twins

Downtown

1 of 4, singles month
additional vocals by - Mona Maruyama 
coverart by jacob sluka, http://slukamakesmakings.tumblr.com/


honey
dip your toes in sand, dreams they often seep
lovely
make me promises you know you couldn't keep

amor

all allowed
im so loud

Harmless Fantasies

Get Better

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

Order LP/CD: http://slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/273
Order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/chorus-itunes

Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

lyrics:

am i feeling alright?
'you feeling alright?'
maybe, i don't know?
maybe i should care

they told me at times
that its not right
although im comfortable...
sometimes i do get scared

and id lay down sometimes
complain about songs i didnt write
and i don't want to go back….

i only said i was alright one time
so now i pray that you please come back
i never said i was alright all times
and now i pray that you come home

i never say it cause
i should assume that its ok
it should be ok

but never mind that though
you could say these things to me
i swear its ok

but i shouldn't i have to relay to every single person i meet on the street
it'd remind me of all those times


sports

Runaway (demo)

Written by Robert Cifuentes and Tara Touzie

Lyrics...
You stay high around me all the time
Expecting me to never say goodbye
Stick by you even when I cry
Guess you are the idiot and so am I...

It's good to hear from you Johnny
Even when it's really late at night
It's good to hear from you Johnny
I just wish it wasn't all the time

When I hear your footsteps over me
Makes me want to burn our memories
I just wish that you could see
It's long perverted you and me
If it were up to me
I would be the one to always to leave

It's good to hear from you Johnny
Even when it's really late at night
It's good to hear from you Johnny
I just wish it wasn't all the time

Good to Hear from you Johnny

Pill Friends - Satan Is Your Master

Bane's World - Stay Away From my Baby (Live at Tropicalia)

song from a split i did with Staring Back !! proceeds of the split benefit BAWAR (bawar.org) - bay area organization that provides counseling and advocacy and more for victims/survivors of sexual assault+

whole split may be found here:
https://boyscouts.bandcamp.com/album/staring-back-boy-scouts-split

RUIN

loud chew

fragmented youth
https://soundcloud.com/case_no_face
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