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Hold My Hand

Italian post-punk band Leatherette have announced the release of their debut album 'Fiesta', due out on 14th October via Bronson Recordings.

They have now shared the first single, 'So Long', an extravagant and catchy slice of modern post punk, full of rugged noise and crushing melodies. The band explain: "It is a song about struggling to the point you feel you hit rock bottom. Screaming about it might not be the answer to the problem, but we must confess it was quite fun and liberating. Loud, acid, alien guitars, and a punchy, hypnotic rhythm section were surely helpful to the process".

Fiesta

Leatherette - "So Long"

let go

CREDITS
Shalom Obisie-Orlu: Vocals
Ryan Hemsworth: Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer, Drum Programming


LYRICS
i did a bunch of drugs before i turned 21
ate two tabs once a week for a whole month straight 
don’t know if i remember what i looked like back then
when i said yes stood still head down took the bait

now enough time has passed for me to know what the fuck was up
introducing her royal highness, it’s me — i’m a royal screw up
i drive around listening to soccer mommy 
whisper i’m so sorry 
to the girl you ate alive 

and i’m not sure when it changed but i’m bored of being ashamed
i danced myself clean and i own a denim jacket now
my plants are still alive but the jade i got around you has long died
some things just suck
they aren’t always lessons either 

now enough time has passed for me to know what the fuck was up
introducing her royal highness, it’s me — i’m a royal screw up
i drive around listening to soccer mommy 
whisper i’m so sorry 
to the girl you ate alive

now enough time has passed for me to know what the fuck was up
introducing her royal highness, it’s me — i’m a royal screw up
i drive around listening to soccer mommy 
whisper i’m so sorry 
to the girl you ate alive


#SCFIRST

Sublimation

Soccer Mommy

Last To Leave

Made Of The Earth

Hologram

Mommy

Let There Be Music

Naturally

The Sky Is Melting

DC Wolves - Atmosphere - 01 - Piledriver

IT'S ONLY A SECRET (if you repeat it)

Big End

Jobber - Nightmare

Routine

50% Sea

Lyrics:

Above the chimney tops
the smoke ascends to view
as if all the house’s thoughts
were in a cloud like in cartoons

it’s true we are in pain
there’s no use in lying
but if we can’t smile while in flames
then really, what’s the use in smiling?

the more I learn and grow
the more I realize
if I knew all there was to know
well then, I’d always be surprised

with the ocean to our west
and the mountains to our east
it’s the places we know best
that we understand the least

I’m aching and I’m shivering
 in my flesh
I’m banking on this river
to stop and rest
I’m making a decision
at long last
to not make a decision
just yet

there’s a diamond in the sky
made of diamonds in the sky
in summers slept outside
I’d pitch a game there every night

and I’d ponder it a while
how wondrous and bizarre
that folks from every time
had wondered up at those same stars:

an ancient mariner lost at sea
looking for directions home
a peaceful forest glade where friends
around a fire eat and smoke

or a bloody battlefield
with fallen sons strewn all about
where mothers weep beneath proud Leo
while fathers carry their boys out
and they say, 

‘they’ve put out every light
again
they’ve poured away the wide
ocean
they’ve packed up the moonlight
into wood
and nothing now can ever come to good

no stars are here welcome
anymore
go rip apart the sun
banish warmth
stop all the instruments
close the books
for nothing now can ever come to good
nothing now can ever come to good’

and as I’d gaze about
at all those flaming spheres
the more I’d try to count
the more and more that would appear

and I’m not sure but I would guess
all wells are infinitely deep
and if we’re not diving toward the depths 
we’re cursed to think they can be reached

it’s the people you love best
that you understand the least

Auden

This album was written from inside the fog.

For the 5 years I've been trying to navigate my way through dissociation (DPDR) a feeling of being disconnected, numb, and watching my own life from a distance.

I wrote these songs as a way to process the pain and isolation. It’s for anyone else who feels stuck in their own head, trying to reach for something better but held back by the weight of their own mind.

This is my attempt to find a way through, if you feel this way, I hope it makes you feel less alone.

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Hold My Hand

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