Written by ~ Sweet Niece
Lyrics by ~ Jesica Russell
Produced by ~ Sweet Niece & Alex Strahle

Engineered by ~ Free Hallas & Blake Russell
Mixed & Mastered by ~ Blake Russell

Artwork designed by ~ Jesica Russell
Painting - “The Woods” by C.W. Jefferys

Vocals ~ Blake & Jesica Russell
Drums & Percussion ~ Shaun Valentine
Bass ~ Free Hallas
Guitar, Oud ~ Alex Strahle
Baritone ~ Blake Russell
Cello ~ Matias Pachalian

Wedding Season

Danica

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The song explores the lengths we go to hang on to love. “Drag me, drag me, don’t drag me, don’t drag me”…the line is thin. It is hard to know what draws us to love someone in the first place, but when a relationship is complicated by hurt, it becomes a double edged sword. In love we experience extremes, the ecstasy and freedom that has been written about through the ages, and conversely, the deepest, darkest pain that can make us feel desperate and trapped. This song is a plea with a lover. “Heal me, or break me down, feel me or let me drown. Save me or free me, just don’t drag me around”. The end result is unknown, but through the pain, it is sung with a hope in the power for love to transform and transcend.

Drag Me/Don't Drag Me

my arrangement/cover of So Lonely by The Police

So Lonely (cover)

I reach through the screen to move your heart love.  Don't be shy to share I need your friends love.  Keep me on your mind, I'll never leave - I'll surprise you every time I speak.  True Love/True Love.

True Love/True Love

The Only Thing I'm Good At

Written and performed by Brendan Steere and all of his ghosts. 

Recorded in Brodheadsville, PA in the Winter of 2018. 

Fender Squire, Epiphone Dot Studio, and Hofner bass, into Toneport UX2, into fuckin' GarageBand on a 2008 iMac desktop. 


Special guest appearance by Zach Steere on "Entombed" as the background vocals - thanks bro. 

Thanks to Alec and Johnny and all of oblio for listening and texting me about shitty TV when I was drunk. 

And thanks for the guitars, Uncle Dave. They obviously shred.

Entombed

I could slice the air 'cause the tension's so thick in here
You read newspapers just to hide your faces
No conversations that only makes things worse
Sleep on different sides of the bed at night

Either way if i go or stay
Separate or stay the same

Am i just a knot in this thread that's coming undone
Was it always like this before i was born
I'm afraid it'll only get worse once i am gone
I feel so helpless 'cause i can't change how you feel

Either way if i go or stay
Separate or stay the same

Separate

Grab ahold of my fate
And I drive into nothing
And it's starting to get late
And i can feel it coming

So don't hang up just yet
Because I'm afraid you won't call back

Drive until there's no light
Try to hold onto something
An ocean full of brake lights
And I can feel it coming

So don't hang up just yet
Because I'm afraid you won't call back

Ocean Full of Brake Lights

Written and Produced by Girl Hazel.
Recorded at Sound43 in Highland Park, CA.
Recorded by Mirza Sheriff, Sam Smiley.
Mixed by Sam Smiley.
Mastered by Sonia Maral, Mirza Sheriff.
Drums by Brayden Wiggins.
Cable-Bowed Cymbal by Blake Russel.

Lyrics

I really hope that you love Ohio,
I know you wanted to see the trees.
Shaking colors that roll for miles,
red and golden autumn leaves.

I really hope that you love Ohio,
but do you ever miss the sea?
Running hands over sunburnt shoulders,
red and golden sun setting.

Say that it’s so.
Say that it’s not so
hard to be not home.
Say that it’s so.
Say that it’s not so
hard to be not home.

I really hope that you love Ohio
in the same way that you love me.
Shooting fireworks off on New Year’s,
red and golden glittering.

Say that it’s so.
Say that it’s not so
hard to be not home.
Say that it’s so.
Say that it’s not so
hard to be not home.

Girl Hazel

Ohio

Spooky indie-folk-pop from Pasadena, CA. We are Jesica & Blake Russell, and our friends who we bribe with snacks...

Danica

Sweet Niece

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