Name: Well I Do by Checkerboard Floors in Indie Uplift
Duration: 3 min 3 s
Description: Checkerboard Floors - Let It Ride - Track 1 - Well I Do

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(Verse 1)
You slide in like static on the radio
Midnight perfume, dressed in vertigo
Eyes like crime scenes, lips a cigarette
I lit your fuse, but I’m the one who’s wrecked

(Pre-Chorus)
You said, “Love’s a game,” and I’m a bad sport
Always chasing hearts I can’t afford

(Chorus)
Velvet cigarettes and neon sins
You’re poison wrapped in silk and gin
I swear I saw heaven when you said my name
Now I’m coughing up stars in your hurricane
You taste like trouble, and I’m still addicted
Every kiss a crime, and I got convicted

(Verse 2)
We danced like secrets on the fire escape
Your laugh was louder than my big mistakes
I should’ve known from the start,
You play guitars like you play hearts

(Pre-Chorus)
Said “Don’t get close,” but pulled me in tight
I lost my head in your blacklight

(Chorus)
Velvet cigarettes and neon sins
You’re poison wrapped in silk and gin
I swear I saw heaven when you said my name
Now I’m coughing up stars in your hurricane
You taste like trouble, and I’m still addicted
Every kiss a crime, and I got convicted

(Bridge)
And now your ghost is in my speakers
Singing lies in perfect pitch
I tried to quit you cold,
But you're the needle and the itch

(Final Chorus)
Velvet cigarettes and neon sins
I’d light you up all over again
Even if it burns, I’ll take the flame
You're the bruise that feels like fame
You taste like trouble, and I’m still addicted
Love like yours should be restricted

Velvette cigarettes

Checkerboard Floors - Let It Ride - Track 1 - Well I Do

Well I Do

This song is about when your with a person in the moment you think it’s great but in reality you realise OMGG why was I with you.

Sean McFarlane -Demise

MusicYouDanceTo

Checkerboard Floors want to play music you dance to, and they've been doing it for well over a decade.

Aside from their energy-packed live shows that have crowds singing and dancing along, nothing more clearly demonstrates the Hamilton Ontario band's drive than the songs they've been releasing independently. That includes their latest EP, Let It Ride, available Nov 29, 2024.

The new EP puts the trio's full range on display, as it powers through modern indie rock, to classic 70's / honky tonk vibes, to late 60's surf / soul, to vintage British Invasion pop-rock, and includes a contribution by Loretta Hale (The Loretta Hale Big Band, Andre Bisson Band) on cello. During the course of the EP's crushable twelve minute runtime, the listener is met with swagger, catharsis, sorrow, and a dose of optimism.

This is the band's first release, since their 2014 debut LP Art Project, to feature a songrwriting contribution from bassist Matt Outerson. Also featured is the shortest track ever released by the band, clocking in at a TikTok worthy 1:48.

Demos began in 2021 and songs were tracked over the course of 2023 into 2024 in Brant County and Hamilton, Ontario. All tracks were mixed and produced by singer-guitarist Derek Palango in Hamilton.

Two songs, Could It Be and Hold Me Again, were previously revealed as singles in 2023. Two brand new tracks, Well I Do, and Save Me Now, are accompanied by new music videos all shot in Hamilton and Brant County. Each song was field tested live at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto.

"As we were getting close to wrapping up the EP we were very fortunate to be given the opportunity to share in a couple of great shows, one of which was at Mills Hardware in Hamilton with Kingston Ontario's The Wilderness, and the other at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto with fellow Hamiltonians Sarah Church and SG Sinnicks" says Palango. "It was great to get a chance to bring the brand new songs out to an enthusiastic and receptive crowd. We're excited to do more of that when the EP is out."

Well I Do

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