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A Beacon School's new single "Dot" is out April 8th, 2022.
Stream/purchase: https://fanlink.to/abs-dot

~

outside when narrow
the sun on the wire
lilting

to understand
the invitation
again

you felt it come true then
etched in a blinking
pattern you can’t forget

the color’s unknowing but the landing seems close
cuz it’s no different

light shifting
While all the rest fills in slowly
you find your head fizzing softly
And you swear this all feels new

But it’s no different

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A Beacon School - Dot

https://fanlink.to/frantic-francis

"Frantic Francis” weaves hypnotic sounds with dreamlike imagery and a pulsing bass line, meant to simulate waking up as a child, when everything is brand new again. But it’s not supposed to be that deep either and mentions embracing mundane things, like drinking tea. After the I LOVE FISH project, we've approached songwriting for Pine Barons differently, putting more emphasis on patience, simplicity and really letting a song breathe.”

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Pine Barons - Frantic Francis

"Potion" from the album 'yoyo' by A Beacon School out on October 13, 2023 on Grind Select

Vinyl/CDs: https://bit.ly/abs-yoyo
All DSPs: https://fanlink.to/potion-jon

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A Beacon School is the dream pop project of New York-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick J. Smith. The songs on releases such as his full-length debut, Cola, alternate between uptempo, jangly pop nuggets, lush shoegaze and intricately-arranged electronic soundscapes.

Smith began making music as A Beacon School in 2009. A home-recorded demo single was released in 2011, and a self-titled EP by a full-band lineup appeared near the end of 2012. Smith notably played with bands such as Modern Rivals and Bluffing, and currently works with Parquet Courts' Max Savage as part of Maxband.

In 2018, A Beacon School's Cola was released by Grind Select. After receiving positive press and slowly gaining a worldwide following, an expanded vinyl edition of Cola was released in 2019 in conjunction with Fat Possum’s ‘House Arrest’ imprint, amassing over 50 million streams, tours with El Ten Eleven and Ruby Haunt and syncs on critically acclaimed shows such as Hacks and Shrinking.

Now back with his first full-length in five years, yoyo, a follow up to Cola, Smith takes his sound even further with 10 tracks that are an untainted exploration of the unconscious artistic self and the oscillation of time.

'yoyo' will be released on October 13, 2023.

A Beacon School - Potion

"Jon" from the album 'yoyo' by A Beacon School out on October 13, 2023 on Grind Select

Preorder vinyl/CDs: https://bit.ly/abs-yoyo
All DSPs: https://fanlink.to/potion-jon

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A Beacon School is the dream pop project of New York-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick J. Smith. The songs on releases such as his full-length debut, Cola, alternate between uptempo, jangly pop nuggets, lush shoegaze and intricately-arranged electronic soundscapes.

Smith began making music as A Beacon School in 2009. A home-recorded demo single was released in 2011, and a self-titled EP by a full-band lineup appeared near the end of 2012. Smith notably played with bands such as Modern Rivals and Bluffing, and currently works with Parquet Courts' Max Savage as part of Maxband.

In 2018, A Beacon School's Cola was released by Grind Select. After receiving positive press and slowly gaining a worldwide following, an expanded vinyl edition of Cola was released in 2019 in conjunction with Fat Possum’s ‘House Arrest’ imprint, amassing over 50 million streams, tours with El Ten Eleven and Ruby Haunt and syncs on critically acclaimed shows such as Hacks and Shrinking.

Now back with his first full-length in five years, yoyo, a follow up to Cola, Smith takes his sound even further with 10 tracks that are an untainted exploration of the unconscious artistic self and the oscillation of time.

'yoyo' will be released on October 13, 2023.

A Beacon School - Jon

'yoyo', the new LP from A Beacon School is out now.

Vinyl/CDs: bit.ly/abs-yoyo

A Beacon School - Middle of Winter

"KITM" from the album 'yoyo' by A Beacon School out on October 13, 2023 on Grind Select

Preorder vinyl/CDs: https://bit.ly/abs-yoyo
All DSPs: https://fanlink.to/kitm

---

where do you go?
weathered shell 
keeping nothing for yourself

kick the grass that’s poking out
from the pavement 
unannounced

made of glass
warm to the touch 
still convinced it’s not enough

even in motion
you tell me to wait
you’re dragging your feet now
it’s getting too late

total devotion 
never relayed 
you’re dragging your feet now
it’s getting too late

cross it out for me

in the corner, on the shelf
keeping nothing for yourself
can’t take back what’s in the tile
let it hold your voice a while

you’ve got it all wrong
it’s been there all along

even in motion
you tell me to wait
you’re dragging your feet now
it’s getting too late

total devotion 
never relayed 
you’re dragging your feet now
it’s getting too late

A Beacon School - KITM

A Beacon School - Adore

'yoyo', the new LP from A Beacon School is out now.

Vinyl/CDs: https://bit.ly/abs-yoyo

A Beacon School - Honeyed (Stay Forever)

"Alone" from the album 'yoyo' by A Beacon School out on October 13, 2023 on Grind Select

Preorder vinyl/CDs: https://bit.ly/abs-yoyo
All DSPs: https://fanlink.to/abs-alone

Video by Chase Wagner

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start to make it out
shyly turning luck
hold my breath and bite my tongue
don't look that way too much

it wouldn't be the first time
the ground you're on has fallen away

I'm losing count of all the days I've wasted
oh all I want's to feel like something's taking

thread pulled out
honest mistake
blue pieces scattered in your wake

you lost track of where you are
look up, it's all gone wrong

lying awake
tell me how much more I need to wait

forget about the last time 
the hold you know will fall away

I'm losing count of all the days I've wasted
oh all at once I feel like something's taking

A Beacon School - Alone

"Mantra" from the album 'yoyo' by A Beacon School out on October 13, 2023 on Grind Select

Preorder vinyl/CDs: https://bit.ly/abs-yoyo
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everything I don't want to change is changing
everyone I don't want to leave is leaving
everything I want to change is staying the same
everyone that I want to stay is leaving

can you name all the places you were racing? 
can you tell just by the light which way you're facing?
everything I want to change is staying the same
every time I get less sure of what we're chasing

sometimes when gathered it starts to seep 
sometimes a glimmer will let you breathe  

can you feel the ground beneath us shaking?
can you tell by the way it leans which way it's breaking?
everything I want to change is staying the same
every night I can't bear to think how long it's taken

let's spend some time together, here for another day 
I'll dream of you forever, won't let it wash away

it feels like now or never, I lost count of the days
I'll dream of you forever, lets dream this all away 

just let it wash away
now

everything I don't want to change is changing
everyone I don't want to leave is leaving
everything I want to change is staying the same
everyone that I want to stay is leaving

I should just forget,
wash out the ink that's still left 
but how could I? 

all along, right in front of you
all this time, its been coming true
 
all along, right in front of me
all this time, perfect symmetry

A Beacon School - Mantra

Title track from new LP, 'It'll Be Over Soon' - out 8/15/25
All DSPs: fanlink.tv/itll-be-over-soon

~

Take your supplements and exercise
Have another ibuprofen
And close your eyes
It'll be over soon

Micro-dose of escitalopram
Make the most of every moment
That you can
It'll be over soon

Every day
We're getting closer
To another
One of these
It'll be too hard
To recover

Proton pump inhibiting your pride
Moderated drinking, dressing
On the side
It'll be over soon

A prescription hydrocortisone
Call your mother, check the voicemails
On the phone  
It'll be over soon

I've been maintaining every minute of my life
And I'm so tired of being good
So concerned with keeping everything in line
That I'm gonna have a heart attack
Gonna lay down and die

Kerry Charles - It'll Be Over Soon

https://kerrycharles.org/
https://instagram.com/kerry__charles

~

I don't wanna waste
Your precious time
We've all got somewhere to be
And I'm not gonna make
No pickup lines
I'm not that interesting

I make my bed
Every morning, every night
just to get in it, just to get in it
I keep my curtains drawn,
I been hiding from the light
Just to stay with it, Just to stay with it

I've got not advice
For living large
I've never really gone
And it may look like I'm in charge
But I'm barely hanging on

I make my bed
Every morning and every night
Just to get in it, just to get in it
I take my medicine
Got the dosages just right
Just to stay with it, just to stay with it

Kerry Charles - I Make My Bed

https://kerrycharles.org
https://instagram.com/kerry__charles

~

I been dreading the end since morning
And I been treading lightly
Fretting this friendly courting might be recurring nightly

You've been eyeing me up, all over
I know you're looking for it
My anxiety's up I'm sober
And I just can't ignore it

It's been eating at me all evening
Like a dog with bone
Just as you start to lean in
I'd rather be alone

I'd invite you to come inside
But I don't think it gets much better than this
Maybe we could talk on the phone

Stop! Heel, get down
I'm not feeling up
Can we put it off? I can't get it up

Don't feel let down
I'm not good enough
Can we put it off?
I can't get it up

We been at this for quite some time
Not sure if I could do much better than that
But girl, you gotta know that I tried

And I don't know what you had in mind
But I'm thinking I had better just call you a cab
Put you in an Uber and hide

Kerry Charles - Viagra Falls

All DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/slow-bleeding

~

Another appointment
A pain in my ass
Always something gonna ruin my night
Fly in the ointment or a smudge on the glass
Ten thousand paper cuts will be the way that I die

And it's a slow bleeding
You're the one I wanna bleed with
It's a sentimental feeling I have
You're the one who gives it meaning

I have been looking for a reason
To stick around
And baby
You are all I need
Come on and bleed with me

Oh when there's nothing to believe in
I need a little company
For this misery
Bleed with me

A busy agenda
A party past midnight
I couldn't sleep again for the thirtieth time
Got a presentation in the morning on business
Ten thousand paper cuts, not a bandage in sight

Kerry Charles - Slow Bleeding

https://kerrycharles.org
https://instagram.com/kerry__charles

~

I been trying to get better
I been trying to stay good
But when I get into the bottle
My motives are misunderstood

I can't remember the last time I felt right
Been hiding inside, I been locked up alone
You'd send me away if the cards had been dealt right
But I'd never forgive you for leaving all on my own

I can't stand to be with myself
Can't stand to be with myself
I Can't stand to be with myself
Can't stand to be with myself

Well I tried self improvement
I been going to the gym
But there's been so little movement
I think I'll never look like them

I can't remember the last time I saw her
It's been a while since I looked in the mirror
Call me an taxi or call me a lawyer
But there no way in hell that you're planning on leaving me here

Kerry Charles - Sedentary Lifestyle

'It'll Be Over Soon' - out 8/15/25
All DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/in-deep

~

Sunday slumming
Been looking for a reason
No payday coming
No money to speak of

Daddy's on holiday
Kicked outta the house and
I'm indebted to Sallie Mae
For a hundred thousand

Now then
I'm in deep with the man
I got a pocket full of plastic and
No way to spend it
Gonna need another lender to
Give me a hand unless
I'm headed for a bender
One-arm bandit better save me tonight

Monday morning
Ain't no time to be playing
I been calling the foreman
And nobody's paying

Pick my chin up
And head to the tables
I could be a winner
I'm willing and able

I'm in deep with the man
I got a pocket full of plastic and
No way to spend it
I'll never do it again

Kerry Charles - In Deep

All DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/cant-buy-love

https://kerrycharles.org/
https://instagram.com/kerry__charles  

~

Caught in the grip of retail
Who knew I needed so much?
I've been hanging on every detail
This leather, soft to the touch!

I'm gonna spend my way
Through another day
But you know they say
Money can't buy love

I've got another subscription
Just leave the package at the door
Call it a savings addiction
It's the deals I'm living for

I gotta fill this void
Gonna fill it with a cardboard opioid
The only thing that I could never enjoy
Money can't buy love

Diamonds and pearls
Never again in this world
Will I work for a day
Yes I have what I need
Forever

Kerry Charles - Can't Buy Love

All DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/pay-to-survive

~

Tight buckled,
White knuckling through another day
In paradise
I pay to survive
I am on a roll

What luck!
(They forget it)
I don't need another reminder
I'm a get down guy
I toe the line
I maintain control

Day's been turning around but then it starts
Nipping at the edges of my consciousness and in my heart
Preys in every town, it's never far
Keeping vigil over my preoccupations like a bodyguard

Poor cuckold,
Still suckling on the bosom of
My LA life
I'm staying alive
But it's getting old

I'm stuck!
(Don't forget it)
Takes a little time to remember
I'm a paradigm
I stay inside
And I horde my gold

I'll dig myself another bunker baby
You'll never take me for a ride
Hidden in an ivory tower
Cowering at the shadows in my mind

Kerry Charles - Pay To Survive

Kerry Charles - With Myself

'4th of July' is out now:
https://fanlink.tv/4th-of-july

~ 

The fireworks are blowing up 
Above our heads you worry about 
The situation that were in
I know because you told me then 
You sang it in your new song
Those three days felt like a month long 

When I pull back   
I want to know you more than that 
When I pull back
I'm alive

A prize for you not one but two 
The yellow bird could tell I was 
Trying everything to find you there 
I took a few wrong turns but 
I was bleeding for you baby 
Now Im sandy with you baby 

When I pull back   
I want to know you more than that 
When I pull back 
I'm alive 

When I pull back   
I want to know you more than that 
When I pull back 
I want to know you more than that
When I pull back I'm alive

And it only 
Took a moment 
To be loved
A whole life long

S.C.A.B. - 4th of July

https://fanlink.tv/goldandsilver

~

I was standing there
At the top of the west side
Catching flashes in my eye
Of something gold and silver
Glistening,
In the fading light of day
I would meet you all the way
Go down until the river

Runs into oceans
Becomes something more
Unbound by the limits
Of lines and form

When I’m looking out over the water
And I’m resting my head on your shoulders
Watch the ripples in the waves make a pattern
Oh, heaven is a place like
When I’m holding your hand and it’s summer
And we’re burying the bad shit under
Keep it light keep it fun ‘til we’re older
Oh, heaven is a place like this

Gathering,
Like a pearl inside your hand
From a single grain of sand
My heart is now a mountain
Shimmering,
In the gold and silver rays
Wanna stay forever babe
Go down, go down until the fountain

Floods into oceans
Becomes something more
Unbound by the limits
Of lines and form

When I’m looking out over the water
And I’m resting my head on your shoulders
Watch the ripples in the waves make a pattern
Oh, heaven is a place like
When I’m holding your hand and it’s summer
And we’re burying the bad shit under
Keep it light keep it fun ‘til we’re older
Oh, heaven is a place like this

☁️

Gold & Silver

Kiss Him (Na Na Na)

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~

Tough guy
Proud boy
Trauma scarred
Blowhard

Tough motherfucker ain't shit
try to roll with my clique
We’ll disarm you with empathy 
And with honesty
Real fucking quick

💀

BLOWHARD

ALL DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/10-finger
www.instagram.com/death___Meta

~

I saw a pool shark looking at me
Bet me all his fingers he could sink them all in three
He meant turns but I thought he meant seconds
10 finger amputee
No more knuckle dragging

That’s right
that’s right mother fucker 
that’s right

10 FINGER AMPUTEE

https://itsgrocer.bandcamp.com/track/el-toro

~

I was dreaming of some soft salutation
The words you'd say to me hung on the wall
I saw a picture of us getting rained on at the lake
when I still had a bed out in the hall

I woke up singing Frankie Valli
Late September oh, what a night.
I grew up counting out the seasons like epochs in my mind
I never thought I'd live to see the other side

I was born on a ladder
on the first Sunday in July
Kids running around getting teased by El Toro in the streets
I guess I might still be afraid to die
I guess I might still be afraid to die

I was concieved under some stipulations
I start to think that I could never live them down
It's apparent to me that I'm a child to you
Not making you proud lying 6 feet underground

I wandered out into the desert
A gift forgetting if I'm getting out alive
But I’d be lying in the brush with El Toro after dusk
It never dawned on me how beautiful it was

I'm not leaving if I'm leaving you behind

El Toro

DEATH META - MALWARE LP OUT 9.5.25
ALL DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/youlooklikehell
https://instagram.com/death___meta

~

Why can’t you see me
You look like hell

YOU LOOK LIKE HELL

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~

Money has no place in my kingdom 
You take her down the street 
Look at all your girls she gonna meet

I watched her walk away 
I heard she sealed her fate 

It's surely something simple then 
I wanna be your man 
Is there something I haven't said yet

It's surely something simple then 
I wanna be your man 
Is there something I haven't said yet 
I'll leave it up to you

Well I'm a complex being 
With complex feelings and 
Complex meanings 
Of what it means to love 
But at least it's real
Oh yes it is honey 

So much has coincided 
So much I can't ignore

It's surely something simple then 
I wanna be your man 
Is there something I haven't said 

It's surely something simple then 
I wanna be your man 
Is there something I haven't said yet 
I'll leave it up to 

Someone keeps holding me back from her
Someone keeps holding me back from her
Someone keeps holding me back from her
Someone keeps holding me back from her
Alright 

Ooooohhhhhhhhh

L.A.A.Y.G.S.G.M.

DEATH META - MALWARE LP OUT 9.5.25
ALL DSPs: https://fanlink.tv/die-faster
https://instagram.com/death___meta  

~

Die
Die faster
Die
Die as fast as you can

Caught bleeding out
Without a suture or a remedy
They’re inching closer
They’re plotting torture
They’re putting out feelers
They’re feeling your innards
They’re eating your future
They’re inhaling your dreams

DIE FASTER

https://fanlink.tv/somewhere-emptiness

~

Open space
But I hear echoes bounce of walls
Then bloom
How could it be?
I never made it here in good faith
But somehow you will

Find me
Calling out to you
Somewhere
Liminal and blue
Emptiness
Has her tricks
But somewhere
The door will open through
Ah, ooh, ah

Hit the ground
My knees are bruising on the concrete
And I can't sense the flow
Of time
I cannot trust it won't deceive me
Down in the void
Hollowed and boundless
How will you

Find me
Calling out to you
Somewhere
Liminal and blue
Emptiness
Has her tricks
But somewhere
The door will open through
Ah, ooh, ah
Ooh, ah, ooh, ah

Face down
Palms on the floor
I feel a breeze
Brush skin on my back
Flowing through
Is it real?
Follow it through to the end
But somehow you will
Find me
Calling out to you
Somewhere
Liminal and blue
Emptiness
Has her tricks
But somewhere
The door will open through
Ah, ooh, ah

Somewhere, Emptiness

DEATH META - MALWARE LP OUT 9.5.25
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~

Eviscera
I can’t close my eyes
Or I’ll see
Eviscera
Gnashing wild
Gnashing me
Eviscera

In the corner
Shaking with a whimper
Looking for a soul to free
Anaesthetic fangs
Ripping flesh like Velcro
Left a hole with an echo
Gaping monstrosity

EVISCERA

DEATH META - MALWARE LP OUT 9.5.25

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~

Desecrated
I arranged it
A graveyard for our dreams
In a minute 
I’ll be ready 
to speak the eulogy
Even though you aren’t with us
I can see you posturing
Mugging for the newsprint
Obituary


DESECRATED

First single from @A-Beacon-School's "Cola" LP ~ out now!

Premiered via The Fader: http://www.thefader.com/2018/02/14/a-beacon-school-algernon

Cola is the full-length debut from Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Patrick J Smith, whose previous credits include playing with Modern Rivals, Bluffing and Fiasco. Having spent the last year working on a new project called Maxband with Max from Parquet Courts, A Beacon School marks Smith’s first entirely solo effort and the beginning of a new musical journey.

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A Beacon School - Algernon

@A-Beacon-School's "Cola" LP ~ out now !

Cola is the full-length debut from Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Patrick J Smith, whose previous credits include playing with Modern Rivals, Bluffing and Fiasco. Having spent the last year working on a new project called Maxband with Max from Parquet Courts, A Beacon School marks Smith’s first entirely solo effort and the beginning of a new musical journey.

A Beacon School - Hum

@A-Beacon-School's "Cola" LP ~ out now!

Cola is the full-length debut from Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Patrick J Smith, whose previous credits include playing with Modern Rivals, Bluffing and Fiasco. Having spent the last year working on a new project called Maxband with Max from Parquet Courts, A Beacon School marks Smith’s first entirely solo effort and the beginning of a new musical journey.

A Beacon School - JCult

Third single from @A-Beacon-School's "Cola" LP ~ out March 23 !

Cola is the full-length debut from Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Patrick J Smith, whose previous credits include playing with Modern Rivals, Bluffing and Fiasco. Having spent the last year working on a new project called Maxband with Max from Parquet Courts, A Beacon School marks Smith’s first entirely solo effort and the beginning of a new musical journey.

A Beacon School - It's Late

Second single from @A-Beacon-School's "Cola" LP ~ out now !

Cola is the full-length debut from Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Patrick J Smith, whose previous credits include playing with Modern Rivals, Bluffing and Fiasco. Having spent the last year working on a new project called Maxband with Max from Parquet Courts, A Beacon School marks Smith’s first entirely solo effort and the beginning of a new musical journey.

A Beacon School - I Don't Believe It

@A-Beacon-School's Cola was released on vinyl for the first time on June 14 with three unreleased songs (Glue, Fade In Nylon, Cut Thru). Read more: 

https://www.adhoc.fm/post/a-beacon-school-new-track-glue/

https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/a-beacon-school-s-stunning-debut-lp-is-getting-re-released-with-a-few-new-tracks-including-glue-405-premiere-155

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A Beacon School - Glue

@A-Beacon-School's Cola was released on vinyl for the first time on June 14 with three unreleased songs (Glue, Fade In Nylon, Cut Thru). Read more:

https://www.popmatters.com/a-beacon-school-fade-nylon-2636980439.html

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A Beacon School - Fade In Nylon

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