I am nostalgic vision of a medieval building
The splendor of being subjected
To natures objectives
I’m not very effective
She saw the lipstick on the bottle cigarette       
Questioning crime scene                                         
Was she a brunette?
I’m programmed for pleasure
She’s private detective 
So very objective
I’m not so selective
but I can be more reflective
She doesn’t respect it

(Be kind and come back to my life
I’ll take you slow by the fire side
Be mine we’ll take it all the way

Then she said
Be kind and come into my life
Be with me she said
Forgive all of the bad times
Marry me

La la la la la we’re living in a hopeless dream
La la la la la we’re acting on the silver screen

Solving the murder with the killer in room
Solving the murder with the killer in room

When love goes wrong nothing seems to go right
When love goes right nothing seems to go wrong

Programmed For Pleasure

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Laddermen is the Texas Post-Punk project of Leopold Oakes, blending rusty reverb guitars with stripped-back acoustic elements to craft the soundtrack for anyone chasing ghosts on cracked asphalt. Moving effortlessly between bittersweet restlessness and rooted melancholia, Laddermen gains comparisons to the likes of Modest Mouse, The Strokes, and Interpol. The highly acclaimed debut album Special Kind Of Violence 2021 charted at number 2 on iTunes Switzerland and got praised as “One of the most beautiful albums of 2021” by Tagesanzeiger.    

On the heels of his debut release, Laddermen played a run of live shows crowned with an appearance at Wave Fest Rotterdam (NL) alongside Post-Punk trailblazers Pink Turns Blue. Special Kind Of Violence defined Laddermen’s undeniable position in the scene as having “articulate urgency” by postpunk.com. The momentum lead to a herald of new singles and the release of his sophomore album, ‘Life Got Lame And Now You’re Bored’ 2024 which landed on Spotify Editorial playlists and reached new heights of refined Post-Punk. The album is the story of sailors falling out of love with their ships, broken ponies leaving their stables, and a nostalgia for moments not yet experienced.    

With a new frontier closing in, Laddermen rides shotgun into a rugged, introspective terrain : a restless boy from Texas pioneering through the isolating metropolis and neon pollution of fading memories. The upcoming releases strip away the polish, trading it for razor wire honesty and is a gritty aching howl for the modern outlaw’s with uncertain tomorrows.

Programmed For Pleasure

Laddermen

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