Secret Saturday

under construction! this is mix 2

TO DO LIST:
- Drum day ✅ 
- Bass day ✅ 
- Vocal day ✅ 
- Piano/Feedback/Ambience day ✅ 
- Guitar day ✅ 
- Final Mix
- Master

and with this i bid you farewell

underconstruction! ⟫⟫ let me know ur ideas<3

L Y R I C S:
I found your letter from April of 2017
It's you, saying that your sorry for being bossy

Apology accepted

Because I hate lying alone in this empty bed
So I’ll sit up writing songs about a girl inside my head
I’m always neglected
I guess it’s just who I am
Persona only runs so deep and until it breaks my skin

So I’ll write another song for you
And I’ll reminisce on all things we would do

I kept your letters in my wallet
And I’ll read them every day
I love the one that says "sorry for being bossy"

You always loved me
I’ll never take that for granted
But you moved on now
And we both know I can’t stand it

So I'll write
Another song for you

And I’ll reminisce
On all things that we would do

Because I miss you girl
And I want you

I'm breaking down
And no one's here to see
Yeah, I'm breaking down
No one's here but me

I found your letter from April of 2017
It's you, saying that your sorry for being bossy

Apology accepted

Because I hate lying alone in this empty bed
So, I’ll sit up writing songs about a girl inside my head

I’m always so neglected

I guess it’s just who I am
Persona only runs so deep and until it breaks my skin

C R E D I T S:
DRUMS BY COURTNEY TAYLOR BURNETT
GUITARS BY C. MICHAEL MASSIAH & PHILIP DAVID RUSSELL
BASS BY LEO KOUKLANAKIS & JASON RUIZ
VOCALS BY PHILIP DAVID RUSSELL
WRITTEN BY PHILIP DAVID RUSSELL
MADE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK
RECORDED AT 346 E 13TH STREET, 10002 AND TWO WORLDS STUDIO
PRODUCED, MIXED, MASTERED BY BILLY MANNINO & PHILIP DAVID RUSSELL

Breaking Down & Feeling Low

demo produced and mixed by me! still under construction <3

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L Y R I C S:
Paint me a picture of your room
Less talk about me; I wanna talk about you, okay?
Cos damn girl you're looking good tonight
You know I wanna tell you, but I’m not the type of guy

Take me to the place that I’ve been before
10 mins down the road and I’m at your door
Take me to my place, my happy place
My happy space

I see things that are in my dreams
When I see you lookin’ back at me
In the dark in the car it doesn’t matter where we are
I see you when I sleep

Anything you need in me
I could be yours. We could be a thing, anything
My darling we can go anywhere
When I’m with you baby I don’t care

Take me to the place that I’ve been before
10 minutes down the road and I’m at your door
Take me to my place, my happy place
My happy space

I see things that are in my dreams
When I see you lookin’ back at me
In the dark in the car it doesn’t matter where we are
I see you when I sleep

When I sleep
I can't sleep
I can't sleep
I can't sleep without you.

C R E D I T S:
Artwork is “Paint Me a Picture” by Gracie Smith (2016)
Performed by Courtney Burnett & David Russell
Engineered by David Russell & Blaire Miller

Paint Me a Picture

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L Y R I C S:
You said your mind is made up
You don’t want my attention
You’re intentional
With the way that you’re phrasing
Every syllable
Is etched, oh it’s baked in
You’re so typical

Why don’t you ever show up?
I can’t handle me lately
I’m not myself anymore
It’s not your fault that I’m angry
Can we sleep in?
I've got an idea babe
Let’s lie and just call in sick

You’ll always be my girlfriend in my head
You’ll never turn 21 in my head
You’ll never build up distance in my head
Falling out of love before the Summer ends

You started wearing make up
You quit telling secrets
Started freaking out
You think I can’t see it
You’re predictable
I’m not saying you’re guilty
You’re exactly who you said you’d be

You’ll always be my girlfriend in my head
You’ll never turn 21 in my head
You’ll never build up distance in my head
Falling out of love before summer ends

Girl, why you acting different, my love?
Can't you tell me one thing you’re sure of?
If I had my two years back, I'd do it over again
Falling out of love before the Summer ends

Before the Summer ends
Before the Summer ends
Before the Summer ends
Before the Summer ends

Before the Summer Ends

wait.. your favorite weezer record is the white album???

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L Y R I C S:
Your voice, every single line
Of every favorite song I used to call mine
But now they’re ours, and that’s how it’ll be be

On tour, coming this fall
Our favorite band’s back, and to top it all off
That night’s the night of our anniversary

I don’t know where we’re going
With you, my love, hell is heaven
There’s no place or man I’d rather be

La la la, la la la
Sing me sleep with hands touching on me
The thing about angels is they’re real to me 

La la la, la la la
Sing me sleep with hands touching on me
The thing about angels is they’re real to me 

Stay up, talk all night
I wanna tell you something if that’s alright
I love the way you say my name, don’t want it to change

Your man
That’s what you made me
And every single woman that knows one thing
Knows so well where to put her grubby hands

I don’t know where we’re going
With you, my love, hell is heaven
There’s no place or man I’d rather be

La la la, la la la
Sing me sleep with hands touching on me
The thing about angels is they’re real to me 

La la la, la la la
Sing me sleep with hands touching on me
The thing about angels is they’re real to me 

I don’t know where we’re going
With you, my love, hell is heaven
There’s no place or man I’d rather be

I don’t know where we’re going
With you, my love, hell is heaven
There’s no place or man I’d rather be

Your voice, every single line
Of every favorite song I used to call mine

La la la, la la la
Sing me sleep with hands touching on me
The thing about angels is they’re real to me 

La la la, la la la
Every favorite song I used to call mine

Quantum Entanglement (demo)

under construction.

L Y R I C S:
Where are you late at night?
Why can’t two things be true at the same time?
You’re not mine, confronting that truth
So, friend I wonder: Where are you?

Where are you? Where do you go?
Are there certain things I shouldn’t know
But I shut my eyes, try to block what’s in plain sight
But it’s too bright, running at me is two tons of headlights

Headlights

I know he always calling your phone
Saying over again he misses home
It’s crazy how I feel, I thought we had something real
But we don’t, come on, he’s calling your phone

I search for you, I roam the streets
Cross 5th Avenue, I see you, you see me
I start to cry and I try to whipe my eyes
But it’s too bright, running at me is like two tons of headlights

Headlights

Where are you late at night?
Why can’t two things be true at the same time?

Headlights (draft)

L Y R I C S:
I’ll throw my hands up, fuck you I’m leaving
I don’t care who I hurt
You said what I said, I’m better off dead
Bury us in dirt

Yeah this rat race is fucked, this whole city sucks
But I got no where else to go
Yeah, I hate holidays for this very reason
People always leaving me behind

So what are we supposed to be?
You live a couple of doors down from me
All our plans just turned all to crud?
Simple fake love, stuff we made up

I don’t want to be free tonight
I’ll be alright

Maybe next year I’ll get a plan, and I’ll try to include your name
But throw my hands up, you make you own luck
So I’m putting my blood on tape

What are we supposed to do?
I really saw myself in you
Who really cares what Daniel has to say
You’re better off without me anyway

I don’t want to be free tonight
I don’t want to be me tonight
I’ll be alright

Are You Free Tonight? (voice memo)

L Y R I C S:
It’s a dumb feeling
When you wake up with the villain
This is the last time
I wanna waste away with you

I have taken every measure
Try witchcraft but nothing matters
When it comes us oh it’s too much
It’s too much for you

When you come around
I’ll be here then
When you come around

You dont notice
You don’t miss it

Til it’s gone, just a lot
In fact your best friend he just bought
Down the street, where we’d meet
The bus stop by Chuckee cheese

I have taken every measure
To forget all that you’d do
When it comes us oh it’s too much
It’s too much for you

When you come around
I’ll be here then
When you come around

You dont notice
You don’t miss it

Until its a dumb feeling
Now you’re older and your healing
From your trauma family drama
The reason you can’t care

I’ve taken every measure
To piece us back to together
When it comes to us It’s too much
Oh im giving up

When you come around
I’ll be here then
When you come around

You dont notice
You don’t miss it

Feeling Dumb! (voice memo)

L Y R I C S:
Say your vows
Take thy hand
You and I
Can’t happen again

Lost to time
Forced to place
Share our blood
Blend our face

Spend one more night
Acting like
The love of my life
The love of my life

I see you
In my own
Your marrow
In my bones

Contemplating my
Deducting reasoning
What came after us
What comes after us

Spend one more night
Acting like
The love of my life
The love of my life

You made me hate my last name
Hate kissing the rain
Hate how the seasons change
Hate the player not game
You made me hate the east coast
Hate the songs I wrote
Hate cursing during fights
But won’t you stay one more night

Spend One More Night (voice memo)

L Y R I C S:
I’ll see you walking Nostrand Avenue
I won’t look you in the eye
I won’t even say “Hi”
I’ll just go my own way

I’ll tell my friends it was my fault in the end
I got to watch my tone
You never pick up the phone anymore
Should’ve took the hint by now

I’ll sing along to your other bands song
You got me dead wrong, you got me dead wrong
I’ll sing along to your other bands song
You got me dead wrong, you got me dead wrong

Note for note, I read every word that you wrote
And I get it I’m a lot
And if you ever had the thought
I’m not that different from you

 Being all alone makes it easier to get away from home
I ought to drive across the state
Just find another place
Where they don’t know your name, and they shouldn’t

I’ll sing along to your other bands song
You got me dead wrong, you got me dead wrong
I’ll sing along to your other bands song
You got me dead wrong, you got me dead wrong

I’ll clap my hands
Man, I’ll even dance
I’m you’re biggest fan

I’ll see you and I’ll say “Hey!”
And you just walked away
You just walked away
You just walked away

If I Were Ash Ketchum, You Would Be Gary Oak (voice memo)

I’ve been spending all night thinking about just how
You and I might be the ones last
Oh yeah

And if you don’t wanna try
I wasted all my life
I came this far just realize it’s always you
It’s you

Don’t give up
Don’t let the fire go out
Just you and I and the stars

Shut them up
Show them how
They can’t put our fire out

Seventeen it’s clear to me the dream we had
It hurts every time that I look back
Oh no

I burned your picture in every year book
Homecoming Queen I want all that you took back

I came this far just realize it’s always you
It’s you

Don’t give up
Don’t let the fire go out
Just you and I and the stars

Shut them up
Show them how
They can’t put our fire out

1981 2 (voice memo)

We are a ladder climb up and down again
I held my bladder didn’t wanna wake and fight again
I bought a box knife to open up your heart
A weapon you are now I’m crying in the car

Yeah, yeah
Love is always hard

Move in, ole lonely; I’ll let trash the place
If you love me, me only keep my trust inside a safe
Don’t nickel, don’t dime me, just shoot it like it is
It’s crazy to realize, you’re just a 26 year old kid

Yeah, yeah
Love is always hard

Ladder Song (voice memo)

I’m always feeling caught in the middle
Burning my hand on a piping tea kettle
You say you’re angry and you can’t tell why

Calling my friends that moved out of state
Jesse got a new girl, Joe lost all his weight
I’m always feel like I’m in the same place
Oh why

Lace your boots up soldier
Come on you’re getting older
Yeah that chip on your shoulder
Ain’t excuse anymore

Me plus you and always made sense
Until the bills came along and dad quit paying our rent
Working two jobs ain’t a life

Me with less you takes love out of lust
Just meaningless kiss because I can’t trust
Anyone in this world because what I loved ain’t around anymore

Lace your boots up soldier
Come on you’re getting older
Yeah that chip on your shoulder
Ain’t excuse anymore

sseccus (success is always backwards) (voice memo)

L Y R I C S:
Tell me why you can’t get your record straight?
On the walk home, I cried the whole way
Missed my train, another thing I have guess I'll have to wait on

Tell me why you can’t get record straight
On the walk home, I cried the whole way
To my friends house they don’t understand me like you do

At your core, you and me ain’t too different: Insecure and scared
At your core, you and me ain’t too different: Insecure and scared
Hmm I love to hate myself
Hmm I love to hate myself

Tell me why I got to fake every day, I wish it was my last
Tell me why you can’t just drop your past you look paper thin
Oh my God, he’s calling you again

At your core, you and me ain’t too different: Insecure and scared
At your core, you and me ain’t too different: Insecure and scared
Hmm I love to hate myself
Hmm sabotage, sabotage

Self Sabotage (voice memo)

L Y R I C S:
Sanding my bones
With a hundred grit
Wearing me down
To the perfect fit

Under these floors
What do you hide
Your skeleton
The cautious kind

Don’t tell my mom
Don’t call the cops
Ain’t it obvious I’m a broken
Love isn’t fate, it’s chosen

Sanding my bones
With a 100 grit
Wearing me down
Spread myself thin

What do I lack
What does he have?
Am I so wrong
For asking that?

Don’t tell my mom
Don’t call the cops
Ain’t it obvious I’m a broken
Love isn’t fate, it’s chosen

How does this work in your story
Why’d let him hold your body
I ought to kill
No don’t stop me

Wash off that make up
Throw out that dress
I ain’t seen a more beautiful mess
Beautiful mess

Sanding My Bones (voice memo)

under construction

L Y R I C S:
I wake another day
Rested but unsure
If I am okay

I open up my mouth
Short of breath inside
I’m gonna pass out

This is what I’ve become
This is what I really want

Can you hear me?
I’m asking, please
I don’t want your kindness
I just want your love

So give me space
I just need to breathe
So I don’t become a
Lost memory

Break me down again
Tell me that 5 and 5
Doesn’t make 10

It’s just black and white to me
Cause’ colors are scary
It brings me to my knees

This is what I’ve become
This is what I really want

Can you hear me?
I’m asking, please
I don’t want your kindness
I just want your love

So give me space
I just need to breathe
So I don’t become a
Lost memory

Will you remember me?

WRITTEN BY: MICHAEL MASSIAH

Lost Memory

Heading back out to New Jersey
For what I don’t know why
I forgot what I was searching for
My hope has died

I look the same as I did at 19
But my eyes aren’t the same
All the time that I had wasted
Routinely drained

I watched you fall in love
From a window in my head
I’m never present these days
But I’m definitely interested

I can’t say enough
No words to fill the space
I’m never present these days
I’m never present these days

Spent an hour down the turnpike
I’ve never felt so free
I can see this green for miles
I just need the keys

I can’t be bothered
I can’t feel ashamed
Hasta luego
I’m out don’t call me

I watched you fall in love
From a window in my head
I’m never present these days
But I’m definitely interested

I can’t say enough
No words to fill the space
I’m never present these days
I’m never present these days

New Jersey

LYRICS:
Amy, why don’t you call me just to skate around like you used to do?  for the sake of old times?
Amy, I get that our 20’s are harder than we make them look online

These so-called friends of mine
They keep on changing, one by one
These so-called friends of mine
Dropping like flies, one by one

Amy, I wanna say sorry
That I listen better than I used to type of guy
Amy, you don’t have to say sorry
I get you’re that too busy to reply
Amy, I can get carried away with myself too, we’re just that kind

These so-called friends of mine
They keep on changing, one by one
These so-called friends of mine
Dropping like flies, one by one

I hate to trouble or burst your bubble
Can’t you see I’m crying out
Oh you hear this, know that I miss it
Can’t you see I’m crying

I hate to trouble or burst your bubble
Can’t you see I’m crying out
Oh you hear this, know that I miss it
Can’t you see I’m crying

Mhmm mhmm

Amy, every few weeks I think text you over and over again
Amy, I’d hate to

Amy & My Other So-Called Friends

bender freestyle

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L Y R I C S:
It’s night one of my bender and I ain’t that drunk
Call you trying just to see if you’re up
Wildflower, won’t you please come back
You’re hurting my trust but I won’t mention that

It’s night three of my bender and I'm so messed up
Try and drive home if I'm good enough
Go and say that a break makes sense
Decide it now or forever regret

I won’t hurt you
I deserve to

I’m stuck living like you don’t exist
When your semester’s over will I see you again?
Picking four leaf clovers, oh I’m placing my bets
Will I see you again, will I see you again?

I deserve to hurt, deserve to hurt
I deserve to hurt, deserve to hurt you
I deserve to hurt, deserve to hurt you
I deserve to hurt, deserve to hurt you

I’m stuck living like you don’t exist
When your semester’s over will I see you again?
Picking four leaf clovers, oh I’m placing my bets
Will I see you again, will I see you again?

I got two jobs while you’re in school
I tend to like tension the push and pull
But lately I can’t take when you up and leave
I love the push and pull but I need you to pull on me

Bender

Me and you we never make plans
But damn we make pretty good sense

When the world falls apart
You’d be on my mind
When the world falls apart
You’re all the I think about

Gemma, I wanna know you
Gemma, i wanna know you
Better, I wanna know you better

Better? is that you name?
The greatest I will say

When my phone is dead
i just scream your name
Like the song in my head
I just scream your name

Gemma, I wanna know you
Gemma, i wanna know you
Better, i wanna know you better

Don’t go far from me
With you im meant to be
I just can’t wait to see you
When you’re back from beach

Fall Apart

The President just bombed Iran
Any minute now the draft will kick in
Like your uncle mark and Ronnie
Go on let everybody know
The President just bombed Iran

Why do we listen to first guy with a plan
Never think through before getting blood on our hands
Fights built on mights, just uses my first American right
To say jumping the gun never makes sense

I got friends to see tomorrow
I got friends to see tomorrow


Trump Bombed Iran

I found your letter from April of 2017
It's you, saying that your sorry for being bossy

Apology accepted

Because I hate lying alone in this empty bed
So I’ll sit up writing songs about a girl inside my head
I’m always neglected
I guess it’s just who I am
Persona only runs so deep and until it breaks my skin

So I’ll write another song for you
And I’ll reminisce on all things we would do

I kept your letters in my wallet
And I’ll read them every day
I love the one that says "sorry for being bossy"

You always loved me
I’ll never take that for granted
But you moved on now
And we both know I can’t stand it

So I'll write
Another song for you

And I’ll reminisce
On all things that we would do

Because I miss you girl
And I want you

I'm breaking down
And no one's here to see
Yeah, I'm breaking down
No one's here but me

I found your letter from April of 2017
It's you, saying that your sorry for being bossy

Apology accepted

Because I hate lying alone in this empty bed
So, I’ll sit up writing songs about a girl inside my head

I’m always so neglected

I guess it’s just who I am
Persona only runs so deep and until it breaks my skin

Breaking Down & Feeling Low (voice memo)

Mumbling your little vision
Underneath the moon
Rest your eyes baby
No need to get up so soon

I promise girl I’m listening
Holding on to every word
I understand your hurting
But put la mins terms

Why did I wake up scared
Why do you break my heart every night?
Do the damage all you want
Wake up from a lie

Mumbling your little vision
Underneath the moon
Rest your eyes baby
No need to get up so soon

Sold my halleujah and laid my soul with you
I don’t want nothing with Heaven if it ain’t another night with you

Laying still you suffer
Try moving your little hands
Promise don’t you panic
Demonic trance

Conjuring from the shadows
I’m coming for your heart
I wake you up this morning
Don’t be afraid of the dark

Come home, lay my down
I’m such a mess
I can’t go out I’m anxious
I got aching in my head

Sleep Paralysis

L Y R I C S:
Come baby call it
Go ahead call it off
What it is wanting
I can tell it’s not enough

Put me back together
Just to tear me all apart
17 in September
You would never break my heart

You’re picture up on my wall
You’re letters left my drawer
Don’t tell me you’re sorry
That you’re searching for something more

It gets better when I get better at
Growing up but I can’t do this without you

Could you even care less?
It’s like talking to a wall
Silence makes me anxious
Waiting for your call

Who cares about distance
College is such scam
I can visit you on weekends
While I focus on the band

You’re picture up on my wall
You’re letters left my drawer
Don’t tell me you’re sorry
Or that I’m better off without you

It gets better when I get better at
Growing up but I can’t do this without you

Dead to you
Dead to me
All I need is clarity
I'm nothing without your love

We were high school
What do you mean
This is all we've ever seen
I'm nothing without your love

Come baby call it
Go ahead call it off
What it is wanting
I can tell it’s not enough

Call it Off

i know everything

L Y R I C S:
I wanna friend who will listen
To every song that i send them
To every word I text them
I want a friend

I want a life that’s built for me
I want a dad to teach me how to live
For a family that holds up 
Instead of back

Silver is buried stone
What spoon do you lick up on?

You’re not so cool
You’re not so cool
You’re not so cool

Sent you text on the weekend
Ask how you been and get nothing
Breaking a sweat just get in touch
C'mon it don’t take much

My battery died left the lights on
When I wanna drive and get somewhere
To feel alive, I wish I knew
Nothing made sense at 25

Silver is buried stone
What spoon do you lick up on?

You look so cool, you look so cool
You look so cool, you look so cool

You got a lot going for you
You look so cool in your photo shoot
I bought your cd, real sick tunes
Real sick tunes

I ain’t got much going for me
East Coast rat in worn out jeans
But this aint LA, it's just jersey

You look so cool, you look so cool
You look so cool, you look so cool

Chronically Online

1% (Skit)

I Hate When You Tell Me to Shut Up.m4a

i wanna throw my head into a wall

Heading back out to New Jersey
I don’t know why
I forgot what I was searching for
My hope has died

Haven’t changed since I was 19
But my eyes aren’t the same
All the time that I had wasted
Routinely drained

I watched you fall in love
From a window in my head
I’m never present these days
But I’m definitely interested

I can’t say enough
No words to fill the space
I’m never present these days
I’m never present these days

Spent an hour down the turnpike
I’ve never felt so free
I can see this green for miles
I just need some keys

I can’t be bothered
I can’t feel shame
I got no complaints
I got no restaints

Austa luago
Goodbye, don’t call me
Austa luago
Goodbye, don’t call me

I watched you fall in love
From a window in my head
I’m never present these days
But I’m definitely interested

I can’t say enough
No words to fill the space
I’m never present these days
I’m never present these days

Heading back out to New Jersey
For what I don’t know why
I forgot what I was searching for
My hope has died

New Jersey (demo)

sombr - back to friends (voice memo)

Back to friends

one year.

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L Y R I C S:
Bother me, tell me awful things
You know I love it when you do that
Helps me get through this without you

Bother me, tell me awful things
You know I love it when you do that
Helps me get through this without you

Just bother me, tell me awful things
You know I love it when you move that on me
Love that when you do that on me

You like attention, I find it obvious
She makes it obvious to me
She feels the tension
It's just the two of us, it's just the two of us
It's just the two of us tonight

Burn me down 'til I'm nothin' but memories
I get it, girl
I get it, girl

Burn me down 'til I'm nothin' but memories
I get it, girl
I'm not the one

Bother me, tell me awful things
You know I love it when you do that
Helps me get through this without you

Bother me, tell me awful things
You know I love it when you move that on me
Love it when you move that on me

awful things

bet your bottom dollar

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L Y R I C S:
"Break up with your girlfriend, I know you’re bored"

You’ve got a lot nerve to come to my door
If I was getting pawned off,
You would bet your bottom dollar
And I don’t wanna let you down anymore

I know you miss me, it’s no surprise
Call up ole Charlie just see if you’re fine
I know you’re drinking and damn it so am I
I know you miss me, it’s no surprise
You dap ole Joseph and act like you’re fine
I know you’re drinking and damn it so am I

I know my way around these parts
Your mother always told us old habits die hard
Push and pull you over, don’t start with me
You called me said you’re leaving old Tennessee

You left to Illinois
Running from the boys

No time for looking back anymore
No time for looking back
No time for looking back
No time for looking back anymore

A movie-love we had that year
You had gone to hell and back and lived through your worst fears

You’ve gotten so much stronger
This record keeps on getting longer
It’s an honest love
I think that’s pretty clear

You know I miss you, it’s no surprise
Bawling my eyes out when you threatened your life
You’re over thinking and damn it so am I
You know I miss you, it’s no surprise
You left me a voicemail, I called you back twice
You’re over thinking and damn it so am I

You get away with so damn much
Won’t you please respond and don’t self-destruct 
Push and pull me over, you’re kidding me
You called me said you’re down and needing me

Don’t apologize
I need you in my life

No time for looking back anymore
No time for looking back
No time for looking back
No time for looking back anymore

Drunk Words Are Sober Thoughts

An introverted guy that has a way with words, Marshall-stacked guitar tones, and a sophisticated Nashville storytelling fare—that is American multi-instrumentalist David Russell.

Born July 3, 2000, in Nashville, Tennessee, David was raised in a musical family, collaborating with his sister, Emmy Russell, and grandmother, Loretta Lynn. His father introduced him to key influences like Tom Petty and the Ramones.

On Christmas Day 2016, David began uploading original songs to SoundCloud, influenced by bands like Modern Baseball & Weezer. These songs have been self-released as part of his annual “Summer Hiatus” compilations. He didn’t fit into Nashville, but he often attended and hosted DIY shows.

After relocating to New York City in 2020, David formed the alternative bands that gained traction in 2022 with a 52-week residency at the Bitter End. In 2023, producer Billy Mannino (Oso Oso, Macseal) worked with the him and his band on their track “Breaking Down & Feeling Low,” released two years later under Doolittle on their debut EP Secret Saturday. In 2024, David joined Nordista Freeze on his tour, which motivated David to distribute his music, previously exclusively on SoundCloud.

In 2025, David released 200 songs and formed alternative band Doolittle with Nordista Freeze, Michael Massiah, Gemma Guttenberg, & Jason Ruiz. The upcoming Summer Hiatus ‘25 proves songwriting is his trade, doubling down on what he knows best — anthemic choruses and a memoir style penmanship.

David Russell

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