Made with my good friends at the Glockodome in Canberra. Half of You Never Know recorded at JMC by Gabriel Gregan. Half of Rowing recorded at SAE in Sydney by Bianca Cadalt, Bojié Wang and Mitchell Lucan. 

An enormous thank you to Milo, my confidant and second brother, whom i trust and appreciate very deeply.

An even larger thank you to Clare, Pat and Scoob for putting up with my shit.

And a greater love for all those who made it out to play on this thing - thank you to Bianca for your recording work and effortless playing, Ian for your mysterious charm and smooth bass work, Pip and Cam for making my stays in Can even sunnier and bringing me hot gold on your songs, Dad for being a straight G and killing it as always, Liam and Jaime for taking the time to come and be such wonderful components of this recording.

Thank you Jake for your excellent eye, Rosalie for your brilliance on the single artworks.

Thank you Mum, Charlie, Sam, and Geoff.

Thank you Silver, you took good care of us.

xx.

I love you all.

Here's to many more records.

06 I'm So Great

05 Terrible Fright (Dying Light)

04 Rowing

03 Wildfire Blues

02 Dry County

01 You Never Know

Teenaged girls, my whole world
Is crumbling in two
Jäger and red bull
My heart don't know what to do

Stay afloat or dive into
The primordial soup
Of aggression and booze
My heart don't know what to do

Boys don't try
They keep on cheating
They forget the words

Boys don't try
They get off easy
They never learn

An inflatable dolphin
Gets ridden across the mosh
I try to get them out of there
But I just can't shake them off

Insatiable appetite
Overbecomes the moth
I try to turn the light away
But I just can't get them off

Boys don't try
They sip on cocktails
Shaken not stirred

Boys don't try
They sit on coattails
They don't get hurt

Twirling in the taught twilight
And twisting up our tricks
I think I will disintegrate
If I can't pick up the sticks

Tip toe to the car and
Do not brush against the bricks
I might lose you forever
If I can't pick up the sticks


Boys don't try
They keep on swimming
They don't get burnt

Boys don't try
They keep on leaning
They never lurch


Boys don't try enough
Boys only try to be tough
Everybody says so and everybody knows
The boys don't gotta learn to touch their toes

thevariablesrawr

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