#PaganSongOfTheDay Playlist Oct. 2017

That’s not what I meant to say at all 
I mean, I’m sick of meaning 
I just wanna hold you 

But that’s not what I wanted to say at all 
I mean, I’m sick of meaning 
I just wanna hold you 

(Is it the chorus yet? 
No. It’s just a building of the verse 
So when the chorus does come, it’ll be more rewarding.) 

I would speak to you in song 
But you can’t sing 
As far as I’m aware 
Though everyone can sing 
As you are well aware 
I keep so quiet 
It’s hard to tell I’m alive 

Everybody’s swinging their hips 
Everybody’s giving the waitress tips 
Everybody’s dancing all of the dances 
Everybody’s dancing every dance now 

Those are you got some nice shoulders 
I’d like to put my hands around them 
I’d like to put my hands around them 

I have enough trouble controlling my own limbs 
Stealing alcohol from our parents and grandparents 
There’s no devil on one shoulder and angel on the other 
They’re just two normal people 

These are the people that I get drunk with 
These are the people that I fell in love with 
These are the people that I get drunk with 
These are the people that I fell in love with 

But if you keep giving me your empty hands man I am tempted to say let’s piss up another rope boys this one has grown old and bitter 

Well, so what? So what? 
We’re young 
We’re thin (most of us) 
We’re alive (most of us) 

Don’t you realize our bodies could fall apart at any second? 
I am terrified your body could fall apart at any second 
Those are you got some nice shoulders 
I'd like to put my hands around them 
We can get real horny 
And keep messing around 
We can keep real quiet 
Won’t be making no sounds 
I’ll try my best 
not to touch your face 
Next time can we 
please meet at my place 

I know that I don’t talk a lot 
But I know that you don’t care a lot 
As long as we move our bodies around a lot 
We’ll forget that we forgot how to talk 
When we dance

Bodys

Track off OKUS - SCOURGE LP out on Distro-y Records in May 2016

OKUS - Buried Deep

"Don't Let Love Go By" is the latest song from our new record "Kubla Khan," out Oct. 7th via Hit City U.S.A. Order the vinyl now:

http://www.hitcityusa.com/store/vinyl/golden-suits-kubla-khan

Kubla Khan

Don't Let Love Go By

You Know What To Do

Taken from "Sandgrown", the debut solo album from Ultimate Painting's Jack Cooper. Released August 25th, 2017 via Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Jack Cooper "Gynn Square" (Trouble In Mind Records)

This is the last track on side one of The Granite Shore's "Suspended Second". The Players: Mr Nick Halliwell, Mr Phil Wilson, Mr Arash Torabi, Mr Ian Henderson, Dr Steve Perrin and Mr John Howard.

Suspended Second

A5 - Someone else

'Some Like It Hot' is taken from the band's forthcoming debut LP 'First World Record', out October 6th on Upset The Rhythm.

Available to pre-order here: http://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

First World Record

The World - 'Some Like It Hot'

"Off The Lot" is taken from Melkbelly's forthcoming LP, "Nothing Valley," out October 13th on Wax Nine Records.

PRE-ORDERS
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TOUR DATES
October 13th - Chicago, IL - The Hideout (Album Release Show)
October 16th - Bloomington, IN - Bishop Bar +
October 17th - Columbus, OH - Double Happiness
October 18th - Washington DC - Comet Ping Pong
October 20th - Brooklyn, NY - Alphaville
October 21st - Cambridge, MA - Cambridge YMCA #
October 22nd - Providence, RI - Aurora
October 23rd - Philadelphia, PA - Space 1026
October 24th - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class
October 25th - Detroit, MI - Donovan's
November 8th - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^ SOLD OUT
November 9th - Seattle, WA - Showbox ^ SOLD OUT
November 11th - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^ SOLD OUT
November 12th - San Francisco, CA - the Independent ^ SOLD OUT
November 13th - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater ^ SOLD OUT
November 14th - Phoenix, AZ - LBX
November 16th - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
November 17th - Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
February 16th - Norman, OK - Opolis *
February 17th - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf *
February 24th - Eugene, OR - Hi Fi Music Hall * 
February 26th - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret *
March 1st - Spokane, WA - The Bartlett *
March 2nd - Boise, ID - Neurolux *
March 3rd - Salt Lake City - Kilby Court *
March 6th - Kansas City - The Record Bar *

+ w/ Snail Mail
# w/ Radiator Hospital
^ w/ The Breeders
* w/ Bully

Melkbelly - Off The Lot

'British Warm' is taken from Normil Hawaiians' debut album 'More Wealth Than Money' (1982). Remastered and reissued this December through Upset The Rhythm.

http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/
http://normilhawaiians.com/

Normil Hawaiians had a transformative 1982. With two 7” singles and a 12” EP under their belts they suddenly found themselves disillusioned with the increasingly generic sounds surrounding them, so they forced the hand of change and began reaching out with that very hand. The band’s true constant in Guy Smith soon found himself with a new crew of musicians, Simon Marchant, Noel Blanden and Mark Tyler. Normil Hawaiians’ communal take on post punk quickly sprouted leaves from its mouth, and began carving out a new furrow. Greater emphasis was awarded to improvisation within the group and as a result their songs embarked on longer, freer journeys towards the beaten bounds. They wanted these new songs to bear the weight of their new collective spirit so comfort zones had to be left behind. Tape loops, echo boxes, extended percussive sessions and duteous faith in the tones emanating from a particular old wah-wah pedal were all employed by Normil Hawaiians to stretch their sonic fabric into wild and redolent new dimensions.

With Illuminated Records interested in the band’s new visionary approach, Normil Hawaiians relocated from their South London dystopia to a rural idyll in the Welsh hills, determined to develop further this raw language for themselves. They booked into Foel Studios near Llanfair Caereinion for an extended period of time, set the tapes rolling and didn’t look back. They were somewhere they knew they could experiment; at a studio that understood the results would be uncertain. Dave Anderson, who managed and engineered at Foel was exactly the right person to work with them. Anderson had come from an experimental background himself, having played in Hawkwind and Amon Duul II. Normil Hawaiians were encouraged to explore their ideas beyond limitations with Anderson happy to leave the tape recording to capture their embryonic improvisations taking shape. Anderson even joined in on bass for several of those sessions as the ensemble strove to find its authentic voice, supplemented further when their cellist friend Klaus dropped by to spend a spell with them. 

At this very moment Normil Hawaiians existed solely for the music, living together in a small cottage in the studio’s shadow, sharing everything together and working long days to nurture and then burnish the music they had discovered between them. This is how the band’s debut album ‘More Wealth Than Money’ was formed, through trial and close listening, through cultivation and patient growth. Of course there were significant amounts of mushrooms involved too and several UFO sightings, but when the sheep began to march in time to the music Normil Hawaiians knew they were creating something unique.

On December 1st, 35 years since the album first appeared, Upset The Rhythm will be reissuing the newly re-mastered ‘More Wealth Than Money’ album, alongside a further full-length collection of demos and unreleased tracks from the album’s overlooked corners. Both the 2xCD and DLP versions also come with a booklet contextualizing the release, full of anecdotes and photos from all band members. This release follows on from 2015’s ‘Return Of The Ranters’, Normil Hawaiians’ lost final album from 1985, which ultimately saw the light of day in a different age through Upset The Rhythm too.

#PaganSongOfTheDay Playlist Oct. 2017

Keith Pagán