Dodecamountainphonic II  by Gene Pritsker
performed by the Outreach Orchestra at the Outreach Festival 2013

Dodecamountainphonic II

Wake up in the morning with a headache
Hit the snooze button, but it don't take
Gotta rush, gotta get dressed, gotta comb my hair
Can't believe I'm stuck in this corporate nightmare (oh, no)

I hate my 9 to 5 job (job)
Sittin' in my cubicle, it feels like a mob
I wanna break free, be who I wanna be
But all I see is endless monotony (ooh-yeah)

9 To 5 Blues

Basstep

Do it all for you

[Verse 1]
Can I hold you close? Just for a minute?
In this quiet moment
Can we be in it?
Our life so simple
Does it bring you joy?
Even when your days are busy
I'm not annoyed

[Chorus]
Can I hug you tight? Just for a little while?
Want to be with you
Wear a constant smile
In this world so loud
Can we find some peace?
In your arms
My love
It feels like sweet release

[Verse 2]
Can we live together
In a tranquil space?
Where worries disappear
Without a trace
Our love so pure
It makes my heart glad
While you work hard
I'll cherish what we have

Can I Hug You Tight by Yuan

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

SKINNY

Taken from the album, Spell #6, released on 2nd November via Tough Love (Europe) and Burger (R.O.W.). The European pressing is available on limited edition green vinyl (500 copies). Pre-order here - smarturl.it/PartTimeSpell6

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Nearing a decade old and with a discography reaching deep into double figures across several different labels (Mexican Summer, Burger, Plastic Response Records) David Loca’s work under the Part Time moniker really shouldn’t require any introduction. Nonetheless, the release of what is officially his sixth album, fittingly titled Spell #6, does signal something of a re-birth and provides a compelling entry point for anyone new to Loca’s prolific output.

Whereas previous albums were notable for a charming lo-fi production, Spell #6 takes Part Time uptown. "I describe this album as 'my studio album', because it was entirely re-recorded at my drummer Walter Byer's studio, unlike most of my past releases being bedroom experimental pop recordings." Loca produced the record himself, impressively appropriating a classic 80s pop sound that recalls some of the more grand productions of that era - think Stephen Street’s expressive production on ‘Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me’, Crowded House and The Church’s widescreen interpolation of Paisley Underground jangle, and there's even traces Gerard McMann’s grandiose ‘Cry Little Sister’. In that sense, the record stands as an outlier in Loca’s catalogue, and in doing so sheds the sometimes limiting trappings of bedroom recording

Though it is Loca’s project, Spell #6 sees him joined by a consistent supporting cast of fellow writers and performers who add a poise and deftness to his vision, most notably Ariel Pink, who makes a guest appearance on lead single, ‘I Can Treat You Better’.

A lead single for its obvious earworm qualities, it also functions as an ideal snapshot of the lyrical themes that run through the entire record: romantic gestures and unrequited love, bad decisions on hot nights/hot decisions on bad nights, and unpinning it all, LA. For this is evidently a West Coast record, like a 2018 take on To Live and Die in LA: expansive, grand, and not a little crazy (in love) from the heat.

Can I Hug You Tight by Yuan

Egregious

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