Jazz Edit May 15

I’m highly qualified 
But in this situation 
I find myself without any gold

Mixed work and pleasure
Got a metal detector
Go to the beach dig up gold
Statue of Elvis
A witch doctor headdress
Anything’s ok so long as it’s gold
Ate my snacks hours ago
Metabolism getting slow
Desperate to get the gold

I have all the tools
Pick out the jewels
I won’t fall for fools gold

Slowly I start to feel
Rage internally
All I ask is a bit of gold
Maybe it's something in me
Obvious place for it to be
I feel the glow of gold
Touch my body with the detector
Hear a ding, unexpected 
Truly I must have a heart of gold
What if it’s cheap and dull
Maybe seek out a professional 
You know I would, but they want gold

I have all the tools
Find my secret jewels
Extract all the gold

In the waiting room 
Flick through homeware magazines
Thinking bout how I’ll spend the gold
They open me up like an envelope filled with money
I’ll make it rain with bloody gold
Surrounded by all my peers the surgeon's scalpel nears
Everyone wants to see the gold
She holds my heart in the air and the whole room swoons
I didn’t die a moment too soon

GOLD (I Die At The End)

Barry owns a tea shop
And it’s run by Lizard people
Mind control tastes better
With a dash of milk and sugar

Stare at the kettle boiling
Wash a cup and slice some bread
Out there somewhere Barry’s tied up
With a chip inside his head

Minerals are boring
But they tell your body what to do
Without them you’d need a handbook 
Telling you how to swallow food

Blends
They make them in a test tube
Scales
Beneath the plastic skin
From the womb until the tomb they’re closing in
Teabagging you
Until your skin is dust and your bones are sand

Throw away that cup of tea
Empty out those bags before the put you in a bag too
My words to the wise
Open up your fucking eyes

Tea Dreamerz

Kawatarō

With the release of their first new music in nearly two years, Caoimhe Barry of Wyvern Lingo chatted with Rob about new single 'Don't Say It', creating music during the lockdown and their plans for the near future.

Originally broadcast on 19th July 2020

Irish Beats | Caoimhe Barry (Wyvern Lingo)

I Am The Main Character (IATMC) is a post-punk, solopsism-core band from Dublin, Ireland. 

Sensational Dublin DJ superstar Ben Bix, boundary-melting street-drumming octopus Jay Macnamara, and Sam Burton, a normal man with the voice of an angel, furious about his banal problems! But when combined, which of them is truly THE MAIN CHARACTER?

Their music consists of chaotic, highly-compressed sonic spasms that combine angular post-punk with glitchy electronics, anchored together with frenetic drumming and lyrics that describe mundane daily grievances through a bizarrely furious prism. Live performances are high energy, aggressive bursts, with improvised jams woven into the set. 

Enthusiasts of artists like Gilla Band, Lightning Bolt, The Locust, and The Knife should find something here to like.

Tea Dreamerz

I Am The Main Character

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