Download the entire DeeP. and the Couch King EP for free at Bandcamp here: https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

Zine and sticker set also available at Bandcamp! 

Massive thanks to DeeP. for initiating this project and putting this EP together. It's been a real inspiration working with you! You have really facilitated creative growth and expansion.

These 6 tracks represent some of the first glimpses of the dark side of the couch. A look at what's been accumulating under the cushions. A deeper inspection at the stains that have been hidden by the bright upholstery.

Thanks all for all your listening and support. I hope you don't mind getting poked by some springs.

All songs mixed and mastered by DeeP.

You're Never
DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
♤/ Nick Davies: EBow, Guitar 
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals 

Tangled In Your Mind
DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering 
 Phil McWalter: Guitar
Nathalie B20: Lyrics and Vocals
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals

Without Anyone (In The Ending)
DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
Russell Sinfield: Guitar
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals

I Don't Owe Ya (DeeP. Remix)
DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals

What You're Looking At (DeeP. Remix)
DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
RS Frawstakwa: Lyrics and Vocals
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals

Deeper (DeeP. Remix)
DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals

Album Art: Couch King

Bandcamp

DeeP. and the Couch King (EP)

From DeeP. and the Couch King, released February 15, 2021 on Bandcamp:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
RS Frawstakwa: Lyrics and Vocals
soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals
soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Original version released on SoundCloud titled It Ain't Looking Good with Bitzone, DeeP., RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King
soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/bitzone-deep-rw-frawstakwa-the-couch-king-it-aint-looking-good

Lyrics:

Rolling through the hood with a crack in the glass
Dent in the trunk from 3 years past
Flashing on the dash cause always low on the gas
What what ch-u looking at huh
What ch-u looking at

Police rolling up hoping they just gonna pass
Marijuana legal no more looking for grass
Still watching out keeping it real working class
What what ch-u looking at huh
What ch-u looking at

Sole falling off the shoe ain’t embarrassed
Yea it’s the same hoodie, why’d you even ask
Don’t need to explain why we taken it back
What what ch-u looking at huh
What ch-u looking at

Scowl on the prowl feeling real hopeless
Low vibration got no focus
Don’t need your fuckin’ help fuck your diagnosis
What ch-u looking at huh
What ch-u looking at

Hanging in the parking lot
Bumming cigarettes
Mindin’ our own business
Joking bout regrets
Gave up trying to change
Now we get what we get
Yea we act a fool
But your the one with threats
We ain’t looking at you
So why you all upset

Whatchya lookin’ at?
Stop and stare and laugh
Take a photograph
It’ll last longer that way
Oh snap
Spit actual facts
About this and that
By the paragraph
None of it’s an act
I just rap

DeeP. and The Couch King

What You're Lookin At

DeeP., Frawstakwa, and the Couch King - What You're Lookin At (Bonus Track)

DeeP. and the Couch King EP collectable stickers and zine available on Bandcamp here:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

"I Dont' Owe Ya (DeeP. Remix)" is now available on Bandcamp for a limited time. All money will go to DeeP. to support his music. Download the track here:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-owe-ya-deep-remix

DeeP. got the vocals stems to "I Don't Owe Ya" from Bitzone and surprised me with this ultra fresh remix. It was a real honor and surprise that he would do this. 

DeeP. also worked with Bitzone and Stone Catcherye  to do this dope electro funk remix of "Deeper" 

https://soundcloud.com/bitzone/deeper

Huge thanks to DeeP. for initiating these projects. 

I think for 2019 I want to focus on some albums with a more consistent sound. I think it would be really cool to work with Bitzone and DeeP., along with some additional other collaborators on full album of similar tracks. 

Happy New Year 2019 all! I wish you all lots of good health, fine community, mega prosperity, huge success, good times, and awesome music! 

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals

Lyrics: 

I’m sick of this world
I’m quick to unfurl
I light up the wick
And picture myself 
In the underworld

There’s many ways to die 
And I give ‘em a try
Each time that I lie
And close up my eyes 
Kapow 
Bak bak

Nobody cares
No one hears my prayers 
All I bear is unfair
I swear that I’ll tear
Your hair out if you speak 
Shut the fuck up

It ain’t just my fault
How I’m under assault 
Blaming is your default 
You pour salt on mistakes 
To try and validate
Your perceived superiority

A piece of advice
And you move on with you life 
I don’t owe ya
A thanks
I don’t owe ya

Get me to see 
My responsibility 
I don’t owe ya
A sorry
I don’t owe ya

This is my demise
Don’t tell me bout my life 
I don’t care if you think 
That you care
I’m aware
That I’m a fuck up

This is how my dream dies 
Don’t tell me to realize 
Who I am 
Cause you think that I am
Someone
That’s not a fuck up

Cause I am fuck up just a fuck up
I am fuck up
A real fuck

Telling me to shut up 
Always telling me to shut up

DeeP. and the Couch King

DeeP. and the Couch King - I Don't Owe Ya (DeeP. Remix)

DeeP. and the Couch King EP collectable stickers and zine available on Bandcamp here:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

I am always trying to be more neutral and nonjudgemental in my experiences of myself and others. 

Just so you all know, I am healthy, happy, and doing well. Life is good for me. I am very blessed. 

Sending nonjudgemental listening and witnessing out into the world. 

Big thanks to DeeP for passionately inviting me to join in on another project and choosing the perfect beat for me to channel the shadow muses. Huge thanks to Russ for laying down the cool experimental guitar work and taking a break from mixing and mastering duties.  

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
Russell Sinfield: Guitar 
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

She was found alone dead in her bed
27 years and already dead
He went and took one straight to the head
And it took 3 days before any knew he was dead
She was introverted 
Lived reclusive
Took the path of seclusion to her conclusion
After leaving prison  
An impoverished condition was the state he lived in
Without any of his friends and fans in the ending

In the ending
In the ending
In the ending 

Without anyone around in the ending 
Without anyone to love in the ending
Without anyone who cares in the ending
Without anyone with prayers in the ending

I’m thinkin’ a popping the pills again, again
I’m fixin’ ta shoot up my veins again, again
I’m drinkin’ away my will again, again
I’m sinkin’ into a hole again, 
Wastin’ my life on a dream that always pending
Hating everything that I waste all my time making 
Who am I kidding I’m nothing I’m just pretending 
Everyday digging my self a little bit closer to the ending
 
There were moments when the pain went away
When the weight of life didn’t seem to weigh
Fleeting moment suggesting to stay  
While the rest of life was pushing towards dismay  
Feeling hopeless
With misguided purpose
Constant pursuing with nothing ever accruing 
Is just worthless 
What’s the meaning of being around others when
Others are really only attending to mending their own feelings in the ending    

I don’t care, I don’t really care, I don’t give a fuck, I don’t give a damn, 
I don’t give a shit

DeeP., Russell Sinfield & the Couch King - Without Anyone (In The Ending)

DeeP. and the Couch King EP collectable stickers and zine available on Bandcamp here:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

This is the second song that DeeP. and I began together. I really enjoy working on these darker tracks with DeeP. and exploring themes of depression, anxiety, fear, and shame. This song was inspired by a person that I was working with who would call me evil whenever he saw me. Even with me being as positive and non judgmental as possible, I am sure I was seen as another person telling him what to do and making decisions for him based on judgmental criteria. I think these are feelings many of us have had and it can be easy to relate to, though difficult to confront. 

I am grateful that we always have an opportunity to grow, learn, reflect, and evolve as individuals, communities, nations, and as a species. May we all be better to each other. 

Giant thanks to DeeP. for working with me on this track. And huge thanks to Nick for joining me on this first track together. I have long enjoyed and felt inspired by Nick’s creative and experimental guitar work and musicianship. I am super glad to have his vibe on this track!     

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
 https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke 
♤/ Nick Davies: EBow, Guitar 
https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies 
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals 
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

You’re never gonna make it
You’re dumb and you know it
You’re just a mistake kid
Don’t belong and you show it
Why you even trying
This ain’t meant for you kid
I already know that your lying
We already know that you did it
They know your planning on taking it
And gonna try to deny it
Why even try to fight it 
That’s just the way life is
You’re never gonna change it
You must be deranged if you
Think anything will be different 
If you get outta here shit
You’ll still be the same kid
Just a little punk kid
Look what you done did
When you got mad then you run hid
Don’t ever listen 
To what people are saying kid
Better watch your language 
Always talking trash
Claiming disadvantage 
You and me we clash
Why can’t you manage 
Come off way too brash
I can tell that you’re damaged 
Parents shoulda whooped your ass
Who you think you talking to
Always talking back 
I know all about you ’n
Your side of the track
Don’t question me 
Look at me 
When you hear me speaking 
Think you know everything
Really know nothing
Parent’s got nothing 
Apparent your fronting 
Looking confronting 
That’s why I ain’t trusting 
Homelife disgustin’
Cop frequently busting  
No wonder you like that 
Your really screwed up kid

Disdain disgust despite distrust 
Dismissed deprived derided and cussed
Disparaged, defied, despised when discussed
Detested, depreciated, decried, and hushed

Oh, here comes the demon again
And he’s wearing his crown
Here comes the devil again 
Pretending to be your friend
In an invisible gown

You are so worthless
Won’t amount to anything 
Going through life purposeless 
There’s nothing you bring
Your just an embarrassment 
You show no respect 
Always been a disappointment 
All you touched is wrecked 
Where’s your self-esteem kid
Where’s your sense of pride did
You think can get by with
Living on a free ride shit
Better watch where your going
I can tell you don’t give a damn 
Nor care to understand 
Perspective other than 
The one that your knowing 
Don’t give a shit 
Always so negative
Quick to give up 
Can’t contro ya temper 
About to blow up
I can tell that your stuck 
Ain’t gonna change  
It’s time that you face it
Never act your age
Your impulsive ’n impatient
Look at your rage 
Can’t have a conversation
Should put you in a cage
Before you fuckup again Kid

Disgraced, degraded, deplored, dominated 
Diminish, demeaned, defamed, humiliated 
Discredited, devalued, denounced, subjugated
Denied, debased, detained, incarcerated  

Oh, here comes the devil again
And he’s wearing his crown
Here comes the devil again 
Pretending to be your friend
In an invisible gown

DeeP., ♤ & the Couch King - You’re Never

DeeP. and the Couch King EP collectable stickers and zine available on Bandcamp here: https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

This is the 3rd original song that DeeP. and I worked on together. I really appreciate his experimental yet accessible dark and soulful production work. I like how his music allows me to touch on topics that I normally wouldn’t write about if I were leading the music production. I have been reflecting on how it is important to stretch and grow and try new things. DeeP.’s music really helps me to achieve this goal and his mixing and mastering really brings out the best in me. 

I wanted this song to fit in thematically with the other 2 songs we worked on but I felt the music wanted me to expand the range of subject matter. Therefore, I went gothic and took my cues from gothic literature, such as The Castle of Otranto and Frankenstein, and tried to channel those literary elements into a pop song. For the subject matter I was also reflecting on how psychic connections and empathy can be draining unless one develops and maintains skills to remain grounded and whole. 

It is so fun to make music with musicians one admires. SoundCloud is the best place to be a fan. Both Phil McWalter and Nathalie B20 are SoundCloud legends and incredibly talented and prolific musicians who I have listened to for years now. I feel super honored to have finally gotten the chance to make music with these giants. I hope they had fun as well!!!

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
 Phil McWalter: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter
Nathalie B20: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/nathalie-b20
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics

I’m loosing my self 
You’re sucking me out
I was having my doubts
But you casted them out 
Now I’m devout without will to walkout 
Somehow you got me

Every time I think a you 
I get linked up with you 
And then I’m tangled up in your mind 
Can’t go a week with you 
Before I think were through 
Because I’m going straight out of my mind
Try not to let it
Don’t let it
Get to me
Your consuming all my energy 
Don’t call me gothic
Though I believe I got bit
You sucked all the life outta me

How naive was I to begin with
Thin skinned and an optimist 
Going all in a romanticist
Fool hearted on destiny’s myth 
Still in the grips of youthful bliss
You knew I could be possessed by just one kiss
Cupid’s potion’s in spit
Oh how I wished I could take just one more sip
One more hit 
All the more craved by the way you withheld it
Blood from bit lips 
Lust in wet drips 
Pulsating of molded hips 
Through the veil of lunar eclipse 
There’s a pirate on one of those passing ships

Entangled in your clutches of guilt 
Such is the life anguish built 
Enchanted to hear the lilt of your final
Siren song once again 
There’s a little death in your bite of venom
Pandora’s box in your denim  
The sting of lies that become truths if you let ‘em
Any wrongdoings you sleuth 
I can never forget ‘em
Bound to my faults 
Wounds ’n deep salts
Trapped in this waltz
Every step out of time 
You’re makin’ sure I regret ‘em 
Through the veil of lunar eclipse 
You cast your net and I got caught in ’em

DeeP., Phil McWalter, Nathalie B20 & the Couch King - Tangled In Your Mind

I have many nice things to say about your music, but SoundCloud keeps deleting my comments unless they are very short :-(

I still love this SoundCloud community ❤️ 

Music Is Elation / Plastic Inevitable 

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.com

For mixing and mastering visit: 
Russell Sinfield at: 
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Bitzone at:
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone

DeeP. and the Couch King - I Don't Owe Ya (DeeP. Remix)

Couch King Presents