My selections for December 2018. Hear the full playlist at http://www.birp.fm

BIRP! December 2018

Cold Hearted

AMO AMO is Love, Omar, Shane, Alex and Justin 
Produced by Jim James 
Mixed by Kevin Ratterman 
Recorded by Alex Krispin and Jeff Fettig in Los Olivos CA 
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering 
Photo by Wyndham Garnett

Closer To You

Major Murphy follows up their debut long play No. 1 with a set of bedroom recordings archiving a time when Jacob Bullard was discovering his voice as a songwriter and the band was finding their footing within that space. Named after the house in Grand Rapids, MI that many of these songs were written and recorded in, The Lafayette EP chronicles a liminal space as the project transitioned from a stripped-down, solo project toward a three-piece rock band. The porches and walls of this house on Lafayette Avenue was a natural space for creativity and collaboration, a space where the band recorded early versions of Major Murphy standards that would eventually be taken into the studio.

On "No. 1 (Lafayette Version)" Bullard and drummer, Bud Voortman, jam for the first time what would become the title track of their debut record. “When I Go Out (Cookie Crumb Version)” features textures and instrumentation that differ from the album version. Here Jacki Warren can be heard providing an enchanting harmony, which became a common thread throughout No. 1. With "Come By Sunday" Bullard writes an open-hearted expression of affection that is nostalgic as much as it is forward-thinking. Listening to these tracks is almost like walking past the Lafayette house on a breezy Fall morning, hearing the songs spilling out the windows and down the street. Venture to peer through a window and you just might catch a glimpse of the magic.

Lafayette EP

Major Murphy - Come By Sunday

Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it

Premiered by For the Rabbits - https://fortherabbits.net/2018/11/20/premiere-frog-bones

Lyrics:
Bones, we watched bones through the laundromat’s fumes in the cold
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There’s a VA hospital that you and I’d walk by on our way to diners and beggars in popeye’s and now Did you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten

There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along And bro, you never know just what she’s thinking about on trains home

Pain it’s all the same it’s always helping you out when you’re down
Remember that tree we carved while you freezed and the rivers of shoes left to rot out in Queens where there’s something to say but I’m too afraid and I whisper it once now it’s gone, its ok, I say 

Kid, do you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten

There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along Did you know that I’ve thought about you every year in the cold where the train rattles through
And I never told you it’s just what I do

Whatever We Probably Already Had It

Frog - "Bones"

Listen on Spotify

Bath

Are U There

Blue Bell

here's a new track... about a girl
new ep nov 17th on spotify/apple music
<3

JOIN MY PATREON

3AM (single version)

Hemhora & The Glass Band Play the Helix Pattern Blues

Hemhora and the Glass Band "BMX"

SOFT BATHROBE EP
GO HAWAII

Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/giuliagoesbananas/ for the artwork.

From da Cove.

Crestfallen

All The Time

Color

A series of ups and downs from june - august of 2018

fEElin g00d fEElin bAd

all because

https://ffm.to/3hyxiovaje

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqG0EGTqjVI

Lyrics:

Sitting here thinkin' bout society,
Do you wanna hear some irony?
I don't like goin' out,
But I don't wanna stay at home

Laying here thinkin' bout the things I hate,
Staring at a screen til my mind goes blank,
It's the same everyday...
When you know you're not in control...

In control

Sleeping through the day so I get my rest,
Do you wanna know when I'm at my best?
2 AM in my bed, watching some Game of Thrones

Running down the street so I don't get fat
Trying not to stress so I don't just crack
But it's hard to relax, when you know you're not in control...

In control...

I try to get it off my mind but I think it all the time,
I don't wanna be morose but I guess that's how it goes,
I try to live everyday but the fact still doesn't change,
It's like your part of show when your'e never in control...

In control...

I try to get it off my mind but I think it all the time,
I don't wanna be morose but I guess that's how it goes,
I try to live everyday but the fact still doesn't change,
It's like your part of show when your'e never in control...

Control

Music by William Evans, Nicholas Evans, Zachary Blount 
Lyrics by William Evans 
© 2018 Stray Fossa 

Produced by William Evans and Stray Fossa 
Recorded and mixed by William Evans in Charlottesville, VA. 

Nick Evans: lead vocals, guitars 
Zach Blount: bass, vocals 
Will Evans: drums, percussion, vocals

Commotion

Download on Bandcamp

http://www.papermag.com/johnny-utah-2620751965.html
And how’d ya feel if i would tell ya everything is not just what it was, baby girl you know you got me crazy for your love (woo!)

And how’d ya feel if i would tell ya everything is not just what it was, baby girl you know you got me crazy for your love (woo!)

Why are we fighting all these FEELINGS ALL THE TIME

I could try everything, baby girl i would change, i can feel your rhythm in my - soul

my soul when that lipstick goes on all the perfect places you decide that your mouth will go when i get - HOME

And how’d ya feel if i would tell ya everything is not just what it was, baby girl you know you got me crazy for your love (woo!)

And how’d ya feel if i would tell ya everything is not just what it was, baby girl you know you got me crazy for your love (woo!)

Piano + Trumpet performed by @giancarlo-pignetti

CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE

confused

call me up Saturday night girl all I wanna hear is your sweet voice

Call Me Up

STREAM ON SPOTIFY:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4FkzwqbQ9ScrcnzIgRPkXT

LYRICS:
How you doin? 
Not much goin' on 
It's the same for me, don't worry 
Glad i'm not the one who's leading on, whoever comes, as a scheme to try for devotion 

That's not how you treat someone 
Who'd be down for you 
But you'll never know that will you? 
But you can never really know, you know? 
The judgment in your heart be yours, though you oughta 
Open up more, be transparent 
Could be missing out on something 
Let's go and hike up on the mountains, tell me what you want 
You are very insecure and I know that 
Your attention-seeking habits confirm that 
I thought you were different 
No

BIRP! December 2018

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