone
and check my notifications
to try to trick my brain
to feel okay
and i look away
before i lock it again
so i don’t have to stare
at myself in the screen
it wasn’t anything momentous
but a year ago i passed
the point my parents has me
when they were my age
and i know things are changing fast
success looks different than the past
but somehow i don’t meet
either
(chorus)
i’m sure this isn’t healthy
but who the fuck modeled that for me
i feel like i’m thirteen again
is this my seventh adolescence
at this point
(chorus)
hello, i’m gay, how are you?
oh wow, i can’t believe that you’re gay too
we have a lot in common
we both fuck men and we both love the drama
what do you mean that doesn’t count?
i thought that’s what being gay was all about
who are you to tell me what ‘dyke’ means
what the fuck do you know you’re only 19
(whoa-oh)
so true, so truwu bestie
(uwu uwu)
so true, so truwu bestie
is it sad that i redownload grindr
everytime that i need a reminder
that i’m desirable
pinning my self-worth to the taps of some shirtless jerks
but in a world that wants me dead
it feels good to give head
to a guy who’s glad i exist, i can tell
cuz he put my identity in his fetish list
it’s so true, so truwu bestie
it’s so hard to be alone
till i get an alert that says “i’m so hard” on my phone
it’s so true, so truwu bestie
fucked up my laundry the other day
now my calvin klein briefs are a subtle shade of pink
now i’ve got advertisements on my screen
trying to convince me that the enemy of my enemy is my brother
and they’ll buy me a new pair of underwear if i support them
but i’m not just some sort of commodity
to browse through or to filter out if you don’t want me
i guess i’ve gotta pretend that it’s funny
that your screen name advocates for something when you stand for nothin
cause you’re for everyone until you’re tryna get turned on
i don’t really care what you’re into
just don’t be a dick to those around you
that’s all i’m asking for
can you get your head out of your own ass for a minute
to look at the world in which you’re living
to realize you owe more to those around you
cause you're part of those around you
it’s amazing how the you threw the first brick and now
you know what pride’s supposed to be and you’ll shut down anyone who thinks that
your complexion might might have something to do with
the way you see in black and white but only choose the latter
the world is bigger than the dick you’re after
i don’t really care what you’re into
just don’t be a dick to those around you
that’s all i’m asking for
can you get your head out of your own ass for a minute
to look at the world in which you’re living
to realize you owe more to those around you
cause you're part of those around you
oh ain’t it nice to be desired
oh ain’t it grand to be wired
to the world’s greatest network of anonymous sissy fucks
WHOO
I LOVE TRANS LIBERATION
i put down t4t, but it’s really just t4me
i love it when the girls come to play
oh what a beautiful day
to find a cock to suck but in a totally not gay way
I’m just chasin’ what i want, chasin what i want
I’m just chasin what i want, and what i want is you
I’m just chasin’ what i want, chasin’ what i want
I’m just chasin’ what i want, and what i want is you
to cave in my prostate
what can i say? i have a type and it’s
trans women who will top me right
a bunch of femmy friends who will keep my pussy warm at night
DON’T CALL IT A HAREM, IT’S A POLYCULE
I fuckin’ hate a chaser but i love a guy who knows what he wants
why should i have to change my ways
or listen to what you have to say
“trans fetishist” is such an ugly ugly phrase
I’m just chasin’ what i want, chasin what i want
I’m just chasin what i want, and what i want is you
I’m just chasin’ what i want, chasin’ what i want
I’m just chasin’ what i want, and what i want is you
and your perfect girl dick
never came out to my exes
they don't even know my pronouns
they still think i'm someone else
by now i might as well pronounce myself
as dead to who i was
cause the earth just keeps on spinning
but they still remember me
like the world stood still since 2015
(looking kinky, feeling empty, feeling empty)
I gave it my all
it wasn't enough
I'm buckling the harness
I'm locking the cuffs
Cuz leather don't breathe
and neither can I
Would you still want to fuck me
without this disguise?
(i love feeling worthless and used when it's hot, why do i feel worthless and used when it's not?)
A cumslut in the sheets
Catastrophe inside
You can cum on my face
but you can't look me in the eye
I gave it my all
it wasn't enough
I'm buckling the harness
I'm locking the cuffs
i think the only ones who know me
are the strangers who have seen my dick
but ghosted me before they could get
close enough to see that i am
sick inside the head
can’t keep straight the line between
who i am and how i’m wanted
just feels good to be perceive
yeah i’m sick inside the head
can’t keep straight my thoughts or sexuality
it just feels good to be perceived
(max)
Hey, i’m not upset
i just wanna be alone right now and i wish
you weren’t literally 500 ft away
sending pics of your dick
and telling me what you can do with it
it’s not a rare condition in this day and age
to be looking for a lover on an in-app page
and find everything you could want
only to realize it isn’t really what you wanted at all, oh no
(zack)
most days i feel like i am
screaming out into the nothin
i’m surrounded by
i feel the lightyears between me and who’s nearby
i’m writing songs to feel less
empty when i close my eyes
but the only ones fulfilled are those who
scroll until they’re filled by someone else
(max)
cuz i’m the bastard child
of the nagging desires that conspired
to leave me horny and alone
oh god
won’t you just pick up the phone
hey, i’m doing fine
even though it’s been a real long time since the last time
i had any meaningful human contact
that didn’t involve getting penetrated
because my home is a prison with a window seat
and all the clothes in my closet feel like sticky sheets
is this really the life i wanted
when i was young and dumb and full of nothing?
(zack)
most days i feel like i am
screaming out into the nothin
i’m surrounded by
i feel the lightyears between me and who’s nearby
i’m writing songs to feel less
empty when i close my eyes
but the only ones fulfilled are those who
scroll until they’re filled by someone else
(max)
cuz i’m the bastard child
of the nagging desires that conspired
to leave me empty and alone
oh god
why won’t you pick up the phone?
(zack)
i’m scrolling through grindr in the second pew
cause i’m sure that god wouldn’t mind
and i do a dance for everyone around
but i can see behind
the curtain when it’s drawn
and the audience is gone
so i might be feelin low
but god what a show
most days i feel like i am
screaming out into the nothin
i’m surrounded by
i feel the lightyears between me and who’s nearby
i’m writing songs to feel less
empty when i close my eyes
but the only ones fulfilled are those who
scroll until they’re filled by someone else
(max)
cuz i’m the bastard child
of the nagging desires that conspired
to leave me empty and alone
oh god
please pick up the phone
about
a folk-punk album about grindr, queer love, and awkward sex in the internet age, made by people who have never listened to folk-punk and will likely die alone.
if you buy the album, you'll get a really depressing bonus track called "now is the envy of all of the dead"
credits
released July 21, 2021
just friends, networking is Max Cohen, Zack Eccleston, and (just) friends
who hasn't redownloaded grindr in a moment of weakness: written and performed by Zack Eccleston
so truwu bestie: written by Max Cohen, acoustic guitar by rain, drums by henry, harmonies arranged by Jennifer Cat
his screenname says "pride is for everyone" but his bio says "no fats no femmes": written by Zack Eccleston, strings arranged by elliot, harmonies arranged by Jennifer Cat
hypocrisy is attractive when i do it (chasin' what i want): written by Max Cohen, acoustic guitar by rain, accordion by em grace
looking kinky (feeling empty): written by Max Cohen and Zack Eccleston, drums by henry
grindr is not a space of intentional artists, even if they sometimes accidentally put on a great performance piece: written by Max Cohen and Zack Eccleston, additional acoustic guitar by rain
now is the envy of all of the dead: written and performed by Max Cohen
Gang Vocals throughout: rain, yana, henry, em grace, Jennifer Cat
"so truwu bestie" and "no fats, no femmes" were mixed by rain
Album mastered by Deidra
Album Cover by Zack Eccleston
jf, n would like to dedicate this album to all the sexually frustrated queers who made it possible.
elliot would like to dedicate their string arrangement to their girlfriend's orchiectomy, which we also endorse.
i love you communism i love you weird trans people i love you horrors beyond my comprehension i love you vast and terrifying expanse of the universe i love you sports game that i still don’t understand and i love you sick guitar riffs aceofcorvids
Look we're in a pandemic and I, for one, am still too careful to go to live music. The Garages have fixed that not only by putting on a "live" performance, but by sending out the albums. I love the pixies album from a Chapel Hill show because I was there, and I love this for the same reason. mightymur
Each digital pre-order of the funky “Milk Bred” contains hidden information about the location of the EP’s release party. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 29, 2018
