Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

Order LP/CD: http://slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/273
Order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/chorus-itunes

Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

Meet me in the backseat 
Tell me that you love me 
Please just be so caring to know that i'm here 

Know your limitations 
Before things start to fade and 
Never Let me know or please just be kind 

Tell me when you're angry 
Rock you just so gently 
I just need to know, know that you are mine 

Boarder line neurotic 
Seamless and psychotic 
I get so exhausted from hums and some rings 

All my sensitivity 
Never let it get to me 
Grabs me like a cavity 
Brings me to a Tragedy 
Show me hospitality 
Sorry for the fantasy 
I just want to know you for a long long time 

(Guitar Solo) 

Treat me like a brother 
Climb under the covers 
You always think and wonder if you love him 

He treats you with perfection 
I guess it's more complex than 
Things that make my head spin ALL OF THE TIME 

It's all that sensitivity 
Always seems to get to me 
Throws me up like gravity 
All built up inside of me 
It takes me to a fantasy 
Works just like a factory 
And creates things that I shouldn't do 

Bridge: 
And when I get you alone 
Were out on the Town 
But lately I feel you don't want me around 
Pr-pr-pr-prancing around, around the sycamore tree 
I need somebody to help me 
to set me free 
oh oh (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
credits
released December 29, 2015 
Ali Rosser - Cover Photo 
Kerry Brown - Mastered the Track
tags


Sensitivity

Witchgirl Recordings (UK) & Citrus City Records (US)

First single from the Translucent EP, officially released September 12th 2016.

Pre-order it on cassette from: http://witchgirlrecordings.bandcamp.com

Wrote and recorded by Teen Brains.

Translucent

Beach Fossils

Gathering

Window View

Wide Awake

The Horse

Youth

Vocals - John Cudlip FT. SOKO
Guitars - John Cudlip, Zachary Cole Smith (DIIV)
http://fanlink.to/AnnieBlue

Annie Blue

Shook

CAKE

Pretty picture
Was it a gift or was it bought by your mother?
A lovely conversation starter
Here’s the kicker
I’m only here until about late November
Another day just to remember

Heard it coming
The tick on the clock but it stops for a minute
And I don’t know what’s gonna happen
More pretending
Why tell the truth when we can lie for a minute?
And I don’t know what’s gonna happen

Moving quicker
You spilt your drink and let it bleed through the fabric
You’re drunk but what a stupid habit
Feeling sicker  
We cut the cake, why don’t we eat? Tastes metallic
Let’s see who’s the first to grab it

Wide Awake

beachfossils