karma

poppin

wait a minute

crashing down

BREAK THE CURSE

cool

sickk

dont move

break the curse

titanic

landline

icetrays

big fat mouth & crashing down (acoustic)

big fat mouth - acoustic

findaway

New Archetype / Dogs of Music City
Written, Produced, Performed, and Mixed by Nathaniel Banks
Mastered by Alec Ness  
Cover Art: Sam West

Special thanks:
Matt Kahane & Elijah Hill
Ella Horn & Nordista Freeze
Kevin Farzad + Charlie Glick
Josh Ford & Andrea de Varna
Doug Showalter
Gabe Ruckus
Buck Crowell

new archetype

New Archetype / Dogs of Music City
Written, Produced, Performed, and Mixed by Nathaniel Banks
Mastered by Alec Ness 
Cover Art: Sam West

Special thanks:
Matt Kahane & Elijah Hill
Ella Horn & Nordista Freeze
Kevin Farzad + Charlie Glick
Josh Ford & Andrea de Varna
Doug Showalter
Gabe Ruckus
Buck Crowell

dogs of music city

texting in the shower 

written, produced, performed by Nathaniel Banks
mixed by Nathaniel Banks, Kevin Farzad, Alec Ness
mastered by Alec Ness

between the lines 
I showed myself 
In what’s implied  
I was crying out for help 
no way ahead 
I’ll pave it myself 
my temp’s up so high 
i’ll make asphalt melt 
just to ask one question  
the past me knew how to answer right  

texting you back in the shower
I miss you 
I remember how you were
couldn’t break through 
I’m talking to you
I’ll come right to where you are 
I’ll never push too hard 
I just miss you a lot

you taught me a spell 
for love unreceived
easier than being friends with me
tune up my field 
over the phone
maybe i’m healed
but i feel more alone 
as i ask that question 
i try to imagine the afterlife 

texting you back in the shower
I miss you 
I remember how you were
couldn’t break through 
when I’m talking to you
I’ll come right to where you are
I’ll never push too hard 
I just miss you a lot 



texting in the shower

Lyrics:
I’m ready to fall in
She’s always calling
Just never at the right time
I’m three years older
She’s always sober
But she’s never in her right mind
While she’s taking my heart out
She says
"sorry that you’re having such a hard time"
While she’s running the company
She goes out on leave
She can’t even do part time

But there’s something about her
When she’s around
I could never doubt her
There’s something about her

No matter how bad she hurts
I’ll never be convinced
That she’s the bad guy
No matter how dark it gets
I'm trying to see her in the half light
The summer went by in the blink of an eye
Like remembering a past life
I live in a blur
But the memory of her
Is still burning like a gaslight

But there’s something about her
When she’s around
I could never doubt her
Something about her
Something about her

There’s something about her
When she’s around
I could never doubt her
Something about her

music video: https://youtu.be/aU0BUfG2MZY

something abouter

Hit me when I was walking around

Arlie returns with his most ambitious work yet: a concept album where heartbreak meets a search for clarity in a world of constant noise. Fully produced dialogue chapters—structured like a radio drama—stitch the songs into a single story as Arlie reckons with the silence of the Divine in response to human suffering, and seeks the courage to trust his own voice.
"SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN" (December 12, 2025) marks a full-circle return to the obsessive, handmade approach behind “big fat mouth” and “didya think,” the hook-forward, meticulously crafted bedroom recordings that launched his career and have remained his most beloved works, combined with narrative for a cohesive experience like no other record in the current indie landscape.

Produced and Performed by Nathaniel Banks (publicly known as Arlie)
Executive Producer and Co-Mixer: Matt Kahane
Mastered by Alec Ness
Cover Art: Ralston Finney
Graphic Design: Nick Jackson

Additional contributions by: Jared Corder, Kevin Farzad, Teddy Geiger, Cairo Marques Neto, Elijah Hill, Michael Wang, and Charlie Brand

All songs written by Nathaniel Banks with exception of "something about her" which was co-written with Nicholas Creus, "someone you can believe in" which was co-written with Justin Raisen, and "left behind" which was co-written with Jon and Tim Foreman


chapter five: entanglement

left behind

chapter two: from another world

chapter thirteen: the orb

chapter ten: on the raft

Wait

big fat mouth

didya think

blackboard.edu

some angsty emo teenaged pseudo-philosophical musings and psychedelic nostalgia for your enjoyment

written by nathaniel banks & deanna walker
produced/performed by nathaniel banks

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