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American Despair
02:59
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I'm oversexed & under pressure
been gettin' homesick from a letter
heard the couches callin' out my name
when I found out the West was just as lame
so gimme a drink that I can afford
I've seen enough of the sunlight & now I'm bored
& I don't wanna go home
'cause I ain't got no home
but I don't wanna stay there or go anywhere
It's best to keep your eyes in the back of your heads
'cause the wolves are all around and they will have us in their beds
Gimme The East, The West, The North
The Middle-West, The South, & more
gimme American despair
gimme gimme a reason I should care
I once knew a girl who called me "Baby"
she used to say my mind would drive her crazy
now I sleep in a cold room 2nd-handed
my life's a cell
my gut's been branded
I could have stopped the way I felt
I could have saved myself it's true
I could have saved your life as well
I could have stayed away from you
it's always the last place that you look
that you will find the life you lost
the life you'll risk at any cost
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The Coming
02:23
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There's something bad about this city
& this time it's not just me
it's closin' in
it's a box too small
& I ain't got no room to breathe
but I think I got it figured out
I can't relate to the same old shouts
there's nothin' up about always bein' down
I been learnin' a brand new song
I been itchin' for it all along
my dead shoe's got a few steps still
they're makin' way for a dangerous will
it's my life it's gonna be my own
I'm gonna make my visions known
there's nothin' right about always bein' wrong
& I don't care what the masses say
I'm gonna see it my own way
you're gonna greet a brand new day
when I'm through
You can't sing along to empty words
unless you've got an empty head
so I'm carvin' a new path
it's based on all you never said
the coming evolution
shall absolve us of our crimes
& new earth shall come to fall upon the ashes of our times
if there's no future to be found
I'll make a present all my own
if my existence has no meaning
then reinvented I'll be known
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Firestarter / Toxic Pop Baltimore, Maryland
FIRESTARTER RECORDS
Releasing great hardcore/punk records since 2002 for bands like The Spark, Ruiner, Nux Vomica,
Formaldehyde Junkies, Psyched To Die, the Ergs, Pulling Teeth and more.
TOXIC POP RECORDS
"Making pop a threat again."
Started in 2007 as a sister label to Firestarter to indulge our pop desires with releases from Sick Sick Birds, the Ergs, Dead Mechanical, Sundials, Tenement...
... more
Firestarter / Toxic Pop recommends:
The Other Side of Darkness
by Night Birds
Night Birds are the best hc/punk band going right now. Perfect blend of Adolescents, Agent Orange, and Dead Kennedys.
go to album
Demo 2011
by In Between
Baltimore's best new band. Great mix of Lifetime and Texas Is the Reason.
go to album
DON'T BE SO CRUEL
by Something Fierce
A million times better than their first LP, which wasn't bad at all. Sounds like if the Clash were around now and influenced by the Dirtnap Records roster. Lyrics of substance, too, which is a rarity.
go to albumIf you like American Despair b/w The Coming, you may also like:
Bluest Year
by Girl and Her Bad Mood
Girl and Her Bad Mood are a dreampop band from Indonesia who excel at nestling heartbreakingly beautiful melodies amidst silvery guitars.
go to album
Susan - As I Was LP
by Susan (LA)
A second full-length of skittering guitar pop and kooky harmonies from L.A. trio Susan.
go to album
II
by Ismatic Guru
Hyperactive, bugged-out post-punk from the duo of John Toohill (Science Man) and Brandon Schlia (Clump).
go to album
