Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoX6yqXTHZs

Buy all three mixes for $2 and get a special bonus track over on our Bandcamp:
http://music.sgf.zone/album/old-enough-to-know-better

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Randall Dunn.
Mastered by Chicago Mastering.

SGF – Old Enough To Know Better (Original Mix)

SGF – Real Good

"Old Enough to Know Better" gets a huge acid disco treatment from @futurewife!

Watch the video for "Old Enough to Know Better (Original Mix)" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoX6yqXTHZs

Buy all three mixes for $2 and get a special bonus track over on Bandcamp:
http://music.sgf.zone/album/old-enough-to-know-better

SGF – Old Enough to Know Better (Futurewife Remix)

SGF – They Know

SGF – Only Ghost

Stream, buy, and subscribe here: http://music.sgf.zone/track/heart-attack

SGF brings you wounded romance with "Heart Attack," their fourth single of 2016. Sparkling textures take you late into the night, when true feelings come to pass. A persistent background melody counterpoints "Heart Attack's" rational plea. Can I change your mind? Can I stay collected? "Heart Attack" says no. 

The well-hewn seams of a calm mind burst apart into an emotional climax. Feelings break free into an unhinged melody, walls of vocal harmonies, and a groove to get lost in. After a final push, the layers scatter. You're greeted by the same textures that welcomed you. 

You're trying, you're running, you're fighting. "I'm having a heart attack." You won't find what you're looking for. I won't back down when I'm with you.


Lyrics:

Panic, no-win, a slow death 
And your back's against the wall 
And I know the wars you've been fighting 
I know that you're really frightened 

I minded, I admit, but no man 
Ever braces for the fall 
And I know your voice has been trying to say 

"Ooh, suddenly I'm having a heart attack" 
I won't back down when I'm with you 
Won’t back down 
"Ooh, suddenly I'm having a heart attack" 
I won't back down when I'm with you 

You call it divine will, but oh man 
I just don't believe at all 
'Cuz I know the reasons you're running 
And I know that we could recover 

But my wish is that this is no end 
'Cuz your back's against the wall 
And I don't know if you'll ever find it 
You say 

"Ooh, suddenly I'm having a heart attack" 
I won't back down when I'm with you 
Won’t back down 
"Ooh, suddenly I'm having a heart attack" 
I won't back down when I'm with you 

I know the war you’ve been fighting 
I know that you’re really trying 

I know that you’re really trying 
I know that you'll never find it

Heart Attack

Rest in peace to an incomparable idol. Your legacy will always live on. Thank you for all you gave to us.

written by Prince
produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

SGF – Sign o' the Times (in memory of Prince)

Lyrics:

Can't go back 

I'm born anew 
And I've been cocooned 
Skin is raw, warm to the touch 
It's just too much 
I'm born anew 
And I've been cocooned 
Skin is raw, warm to the touch 
It's just too much 

[SAX SOLO] 

I'm born anew 
And I've been cocooned 
Skin is raw, warm to the touch 
It's just too much 
I'm born anew 
And I've been cocooned 
Skin is raw, warm to the touch 
It's just too much 

Winter's for sleeping 
And unwanted feelings 
The coming of spring 
Covers over everything 
I'm ripe and uneaten 
If you could believe it 


I'm born anew 
And I've been cocooned 
Skin is raw, warm to the touch 
It's just too much 
I'm born anew 
And I've been cocooned 
Skin is raw, warm to the touch 
It's just too much


written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

SGF – Skin Is Raw

SGF is back with "Funky Adventure," a sparkly, infectious summer dance-pop jam! With the fun months ahead (at least in the northern hemisphere), why live in the past? "Funky Adventure" celebrates new lovers not wanting "before" to color their experiences together. Brash sax, a bevy of synths, funky slap bass, and a heavy shuffle complete an irreverent party vibe. The sequel to SGF's "Skin Is Raw," "Funky Adventure" beseeches you to just let it all go. It dares you to wear a big smile on your face. Have a great time!!!


Goin' for a walk 
Feeling everything at once 
I got sugar in my teeth 
It's been there a couple weeks 

I wanna be your lover 
"I Wanna Be Your Lover's" 
Playin' on a station that I've never heard 
It's comin' from blown speakers 
And I feel it in my eager bones 
There's a glow 
There are words that I don't know 

I laid in bed for a hundred days 
Got exhausted by the pace 
Now I sing “I’m born anew” 
Every time I think of you 
So I’ll go for another walk 
Yeah I’ll go for another walk 

I don’t wanna wait 
For before to fade 
'Cause I need you 
'Cause I need you 
It’s only been a week 
And I’ve been pulled right underneath 
And you feel it too 
And you feel it too 

I don’t wanna wait 
For before to fade 
'Cause I need you 
'Cause I need you 
It’s only been a week 
And I’ve been pulled right underneath 
And you feel it too 
And you feel it too 

I wanna wear your sweater 
I wanna wear that sweater 
Sighin', maybe cryin', breathing your perfume 
I’ll sing a song to your eyes 
I’ll sing a song to the way they glow 
And they grow 
And they sting when rapt in throe 

I don’t wanna wait 
For before to fade 
'Cause I need you 
'Cause I need you 
It’s only been a week 
And I’ve been pulled right underneath 
And you feel it too 
And you feel it too 

I spun around for a hundred days 
But nothing ever, ever changed 
Now I’m shufflin' soft and nude 
I’m no longer cocooned 

I don’t wanna wait (wanna wait) 
For before to fade 
'Cause I need you 
'Cause I need you 
It’s only been a week (been a week) 
And I’ve been pulled right underneath 
And you feel it too 
And you feel it too 

I don’t wanna wait (no) 
For before to fade 
'Cause I need you 
'Cause I need you 
It’s only been a week (yeah) 
And I’ve been pulled right underneath 
And you feel it too 
And you feel it too

written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

SGF – Funky Adventure

What does it feel like to move on? 
When does the anger fade? 
Can it be an awakening when it happens? 

The conflicted emotions of "Thoughtless," SGF's driving synthpop anthem, mirror shifting moods that burble underneath. Periods of calm and storm pull at the spirit as melodies dance around feelings of ending and transition. A rubbery, incessant bassline tries like hell to push sad memories away. Oh, but there are wild things inside of us! Synthesizers blossom with baroque flourishes. A throng of voices shouts the hook until it becomes a call to action. 

Acceptance can be celebratory! 
Closure can be ecstatic!

lyrics:

I guess that life couldn't contain you 
Pushed you to search for danger on the sly 
Had me screamin' "why, oh why? You know I can change, too" 
But you left me cold and dry, my god! 

Maybe I made a misstatement 
Cause I don't even mind 
The mess you left kept me up all night 

It's your right to be foolish 
When I'm not in your life 
Have distances kept you satisfied? 

You barely let me down 

You kept tellin' me you had to hear the call 
And it scared me that I heard nothin' at all 
When you said you were gonna leave 
Was it just as you promised? 
Always thoughtless 
Always thoughtless 

There's a wild thing inside me all along 
I guess this is just how it feels I'm movin' on 
I'm a radiant feral beast 
Little ignorant spirit 
Always thoughtless 
Always thoughtless 

I left my ire miles behind you 
I am at peace with a lover at my side 
And I find we're entwined, oh! 
She shows her teeth, too 
And I hope you catch that light, my god!

credits:

written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Thoughtless

Buy SPEECHLESS for $1: http://music.sgf.zone/track/speechless


Here I am
Livin' in the dark
I work so hard
But I'm so alone

There's no sound that I can make
That'll show you what's inside
But my heart, it pounds, and my bones, they shake
I think something should happen

If I could say it out loud
Maybe I'd say it out loud
These unclear sounds
Won't make it all make sense

[chorus]
The words don't come (you got me, you got me) SPEECHLESS
And I know you feel the same way too (you got me, you got me) SPEECHLESS
But how are we to let them know (you got me, you got me) SPEECHLESS
When no words flow (you got me, you got me) SPEECHLESS

[4x]
(you got me, you got me) SPEECHLESS

Here I am
Livin' in the dark
I work so hard
Still so alone

[spoken]
I whisper half-thoughts
I write nonsense down
But it's never enough
You keep coming up

[chorus 2x]

[chorus]


SGF enters August with "Speechless," a song about the dilemmas of self-expression. Modern pop inspiration courses through the veins of "Speechless." Tender verses lined with melodic strata collide with earth-shaking, trunk-rattling choruses. Auto-tuned vocals, massive drums, twinkling comedowns, and larger-than-life guitar build a colossal soundscape. "Speechless" leaves no doubt that it is SGF's most immediate and seismic single to date.


written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Speechless

http://music.sgf.zone/track/keeping-a-promise-in-june

Out in the yard 
Chewing on something 
Bitter and charred 
Late August sun 
Sticks to my fingers 
And burns every one 
It makes me numb 
It thickens my tongue and keeps me slow to speak 
That isn't me 

Don't carry all the weight, babe 
Oh! I'm a sucker bet 
You wouldn't wanna suffocate in 
Words I haven't written yet 
Keeping a promise in June 
Is harder than you could know 

I know the dark 
Turns every inhale 
Into an alarm 
I would be dumb 
I would be so dumb not to see you believe in me 
My sweet, my peach 

Dont wanna let you down, babe 
Oh, I'm a sucker bet 
I'm gonna make you drown in 
Words I haven't written yet 
Keeping a promise in June 
Is harder than you could know 

Don't carry all the weight, babe 
Oh! I'm a sucker bet 
You wouldn't wanna suffocate in 
Words I haven't written yet 

It's the heat of the night 
And you know I can't stop pacing 
I wanna shake this feeling 
In the midnight air I'm breathing 
'Cause you tell me I'm a good man 
And I need to just believe it 

Never felt good enough, babe 
Oh! never had the chance 
Can't sleep in a heat wave 
So, do you wanna dance? 
Keeping a promise in June 
Is easy with you, you know

written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Keeping a Promise in June

SGF – Keeping a Promise in June

http://music.sgf.zone/track/personal-problems

released September 15, 2016 
written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Lyrics:
Where my familiar light 
Was burning, there's nothing 
Can't I just stay inside? 
I need it, I'll find it 
I tried, I know I tried 
It's coming, not coming 

What have you done? 
Guess they have to burn another one 

What a shame 
What a shame 
Mm, that's right 
Tell me what to do 
Tell me what to do 
What am I supposed to do? 

I tried 
I tried 
I tried, you know 
There's nothing, there's nothing 
There's nothing 

I tried, take a look 
What am I supposed to do 
Tell me what to do 

Take a look 
Take a look 
Take a look 

I tried to spit it out 
But the rotten words stick to my mouth 
If I don't stop all my nothing sounds 
There's only doubt, there's only doubt 
So I will open wide 
I, I 
So scared the moments gone 
I am burning another one 
I am burning another one 

Worried it's gonna be the death of me 
Why does there have to be an enemy 
Worried it's gonna be the death of me 
Why does there gotta be an enemy 

[spoken] 
As I get older 
I realize that I never really 
Solve any problems that I actually have 
Sort of a conundrum 
I mean 
What are you supposed to about 
Things that are out of your control 
I feel like there's 
An expectation that you just kind of 
Learn to ignore them 
Do things to kind of distract yourself from 
The 
Things that should be weighing down on you 
I know that I'm guilty of that 
Are you guilty of that? 
Are you guilty of not being who you want to be? 
Do you feel some sort of 
Loss 
Some sort of 
Helplessness? 
That's normal 
That's what life is 
How can your look at yourself in the mirror in the morning 
When you know that you're a failure 
How can you just 
Deal with that 
It's okay, it's hard, I know 
But, you know, you'll 
You'll get over it 
I hope 
You know I love you

"Personal Problems"

written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

SGF – A2

SGF – A1

Buy here for $1: http://music.sgf.zone/track/all-gone-missing

All Gone Missing is a dream-like cavern hidden deep within a rain-soaked forest. Its air is frigid, but its floor is warm. Plaintive voices haunt its hazy textures and percussive mosaics.

Lyrics:
Been awake since 3:30 
I can’t sleep alone 
Gives a purpose to dreaming 
In this dark, empty home 

I don’t eat when you’re angry 
‘Cause I can’t taste a thing 
So I’m constantly hungry 
For a moment of peace 

Ah, ah, ah 
Ah, ah, ah 

Oh, sometimes 
I don’t wanna know 
Yeah sometimes 
I think I don’t wanna know at all 

Oh sometimes 
I don’t wanna know 
Yeah sometimes 
I think I don’t wanna know at all 

Oh, where did our September go? 
Now I need you more and more 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
I’m digging us a deeper hole 

Oh, where did our September go? 
Now I need you more and more 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
I’m digging us a deeper hole 

Oh, sometimes 
I don’t wanna know 
Yeah, sometimes 
I think I don’t wanna know at all 

Yeah, sometimes 
I think I don’t wanna know at all 
Yeah, sometimes 
I think I don’t wanna 

Where did our September go? 
Now I need you more and more 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
I’m digging us a deeper hole 

Where did our September go? (been awake since 3:30) 
Now I need you more and more and more (I can’t sleep alone) 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
I’m digging us a deeper hole (I'm digging us a deeper hole)

Where did our September go? (I don’t eat when you’re angry) 
Now I need you more (‘cause I can’t taste a thing) 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
I’m digging us a deeper hole (digging us a deeper hole) 

Where did our September go? (oh, sometimes) 
Now I need you more and more (I, I, oh) 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing (yeah, sometimes) 
I’m digging us a deeper hole (I think don’t wanna know, wanna know at all) 

‘Cause sometimes 
I don’t wanna know 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone 

I’m digging us a deeper hole 
It’s all gone missing, it’s all gone missing 
I’m digging us a deeper hole

Credits:
written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

All Gone Missing

Buy here for $1: http://music.sgf.zone/track/glitch-thats-how-it-happens

"Glitch (That's How It Happens)" is a living, thumping thing: a dance floor rave-up about confusing tenderness with fragility; a muscular tune that casts doubt on the importance of your body. Vocal harmonies electrify the hairs on the back of your neck. Saxophone layers pile on top of one another, reaching ever upward. Through it all, a slinking, pumping foundation keeps your head nodding and your hips moving. So go on, shake it—all while the chorus repeats, "I can't shake it."

Lyrics:

I am settled into my foundation 
Save my summer teeth, they grind my patience 
I am not a thing with bars and borders 
But I crumble quick like brick and mortar 

That's how it happens 
Cultivate a kind of softness 
As it complicates and deepens 
Scared they're gonna think it's weakness 

Now you advocate for walking wounded 
Did your calluses impede your movement? 

I can't shake it 
I still have this bruise 
Nothing changes 
No matter what I do 
It's not fading, no 
Yellow, purple, blue 
Is not fading, no 

That's how it happens 
Hiding place out of habit 
Remember when the thought would break me 
Remember when my hands were shaking 
That's how it happens 
Cultivate a kind of softness 
As it complicates and deepens 
Scared they're gonna think it's weakness 

I could patch myself with incantations 
But I stumble in my awkward cadence 
As the limbs I know collapse around me 
There are upper limits to my body 

I can't shake it, I still have this bruise 
Nothing changes, no matter what I do


written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Glitch (That's How It Happens)

Buy here for $1: http://music.sgf.zone/track/dark-water

"Dark Water" is a song about the snares of entropy and the release that hides within retreat. Its massive bass is an unrelenting riptide. It feels good to slip into this darkness. Piercing melodies, dripping in red and blue, keep puncturing the murk. But there's endless mud outside of this bog… good luck finding your way out.

Lyrics:

I remember saying
You gotta stay more open
It's so easy
To get myopic
It feels good
So you avoid it
It feels good
So you're retreating
So all that's left is
Little moments
In little rooms
For you to keep them

These days all I want to do is watch dark water grow on the ceiling
These days all I want to do is watch dark water grow on the ceiling
These days all I want to do is watch dark water grow on the ceiling

Haven't made a friend in weeks
I'm shocked that you stuck around
I'm afraid of what you think
With my doldrums spinning out
I don't want to be awake
It's not your fault I let you down
Down down down down down, down, down

You need
Someone
Who needs
You need
To believe
Or you can't speak
It feels good
So I avoid it
It feels good
So I'm retreating
So all that's left is
Little moments
And a cave
For me to sleep in

These days all I want to do is watch dark water fall from the ceiling
These days all I want to do is watch dark water fall from the ceiling
These days all I want to do is watch dark water fall from the ceiling
These days all I want to do is watch dark water fall from the ceiling


written, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Dark Water

As 2016 draws to a close, we're closing out our singles project with "Concrete Heat," a cruiser of a dance track that celebrates the warehouse spaces and DIY communities that have expanded our minds, enlarged our hearts, and welcomed us time and time again. Thank you all so much for joining us this year! We hope you continue to support independent music communities for years to come.

Concrete Heat

Concrete Heat (Instrumental Mix)

SGF – Concrete Heat (Instrumental Mix)

As 2016 draws to a close, we're closing out our singles project with "Concrete Heat," a cruiser of a dance track that celebrates the warehouse spaces and DIY communities that have expanded our minds, enlarged our hearts, and welcomed us time and time again. Thank you all so much for joining us this year! We hope you continue to support independent music communities for years to come.

Lyrics:

We are erasing 
All our faults 
here in this basement 
These unknown places 
Have us feeling 
Safe and faithless 

We are erasing 
All our faults 
here in this basement 
These unknown places 
Have us feeling 
Safe and faithless 

We built these spaces 
And the people 
Loved and saved us 
Through conversations 
Over room-shaking 
Sub-basses 

We built these spaces 
And the people 
Loved and saved us 
Through conversations 
Over room-shaking 
Sub-basses 

It will always follow me 
This concrete heat 
Building a community 
Beneath the street 
Healthy times forever be 
In my heartbeat 
And the love that we made is the thing 
And the love that we made is the thing 

You know they don’t bother me 
Those unmarked doors 
Forty-fives and LPs 
The cry and roar 
Ten act bills, six-hour shows 
Smoke all night, wake up hoarse 
And I'm never quite sure what it means 
Oh I know, oh I know what it means 

We are erasing 
All our faults 
here in this basement 
These unknown places 
Have us feeling 
Safe and faithless 

We are erasing 
All our faults 
here in this basement 
These unknown places 
Have us feeling 
Safe and faithless 

We built these spaces 
And the people 
Loved and saved us 
Through conversations 
Over room-shaking 
Sub-basses 

It will always follow me 
This concrete heat 
Building a community 
Beneath the street 
Healthy times forever be 
In my heartbeat 
And the love that we made is the thing 
And the love that we made is the thing

written, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

Concrete Heat (Vocal Mix)

SGF – Concrete Heat (Vocal Mix)

"What U Brought Home" signals a conscious shift to moodier sounds and more modern electronic pop influences. Classic SGF influences are still deeply felt—from the "Little Red Corvette" allusions in the drum pattern to the busy acid bass line that propels the song forward—but the wounded romance of Jessie Ware and SBTRKT also bubble to the surface. "What U Brought Home" is also a return to self-production for us, taking the invaluable lessons learned from previous engineers Trevor Spencer and Randall Dunn and bringing them, in a sense, back home. 

"What U Brought Home" is the first release of our 2016 Bandcamp singles project. While "What Brought U Home" navigates its way through the confusion and melancholy that signal the end of a broken relationship, we are signaling the beginning of a wonderful relationship with you.


So you find 
You're losing the fight 

Enemies of 
Living in your mind 

You say you're getting better 
You say you don't know 
You say you're getting better 
You say you don't know 
I know you better 
I know you better 

You say you're getting better 
You say you don't 
You say you're getting better 
You say you don't know 
I know you better 
I know you better 

Puttin' aside your role 
Are we getting better 
I think you know 

Come inside 
Shadow I don't know 

Memories of 
Black jeans on the floor 

You say you're getting better 
You say you don't know 
You say you're getting better 
I don't know if this is better 
I don't know what u brought home 

You say you're getting better 
You say you don't know 
You say you're getting better 
I don't know what u brought home 
I don't know what u brought home 

Capsize 
We tried 
I know 
you 

You say you're getting better 
You say you don't know 
You say you're getting better 
I don't know what u brought home 
I don't know what u brought home


written, produced, mixed, and mastered by SGF

What U Brought Home

SGF on Bandcamp: http://music.sgf.zone

SGF spans pop realms with their multifaceted sound. Listen through their releases and you’ll hear forays into synthpop, house, dream pop, darkwave, R&B, and even smooth jazz. Unified under heartfelt hooks, SGF melds these disparate genres into something that is both uniquely theirs and never far from the dancefloor.

Contact: sup@sgf.zone

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