"Crash Team Bong Rips" is the first single off the upcoming "The Absurd Goes to the Beach" EP. The track's dopey bassline & fat production highlight The Absurd's trademark hookiness & raw power, in spite of the stylistic curveball of going full Beach. Even so, the lyrics do shift focus from the band's usual philosophical ruminations towards a more relatable tale of love, woe, and beach.

Some wonder, can The Absurd really Beach? Yes. The Absurd is 100% Beach and don't you forget it.

Bump this and you'll be the coolest cat on the boardwalk, guaranteed. Y'all get it early. OUT EVERYWHERE AUGUST 6th. 

CREDITS: 

Lyrics by Ben Foerg
Music by The Absurd

Production, Engineering, & Mixing - Ben Foerg
Production Consultant and Engineering Assistant - Josh Loney
Engineering Assistant - Conor Spellane
Mastered by Grant Cornish

Artwork by Walker Dubois

LYRICS:

if you really wanna know the truth then say it honey
but it doesn't seem to be that way
every word that i could say would only hurt you baby
so we'll try again another day
nah na-na nah

for the thousandth time I need you to believe me baby
i prefer if it were not this way
but since you refuse to ever lose a second honey
you put yourself in yet another cage

life ain't ever fair, and judging by all your grey hair
it would appear to you its clear that this is the case
so accept that you can change and move along now honey
either love me or be on your way

would that i could let it show
but it simply isn't so
if you could wait
but anyway... 

i've got somewhere to go
but you're in the way
you had me at hello
and now i can't concentrate

so much for the mincing words and all the sugar coating
i can never get a fuckin' break
if you'd only look inside and stop it with the goading
then we'd both be on our merry way

god dammit i can't stand the thought of ever leavin'
but you seem to hate the way i'm made
best believe me when i say i'd love if i could change it
best believe i'd love for some other way

i've got somehwere to go
but you're in the way
you had me at hello
now i can't concentrate

i've got somewhere to go
but you're in the way
you had me at hello
and now its all i can do to tell you
stay out of my way

Crash Team Bong Rips

Download it here: https://theabsurd.bandcamp.com/album/the-trigger-warning-ep

CREDITS: 

Ben Foerg - Vocals, Guitars, Mellotron
Josh Loney - Bass, Backing Vocals
Mike Marsoupian - Drums

Lyrics by Ben Foerg
Music by Ben Foerg & Josh Loney
Produced by Josh Loney & Ben Foerg
Mastered by Marcin Nowak
Engineered by Aaron Silverman, Josh Loney & Ben Foerg 

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Cat Got Your Tongue

From "The Trigger Happy EP," released by The Absurd 06/10/2016. Download the full album at https://theabsurd.bandcamp.com. 

Drama

From the Motherless Child EP, available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and at theabsurdband.com 11/17/16.

Motherless Child

Steppënmellon

From the Motherless Child EP, available for purchase at theabsurd.bandcamp.com.

Queen Of The Hyrcanian Rainforest

Performed live on the Santa Monica Pier, August 2017. Recorded by Dean McLeod. Mixed and mastered by Ben Foerg.

Hollow Land [Live From Outer Space]

Hollow Land [Live]

The newest release from The Absurd - the first single, "Boots on the Ground," from the forthcoming studio album. For full track download, go to theabsurd.bandcamp.com.

Music: The Absurd
Production: Joshua Martinez
Mastering: Marcin Nowak
Art: Josh Loney
Model: Carolyn Vasheghani

Boots on the Ground

The newest single from The Absurd, produced by Joshua Martinez and mastered by Marcin Nowak. To buy the track (along with some other goodies), visit theabsurdband.com.

Loco Motives

The third and final single from the forthcoming full-length debut album, "Build the Wall." 

Lyrics:

Buy the ticket, take the ride
You never know what you might find
You only fail if you never try
When the car pulls up, you step inside
And leave what you believe behind
Look forward through the vagaries of time
Those knots that you have tied inside your mind
Must like a ball of yarn start to unwind

Follow the eyes in the stormy skies
Make no mistakes or alibis
You can't fool he who sees everything
Watch the moon and feel the tide
Don't pray to whom you idolize
Your god cannot help you with anything
Any idiot can see through all your lies
So what's the use, embrace what you defy
Don't pin it all on me to clarify
What you refuse to think through in your mind

Your ego will erode and become footsteps in the snow
You'll cling to who you are, but you'll never make it very far

When you're on your own in stormy weather
And you wanna make it out together
Then you gotta face this great endeavor
Without fear or you'll be drownin' forever inside

Your ego will erode and become footsteps in the snow
You'll cling to who you are, but you'll never make it very far

Build the Wall

Squashing Pumpkins

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

How High Will The Wall Be?

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

lay me down on a filthy bed, tell me it's all in my head
wash my hands with gasoline, light a match and flee the scene
pour the wine with arsenic, tell me it's the real shit
serve that soup with mercury, smile and say it's good for me

do it once, do it again, tell me you're my real friend
rewrite the rules, rig the game, tell me i'm the one to blame
put it in, pull it out, smile while i scream and shout
let it go while i bleed, smile and say it's good for me

in the dark, sing to me with your haunting melody
like a broken record on repeat, repetitive and incomplete
hold it too close and it'll choke into a heap of ash and smoke
or watch it die in your hands, don't try too hard to understand

they got mary, soon they'll be comin' to get me
on a cold night, in the moonlight, they're callin' my name
eyes closed, i know how all of this shit is bound to go
they're gonna put us all in chains

don't wear your heart on your sleeve
don't ever share what you believe
don't ever dare to disagree
don't wear your heart on your sleeve

Water Moccasin

Lyin' Ted

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

bob dylan, kurt cobain, got together, went insane
had a kid on the skids, no one knew his real name
call him jack, call him sue, johnny cash is turnin' blue
singin' 'bout a government that never really had a clue
what are we gonna do, what are we gonna do?
he said, she said, no one ever tells the truth
talkin' to the policeman, even he don't understand
why we gotta run away and bury our heads in the sand

and i can't take it no more
let me breathe

ronnie james dio built a cottage down in rio
with the devil on his level and a place in montecito
when a black witch with a switch ridin' on a broomstick
gave a pitch like a bitch, told 'em it was all a trick
what are gonna do, dio cried to beezleboo
jack flash struck a match and now we're in a heap of doo
satan started faintin' and his wife was ovulatin'
so they called the lord and said, my god, you gotta help us make it through

and i can't take it no more
let me breathe

coke-nose rimbaud found himself a fire hose
made himself a lasso, wrangled edgar allen poe
hemingway, russia say, you ain't gonna get away
david foster wallace was a lawless alcoholic
and i don't really wanna know where your garden really grows
all i wanna know is how you look when you ain't got no clothes
bored of almost everything, nothin's ever gettin' in
the world's become a turing test and i don't think i'm gonna win

and i can't take it no more
let me breathe

War Hogs

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

take this man and hang him out to dry
we don't like his kind
raise the flag and read between the lines
we'll make up your mind

one more of us, be one more of us
there's plenty of room at the back of the bus
without us, you'll never be free
to believe what you wanna believe

take this man and give him medicine 
make his mind fit in
gather round, paint him brown, kick the fucker while he's down
our time is running thin

one more of us, be one more of us
there's plenty of room at the back of the bus
without us, you'll never be free
to believe what you wanna believe

take this man and hang him out to dry
we don't like his kind
raise the flag and read between the lines
we'll make up your mind

one more of us, be one more of us
there's plenty of room at the back of the bus
without us, you'll never be free
to believe what you wanna believe

¡Alley Oop!

The title track from The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

take a look, my friend, you'll see your sordid ideology
is violently rippin' at the seams
what goes on behind your nose, like the sand that shifts beneath your toes
is meltin' away like ice cream

how long can you cling to the thought that you were owed and should ought
to be at the top of the heap?
you can call it anything you please, but wrappin' it up in ribbons and beads
don't make any difference to me

i know you go any which way the wind blows
the wind's blowin' to the right side of the moat
will you undo everything that you've been through?
or follow the goat any which way he may roam

he's gonna make a mess of everything
still you're gonna kiss his ring
he's gonna make a mess of everything
still you're gonna kneel before your king

so dearly you do cling to these things
which would have you believe you're right
out of sight, out of mind
what you don't see you don't believe

i know you go any which way the wind blows
the wind's blowin' to the right side of the moat
will you undo everything that you've been through?
or follow the goat any which way he may roam

Build The Wall

Lock Her Up

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

leather boots on the pavement
leather boots in the street
leather boots on the crooked pavement
leather boots in the crooked street
leather boots in the distance
marchin' to the beat
leather boots in the crooked distance
marchin' to the crooked beat

leather boots in the backyard
leather boots in the heat
leather boots in the fuckin' backyard
leather boots in the fuckin' heat
leather boots on the front step
watchin' you while you sleep
leather boots on the fuckin' front step
watchin' you while you fuckin' sleep

front row ticket to the freak show
how low can you go?
front row ticket to the freak show

leather boots on the pavement
leather boots in the street
leather boots on the crooked pavement
leather boots on the crooked street
leather boots on the pavement
leather boots in the street
leather boots on the crooked pavement
watchin' you while you fuckin' sleep

front row ticket to the freak show
how low can you go?
front row ticket to the freak show

Boots On The Ground

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

gather around now, children, let's all hold hands
everyone's already dancin', come join the band
four-four, feet on the floor, now, dance to the beat
eyes closed, throw your hips back, now, in ecstacy

they're comin' for ya
in your homes, in the streets
mad and fanatical
armed to the teeth

sweat drippin' down to the floor, now, drenchin' the meat
steam risin' up to the sky in the swelterin' heat
spoiled, rotten, sittin' in the sun too long
had the moment by the neck, now the moment's gone
everybody's dancin' to their favorite song
everybody but me

make them believe it, now
redefine what's free
mad and fanatical
armed to the teeth

hear the sound of the war planes on the way?
such a shame, what an easy mess we make

they're comin' for ya
in your homes, in the streets
mad and fanatical
armed to the teeth
make them believe it, now
redefine what's free
mad and fanatical
armed to the teeth

From The Absurd's debut full-length album "Build the Wall."

Engineering, Production, Mixing: Joshua Martinez (Rosechild)
Additional Production: Ben Foerg, Josh Loney
Mastering: Marcin Nowak

Written and Performed by The Absurd

Lyrics:

buy the ticket, take the ride
you never know what you might find
you only fail if you never try
when the car pulls up, you step inside
and leave what you believe behind
look forward through the vagaries of time
those knots that you have died inside your mind
must, like a ball of yarn, start to unwind

follow the eyes in the stormy skies
make no mistake or alibis
you can't fool he who sees everything
watch the moon and feel the tide
don't pray to whom you idolize
your god cannot help you with anything
any idiot can see through all your lies
so what's the use, embrace what you defy
don't pin it all on me to clarify
what you refuse to think through in your mind

your ego will erode
and become footprints in the snow
you'll cling to who you are
but you'll never make it very far

when you're on your own in stormy weather
and you wanna make it out together
then you gotta face this great endeavor
without fear or you'll be drownin' forever inside

your ego will erode
and become footprints in the snow
you'll cling to who you are
but you'll never make it very far

A Big, Beautiful Wall

Properly enjoyed with whiskey and weed.

Share relentlessly with your important, well-connected friends (please).

Bought A Gun (Started A War)

Paralyze Ur Mind

Fueled by whiskey, weed, poverty & cocaine.

Properly enjoyed with the aforementioned ingredients.


Put it on your Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/track/14aB9XAGa5XP5zvP1RCBiF?si=8L9o9nicQPqgaB4m-QS7vw


Share relentlessly with your important, well-connected friends (please).

Written by Ben Foerg
Performed by The Absurd
Produced by Joshua Martinez
Additional Production by The Absurd
Mastered by Grant Cornish
Artwork by Josh Loney

WOLF!

Ego Trauma

ASPD

Innermission

RadioSlaveUSA

Enemy_

Fueled by weed, whiskey, poverty & cocaine.

Properly enjoyed with the aforementioned ingredients.

Share relentlessly with your important, well-connected friends (please).

Written by Ben Foerg
Performed by The Absurd
Produced by Joshua Martinez
Additional Production by The Absurd
Mastered by Grant Cornish
Artwork by Josh Loney

Whiskey & Razorwire (Get Over It)

A SONG FOR THE TIMES 
Get jiggy with it sailors.

Hollow Land

New Album "The Sun Still Rises" out soon. Recently named the "Anti-Trump Song of the Week" by one of Canada's top radio consultants, which was nice.

"WOLF!" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOnRFTGQ5dc

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