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and so begins the bitter wind
cutting up my brittle hands and heavy heaving hearts will stop again
ive made a name to call me by and see it with your own two eyes i don't think that 
your love was ever here
and now im in a darker place where light has no room to escape and hearts will glow to create something safe
a dream of sorts you're on the porch and talking to the moon and he says "every little thing will be okay"

and you will wonder why it's not
and while your heart begins to rot 
all the love you had for me will dissipate
and all the branches in the yard growing fungus going far things will start to finally create a face

dissipate

Best Day Of My Life

'closer' is the new single from pecq - producer and multi-instrumentalist duo Hannah (Jakes) Jacobs (keys player for Arlo Parks) and Niko O'Brien (engineer for the likes of Liz Fraser and Porij). The innovative pair create 'pop at its most exploratory' [Clash] and have been featured by the likes of BBC Radio 1 and 2, Amazing Radio Top 40, Bandcamp Front Page, NOTION and the 6 Music Introducing Best of 2022.

closer was written and produced across numerous different time zones, zeroing in on the psychological impact of distance between loved ones. Referencing the experimental, spiraling work of Boards Of Canada and Ultraísta along with the meditative songwriting of Sampha and Caribou as influences on their music, pecq ride the line between electronic and indie - real drums slowly morphing into glitchy samples, classic synth tones and soft piano coming in and out of focus, sounds re-sampled and mangled through DIY studio equipment, tape-machines, spring-reverbs and modern computer processes.

pecq - closer

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Access a free download of 'Black Flag' here: http://po.st/DuBlondeOnline

'Black Flag' taken from the new album, Welcome Back To Milk out now Mute. Get the album here, http://po.st/DuBlondeStore / Digital - http://po.st/DuBlondeDigital / CD - http://po.st/DuBlondeCD / LP - http://po.st/DuBlondeLP.

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Du Blonde Live: 
3 Jun 2015 - BRIGHTON/ GREEN DOOR STORE 
4 Jun 2015 - LONDON/ 100 CLUB 
5 Jun 2015 - LEEDS/ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB 
6 Jun 2015 - BRISTOL/ LOUISIANA 
7 Jun 2015 - NOTTINGHAM/ THE BODEGA 
9 Jun 2015 - MANCHESTER/ DEAF INSTITUTE 
10 Jun 2015 - GLASGOW/ BROADCAST 
11 Jun 2015 - NEWCASTLE/ THE CLUNY
24 Jul 2015 - THIRSK/ DEER SHED FESTIVAL 
4/5/6 Sep 2015 - LARMER TREE GARDENS/ END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL

Du Blonde - Black Flag

save me

'Mind Is On My Mind (featuring Samuel T. Herring)' is taken from the new album, Welcome Back To Milk by Du Blonde (the new project from Beth Jeans Houghton) out now on Mute. Get the album here: http://po.st/DuBlondeStore / Digital - http://po.st/DuBlondeDigital / CD - http://po.st/DuBlondeCD / LP - http://po.st/DuBlondeLP

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Du Blonde Live: 
3 Jun 2015 - BRIGHTON/ GREEN DOOR STORE / po.st/DuBlondeBton
4 Jun 2015 - LONDON/ 100 CLUB / po.st/DuBlondeLondon
5 Jun 2015 - LEEDS/ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB / po.st/DuBlondeLeeds
6 Jun 2015 - BRISTOL/ LOUISIANA / po.st/DuBlondeBristol
7 Jun 2015 - NOTTINGHAM/ THE BODEGA / po.st/DuBlondeNHMan
9 Jun 2015 - MANCHESTER/ DEAF INSTITUTE  / po.st/DuBlondeNHMan
10 Jun 2015 - GLASGOW/ BROADCAST / po.st/DuBlondeGlas
11 Jun 2015 - NEWCASTLE/ THE CLUNY / po.st/DuBlondeNC
24 Jul 2015 - THIRSK/ DEER SHED FESTIVAL / po.st/DuBlondeDeerShedFest
4/5/6 Sep 2015 - LARMER TREE GARDENS/ END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL / po.st/DuBlondeEOTR

Du Blonde - Mind Is On My Mind (featuring Samuel T. Herring)

'Hunter' taken from the new album, Welcome Back To Milk out now on Mute. Get the album here, po.st/DuBlondeStore / Digital - po.st/DuBlondeDigital / CD - po.st/DuBlondeCD / LP - po.st/DuBlondeLP.

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Du Blonde Live: 
3 Jun 2015 - BRIGHTON/ GREEN DOOR STORE 
4 Jun 2015 - LONDON/ 100 CLUB 
5 Jun 2015 - LEEDS/ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB 
6 Jun 2015 - BRISTOL/ LOUISIANA 
7 Jun 2015 - NOTTINGHAM/ THE BODEGA 
9 Jun 2015 - MANCHESTER/ DEAF INSTITUTE 
10 Jun 2015 - GLASGOW/ BROADCAST 
11 Jun 2015 - NEWCASTLE/ THE CLUNY
24 Jul 2015 - THIRSK/ DEER SHED FESTIVAL 
4/5/6 Sep 2015 - LARMER TREE GARDENS/ END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL

Du Blonde - Hunter

lyrics
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and the likelihood that i come out of this alive
is a problematic fallacy of suicide
everybody wanna talk real big when it comes to the digits
but life's a game and the numbers lie
and if truth is to be told
i don't wanna know
spoon feed me lies
and leave me all alone
tell me i'm a joke
cut me to the bone
you can paint a pretty picture
with my blood on the stone
i've been contemplating this for a minute
i'm losing sleep thinkin' y'all gonna get me
i'm just a man overboard and this ship is too heavy
they wanna talk wasn't ready
i celebrate with a bomb of confetti
my guts explode on the levee
i live in fear of my peers
they say they love me all the time
but that's not how it appears
i sit in bed pondering how i bring strangers to tears
when i can't give myself some credit over several years

somebody come and get me
i'm drowning in this water
i'm screaming crying all the time
but she don't even bother
i live alone inside this home
with dreams of living farther
my trauma deeply rooted
can't even text my father
and that's the real reason why
i project my feelings into songs that i write
copacetic dreams but my tears turned to ice
so i pop em out the tray and get this bottle pouring right

and that's the real real real reason why
i've been up all night
hold onto the past even though it's out of sight
and i've been going through this shit for a minute
and i've been floating through so many fucking visions i'm spinning
i gotta get up off my ass and get to inking these villains
but i just hide
and i don't wanna try
cause every time i think i do
i dig too far inside my mind
i dug a lil too far now the grass don't grow
water on the roots but the pedals all mold
and seasons do change but the stems still broke
so i glue em back together even if it's just a cope

nineteen ninety-six

Welcome to My Blue Sky

Not Sacred

Shot In The Dark

Visions

Cruel Intentions

If You Know Me / Wild Horses

If You Know Me

Pieces Of Yours

'Do It'
Written and produced by underscores
Mixed and mastered by underscores

Cover by Ochiai Shohei

—
I O U！ 

What are your prospects？ 
Do you make your own cash？ 
Do you like rough sex？ 
What kinda car you drive？ 

If I left for three months
And I turned my phone off
Would you wait here for me？
Sign on the dotted line

If you want it
Better know that this ain’t gonna be the real thing
No, I don’t fall in love

Yeah, it’s a warning
No, I’ve always had to handle things my own way
Yeah, and that’s not excluding us, ‘cuz listen . . .

If you don’t know me, and I don’t know you
Then this might be something we should do
It’s all on the line for me, you could ruin everything
Or you could make me somebody new . . . U！ 

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

What is my net worth？ 
How does my song go？ 
Am I in your playlist？ 
Do you have Spotify？ 

Are you gonna tell all？
All the things I’ve done wrong？ 
And what I like in bed？ 
How I’m not there all the time？ 

Don’t you get it？
People get my lyrics tattooed on their bodies
It’s all under control

‘Less you fuck with it
I’m tryna run a business here, come on, babe
Mm, don’t take it personal, ‘cuz listen . . .

If you don’t know me, and I don’t know you
Then this might be something we should do
It’s all on the line for me, you could ruin everything
Or you could make me somebody new . . . U！ 

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

I know better than that . . .

(I just can’t do it) Oh, I just can’t do it
I’m married to the music — the music, baby！ 

(I just can’t do it) Oh, no, no, I just can’t do it
If no one cares, then prove it — then prove it, babe！ 

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(Ow！) 

If you don’t know me, and I don’t know you
Then this might be something we should do
It’s all on the line for me, you could ruin everything
Or you could make me somebody new . . . U！ 

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

I just can’t do it, do it, d-do it, do it
Do it, d-do it, do it, do it, d-do it, do it
(I know better than that)

. . .
––
Written and recorded in Chicago IL, New York NY, Los Angeles CA and Tokyo JP.

If You Know Me

Hudson Freeman