Live from our set at Suwannee Hulaween Music Festival 2015 in Live Oak, FL at Spirit of The Suwannee Music Park’s Amphitheater Stage where they shared the festival with national bands including String Cheese Incident, Pretty Lights, Primus, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Lettuce, Railroad Earth, The New Mastersounds, The Nth Power, Tauk, Dumpstaphunk, along with notable local bands Squeedlepuss, Holey Miss Moley, The Groove Orient, and many more!

Afroesque

Missing

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday with you
Is the reason that can get me through.
Another day to lift the weight.
Forget about the childish things we do.

When I look into your eyes.
They shine the same color.
Of brown and green and white.
It’s a marvel to behold you.
As we stare into the sky.
Forgive ourselves our former plight.
Only time can nullify.
Bring us closer to the light.

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday with you
Is the reason that can get me through.
Another day to lift the weight.
Forget about the childish thing we do.

Until we love ourselves again.

And absolve ourselves the obvious,
Honey let the light shine in.

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday with you
Is the reason that can get me through.
Another day to lift the weight
Forget about the childish things we do.

Saturday

I wondered if truth would pour inside of my cup, and sure enough.
I’m holding my neck just right to hold my head up. Eyes above.
I like how I’m redefining nothing at all. At all.
I’m closing my eyes so I get mad at something small.

Grouchy young man with the wheel in your hand
There’s people you love, people you hate.
Whether you change, or you stay the same.
People you love, people you hate.
When you’re asleep, when you are awake.
People you love, people you hate.
When you are behind the wheel of your car, there’ll be
People you love, that you love to hate.

Absorbed in this horrifying picture of woe. Oh no.
You’ll be better by far if you can let that shit go.
You think the world revolves, the world revolves around your plans?
You think the world revolves, the world revolves around your plans?

Grouchy young man with the wheel in your hand
There’s people you love, people you hate.
Whether you change, or you stay the same.
People you love, people you hate.
When you’re asleep, when you are awake.
People you love, people you hate.
When you are behind the wheel of your car, there’ll be
People you love, that you love to hate.

Ooooo, oh I’m trying. Trying to be open minded.

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Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals + Background Vocals + Drums
Christian Ryan | Tenor Saxophone + Background Vocals
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I + Gibson ES-335
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Kawai KG-1 Baby Grand Piano
+ Hammond B3 Organ + Mellotron
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Paul Chong-You | Trumpet
Derrick Harris | Trombone
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Ito Colon | Percussion
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Grumps - Leisure Chief

No more meta for you,
Mr. “nothing is cool”
No more meta for you.
No more things within things,
Or songs about songs,
Or words without weight.

Do you even hear yourself?
Don’t hide. Don’t leave.
Don’t hide behind irony.

Nothings sacred, nothings scarce.
Nothings sacred. All is sinking.

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Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals + Background Vocals + Drums
Christian Ryan | Alto Saxophone + Background Vocals
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Kawai KG-1 Baby Grand Piano
+ Roland Synthesizer SH-32
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Paul Chong-You | Trumpet
Derrick Harris | Trombone
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Meta - Leisure Chief

One more game to play.
You can’t find the door.
What you choose to say
In the game of less is more.

It’s no easy thing.
Each day seems so long.
Hung in chords and strings
In a day in a life gone wrong.

You’ll have to find another way
To say the same thing.
To live forever in a day feeling insane.
It’s just the quiet early stage.
You’ll have to find another way.

The “window” is closing.
The “window” is closing.
The “window” is closing.
The “window” is closing down on you.

Still inside a dream.
Still that dream in me.
Nothings what it seems
When it’s not what it’s supposed to be.

Here’s an empty page.
When it seems just like a sound.
Quiet early stage
For the words that I have not found.

(Chorus)

You’ll have to find another way.
To live forever in a day.
It’s just the quiet early stage.
You’ll have to find another way.

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Credits:
from Cosmic Comics, released January 29, 2021
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals, Background Vocals + Drums
Christian Ryan | Alto Saxophone
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Kawai KG-1 Baby Grand Piano
+ Hammond B3 Organ + Korg MS2000B Synthesizer/Vocoder
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Roland Simmons | Fender Stratocaster Guitar II
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Window - Leisure Chief

Curves. How can something feel so right?
We can just stay in tonight.
Curves. B.A.double B.
With your big ass booty “B”
She’s the girl with a little more CURVES.

They make you lose your mind.
Work for the rest of your life.
Curves.
Might change up your religious views.
Fuck with your head, that’s what booty can do.

Take me to an infinite place.
Show me all the things you like to do.
We’ll travel through the endless space.
We could light a candle, too.

To set the mood, if you like.
Be outdoors. Stay inside.
But I really don’t care what we do.
Long as we can get into.

Curves. They’re never going out of style.
You’re never left without a smile.
Curves. B.A. double B.
With your big ass booty “B”
She’s the girl with a little more CURVES.

They’re so supernatural.
We still have a planet full of CURVES.
They might change up your religious views.
Fuck with your head that’s what booty can do.

(Chorus)

(Spending every dollar every dime for the rest of your life.
Curves, you’ll fucking work for the rest of your life.)

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Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals + Background Vocals + Drums
Christian Ryan | Alto Saxophone + Background Vocals
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Hohner D5 Clavinet
+ Hammond B3 Organ + Korg MS2000B Synthesizer/Vocoder + Background Vocals
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass + Background Vocals
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Roland Simmons | Fender Stratocaster Guitar II
Paul Chong-You | Trumpet
Derrick Harris | Trombone
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Curves - Leisure Chief

Funky-fusion instrumental for the fans, and another single from our album "Cosmic Comics."

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Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Drums
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Kawai KG-1 Baby Grand Piano
+ Moog Sub Phatty-25 Synthesizer + Yamaha DX-7 Synthesizer
+ Roland Synthesizer SH-32 + MicroKORG Synthesizer
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Space Taco - Leisure Chief

Pieces left before us.
Wide-eyed child of fire and starlight.
How long, how long have you waited?
To feel the touch of rain as it falls down your face.
To know the woes of life only to forget.
To return a child weeping.

Hung up on some super natural thing.
Maybe we’re just lonely.
The dream when I awake will surely fade.
I wonder what will follow it.

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Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals + Background Vocals + Drums
Christian Ryan | Alto Saxophone
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Roland Synthesizer SH-32 + Mellotron
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Anthony Cole | Tenor Saxophone
Paul Chong-You | Trumpet
Derrick Harris | Trombone
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Cosmic Comics (feat. Anthony Cole) - Leisure Chief

Slide. Just slide. Slide. Just slide.

Driving around since four in the morning.
Girls messing around honking my horn
and– fiddlin’ with my dials and she’s smiling.
Let it just slide and turn my music up.

Slide. Just Slide. Slide. Just slide.

Driving around the cosmic sea.
Dropping my fares at the edge of the galaxy.
Navigating space by the star shine.
If I just slide and fade into a state of mind.

(Slide into my home)
Cause maybe I dream too much,
but I’d rather dream about a world that’s beautiful.
Maybe I’m out of touch
But I’d rather dream about a world that’s beautiful.

Slide. Just slide. Slide. Just slide.

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Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals + Background Vocals + Drums
Christian Ryan | Alto Saxophone + Baritone Saxophone
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II + Hohner D5 Clavinet
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Paul Chong-You | Trumpet
Derrick Harris | Trombone
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Slide - Leisure Chief

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday with you
Is the reason that can get me through.
Another day to lift the weight.
Forget about the childish things we do.

When I look into your eyes.
They shine the same color.
Of brown and green and white.
It’s a marvel to behold you.
As we stare into the sky.
Forgive ourselves our former plight.
Only time can nullify.
Bring us closer to the light.

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday with you
Is the reason that can get me through.
Another day to lift the weight.
Forget about the childish thing we do.

Until we love ourselves again.

And absolve ourselves the obvious,
Honey let the light shine in.

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday with you
Is the reason that can get me through.
Another day to lift the weight
Forget about the childish things we do.

---

Credits:
Derek Engstrom | Lead Vocals + Background Vocals Acoustic Guitar + Drums
Christian Ryan | Alto Saxophone + Background Vocals
Jordan Garno | Fender Stratocaster Guitar I
Keegan Matthews | Fender Rhodes Mark II
Chris McMullen | Fender Precision Bass
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Paul Chong-You | Trumpet
Derrick Harris | Trombone
Aleksandr Zhuk | Violin I
Ekaterina Gorkhover | Violin II
Abigail Dreher | Viola
Aaron Merritt | Cello
Jorge "ITO" Colón Jr. | Percussion

Saturday - Leisure Chief

Leisure Chief is an original collective, dedicated to crafting vibrations for the mind and the booty. Influenced by funk, soul, R&B, and jazz fusion, the band weaves lyrical and instrumental music, grooving for the enjoyment of all. The sound is dynamic, featuring high-energy moments that make you bounce, as well as imaginative contrasts of soundscapes through the spectrum of human emotion.

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