Recorded at Eve Studios.
Music by Flora Jackson, Rob Paterson and Martin J
King
Lyrics by Flora Jackson.
Performed by Flora Jackson, Rob Paterson, Martin J
King and The Bee.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Martin J King.
Additional engineering by Bea Balagna.
Mastered by Jim Spencer.
Visuals and single cover by Jamie Chapman.

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Our first single from our forthcoming EP, also called Graduation Blues.

Idealism follows me around, 
But it's only a matter of time before it drowns, 
Cos my closest are turning, 
They used to be yearning just like me. 

My realism is about to choke 
Every idealistic, juvenistic modicum of hope, 
I'll stop buying their stories, 
We all become tories in the end. 

So what do you want to grow to be? 
Son, you'll be lucky just to eat. 
Choice is a right and all are free: 
Rhetoric of the bourgeoisie, 
Type another hundred words 
And have another cup of tea. 

My younger man is going to break my heart 
But I can't tell where his song stops and where mine starts, 
He's such beautiful ideas 
As uninformed and naive as they are. 

And I don't think he'd like me if we met, 
Cos I'd join One Direction in a heartbeat if they'd let me, 
he'd go bounce round the garden 
and play the lead part in his own film. 

So just keep me tranquilised with tea, 
There's so much I've trained myself to need. 
Boy alone can live on music, art and history, 
Then I'll reach my mid 30s 
And all I'll think about is money. 

Idealism, you have done me wrong. 
It's just a matter of time before I lose faith in this song, 
But I'll just keep on playing 
And hopelessly praying till I do.

Written, performed and produced by The Vanity Project 
Mixed and mastered by Colin Paterson (Rob's daddy)

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Barrelling from dark pummelling dance-punk into glittering tropical pop, this bitesize odyssey weaves a tale of psychedelic soft drinks and late-stage-capitalist dread. “Conquistador” tells the story of The Amazona Corporation, who bastardise a hallucinogenic, South American ritual in order to exploit those in search of self discovery. Sinister yet soaring, “Conquistador” sounds like Everything Everything having a fist fight with The Orielles.

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The Vanity Project sit somewhere between pop clowns and cabaret cult leaders. Using a loop pedal and far more instruments than it’s wise for two people to play, the duo incorporate monologues, costumes and the occasional dance routine into their live show. Their songs weave strange worlds of despicable dilettantes, hallucinogenic soft drinks and fascistic seaside towns. Though surreal and twitchy, their sound is laced with irresistible grooves, infectious hooks and satiric wit. Winners of the 2016 national iSessions contest, they've been written about in the Independent, played on Radio 6 and garnered praise from the likes of Marc Riley and Everything Everything frontman Jonathan Higgs.

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