Taylor Thompson and Ryan Rottenbiller were two of my best friends in my youth. We lost both of them to an overdose. This is a hope they shall live on in many ways through myself and those with whom their magic now resides.
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I can't stand in heaven
With my feet upon the ground
And I learned my lesson
Lost my head up in the clouds
But I came down

Yo this trauma don't come with a warning label
I'm unstable still unable
Stop the storm
This swaying cradle
Fatal fable for your momma
Mourning fate another angel
Added to the cosmos early
Fuck I'm finally feeling faithful
Heart hole hollow
Smart soul it swallows
We live and then vamos
And can't nobody follow
Pain in your absence
How this happen to our Captain
Fixing chemical imbalance
Mix is off by just a fraction
Now I'm losing traction
Keep on talking but I've always been a man of action
Plan is for passion
Kind is compassion
So I take this ashen seed
Plant it deep until it grows into a massive tree
Collect the yield from the cloudy canopy
Take this energy and I'll scream

I can't stand in heaven
With my feet upon the ground
And I learned my lesson
Lost my head up in the clouds
But I came down

If I was a better goalie maybe then I could have saved you
Defense wasn't enough
Triple deke split the D and they played you
Displayed you through stories and pictures
I engraved 2
Choices
Every time I hear your voice it's
Coo Coo Kachoo
Cause I won't keep you low
But I can't get you high
See your smile behind my eyes every day that goes by
Skating laps again
Relapse it's a fact the way the system is stacked
You will come back
But you can't come back once you're gone
I know your soul still carries on
I just wish I could chill with y'all

I can't stand in heaven
With my feet upon the ground
And I learned my lesson
Lost my head up in the clouds
But I came down
I came down
I came down
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Loungecore

been bumping to this post-emo classic recently and decided to put my own spin on it

i'm low on gas and you need a jacket

early 2019 - early 2020 i didn't go a single night without a bad dream . jack ladd on bass. insp - 40 day dream by edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes, all you need is love by the beatles ("the world's most famous song"), hop along's first album, and revelation from da bible. track 3 of s'ok. thank you for listening.

stress dreams

tongue-in-cheek. ironically i never saw this person again . i wrote this in a bathroom. insp - jack and blow by atta boy, and cool by gwen stefani. track 4 of s'ok. thank-you so much for listening.

sea u soon

wtaching your friends move on to bigger and better things while you're still working at your first job and going to community college in your hometown . but at least you have a notion that your ex is miserable too. less kate bush, more "barely keeping my will to live" vibes of young adulthood lol. insp - babooshka by kate bush, the bug collector by haley hendrickx, land locked blues by bright eyes,the ocean by tonight alive, ode to sleep by twenty one pilots, and not in kansas by the national. track 5 of s'ok. thank u for listening. i love you.

babushka

originally called "car breakup song" and i think that's porbably all i need to say ab it. insp - laments by hop along, every lorde song ever (hence the teeth imagery lol), the record player song by daisy the great, how simple by hop along, all of me wants all of you by sufjan stevens, aaand the veggietales theme song. track 6 of s'ok. thanks for listening

teeth

the last song written and recorded for the record . heavily influenced - should have known better by sufjan, the beauty of mundanity outlined in phoebe bridgers'  whole catalogue (specifically "demi moore"), the new strokes album, and how you got your limp by hop along. the old friend is whoever you want it to be. track 7 of s'ok. thank you so much for listening

an old friend

the only love song i've ever written, really. i like to think of it as the last shred of hope before the rest of the album completely bums everyone out, mirroring life. that was so corny lmao. insp - sufjan stevens apparently, supermodel by sza, the chain by ingrid michaelson, and unbearably white by vampire weekend. track8 (not 11!!!) of s'ok. thank u for listening.

reconnecting w an ex. gris is spanish for gray. that's all i gotta say ab that. insp - that's just the way i feel by purple mountains, the beauty of mundanity outlined in all of phoebe bridgers' discography (specifically "demi moore"), mind by declan mckenna, and lua by bright eyes. track 9 of s'ok. thank you for listening

gris (you'd think i'd have known)

originally called "fuck instagram." a toss up for my fav song on the record. this one was so fun to write and put together. took maybe 4 months to get it perfect. lots of teeth imagery thanks to my growing up on lorde lol . insp - all lorde songs ever. track 10 of s'ok. thank you for listneing. it means the world.

i'm going swimming

Getting Older

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Formed on the glacial flood plains of eastern Washington, Atomic Frequencies has always been about more than its human founders..it is the sum of its wildly unique and undeniably eccentric parts! From states apart these musical vessels have allowed the ancient ethereal gods of vibration to weave new tonal pathways through every ear they encounter. Their all-encompassing style mixes together many genres into one singular groove created for the sole purpose of hardcore lounging. Take it on a road trip, on the back porch with your grandma, or in a dark room alone. Between the humor, weirdness, love, and revolution…there is nowhere this zesty goodness cannot permeate⚛️

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