Gleam Dream

A track about being picked last for pickup basketball games because I didn't get my growth spurt until I was 17 and nobody remembered that Muggsy Bogues was good enough to get into the NBA and I just wish people would've thought about that for a second before they decid-

[Lyrics]

"I'm supposedly Low in demand
You knew all the good ones would be taken
Just grab hold of me. I'll be your man
Just Believing, I'm a 10 out of 10."

Just Believing

Song written and produced by omniboi and Zeph
Cover art by Julia Wang

[Lyrics]

Outrageous

[omniboi]
Tryna get over the kid you used to be
I barely know her. It feels like just last week
That I was lying to you saying everything's alright
It's mid-October, but I don't miss the sun
I'm finally sober. I realize nostalgia's a drug
I've been sick

This is hard, you've gotta believe me
I guess that's all I want you to know
Nobody ever said that it was gonna be easy
To unlearn all I think I know
But with one foot in front of the last
I'll walk away from my past
Cause you deserve better and so do I
You deserve better

Give you a minute so you can find your voice
Who am I kidding? Not like I have a choice
We're always complaining like we don't want the same thing

This is hard, you've gotta believe me
I guess that's all I want you to know
Nobody ever said that it was gonna be easy
To unlearn all I think I know
But with one foot in front of the last
I'll walk away from my past
Cause you deserve better and so do I
You deserve better

[Zeph]
It's funny how remembering all the reasons I hate you
Is the only remaining way I can say like you
Still
It hurt to call it love
I'm happier without you and I always made you doubt
Yourself and if we ever could turn it all around
Until
It became gentler to make push turn to shove

[omniboi]
We're too tired to fight
Let's just say goodbye

You deserve Better

Call It Love

Call It Love (w/ Zeph)

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This Is Not Modern Life - an album by Friends Without Faces

Follow-up to Tulpa. 11 tracks in length.

Thank you for your support.

*Limited edition physical release available soon, on a mysterious and overlooked format...*

Lawn mower on "Secret Garden" by my neighbor :)

Bird sounds and nature ambiance on "Secret Garden" provided by the Literal Field Recording Dept. of the B. H. Appliance National Forest Services

Sound effects on "Sunny Side Up" provided by the Dabmouth Credge Memorial Sample Library

Backup vocals on "Sunny Side Up" by Diana Starshine - this one's an actual credit

Electric guitar samples on "Sunny Side Up" by KitsimiFox - another real credit!

Some songwriting on "Constitutional in Bb Major" by some text I saw in a public bathroom once

Additional production on "Constitutional in Bb Major" provided by Pene Jockson

Live band performances on "Constitutional in Bb Major" provided by The Tentacle (disambiguation)

Eclectic guitar solo on "It's All Just a Game to You, Isn't It?" by Scuzzy Mulk

Choir vocals on "It's All Just a Game to You, Isn't It?" by Pisse Boyde and the Banana Band

"Surveillance State of Mind" contains an excerpt of "Fillet My P****" by The Orange County Department of Corrections

"Surveillance State of Mind" contains an excerpt of "Bass Canon in D" by BristleBoi77

"Surveillance State of Mind" contains an excerpt of "Jeth Docks" by Jeth Docks

Future perfect bass on "Ma'ili, HI" by Hospicilin Classics

Sound design on "Ma'ili, HI" by Jax D Incisor

Mind erasure on "Ma'ili, HI" provided by Brainville, LLC

Vocal chops on "I Can See It" by a numbers station I stumbled upon once in my youth

Beat sequencing on "I Can See It" by Jeff

Drums on "A New Day" recorded by Indy Rokk and sequenced by Olive Tart

Additional production on "A New Day" by Tabis Jink

Some songwriting on "A New Day" by the horrible beast that swells within us all

Additional percussion on "Only Girl in the World" by Juliander Tortegeli and Her Magic Bean Band

"Only Girl in the World" contains an excerpt of "Battle! Wild [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Version" by Timothy Turner, Sr.

Speech dictation on "Anywhere You Want to Be (I'll Be There)" by Boston's very own IBM-2095 ICBM

Computer glitch effects and other sounds on "Anywhere You Want to Be (I'll Be There)" by the magnet I accidentally let touch my hard drive

Ideology on "Anywhere You Want to Be (I'll Be There)" conveniently provided by the trash can

Some songwriting on "Free" by Myu Zack

Radio personality on "Free" by Theropawed (this one actually happened)

Some songwriting and cameo on "Free" by r u s s e l b u c k - a real person, despite prior rumors - who gave me permission to do this silly bit for 0 dollars and 0 cents, so I humbly thank them. This song samples their track "Cellphone Tune" from their eponymous debut album in its entirety.

Western classical theory - and by extension a lot of "modern" (to y'all, I assume) pop music theory - is all a semi-racist lie anyways. There are many ways to explain why a song "works" and why rhythms and harmonies behave the way they do in context to the music. Take my analysis with a grain of salt.

Traditional MIDI ensemble on "Free" arranged by Endocrine Johansson

Some songwriting on "Free" by OpenAI Jukebox, which is true but I'm philosophically unsure if this needs to be credited

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Album released by DESKPOP music ~ http://deskpopmusic.bandcamp.com

Album art by Laser Raccoon ~ laserraccoon.carrd.co

Adjustments made by SuedeInBrackets ~ https://suedeinbrackets.carrd.co

Post-processing by Shady Monk ~ https://linktr.ee/Shadymonk

Everything else - all music, concepts, lyrics, performances (with some exceptions), and otherwise - by Friends Without Faces:
Spotify ~ open.spotify.com/artist/2rBIhSqg9o2UCJizO5r3on
Twitter ~ twitter.com/hadkinsky
Soundcloud ~ soundcloud.com/friendswithoutfaces
Carrd ~ https://fwf.carrd.co

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