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SLKS

by SLKS

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Incognizance 07:41
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Dysphased 03:33
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I'm waking up I hate this How do I sedate this Just 17 but I'm feelin such a mid-life crisis I'm anxious and inflamed Am I the one to blame for Gripping fleeting bliss from post-subsiding rage Constant irritation from People's violations Of codes they don't even know exist Evil aggravations of Deathly ideation As I check some stuff off my list I'm waking up and don't care Need to cut my long hair At certain times I think I'd rather die I'm lazy yet I'm angry Whatever, can't contain me Slam the door and shake fists at the sky Demons closing in They can't wait to begin On my mind in its rational sin I must believe in angels Holding both my hands but Sometimes I can barely breathe in
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Wicked Webs 04:17
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Break a Way 03:47
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Through Hell and High Water 06:02
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Going nowhere Going nowhere oh Time spent going somewhere But nobody knows Lives spent going nowhere Going nowhere oh Going nowhere Going nowhere oh Time spent going somewhere But nobody knows Lives spent going nowhere Going nowhere oh Love Wasted On nothing At all If the lights go out for you I promise they will come back on real soon If the path you tread gets tough I will carry you over the rough Show me what I haven't seen Sacrificial love so fair and clean Peace will be within your midst Even until ceasing to exist If the lights go out for you I promise they will go out for me too (We'll make it out of there I swear) If the path you tread gets tough I'll trudge along with you from dawn 'til dusk (We'll make it out of here my dear) (Oh yeah) (I will) We'll make it out of there I swear We'll make it out of here my dear
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A Divide so Divine 04:17
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Pseudoexistent Isle 03:24
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Cloudy Capsules 04:51
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Fractured Refractions 04:40
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Where Did My Heart Go? 04:23
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I would like to know why I can't seem to get by They say there is a mirror that shows all of your flaws Not to condemn but only to assuage But all I see is a mirage I would like to know where I can find myself repaired I get a really strange feeling when I'm talking to you I feel like half the time I don't know what to say or do I swear it's true Where did my heart go? did it Fall out of my chest into the snow? is that The reason I feel so cold? I Suppose My mind's flown away, went and booked a Ticket and boarded the plane, is that Why I feel this way? I Don't know And when my heart gets back I think I might just have an attack And when my brain makes land Maybe I just won't understand How all I do and all I am Is held right in this outstretched hand And clenched within this fist like grains of sand Where did my heart go? did it Fall out of my chest into the snow? is that The reason I feel so cold? I Suppose My mind's flown away, went and booked a Ticket and boarded the plane, is that Why I feel this way? I Don't know I would like to know why But I'm not so sure if I should even try
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Plasma Screen Leaking 02:17
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Failing to Be Anxious for Nothing 05:09
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Beautiful Lie 06:12
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Would I? Would You? 03:52
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about

do you cry too?

the first batch from SLKS.

the culmination of over a year of work, learning and teaching myself songwriting and production. lots of trial and error, learning the hard way, realizing this doesn't sound good, this has to go, this has to change. maybe not professional product, but certainly a passion project. maybe not a concept album, but definitely a conceptual album. a concept runs through it, a loose narrative about anxiety, temptation, sin, deception, forgiveness, redemption, love in all forms, Lucifer, Yahweh; an album about me and my head and me being in my head too much. I'll refrain from spelling any more out. make your own connections, enjoy it through your own lens. I will not be overly dramatic and say that I feel this record is an inner piece of my soul for all the world to hear or whatever, as I could be. but it is something I put a heavy dose of time and effort and passion into, and I appreciate anyone (you!) who decides to give it a spin.

futuristetherpsychedubatmospherirockypoppyidmtechnolectronica or something along those lines. heavily inspired by and occasionally rips the oddball experimentation of Aphex Twin, the sweeping soundscapes of My Bloody Valentine, the eclectic psychedelia of Fishmans, the melodies of Julian Casablancas, all of Sweet Trip and just about everything else under the sun that I'm a fan of.

thank you to:
Marty Manhattan (manhatta-n.bandcamp.com) for recording drum tracks and putting up with me constantly asking for feedback (which you gave anyway)
Leah White (www.liwdesigns.com) - snazzy fonts and cover design and putting up with me constantly asking how I wanted the text (which you nailed)
Chris, Noel, Kean, Spencer, Caleb, Mom, Dad, Simon - my friends and fam, as well as my fans
Valerie Cooper - my biggest inspiration. this tiger is going and getting 'em

recorded, obsessively tweaked and eventually made to sound pretty nice in: my bedroom (and sometimes other people's bedrooms) from: Sept 2021 - Jan 2023. some songs and concepts date back to 2020. especially happy to finally unleash those.

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released January 11, 2023

SLKS - lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass, drum programming, keys, effects, mixing and mastering, cover art
Marty Manhattan - drums (9, 10, 12), mixing consultant
Leah White - cover design

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