push it through the night
pile drivers keep hard time
breaking ground in slumber
you display your power

i lie in shame
a picture of awe and fright

oh what a sight, where is my life?

i’ll wait all night
for your gifts to fall
from a glinting height

you know
the greatest stains of all
are white

birds crash into walls
that look just like sky...

push it through the dark
your winged hubris flies higher
a little cloak and dagger
spells birth to shining hell

not my eyes
the sun
reflects from
the broad of your knife

oh what a sight, where is my life?

i’ll wait all night
for your ways to fall
from a glinting height

you know
the greatest stains of all
are white

birds crash
there is blood to mark
your immovable pride

pour one out
for the wrecking crew
pour one out
for the wrecking crew

released April 4, 2025

Written and produced by Jacqui
Drums performed by edb
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio

wrecking crew

carving a candle in your idle time
rough and profane pocked figurine
the curls of wax collect in your arm hair
clinging to your beauty, just like me

when our time of rest is over
that’s when the urge takes over

resting your flank on butcher’s paper
visions of a martyr in spots of blood
a Turin Christ is left by your contour
a pool of sweat on a pillow cover

when our time of rest is over
that’s when the urge takes over

am i in danger?
am i in danger?

we get on like a house on fire
you get up so damn fast and it’s pretty scary
but we get off when the house is on fire
and flames gallop over our feather down prairie

when our time of rest is over
that’s when the urge takes over

Written and produced by Jacqui
Drums performed by edb
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio

the urge

STARLING reflects on love, power, hostile architecture, and personal crisis. Lyrically inspired by poems and personal notes between friends, the music is bright and emotive. Five original tracks of lean loud, crystalline rock in the veins of Elliott Smith, Youth Lagoon, and The Cure, plus a house remix of "Fly Fishing" by GorpoPap of Philly's Lust Orchid.

Cassette version available from Healthy Dose:
https://healthydoserecords.com/products/preorder-jacqui-starling-ep-cassette

Tracklist:

Fly Fishing
Brazen Bull
Wrecking Crew
The Urge
Hym
Fly Fishing (GorpoPap Remix)

HD.11

EP

September 5, 2025

Written and recorded by Jacqui. Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio. Drums (all tracks) and drum recording ("Hym") by EDB. "Fly Fishing" remix by GorpoPap. Art and design by Jacqui.

Improvisations on guitar processed with custom pure data patches and 404 sampler FX. Recorded to found cassette.

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