Name: Ashes by Evan Hansen
Duration: 4 min 4 s
Description: Written while pondering Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Early morning live performance recorded at the board and mixed by Brendan Jamieson.

:Love Song (Cover) - w/Jasleen Bawa

Breaking Hearts (Cover)-w/Jasleen Bawa

@DecentLovers on insta.   

On this track: 
J.C. Hayes of Doc Aquatic, Arlie Huffman, Miles Britton, Thomas McNeely, Elijah Wyman 

Written and Produced by Elijah Wyman. Engineered by Elijah, Arlie and Thomas) at Elijah or Arlie's houses. Mastered by Jason Rozen at his house. 

J.C. sang with us 
Arlie played Drums and sang group vocals 
Thomas played Synth and sang group vocals 
Miles sang group vocals 
Elijah played guitar, bass, fake drums and sang.

Stomping through the underbrush/we smell like diesel fuel and/Lemon balm it's me and you/let our feet take control of us/stomping through the underbrush/we smell like diesel fuel and/other things that are dear to you

PRESS for Keep it Together:

NME MAGAZINE (in Print)
January 18th, 2014
"We smell like diesel fuel and lemon balm. it's me and you," warbles Elijah Wyman over detuned guitar, thumping bass and scattershot percussion on 'Keep it together.' It's typical, esoteric lyrics from the zany Wyman who's new project combines Foals' indie rock braininess and Tom Vek's spiky riffs with the euphoric, rhythmic punch of Animal Collective. 

IndieShuffle
Nov. 19, 2013
"Decent Lovers take the path (way) less traveled, and they do it exceptionally — that’s what I love about them!"
http://www.indieshuffle.com/decent-lovers-keep-it-together/

Pigeons and Planes:
"It’s almost a stressful push-and-pull of a listening experience, but with popping drums and a repeated sing-along that wouldn’t be out of place in a Passion Pit song, there’s enough to hold on to through the fantastic mess."
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/11/decent-lovers-keep-together/

All Things Go
Nov. 19, 2013
"'Keep It Together' is a joyful love song with group vocals recorded in someone’s house, and if that doesn’t cheer you up, well, that’s on y’all, not me." 
http://allthingsgomusic.com/introducing-decent-lovers


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Keep It Together

Me and Puppykitty was written/recorded on a cassette 4 track by Elijah Wyman and mastered by Jason Rozen.  

Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5vc20glb_M

Shirts and shows here: http://DECENTLOVERS.COM

Press + Hello: elijahwyman (atttt) gmail 

4-tracks recorded onto a Tascam 424 MK2 Cassette deck:
1.) ipad
2.) Gibson Sonex 180-Deluxe
3.) Moog Little Phatty Stage 2
4.) My voice

I used a non fancy, sm-58 style mic and a small tube pre-amp.  I re-recorded this song several times because I thought it needed to be cleaner and busier, but always missed the original tape demo.   So, I scrapped the other attempts and released the tape.  :)


PRESS:

Indie Shuffle(US) - "The simplicity within this song gives each element a chance to shine its brightest while still holding true to Decent Lovers' innovative nature."
http://www.indieshuffle.com/decent-lovers-me-and-puppykitty/

FVIndie (Sweden) - "Decent Lovers music is simply very easy to fall for , and when you fall , they will never disappoint you with its constant desire to explore." (Translated…so maybe wrong?)
http://fvindie.se/2014/05/19/42-decent-lovers/

Don't Need No Melody (UK/US) - "Dark and simple goodness."
http://dontneednomelody.com/2014/05/18/decent-lovers-me-and-puppykitty/

Debussy & Dorsey - (US/Australia) - "the first track I heard from them merited its own little post - this one ensures I’ll be doing some downloading from their Soundcloud soon!"
http://danddmusic.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/grab-bag-playlist-feat-polarheart-decent-lovers-young-liars-futurecop-young-fathers-sivu-etc/

egoFM (Germany)
http://egofm.de/musik/musikmeldung/3534-10-songs-kw21-2014

Guilty Feet
"I’m not sure what’s going on with the song title, but I’d be hard pressed to find fault with anything else they’ve done."
http://guiltyfeet.com/video-decent-lovers-me-and-puppykitty/

Virus FM (Germany)
Brauchst du grad ein bisschen Liebe? Elijah und Rhonda schenken sie dir auf ihrer Facebookseite. Da steht nämlich «Elijah + Rhonda <3 you». Grosse Geste in minimalistischer Ausführung. So klingt auch ihre Musik.
http://www.virus.ch/Artikel/Decent-Lovers-Me-And-Puppykitty

Pause Musicale (France)
"Elijah and Rhonda aka Decent Lovers, romanticism stripper eclectic poetry." (translated from French, but I'm pretty sure I nailed it.)
http://pausemusicale.com/playlist-mai-2014/17/

Lyrics:

Me and Puppykitty hunting through the blackberries.
We aren't afraid of the tall grass.
We pick the flowers where they grow.
No one ever has to know where we go when we're gone.

Chorus:
Did you see me there I don't think so.
You've got a hundred yard stare and I'm ten from you.
Would you even care I don't think so, I don't think so, I don't think so.

Now careful for the dry leaves clumsy leather,
hardened rubber, lovers at the back porch.
Never step in the same space twice.
Always listen to your own advice
Just keep on moving past when you've lost your…

Chorus

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Me and Puppykitty

The first and only single off of my new album "Smile In The Dark" that will be released in March 2016.  

The End Of July (Single)

Spotify:  http://smarturl.it/UpAllNightEPSpotify
iTunes:  http://smarturl.it/UpAllNightEPiTunes

a song about chasing a feeling, feat. @lanirenaldo

Track 1/5 on the Up All Night EP

lyrics:

last night i think i drank too much
don't even know what we did
lately i've been feeling out of touch
don't even know where i've been

i could stay in bed all day
but my family's in town
said i'd meet them at the villa at 3

i put visine in my eyes
i showered just in time
but i can't help this feeling

this is that cruisin' down the PCH
bangin' on these 808s
tryna get to malibu

this is that california dreamin'
summer by the sea, yea
tryna find my way back to you

malibuu, malibuu, malibuuUuUuUu
malibuu, malibuu, you're so bluuuuUuUuUue

last night we stayed up way too late (too late)
like we were still just 18
is this ever really what it seems?
purple haze memories

i could stay in bed all day
but my family's in town
said i'd meet them at the villa at 3

i put visine in my eyes
i showered just in time
but i can't help this feeling

this is that cruisin' down the PCH
bangin' on these 808s
tryna get to malibu

this is that california dreamin'
summer by the sea, yea
tryna find my way back to you

malibuu, malibuu, malibuuUuUuUu
malibuu, malibuu, you're so bluuuuUuUuUue

mali-blue
cali green
i'll be here
come find me
skies of pink
tangerine
wish i never
had to leave

this is that cruisin' down the PCH
bangin' on these 808s
drivin' home from malibu

this is that california dreamin'
summer by the sea, yea
tryna find my way back to you

malibuu, malibuu, malibuuUuUuUu
malibuu, malibuu, you're so bluuuuUuUuUue

malibuu, malibuu, malibuuUuUuUu
malibuu, malibuu, you're so blue

so blue

Up All Night EP

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Malibuu (feat. Lani Renaldo)

Written while pondering Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Early morning live performance recorded at the board and mixed by Brendan Jamieson.

Ashes

Evan Hansen

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