november 2021 mixtape

Friends

From the upcoming album 'HannaH,' out October 29 via Park The Van.
More info: www.parkthevan.com/label/the-high-strung

Lyrics:
Thinking about the empty spaces in my head
Wondering if I laid down in a tomb or just my bed
Either way
I’ll be okay
I’m beginning to look at the world
A whole different way
Out a cored-out apple
Sneaking around the spider-web innate weaving of my nerves
If I could, like a doorknob, I’d let everybody take a turn
Round my mind
O, what a ride
I’m beginning to look at the world
A whole different view
Through a cored-out apple
My, my, my…

"Cored Out Apple" by The High Strung

Although “End of the World” isn’t Gulfer’s first pandemic song, it’s their first that explores our collective adaptations to new realities. Over intricate call and response guitars that seem to fold in on themselves, Vincent Ford sings of themes parallel to the end of the world: selective memory holes; playing with fire without a care for consequence; and finding your own new ways to cope and just get through the day. End times be damned, “End of the World” is decidedly more melodic than punk, with hooks that demonstrate the band’s ability to write songs on any part of the experimental rock spectrum. Its keenly constructed rhythms keep Gulfer’s compositions unpredictable and inventive, perhaps a figurative mirror in which the band can optimistically see a way out of the impending end of the world.

Gulfer - "End of the World"

Released 18th August 2021 via Park the Van Records. Taken from 'Uncrowded' EP, out 15th October 2021.

Add 'You Were Wrong' to your playlists - fanlink.to/youwerewrong

Follow Steven - instagram.com/stevenbamidele

Steven Bamidele - Writing/Production
Ish Hussein - Bass
Dave Bryce - Keys
Corin Robinson - Mixing
Paul Winstanley - Mastering
Artwork - Max Bridges

LYRICS

Look how far I’ve come
You were wrong to leave me alone
Don’t you dare hold my hand
You were wrong to leave me alone

So you heard all about me and you didn’t ask, yeah? 
Let’s hope you ain’t sleeping in the second half 
Maybe deep down you get it
Maybe only God knows

And what’s with all these pretences? 
I really wanna, do the work and let it grow now
Coz we’ve got a lot to show
Whether or not you try to stop it

Oh, out of sight, out of mind
It never mattered
If you can get ‘em on your side
That’s all that matters, yeah 

Look how far I’ve come
You were wrong to leave me alone
Don’t you dare hold my hand
You were wrong to leave me alone

Look how far I’ve come
You were wrong to leave me alone
If you’re scared, hold my hand
You were wrong to leave me alone

Ya ya ya ya ya ya ooooh I think you better, move on and let it go now

Ya ya ya ya ya ya ooooh I think you better, move slow and let it grow now 

I can’t pretend I didn’t sit around and wait
Had my head screwed on backwards trying to find a way out
But I can see clearly now
And I’m astounded 
Try to stay grounded but…

You were wrong about me 
You were wrong about me 

Look how far I’ve come
You were wrong to leave me alone
Don’t you dare hold my hand
You were wrong to leave me alone

Look how far I’ve come
You were wrong to leave me alone
If you’re scared, hold my hand
You were wrong to leave me alone

Uncrowded

You Were Wrong

Waste My Time

Oxygen

Whole Lot of Love

Spotify ~ https://sptfy.com/cbyf
Apple Music ~ https://music.apple.com/us/album/cant-be-yours-forever-single/1591978471
YouTube ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtXOWLY71k

$$$

Can't Be Yours Forever

Kevin Krauter - Wind

recorded & mixed @ Grandma's Dojo in Los Angeles
ilya: vox, guitar
hari: harmonies, guitar, percussion
patrick taylor: bass
tim phillips: synth
miles senzaki: drums
winter beach songs / lost coast ballads ASCAP

Blue Dream

don't get ur hopes up when you're always down
the higher u fly the harder you'll hit the ground
i felt something i haven't felt before
a feeling i promised to keep behind closed doors

the waiting game
i hate it
the waiting game
i hate it

you're really under my skin
i don't know where u begin

don't fake a smile like you're a circus clown
the longer u tread the more likely u will drown
i felt something i haven't felt before
instead of being satisfied i still want more

the waiting game
i hate it
the waiting game
i hate it

you're really under my skin
i don't know where u begin

the waiting game
the waiting game

you're really under my skin
i don't know where u begin

the waiting game

'Where Have All My Friends Gone?' -- new BOYO LP
coming May, 22 2020 on Park the Van
written & performed by Robert Tilden

co-produced by Robert Tilden & Chad Copelin
mixed by Chad Copelin

PR: hector@chromaticpr.com
Label: watson@parkthevan.com

Lyrics:
Weather the storm / Hide me under rubble and dirt Hear the thunder/ Rain down on me / Bring you army Its our dogma / Its our story 
Weather the storm / Hide me under rubble and dirt Hear the thunder/ Rain down on me / Bring you army Its our dogma / Its our story

"Tough Kid" by BOYO

Imaginary Tricks - Art Flakey (EP)
Spring 2020 - Park the Van
Produced by Sam Cohen

Purchase: https://imaginarytricks.bandcamp.com/album/art-flakey

LYRICS: 

I’m going to burn off my junk, jump up and down, kick up some dust, live the delirium high, full sigh, I am not making this up, getting turned deep inside my gut, no more will I need to hide, here’s why...
You can be it, yes believe it, be the seeded,
Fear a theist, cheat elitist, be the sweetest!
You an I will make the world believe that nothing ever could change our mind
Oh no there’s more growing up!? Humility’s something that I can’t duck!? 
I haven’t any more time, here’s why, Houston is hovering above, boogie man coming with big ol' guns, something you thought that was dead, says hi.
You can be it,  yes believe it, be the seeded,
Fear a theist, cheat elitist, be the sweetest! 
Go delete it – you don’t need it, so they don’t see it.
You and I will make the world believe that nothing ever could change our mind

"Believe It" by Imaginary Tricks

Out May 1, 2020 on Park the Van
www.parkthevan.com
watson@parkthevan.com

"Bunko's Party" by Mediocre Cafe

Lyrics:

Yeah Yeah Yeah
Eastside style with a Westside smile
I’m on a Peugot in the Palisades
woah that’s different but it’s cool different
hear the tambo rattle of the rattlesnake
we were hangin’ underneath the bleachers
in my army green colored cargo shorts
I stopped & stuttered turnaround and muttered
damn, I guess I’m a dork
AHHH!
yeah yeah yeah
catch me by the bluffs when the sun goes down
a buzzin’ barfly in Silver lake
feels like Summer in September ‘neath the Eucalyptus
end the verses with a shake shake
we were hangin’ underneath the bleachers
in my army green colored cargo shorts
I stopped & stuttered turnaround and muttered
damn, I guess I’m a dork
AHHH!
yeah yeah yeah
I’m feeling mellow
your feeling mellow
we’re feeling mellow yellow in the parking lot
uh huh

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Lyrics:

We had made plans for yesterday
But you didn’t keep them
You kept me waiting
You’re forty minutes late
You said you lost track of time
What a stupid lie
Maybe I’ll lower my expectations
At least I can’t get hurt
Maybe I’ll lower my expectations
At least I’ll find someone
I think I’ve played it cool
You make me act like a fool
What the hell is wrong with me
I’m trying my very best
My heart’s overgrown
I feel it heavy in my chest
Maybe I’ll lower my expectations
At least I can’t get hurt
Maybe I’ll lower my expectations
At least I’ll find someone

Lower My Expectations

"Lower My Expectations" by Nari

"Came in the game as a youngin'
started parking vans
then I started Park the Van. "

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"Cored Out Apple" by The High Strung

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