Selfish Or Self Destructive

"Taikonaut" is the first leak from James Hancock’s NEW ANIMAL EP , available for FREE DOWNLOAD at www.StrangeFamous.com on January 27!

James Hancock contributed production to the Sage Francis song "ID Thieves" from his 2014 LP "Copper Gone".

NEW ANIMAL is the product of submersion in chaos, experimentation, deconstruction and risk.

Hancock began building the EP in the spring of 2014 and completed the bulk of the project within a few months, a prolific feat inspired by the energetic, anxious and joyful months leading up to the birth of his daughter. Toronto/Berlin female vocalist Leonita added vocal wailings, wordless textures and simple lyric chants that highlight the sense of urgency and emotional quality of Hancock’s music. Hancock’s own vocals are sampled throughout the EP, as well as various manipulated field recordings. NEW ANIMAL is at once a departure and taking a stance, with Hancock expanding and asserting himself as a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer of work that transcends stylistic boundaries.

Tracklisting:
01 Wolfpit
02 Full City Dark
03 Taikonaut
04 New Animal 

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TAIKONAUT - James Hancock

Heal Us All

88 Keys & Counting

October in the Graveyard

when twos become threes

Dethy

Mi Vida Local

Specificity (Instrumental)

Lyrics and vocals by Dessa
Produced by Saam Hagshenas
Additional production by Andy Thompson and Lazerbeak

Recorded by Andy Thompson at Instrument Landing
Mixed by Joe Mabbott at The Hideaway
Mastered by Bruce Templeton at Microphonic Mastering
Design by Andy Lund

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LYRICS

HOOK 
I think I could be good for you 
I think you’re overlooking your best move
I think I could be good for you 
Somewhere beneath the surface you do too.

VERSE 1 
My lipstick on a candy cigarette
bored backstage in Boston
if you say so, it’s only innocent 
But I can feel that you’re watching. 
Cause sometimes when it’s late 
you get careless
the bourbon gives you away
and the veil lifts. 
I don’t bring this up lightly 
don’t you think that I might be 
someone you can’t forget?
But if you don’t think that there’s lightning 
at the end of the kite string 
I don’t need another friend. 

HOOK

VERSE 2 
Bar close night’s over, but I guess they still let you smoke here
you should go home now with the rest, but your coat’s on my shoulders.  
No one gets to take both roads;
you solve for exes and unknowns 
decide what to keep and who to release 
I’m here with fog in my locket 
your name in my teeth.
Patience is no virtue
for saints out after curfew
we should chance it, I can’t stand inertia 
won’t get parachute rehearsals—
fall for me. 
Tell me it’s not what you wanted,
honestly? 

HOOK 

Aren’t you tired of the upper hand
don’t you want a girl to make you try a little now and then
I’m the one who’s talking to you now 
don’t you want to find out 
if you could win a bigger bet
I know I’m one of a hundred you could call like it’s nothing
but not every dime can play dozens
that’s gotta say something—
not every match gets met. 

HOOK

Good For You

Dessa “Good For You”

Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed by Ecid in a bedroom in Brooklyn, NY
Guitar by Charlie Rauh
Mastered by Bruce Templeton at Microphonic Mastering (Mpls, MN)

"The concept behind this track is more of an aspirational idea v.s. a concrete statement. I was feeling like I needed to give myself a pep talk when I wrote this and remind the people around me that it's going to be okay no matter what ugly turns our world takes...Just keep doing dope shit.

One of my favorite things about this track was collaborating with my roommate at the time, Charlie Rauh. He's an awesome dude and extremely talented guitar player. We've now made a handful of really dope beats together but this was the first one. We just started messing around, sampling his guitar through some effects on an Organelle routed into Ableton Live and in a matter of minutes we had a foundation to build on. Essentially the first verse is what he and I made together and then from there I built the hook, verse 2 and the rest of the track from recycled elements of what we initially laid down so it evolves throughout."

- Jason/Ecid

Trusting The Universe