Written & recorded by Mandy Clinton

Vocals, Keys, Guitars - Mandy Clinton
Bass & Drums - Kirke Campbell
Mastered by Chase Harris

My semiprecious stone
You thrill me
You are deeper
Than a diamond

I dream of snakes trying to bite
And squeeze the life out of me
And you’re my rock
You’re my rock

Butterflies taken from your mouth
Mounted and put up on my shelf
And you’re the box
You’re the box

Not the diamond, baby
Not the diamond

And you were running from fate
Like you had just seen the gates
And I can’t see your eyes
Your eyes, your eyes
Stone gray

My semiprecious stone
You kill me
Cut me deeper

Than a diamond
Than a diamond, baby

Photo by Katie Edwards

First Blush b/w Semiprecious Stone

Semiprecious Stone

Written, performed & recorded by Mandy Clinton
Mastered by Chase Harris

The hand that feeds is bare
It sees and takes whatever it wants
Kiss the jewels off my fingers
Fawning the pawn
 
I know you’re not really who you are in your mind
Yellow bellied
Look the other way
Look the other way
 
Now I’m on my knees
This honeymoon lasted way too long
And all that I see is coming through the fog can’t hide it here
 
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You can be beautiful
A promise made to make you the same
You’re not the only prey
Caught in the jaws of this game
 
Look at my eyes well up with the lies of my heart
So unfeeling
I get what I want
I get what I want
 
Now I’m on my knees
I never said love lasts forever
And all that I see is coming through the fog can’t hide it here

Can't Hide It (DEMO)

Write & Recorded by Mandy Kim Clinton

Vocals, Keys, Guitars - Mandy Clinton
Bass & Drums - Kirke Campbell
Mastered by Carl Saff

I thought I knew you
I thought I know you
But you were just someone to blame

I see into you
I see into your impish eyes straight to
Your bad intentions

White jasmine in the summer
Flooding my whole face
Maybe I’ve lost my touch
Oh, at first blush
We don’t know what we don’t know

Your lips are purple
This one’s a mouthful
You let me know you were half right

I’ve seen this before
You’ll ask for one more
You’ll suck me dry
Won’t even like what you find

White jasmine in the summer
Flooding my whole face
Maybe I’ve lost my touch
Oh, at first blush
We don’t know what we don’t know

Just when you think you’ve got it
Turns out you haven’t
You don’t know
You don’t know
You don’t know

I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you
A great big sea of anomalies

I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you
But history makes a fool of me

Photo by Katie Edwards

First Blush

unititled

Written, Recorded, Produced and Performed by Mandy Kim Clinton

Mixed by Jonathan Lee Chan
Mastered by Sarah Register

Photo by Daniela Galindo
Design by Victoria Pena

Coax Me Out

Bend Until U Break + 원주시

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/yaeji

I've always loved humming over my favorite tracks.. I think I've been doing this way before I even started writing my own music. Imagining how a track could evolve or transform by adding my voice became almost like a habit to me. I could (imaginatively) collaborate with all my favorite producer heroes in my own little way. In this mix, I improvise vocals over a range of different tracks that I love.

With love,
Yaeji

Vocals recorded using a TC-Helicon Perform VE and an Audio-Technica ATR1500

Blowing Up The Workshop

98 ◆ Yaeji

Remixed by Timms
Mixed & Mastered by Jonathan Lee Chan
Song written by Pearl Crush
Album photo by Daniela Galindo

Can't Hide It (Timms Remix)

Pearl Crush is the solo effort of Houston-based musician, producer and vocalist Mandy Kim Clinton. Clinton creates across genres, combining synth and dream pop with R&B influences and ambient flourishes. Pearl Crush layers lush guitars, textural synths and intimate vocals over counterpoint drum beats and orchestral MIDI work. 

Since her debut release, Clinton has stayed busy playing festivals like Day for Night & In Bloom Music Festival. She is also co-founder of DAMN GXRL, an emerging platform for women, non-binary and queer artists of color in Houston, Texas.

Can't Hide It (Timms Remix)

Pearl Crush

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