RED HOT SHAME - SOUNDS LIKE

Xeff Scolari
   Lead vocals, guitars, bass, keys, percussion, mandolin, dulcimer, midi drums, xyolophone 
Chad Johnson  
   vocals, guitars, bass, keys, percussion, midi drums, bells
Steven Pitsenbarger 
   vocals, horns, piano, percussion
James 
   keys, mellotron, ondomo, wurlitzer, B3 organ, bass
special guests
Mark Bennett
    harmonica
Chuck Johnson 
   upright bass



The Whites Of Their Eyes - (Scolari/Johnson)
   xeff - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
   chad - backing vocals, guitars, bass

Alone Together - (Scolari)
   xeff - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass
   chad - lead guitar, bells
   steven - backing vocals, horns

Sound Like You - (Scolari/Pitsenbarger)
   xeff - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, dulcimer
   chad - backing vocals, lead guitar

A Pleasant Vibe -(Scolari)
   xeff - lead vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar, percussion
   chad - backing vocals, percusssion
   steven -  backing vocals
   james - bass
   mark - harmonica

For The Last Time - (Scolari)
   xeff - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
   chad - backing vocals, electric guitars, bass
   james - wurlitzer, B3 organ, keys

Homeward - (Scolari/Johnson/Pitsenbarger)
   xeff - lead vocals and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, dulcimer
   chad - lead and backing vocals, electric guitars
   steven - horns

Waterlogged - (Scolari)
   xeff - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar
   chad - backing vocals, lead guitar
   james - keys, ondomo, mellotron
   chuck - upright bass

Pokey - (Scolari/Pitsenbarger)
   xeff - lead vocals, guitars, bass, xylophone, keys
   steven - backing vocals, piano, percussion, hand claps
   mark - harmonica

Yellow Sun - (Scolari)
   xeff - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
   chad - backing vocals, lead guitar
   steven - backing vocals
   james - bass, wurlitzer 
   mark - harmonica

I Can’t Help It - (Scolari)
  xeff - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
  chad - backing vocals, lead guitar, keys, bass

Zig-Zag - (Scolari)
  xeff - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, lead guitar solo
  chad - backing vocals, guitars, bass

All songs copyright 2021 Red Hot Shame
Recorded by Xeff Scolari and Chad Johnson
Produced by Xeff Scolari and Chad Johnson
Mixed and Mastered by Chad Johnson
Thanks to Mike Kapitan for his contributions to the mixing and mastering.

Sounds Like

You Can't Make Me

My Satellite

Cookie
Xeff - lead and backing vox, guitars, keys, drums&percussion
Chad - electric sitar
Steven - backing vox, piano
Spencer - bass
Ryan - lead electric and lead acoustic guitars

Given Up
Xeff - lead vox and backing vox, guitars, bass, keys, drums
Steven - backing vox, horns
Blake Brown - lead solo

You Be The Sky
Xeff - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keys, xylophone
Spencer - Bass guitar, drums, keys
Ryan - Lead acoustic and  electric guitars
Steven - backing vocals

Cursed
Xeff - Lead vox, acoustic
Ryan - Electric guitar
Spencer - Bass, Drums
Steven - Backing Vox
Mark - Harmonica

All songs by Red Hot Shame
Recorded and mixed at Shameful Studio
copyright 2024 Shameful Music

Scratched Tracks EP

A Crumbling World

Pokey

Waterlogged

Homeward

For The Last Time

A Pleasant Vibe

Sounds Like You

Alone Together

The Whites Of Their Eyes

Waterlogged/Overboard/Landfall  (all songs by X Scolari)

w/Steven Pitsenbarger, Chad Johnson, James Terris, Chuck Johnson, Josh Andrews

Waterlogged - 9-24-19

Oh this boat we’re on just won’t set sail
Oh how I’ve tried, to no avail
So you be the hammer
And I’ll be the nail
There’s not much to loose now
Won’t hurt if we fail

So get a hold on
Or get a move on
Go on, get gone
So get a hold on
Or get a move on
Go on, get gone

Oh this boat we’re on has taken on 
more than it should hold
We’re waterlogged
So you plug the hole up
And I’ll grab a pail
There’s not much to loose now
Won’t hurt if we fail

So get a hold on
Or get a move on
Go on, get gone
So get a hold on
Or get a move on
Go on, get gone
Get a hold on
Or get a move on
Go on, get gone

Overboard      
-written 6-8-20

Grey skies up above
Below, the bones of our evermore
Be warned, oh my love
There’s no compass to point me to your North
We’re lost, aren’t we now?
So let me bail out

Our sails have been torn
by the unforgiving will of this storm
We’ve gone overboard
I don’t think we’re going to make it to shore
We’ve lost, oh and how
So let me sink down


Landfall
Written 6-28 thru 7-5-20

The undertow has grabbed a hold
I’m giving in, although…
I feel alright
I’ve no will to fight
I dropped the anchor thru the hull
And then I sank her, though
What’s left afloat 
Can make our lifeboat

I feel the current nudging us to set out
We gotta keep the best, drop the rest
There’s some wind left in our clouds
It’s either sink or swim, lose or win
We just better figure it out
Before we hit landfall

We’re still afloat, soaked to the bone
at last we’re heading home
All stars at night
But still no searchlight
If I see land, I’ll try again to be a better man
Cuz I know you know
I’ve been down below

The dips and swells are playing hell with our hearts
We gotta keep the best, dump the rest
Let it drift down to the sharks
It’s sink or swim, lose or win
We just better figure it out
Before we hit landfall

￼Oh here we go
Full sail ahead

Waterlogged:  Lead vocals, acoustic guitar - Xeff
Lead guitar, backing vocals - Chad Johnson
Upright Bass - Chuck Johnson
Keys, Ondomo, Mellotron - James Terris

Overboard: Lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keys - Xeff
Bass guitar and Ebow - Josh Andrews
Backing vocals - Steven Pitsenbarger

Landfall: Lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonium, mandolin - Xeff
Piano and backing vocals - Steven Pitsenbarger
Bass guitar - Josh Andrews

Waterlogged Trilogy

Landfall
Written 6-28 thru 7-5-20

The undertow has grabbed a hold
I’m giving in, although…
I feel alright
I’ve no will to fight
I dropped the anchor thru the hull
And then I sank her, though
What’s left afloat 
Can make our lifeboat

I feel the current nudging us to set out
We gotta keep the best, drop the rest
There’s some wind left in our clouds
It’s either sink or swim, lose or win
We just better figure it out
Before we hit landfall

We’re still afloat, soaked to the bone
at last we’re heading home
All stars at night
But still no searchlight
If I see land, I’ll try again to be a better man
Cuz I know you know
I’ve been down below

The dips and swells are playing hell with our hearts
We gotta keep the best, dump the rest
Let it drift down to the sharks
It’s sink or swim, lose or win
We just better figure it out
Before we hit landfall

￼Oh here we go
Full sail ahead


words and music - Xeff Scolari

lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonium - Xeff
backing vocals, piano - Steven Pitsenbarger
bass guitar - Josh Andrews

Landfall

Chapter One: Liftoff/X.exe/My Satellite

All songs written by Xeff Scolari
Music by Red Hot Shame: Xeff, Ryan Wilson, Spencer Daniels, Steven Pitsenbarger, Rick Fugate, James Terris.
Recorded, Mixed, Mastered by Red Hot Shame at Shameful Studios, Humboldt County, Ca.

ChapterOne - Liftoff/X.exe/My Satellite

Chapter Two - The Only Star/Solitude/My Shuttle

Chapter Three - Stranded/Synchronizing/Eject

Epilogue - Come On, Rocket/Little Moon

What’s Mine
 - written 5-18-22

Jealousy, you wear it casually 
Steadily, chipping away at me
I’ll summarize 
(this is my time, you can’t have it)
No plan to compromise 
I want what’s mine
(this is my time, you can’t have it)
Not giving up this time

Ch: 
Bet you I can prove it
Cuz when I say I always do it
You ain’t worth the news print
Hate to say it but the shoe fits
I just want what’s mine
(I can see you’re using me
you pay to play
but not today
I just want what’s mine)

“Look at me”
You broadcast shamelessly 
Modesty 
Not quite your specialty 
I’ll summarize 
(this is my time, you can’t have it)
Here’s where I draw the line
I want what’s mine
(this is my time, you can’t have it)
Won’t let you win next time

What's Mine

Miserable 
- written 7-18-21

I don’t want your pity on me
I prefer my own company
I may smile but it’s artificial 
I’m happy when I’m miserable 

I don’t want anymore sympathy 
Wrap me up in melancholy 
You’ll never please me
So I am resigned to a life of my knees
Apology is my disease 

Built up a wall, guarded my heart
You won’t make it one square past start, waking up
What I got’s clinical 
Happy when I’m miserable

Miserable

Cursed
-written 3/2/21

Been having a little hard time lately
The devil has want and thirst
Buried deep down, trying to make me
It’s starting to feel like I might be cursed 

I’m trying to get ahead but I’m hasty
I never seem to get there first
I see a light ahead only faintly
It’s starting to feel like I might be cursed
It’s starting to feel like I might be cursed

Bridge 
Now and then I get that sinking feeling
And I plead, release me
Try to hide
But I know you’re down there with me
Whispering you won’t leave	

I find a little peace if I oblige it
The devil is well rehearsed 
Show me what I want and then deny it
I’m getting used to feeling like I might be cursed
I’m getting used to feeling like I might be cursed
Getting used to feeling like I might be cursed

Cursed - Scratched Tracks EP

Sophie
     - written 3-9-22

Somewhere back home
In Muscle Shoals
Sophie waits patiently alone
Her home feels colder and lonelier
Where,  oh where did I go
I hope someone lets you know

Lord give me time
Oh how I’ve tried
To make my way back there next to you
I know you’re there wondering why
What if this time it’s true
I hope someone lets you know

Slipped by while you closed your eyes
To hold you one more time
Whispered in your ear last night
As I was drifting by
On my way out

I saw the light 
Shining my way
Grabbed on and let me slip away
So far away, yet there you stay
Where, oh where did I go
I hope someone lets you know

Sophie

Stone
-written 4-1-21 w/Steven

Oh kind soul
May you never know
All the hurt that’s waiting there
For their turn to settle there
After all your light has dimmed
Will corrode you from within

So I’m told
What don’t break us
Makes us stronger somehow 
With each cut I disavow
But you owe me nothing now
As I take a piece of you

So I watched
As we stacked the bricks up high
You’re on your side, I’m on mine
We could play this pantomime
Could extend my hand
Used to be that kind of man
Used to be that kind of man
Used to be that kind of man
But now I stand as stone

Stone

Vampire Empire
- written 4-10-22

Coming in like a fine mist
Let it grow to a flood
Want to show you my death kiss
Cover up, here I come, I need blood

Locking in to your beating pulse
I’m both jury and the judge
Giving in to my impulse
Cover up, here I come, I need blood

I could steal you
Make you feel the way I want you to
I could heal you
But I get so much more
From breaking you

Bone crushes like percussion
A symphony in the screams
Gotta know I’m conducting
All you see, withering, as I feed

I hold you with a gaze
On your television screens 
Headlong to the end of days
All you see, withering, as I feed

I could steal you
Make you feel the way I want you to
I could heal you
But I get so much more
From breaking you

Vampire Empire

Methodical
 - written 4-13-21

What started off seemed like a pleasant exchange
But ended up feeling more like a migraine 
So put your seatbelt on
Now here’s a heartfet song
We just hit the fast lane

With trepidation now along for the ride
The medication just won’t play nice
Can’t get in front of of it
Not making fun of it
I say let’s fix your mind

   You’re so methodical
   Oh my god it’s diabolical 
   Your train of thought
   I don’t know how you spin that           
   way
   It’s pathological 
   Oh my god and so illogical 
   Your train of thought 
   I don’t know how you spin that
   way
   I’d ask you how but it should wait
  You’re standing here in front of me
   so far away

Take the backseat, let me drive for a while
Got a place picked out, it’s just your style
They’ll take good care of you
It isn’t up to you
They may just fix your mind

Methodical

Unscripted 
 - written 1-23-23

I need some unscripted affinity 
No checklist before you get to me
No longer on a bended knee, no
Had enough monotony, so….

Show me, like we’re brand new
Show me, like you want to
Show me that’s there’s still some fire
Mixed in with your desire

I’m hoping you’re scoping out a plan
To make me feel like a wanted man
A little touch of dangerous, yeah
Nothing left here to discuss, so…

Unscripted

You Can’t Make Me
  - written 4-16-22

All the tests and microscopes
Revealed what’s going on with my steady slope
Hearing the end of my song
Can only be charming for so long

Meals on partitioned plates
No, visitors can’t stay
Machines with alarming sounds
No hospital gowns
You can’t make me

I’ve had too good a life
To let you take me over now
Make a wish, send me a smile
And you might see me in the clouds

Don’t be missing me
I’m as close as your breath
Can’t get rid of me
Won’t leave at your request
You can’t make me

Given Up
 - written 4-10-2018

You better choose the words you say 
So as not to offend
Anything to make you feel safe 
to be who you pretend
Oh, fragile you 

You better hide your point of view
It may not be in style
Even though your guilt’s assumed
As per the rank and file
Oh, fragile you

ch:
Na na na na na na
I’ve given up giving a shit
Na na na na na na
It feels like such a good fit
Na na na na na na
I’ve given up giving a shit
Na na na na na na

So when it comes to where I stand
I don’t care either way
‘Cuz the world could come to an  end
On any given day
Oh, what to do…

repeat chorus

Given Up - Scratched Tracks EP

You Be The Sky
Written 7-4-20

Your eyes shine like stars in the night
Give me the look and I’ll take flight
I’ll be the rocket, you be the sky

Your heart fuels my rocketship
Gravity soon will lose its grip
I’ll be the rocket, you be the sky

I’m forfeit in your orbit
Send a signal out
Cuz I don’t plan on coming down

Your eyes shine like stars in the night
Lock onto me, my satellite 
I’ll be the rocket, you be the sky

You Be The Sky - Scratched Tracks EP

Cookie
 - written 4-6-04

If I were in someone else’s shoes
Oh, the things that I would do to you
If I were in someone else’s skin
Oh, I’d no longer need to pretend

Another day, another time, in some other life
I’d be yours, you’d be mine
In some other life
We’ll raise a glass and drink the wine
“To some other life”
Another day, another time, in some other life

If I were in someone else’s shoes
I could tell you all the fucking truth
If I were in someone else’s skin
I’d know that it’s right and not a sin

Another day, another time, in some other life
I’d be yours, you’d be mine
In some other life
We’ll raise a glass and drink the wine
“To some other life”
Another day, another time…

Cookie - Scratched Tracks EP

A Crumbling World
 -written 9-4-23

People saying
You’re right and you’re wrong
Think like us or you don’t belong
It seems our world is fading
Faster than we know
Further into discord we go

Machines get hired
So we can go home
We’ve been retired
You reap what you sow
It seems our world is changing
Faster than we know
Further into chaos we go

I’ll be with you as we stumble through
A crumbling world
The sky above may show no love
For our crumbling world
Side by side it’s a hell of a ride
Thru this crumbling world
I’ll be with you as we stumble through
A crumbling world 
A crumbling world

People running, man with a gun
TV’s saying we’re number one
It seems our world is failing
Faster than we know
Further into madness we go

Repeat chorus

Ctrl Alt Del
 - written 7-6-23

Oh it’s so nice to see you
Tell me, how long has it been
I can see as I scroll through
You’ve been living a life full of sin
You know it, repost it
So we all can see
I’m going to destroy you
Algorithmicly

Oh it’s so nice to meet you
Won’t you like and follow me
Made for shock, made for the views
Hey, it looks like you've made the news
Gone viral, down spiral 
Spread like some disease 
I’m going to destroy you
Algorithmic and so sadistically

Oh it’s so nice to read you
I got all the world in my hand
Set the tone, make the most of
All the chaos while we still can
Assign blame, fan the flames
With all hypocrisy 
I’m going to destroy you
Algrorithmic and so sadistic 
So entirely

So…
Delete our profile 
Destroy the avatar
You can keep the laughs, likes, cares, and all the hearts
The people around us
Have somehow lost their way
Programmed with the latest
Pixelated hate

So...
Delete our profile
Destroy the homepage
Bit by bit I wanna quit
And take the downgrade
The virus inside us
The malware in our hearts
The tech was made to elevate 
But only tears apart

So…
Delete our profile 
Destroy the mainframe
This simulated world is a little too insane
The closer we get to virtuality
The further we step away
From our humanity

Ctrl Alt Del

Fist Bump
 - written 9-29-23

I’ve been holding on to all this
For too long
Tried to drown it out with alcohol 
And song
Circled through the galaxy
No, I still haven’t found any mercy
Clearing my mind has shown me
That it’s time
To let loose of this noose
I’m not going that way
Now I’m back and I want to say
Brother I needed you there on that day

I’ve been running out of ways
Not to say this
Haven’t softened over time
Yeah, I’m still pissed
Gave some more to ease the way
I can still hear those last cries of pain
Slipping away before sunrise that day
Felt the shift, helped them lift
I’m not going that way
I’m still here and I gotta say
Brother I needed you there on that day

No man don’t wanna hug
You might still have a bug
So here’s how I’ll show my love
How about a cool fist bump

Fist Bump

Hearts Hands
- written 8-11-23

Make a heart with your hands
So I can break it
Coexist, Namaste
Away from me

In this house we believe
Front yard, so you can see
XO, thoughts and prayers 
To his, hers, and theirs

Show me heart hands
Love me, I can
Tell you what you want to hear
Show me heart hands
Love me, I can
Tell you that my heart is here

Heart Hands

Howl
- written 9-2-23

My snears my scowls
Growing into a howl
So near the hour
Giving in to the prowl

My teeth have grown
Biting down to the bone
Beneath, unknown
I’ve been overthrown

My snears my scowls
Growing into a howl
Growing into a howl
Growing into a howl

Howl

Static Charge
 - written 2-9-23
What’s up with the loop
we’re circling
Disrupt
Breaking thru the data stream

All the noise can flood the mind
Unplug and disconnect the drive
Static charge builds up in time
Eject and press reset
You’re still mine

What’s up with the noise
we’re suffering 
We’re stuck inside lines
we’re coloring

All the noise can flood the mind
Unplug and disconnect the drive
Static charge builds up in time
Eject and press reset
Just say that you’re still mine

Look up to the lights 
up in the sky
Erupt
Holding nothing back this time

Static Charge

On and On and On
 - written 2-3-23

I had a thought here all alone
It’s taken on a life all its own
Fruit has ripened from seeds I’ve sown
The leaves are lush and warm in tone
Subside, oh troubled mind of mine 
Or I’ll make you

Got here, now I’m gone
I left behind a song
My heart ticks on and on and on

I can’t go forward, so point me home
The brightest star the sky has shown
I had a thought here all alone
It started off small, how it’s grown 
Subside, oh foolish mind of mine
Or I’ll make you

Got here, now I’m gone
I left behind a song
My heart ticks on and on and on
on and on and on
on and on and on
on and on and on

On & On & On

Say It To My Face
 - written 2-12-24

Tell me you want me
To go to hell
Tell me you’d love to
Ring my bell
Just say it to my face

Tell me you believe 
I’m full of lies
Tell me that I’m good
At making you cry
Just say it to my face
Just say it to my face

Come on, what’s wrong?
I’ll make it easy for you
Somehow, no doubt
We’re going to see it through 

Tell me you need me 
To go away
Tell me you see me
But I’m In the way
Just say it to my face

Tell me I make you come
Unglued, undone
Tell me want some
More room to run
Just say it to my face
Just say it to my face

Say It To My Face

The Fixer
- written 6-21-23

Disguised in plain sight
Phone call, fly by night
You got a problem?
She can solve it in a blink
You need the intel
But it sure’s hell don’t come cheap

She’s the fixer
But you’ll miss her
Cuz she’s under your radar
She’s a shadow wrapped in mystery
She’s the fixer
But you’ll miss her
Cuz she’s under your radar
She’s a spy for hire, She’ll set you free

Passports to score the nitty gritty
Identities in every city
You’re in a jam so call the ma’am 
With all the plans
You’re out of luck, so spend the bucks
And get unstuck

She’s the fixer
But you’ll miss her
Cuz she’s under your radar
She’s a shadow wrapped in mystery
She’s the fixer
But you’ll miss her
Cuz she’s under your radar
She’s a spy for hire, She’ll set you free

The Fixer

I Know You Too Well
  -written 4-16-24

You got my attention 
Confirmed my suspicion 
You one trick pony
You tired old phony
You made your incision 
With drunken precision 
You selfish dreamer
You never achiever

I know you too well
I know you too well
Yeah you’ve been thru some Hell
But I know you too well

So tell me a story
And sell me some glory
You grizzled ringleader 
Predictable cheerleader 
You made your incision 
With drunken precision 
You selfish dreamer
You never achiever

I Know You Too Well

Flat
 - written 4-25-23

I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all

No highs or lows, No ebb and flow
No this or that, I’m feeling flat
Joy or pain all feels the same 
Cuz I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all

No sunny sky, all I see is grey
No starry night, they all look the same
Light or dark, can’t tell them apart
Cuz I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all

Flat

Waiting On You
 - written 8-14-2024

Tell me once again
It didn’t go as planned
It’s not your fault
Just added salt

Save me for the last
But time goes by too fast
Those just don’t add
I’ve done the math

How much longer 
Will you keep me
Waiting on you

Heading into days
Colors fade to grey 
I need to know
But you’re no-show

Fill me up with hope
Maybe this time, nope
I wonder why
I snapped this time

How much longer 
Will you keep me
Waiting on you

No matter what 
It seems I’m stuck here waiting


How much longer 
Will you keep me
Waiting on you
I keep asking
But you keep passing 
I’m waiting on you

Waiting On You

complete version of this song can be found on the Sounds Like album

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