Rare Symmetry / Fade into You

Rare Symmetry

20 songs, 20 artists. A mixtape lovingly curated for one of the world’s most exciting (and overlooked) independent scenes.  

Wooozy (www.wooozy.cn) is thrilled to present The Sound of Young China 2015 Mixtape. From sunny Guangzhou and cyberpunk Chongqing to the frigid northeast grasslands beyond Beijing. From shoegaze to “riot-weird”. This is the sound of China’s young and restless.

This is the second annual mixtape in this series (you can download our 2014 version at http://www.wooozy.cn/2014-mixtape/). As always, it goes out to you, the worldwide independent music community. Here, we present our pick of the most promising Chinese independent artists – artists who’ve probably flown under your radar – with the aim of showcasing the freshest sounds that collectively represent the creative force of China today.

We’re really excited to offer this to you and hope you’ll discover something cool. Bios and track-lists are contained within. You can also download the mixtape with a single click [Mega: https://mega.nz/#!lJ8TkSBK] or [Mediafire: https://www.mediafire.com/?7zq8ig28c71pgng].

Chinese Football - Goalkeeper (Wuhan, Emo / Indie Rock)

Jank - Versace Summer

Fail Better, Heal Faster - My Omelas

Made by JANK, not me:

https://ohnoitsjank.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

The way I see it in my head
sinking into a race car bed
I can see your words just slip right into your beer
But maybe I can catch you sometime this year

And I'm wasting time, worrying about who I can really count on
And picking up a book is so goddamn straining on my eyes
Cuz I'm not reading for me, I'm reading for you

And I can see you sideways

JANK - Racecar Bed (Ft. Yung Goth Boi)

Made by JANK, not me:

https://ohnoitsjank.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

Wakey wakey eggs and bakey
don't let mother see you taking
every single piece of broccoli
say hello to Mephistopheles

This is a rip off of a title fight song

Could you spare some change? My uncle is in the hospital, underwater

*incomprehensible screaming*

Ooooooo

JANK - J A N K !

Made by JANK, not me:

https://ohnoitsjank.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

Wakin' in a sea of pills
waitin' for the mother krill to eat me up alive
and if you don't like Built to Spill
then I don't fuck with you or anyone you know

And be sure you packed your conscience before you go swimming in a sea of bad decisions

And bring lots of your compassion because you won't have any left when you hit the bottom

Mother always said god loved me, but I couldn't see how he could even stand me

We're all abandoned and destroyed on an island of misfit toys, where are you Anthony Sanders??

Just come fight me
As long as I'm home for dinner
Just come fight me
What's the point of a winner?

JANK - Spilt To Bill

Made by JANK, not me:

https://ohnoitsjank.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

[Intro: Matt Diamond & Alex Melendez]
Hey... hey Matt, where are you coming from?
Well Alex, I've come from this place called "The Hat Store"
Oh, well. Why don't you tell me all about it?

[Chorus: Matt Diamond & Alex Melendez]
Well i went to the hat store and got myself a hat
A what?
A hat
A what?
A hat
A motherfucking hat!

I went to the hat store and got myself a hat
A what?
A hat
A what?
A hat
A motherfucking hat!

Well i went to the hat store and got myself a hat
A what?
A hat
A what?
A hat
A motherfucking hat!
Oh shit!

[Refrain: Matt Diamond]
I went to the hat store
I went to the hat store
I went to the hat store
I went to the hat store
I went to the hat store

[Outro: Matt Diamond & Alex Melendez]
Man, Matt, that... that sure sounds like a rootins... rootin tootin time... yeah, there
Oh shit

JANK - The Hat Store

Made by JANK, not me:

https://ohnoitsjank.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

Moving through the slipstream
there go my groceries
moving through the void
making my children paranoid

call me gyarados just come and find me, unwind me
make me comatose in your diary

don't try to unfuck what you've already fucked cuz ya know it's already in perpetual hell, you're alright, you're okay, cuz no matter how much you fuck up, you'll get drunk at the end of the day.

In the pit of my stomach, I feel at home here, I feel at home here

JANK - Kentucky Castle

Made by JANK, not me:

https://ohnoitsjank.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

Your saetia is wasted
i'm coming, my little alien

Get back in your ship
Before they put you in
They have no common sense
My sweet alien

Come beam me up now
Just come and beam me up now

JANK - The Hat Store

RIP JANK

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