@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

On Compromising Young Thing:
Plenty of chunky autoharp, wandering bass, vintage Moog synths, a little pitch shifting and fun party beats.  

- Written + Produced by Elijah Wyman
- Engineered by Elijah, Arlie Huffman and Thomas McNeely at their studios in Arlie's and Elijah's houses.
- Arlie played the real drums and some synths
- Thomas played the bass and some synths
- Elijah played the autoharps, fake drums, pitching and vocals

Instruments include: Autotharp, Bass, Drums, Vintage Drum Samples, Moog Synthesizers, human voices, Speak n Spell

Most of the words:
Funny how I saw you,
but never saw you.
Well now I see you.
Girl, it's good to see you
all night,  (all night)
but more importantly
in the morning.
Anytime it's me and you.

Seems I was
Always looking for some compromising young thing
to take me home.
For one moment we
whitewashed in line dry sheets.  
(flush pink in our heat on 2nd verse)

Compromising Young Thing

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

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7/28 - Williamsburg, NY - Glasslands
7/31 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theater w/ !!!
8/3 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest

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Decent Lovers is Elijah + Rhonda.  
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lyrics
Now when I wake up w/ the windows on the wrong side of the room 
and find the door to step two floors above near death 
I swear I hear you calling, "honey I love you things are better in the morning." 
And I take a step right back towards bed. 

And when the morning comes I'll be glad if we both open our eyes. 
We will greet the sun with such joy just to be alive 
after all we've seen wash down through that stream. 
After all that we know is a rainbow spraying from a garden hose 

When you can't catch the moments 
no they keep coming, keep coming 
minute after minute till it pushes out your last breath, 
but we can keep running hand in hand, world be damned 
even though we know it will catch us.


credits
Written and Produced by Elijah Wyman. Engineered by Elijah, Arlie and Thomas at Arlie and Elijah's homes. 

Arlie played drums, moop pedals and sang. 
Thomas played synth tambourine and sang. 
Elijah played autoharp, bass, feedback loops, fake drums and sang. 

When I Wake Up

Hello,

I wrote + recorded this at my house on Pinnacle Mtn in NC.  Arlie T Huffman played + recorded some rad drums at his home studio in Asheville. It was mastered by my besty Jason Rozen in Andover, MA.  (Check out his jams, Seer Group) Kelsey Young made the single art. 

2Star was recorded using a mix of my laptop and a 4-track cassette deck that my parents bought for me for my 15th Birthmas. I chose to mix it mono for fun! It also makes it easier to share in headphones.  ;)  

Instruments on this recording include a 25 string autoharp...missing some strings, bass, drum varieties, a farfisa organ and a cowbell. I produced/played everything except the live drums by Arlie. This will be on a future EP tentatively titled, "Mono."  Awesome.  

If you're into 2Star check us out on FB and bandcamp.   You can buy our music there! We have an album from lasty. Every little bit helps us tour.  :)

-Elijah Ebenezer Wyman

http://TheDecentLovers.com (buy our last album here!)
http://Facebook.com/thedecentlovers (we post tourdates here)

Decent Lovers is Elijah Wyman, Arlie T Huffman, Miles Britton and Thomas Mkneely
Additional support from Jason Rozen.

2Star

Here's a b-side.  I didn't think it sounded like a Decent Lovers song, but I think it's kinda fun still.  It's a bit too srs.  

hearts,
-elijah

PRESS FOR COLLIDED:
"Decent Lovers’ fearlessness within their music-making only leaves me wanting more. I can’t wait to hear what they come up with next!"
Indie Shuffle
http://www.indieshuffle.com/decent-lovers-collided/

"Petite perle entre hip hop, pop, un son du printemps, un son qui sent le soleil, le vent."
Another Whiskey for Bukowski
http://anotherwhiskyformisterbukowski.com/2013/04/30/decent-lovers-collided/

"the first few notes had me hooked, and the rest of the track just sparkled. I haven’t been able to stop playing it"
7 Seconds of Sound
http://7secondsofsound.com/post/49847268948/decent-lovers-collided

Collided (B-Side)

Decent Lovers make fun, simple experimental pop songs that have been written up by NME Radar, Indie Shuffle, Pigeons and Planes, Mercedes Mixedtape, Soundcloud, BBC6 and bunches more.  They use synths, pitched guitars and autoharp, drum machines, vocoders and voices.  

Decent Lovers have opened for Foster the People, Hollerado, !!! + Darwin Deez and like toured and stuff.

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