Ember

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written & performed by illuminati hotties

sarah tudzin - production, engineering, vocals, drums, keys, additional guitars
collin pastore - mixing, engineering, additional production
jett galindo - mastering
jacob blizard - guitars
billy centenaro - guitars
yianni anastos-prastacos - bass
hadley kennary - background vocals

recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood CA, The Snack Shack in Highland Park CA, and Collin's room in Nashville TN

(You're Better) Than Ever

MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGYyo9hQP70

@blacklunged

one of these days
i hope to be okay
im fixing the things
that felt right out of place
im an addict at best
you can take anything
as long as you stay
babe youll be my everything

i dont wanna bother you
stop hittin me up, were through
im takin it day by day
i dont even know what to say
im just tryna better myself
these bottles right up on the shelf
spent nights with the thoughts in my head
spent days wishin all this would end

no i dont need a friend
just need you to save my life
tried endin it twice
a blunts in my right
im thinkin wouldnt it be nice
to fade to the pavement?
these words on my grave are meant
to drive one last statement
right into the back of your neck

no i wont say sorry
i just want you by me
drive my car to your house
just to die in your arms
by myself

Follow me <3

i'd die for you (prod. blacklunged)

From the album No Fool Like An Old Fool available March 16th from Western Vinyl

Bandcamp: https://carolinesays.bandcamp.com/album/no-fool-like-an-old-fool
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-fool-like-an-old-fool/1337343096?ls=1&app=itunes
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No Fool Like An Old Fool is the sophomore LP from Austin via Alabama musician, Caroline Sallee, aka Caroline Says. Moving beyond the surf-folk foundations of her debut, on No Fool... Sallee loosens her earthly tether, allowing her songs to float to ever higher altitudes on clouds of loops, immaculate melodies, and hypnotic harmonies, as she sings about aging, the daily grind, and hometown stymie.  Moving to Austin in 2013 gave her a new perspective on her hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, which informed the overall vibe of the album. “I think leaving my fairly small hometown and then going back to visit it inspired the feeling I went for on this album. I observed that so many people I knew were content doing basically nothing. Or that they were scared to try to do anything or leave town, like they felt stuck there.” 

The first few notes of the Daniel Rossen-esque opener “First Song” dutifully establish the surreal and slightly tragic tone of longing maintained throughout the album. The curiously upturning melodies ride out on a rich ambient texture before “Sweet Home Alabama” cuts the fog with a crackling 60's soul loop that's charming and catchy enough to induce a cathartic laugh from the listener.  The brightness fades with the frosty and propulsive “A Good Thief Steals Clean,” which features lyrics inspired by the 1971 film Panic in Needle Park, and the idea of being in love with a heroin addict. “I tend to write from the perspectives of characters in dark situations, even though my songs may sound bright,” Sallee notes of her alluring juxtaposition of sunny production and grim lyrics.  She employs this dynamic again on “Rip Off,” a frenetically percussive song with lyrics inspired by an NPR story about a young Iraqi man who was killed in an ISIS bombing just before moving to NYC to become a professional dancer.  Inspired by Terrence Malick's Badlands and Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska," the song “Black Hole" features multi-voice harmonies sung from the perspective of 50's spree killer Charles Starkweather.

Finding time to record while working three jobs was no easy task, and her living situation didn't make it any easier.  Sallee explains "I lived in a disgusting mildewed basement apartment that was like living in a gross cave. My landlords were a crazy old couple that lived above me, and it was like living inside of a drum. I could hear their footsteps, and their dog’s footsteps, and a lot of the time it just sounded like they were throwing things on their floor. It was so hard to find a perfectly quiet time to record. I recorded all my loud stuff (amped guitar, drums) during the day, and had to do quieter stuff like vocals late at night."  The hurdles she navigated to record naturally led to ad hoc recording techniques, and endless sonic experimentation, often leading to her use of the computer as an instrument.  She remarks “I did a lot of recording in a state of exhaustion from working so much. I was so worn down that these songs were able to just come through.”  No Fool Like An Old Fool is a fine soundtrack for this kind of liminal state, honest in its weariness, glad to be done with the day, carrying itself into tomorrow with a bleary-eyed sense of wonder and hope for the future.  A tireless worker, and a wellspring of creativity, whatever Caroline Says, we will be listening.

No Fool Like An Old Fool

Caroline Says - "I Tried"

Wonderland (feat. Jeremiah Jae)

Thee Lakesiders are a duo out of Los Angeles comprised of Marie and Necalli who we were introduced to by our friend El Oms. He thought it would be great to get them out here to NY and into the the studio with El Michels. Turns out, he was very right. They spent two days in The Diamond Mine with The Shacks as their backing band and Leon producing and writing with them and cut three songs. Two of which are here on this nice two sider of a 45.

Side A “Si Me Falteras” is worked up into something of a Latin Psych number, it’s a cover of Los Terricolas’s tune they cut in 1973 redone with some more muscle. Ben’s driving beat and Max’s guitar work set the stage for Marie to showcase the powerful side of her voice. 

Side B “Parachute” finds them in one of their favorite styles, a dreamy ballad that floats over guitar chanks, brush hits, and vibraphone rolls. This time Marie shows us a different side of her range, her beautiful and lush vocals ride perfectly in the pocket making for a gorgeous b side that can ride right alongside the oldies.

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Thee Lakesiders - Parachute - BC024-45 - Side B

North Hatley

Trop Tard

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a mix of 25 beats i've worked on over the past year.
enjoy<3

TRACKLIST:
0:00-  [スモーク]
2:32- Reborn
4:52- Look Alive
7:29- Rick N Morty
9:09- Pull Up
11:26- ヽ｀ヽ｀、ヽ｀、ヽ｀ヽ｀、ヽ
13:02- Drop Top
14:37- Swim.
16:02- Bay City 昏黄
17:49- Faded
19:04- Elevated
21:40- Oppin'
24:05- Cafe'
25:15- Stupid
27:45- Trust Me
29:58- Trap House
32:06- foreign hoes
35:00- Citgo
36:55- Meancé (feat Jinsang)
38:38- Switchin' Lanes
40:03- Magic ways
41:33- Walk It
44:43- Babywipe
47:00- told u so many times
50:22- Skins

Ember

Jacob Isaac Hunter

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