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Brian Kenney & The Tired Suburbs

by Brian Kenney & The Tired Suburbs

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yoshenga-san Come back Brian!!

The world needs your music! Favorite track: Single Life.
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Amanda Vitale this album is so freakin good, head-swingin quirky melodies with some pretty raw lyrics and sick instrumentals and ahhhh Favorite track: Congratulations.
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1.
Twenties 04:49
Long Island, you don't have a hold on me When I get older, I will live out in the country I'll drive down open roads for as far as they will take me And I swear I'll never breathe your air again New York, I love you but what the fuck? For all the good, there is ten times even more bad luck I watched as seasons changed again and again but I never did I just got more bitter and a little taller I wish that autumn I spent with you had lasted til the spring Good morning, future! won't you rise and shine And let your guard down for a second so I can see forward in time Yeah, I've always been the kind of kid that skips to the last page I just wanna know what's gonna happen next Dear Mom and Dad, are you still proud of me? Did I turn out even close to the way you'd always hoped I'd be? I know that, over time, we'll both have our fair share of letdowns But I'll be damned if I end up as one of yours I swear this time I'll get it right even if, even if it kills me I'm scared that I'll make the same mistakes And I'm scared that I'm gonna waste away In tired suburbs where all the houses look the same And now my adolescence is all dried up Reduced to old, discolored photographs and ticket stubs I wish I could have it all for just one more day I wish that autumn I spent with you had lasted til the spring I swear this time I'll get it right even if, even if it kills me I wish that autumn I spent with you had lasted til the spring I wish I never wasted all the time I had with you.
2.
The walls are closing in around us Yeah, it's a good thing They're bringing us closer, so What are you so afraid of? Are we friends or lovers? Are we friends or enemies? You say that we should remain strangers But i ardently disagree I would tell you how I feel about you but it seems I've lost my voice again, oh I'm estranged, I am a stranger to myself And you're strange, but that's what I like about you We're deranged, you and I are both losing our minds But that's okay, 'cause I wanna go down with you Wanna go down with you You make me sweat, you make me panic You make me wanna die in the best way I can barely breathe or speak or see And I think, well I know it's because of you Is this love or something more? Something I can't comprehend? It's clear I'm caught in your trap And I couldn't be happier I would tell you how I feel about you but it seems I've lost my nerve again, oh I'm estranged, I am a stranger to myself And you're strange, but that's what I like about you We're deranged, you and I are both losing our minds But that's okay, 'cause I wanna go down with You and I are spiraling I've got to know if what we have is real It's too late to turn around We're going down, now tell me, is this real? How do you feel? Because I'm ready to go down with you I'm estranged, I am a stranger to myself And you're strange, but that's what I like about you We're deranged, we have both lost our fucking minds But that's okay, 'cause I wanna go down with you Wanna go down with you Wanna go down with you Ooh, with you
3.
Lost Time 03:06
Fourteen days, forty weeks Eighty years for all I care For all I love, for all I need For all I want that isn't there My hollow home, my lonely phone The other half of my twin bed Just times and places, missing pieces The gaps in my memory Walk all day, drive all night Fly around the world three times Days begin to blur and fade I struggle hard to speak my mind My head, my bones, my weary foes All the strings come in and swell and die I feel I'm forcing this feeling The hole in my heart Fourteen days, forty weeks Eighty years, when will it come? I've seen and done, oh so much It doesn't seem like it's enough Searching for something more Wishing I were made of stone Maybe then, I wouldn't feel so pointless The hand that lays in mine The voice that follows the sigh The space here by my side Where she should be
4.
Single Life 04:37
All my friends have girl- and boyfriends Guess tonight, I'm left with no plans Dinner, romance, candlelight None for me, I'm alone tonight Big wheel speeding down the sidewalk I'm the third wheel, stuck with the small talk Are you listening to me? Why the hell am I here? Can you even hear me with his tongue in your ear? (We're in a public place, could you please…?) I'm just talking to the wall, stop pretending like you care 'Cause i know that you know that she's not wearing any underwear You can get out of here, I'll be fine (Plus, you're my ride so literally anytime you wanna go would be great) Your special-someones keep you warm I put on a big wool sweater (Yeah, it's itchy but I like it) Enjoy the elbows in your backs My king bed is so much better As you keep bumping your heads together (Pillows with goose-down feathers) So put your pics on Instagram Of you kissing, holding hands (So damn cute, wanna punch you) I'll keep my hands to myself [insert reference to masturbation] (#SELFIENATION, i hate myself) I'm not asking for attention Just a knife to cut through the sexual tension What a coincidence you both "have to pee" at the same time (You're not fooling anyone) I'll just find a way to stall as you try to find a clean stall to Grind in (meanwhile i'm dyin' to leave you with the check) I'm OK with PDA and if you're getting laid, well that's great But three's a crowd and it's bringing me down Tagalong Don't belong Three's a crowd Brings me down (Tagalong) I'm doing my best to maintain a smile (Don't belong) But you're eating her face, I can taste my own bile (Three's a crowd) Dude, I've told you five times now, that is my leg (For crying out loud) For crying out loud Are you listening to me? Why the hell am i still here? Can you even hear me with his tongue in your ear? (Don't mind me, I'm going crazy, hope you choke on your chicken calabrese) Your hand goes underneath her skirt, I wanna hit you with my chair I'm just talking to the wall, stop pretending like you care Stop pretending like you care, stop pretending like you care Stop pretending like you care, stop pretending, you don't care.
5.
You've woken up alone for as far back as you can remember Your shirts are all faded and your shoes are worn The apartment's a mess, the paint's peeling off of the walls Your life is in shambles and you just watch it fall apart But of course, you couldn't care less Nothing's in your fridge at all, just condiments and alcohol The phone rings but "no one's home" And you break down silently to yourself Wishing that there was someone else Well, congratulations for letting all your aspirations pass you by You're content with disappointment, yeah, you feel just fine Congratulations, we had such high hopes for you, but you fooled us all It's such a long way to fall, long way to fall But don't worry, you're almost there You sat by and watched as your friends matured and left you Some got married and some had kids, while the others just outgrew you And instead of wondering why or how you let this happen You sulked and you moaned and complained When it was you who was to blame Oh, it was you who was to blame So, congratulations for letting all your aspirations pass you by You're content with disappointment, yeah, you feel just fine Oh, congratulations, we had such high hopes for you, but you fooled us all It's such a long way to fall, long way to fall But don't worry, you're almost there I said, don't worry, you're almost there Congratulations for letting all your aspirations pass you by You're content with disappointment, yeah, you feel just fine Oh, congratulations, we had such high hopes for you, but you fooled us all It's such a long way to fall, long way to fall But don't worry, you're almost there I said, don't worry, you're almost there
6.
Old college friend just got engaged A picture of the ring posted on her Facebook page Another one just had a kid Everyone's in love and I'm ready to call it quits I spend my days swiping right Hoping for a match, somebody to spend the night The lonely thoughts begin to bloom "I'm gonna die alone," at this point, I hope it's soon Money, confidence, and game are all things that I haven't got Everyone seems to be moving forward while I'm in the exact same spot Even my mother thinks that her grandkids will be adopted 'Cause I used to know how to be romantic But now my heart is just as useless as my appendix I'm losing faith in my fate, in my fate Outside it's such a lovely day I wouldn't know 'cause I'm still in bed, wasting away I need a goal, I need a plan But I don't have the resolve or the attention span Oh-whoa-oh, the sweet despondency Of an average life is slowly transforming me into a Sad sack with bad posture, a miserable monster And I just can't be bothered to conjure up a panacea Money, confidence, and game are all things that I haven't got The world keeps spinning about yet it seems like I'm at a dead stop I feel disconnected and detached from everybody around 'Cause I used to know how to be a person But now I'm just a walking disaster and everything's a mess I'm losing faith in my fate at an alarming rate Hemorrhaging hope, I'd hang myself if only I could find the rope White flag, I'm done. Take this life back. I want another one Yeah, I'm losing faith in my fate, in my fate (Shredsville. Population: Mike Turnwall) I'm losing faith in my fate, in my fate Hemorrhaging hope, I'd hang myself if only I could find the rope White flag, I'm done. Take this life back. I want another one Yeah, I'm losing faith in my fate, in my fate I'm losing faith (losing faith) I'm losing faith in my fate
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8.
B: Hey, so I'm a little drunk And I've got something I've been dying to say to you Sweet madmoiselle, I think you're pretty swell When I'm with you, I'm over the moon C: Hey, what do you want? It's four in the morning, you stupid dickhead Can't we talk about this later? I really want to go back to bed B: I'm amazed at how I can't touch my toes Yet I'm always putting my foot in my mouth with ease I'm sorry for keeping you awake, just wanted to say That you're the one for me C: Oh! Please tell me more I'm curious to hear what else you're thinking I maybe feel the same Are you sure it's not just 'cause you're drinking? B: I may have had 9 whiskey-cokes But I know my mind is in the right place My lips have gone unkissed so long I swear they're falling right off my face C: See? That sounds to me like a drunken buffoon Did you think I'd swoon at a lame line like that? No way. But I'm gonna let you plead your case Make me believe that you're the one for me B: If I said "I love you" right now, would you call me crazy? C: (You're not quite sane) B: Would you say that you love me too? C: Well, I have never thought myself to be all that clumsy B: (Well, I don't know about that…) C: Yet I'm finding that I'm falling more and more for you C: What's your verdict? Is this real? B: Well, I don't think there's any other way to feel C: I'd be thrilled if you were mine B: So then, let's stop wasting time Both: You're the one that I adore, I'm absolutely sure That you're the one for me You're the one for me You're the one for me Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
9.
How can we be this distant When the blood in our veins Contains the same DNA? Walk up the stairs and pass The portraits on the walls From times I barely can recall They're fading like a negative that's left out in the sun Replaced by every time I was a disappointing son I'll watch the tapes of holidays from back when I was young When things were simpler and I never hurt anyone How did we ever let this get so bad? Essentially strangers now, it's goddamn sad How did we ever let this get so... How long can I keep this bottled Til it all comes spilling out With my voice raised to a shout Oh god Look me in the eyes Understand I'm not fine Miscommunication is a curse that we can't shake And we'll just separate when smiling gets too hard to fake Our roots are rotting and our ties have decayed Why the hell are we pushing each other away? How did we ever let this get so bad? Essentially strangers now, it's goddamn sad How did we ever let this get so bad? I won't ever call when my life starts to fall apart I won't ever call when my life starts to fall apart in my hands again How did we ever let this get so bad? Essentially strangers now, it's goddamn sad How did we ever let this get so bad? How did we ever let this get so bad? You don't even know me now, it's goddamn sad How did we ever let this get so bad?
10.
My skin and bones will break your sticks and stones I don't know how to feel anymore Parasites, don't take away my eyes, though there's Nothing left for me to use them for Trapped and tied, I'm wrapped around your finger You pull tighter and tighter (tighter and tighter until) Until I snap in two, half for me and half for you Unraveling against my will Everything is going by so fast and here I am A ghost through the years Yeah, I've become apathetic To violence, to love, to the world outside Oh yeah, I'm apathetic and there's no hope For me Love is a game that I don't want to play 'Cause I'm sick of losing again and again I'm giving up the chase! ending it here and now And embracing loneliness, my only friend It's roomy here inside this gloomy, empty space I call my conscience (I know it's obvious that) I've developed pessimistic habits that I cannot seem to break (Going insane, gotta get out of my brain, yeah, I'm going insane!) Everyone is leaving me at once and here I am A ghost through the years Yeah, I've become apathetic To violence, to love, to the world outside Oh yeah, I'm apathetic and there's no hope For little ol' me waitin' for the roof to cave in So I can swim in the sun above even though it's fading I need to feel some warmth in this cold and forgotten heart of mine Yeah, I'm not dead yet, at least not entirely So come on and let that great big sun shine! Everything is ending all too quick and here I am A ghost through the years Yeah, I've become apathetic To violence, to love, to the world outside, yeah I'm apathetic to death, to life Oh, to everything and everyone And there's no hope (there's no hope for) Oh, there's no hope for (there's no hope for) Oh yeah, I'm apathetic and there's no hope for
11.
Reverie 04:41
The sun rises for you as it sets for me Yet I'm still on your time, so I can't get to sleep Never believed, never thought somewhere I'd never been Could feel more like my home than my home ever did Close my eyes and I'm back there once again I'll deny that this moment has an end I'm bittersweetly swept away in a reverie Holding onto what's left of a memory Sat on the dew-covered grass, gazing out at the sea For once, my restless mind is completely at peace The cold wind's unrelenting but I could not care less 'Cause I know it won't get any better than this My heart and soul will remain forever under Irish sky on a beautiful cliffside Close my eyes and I'm back there once again I'll deny that this moment has to end I'm bittersweetly swept away in a reverie Hanging onto nothing but a memory Don't wake me up, don't shake me Let me be, leave me be Don't wake me up, don't snap me Out of my reverie Close my eyes and I'm back there once again I'll deny that this moment has an end I'm bittersweetly swept away in a reverie Holding onto what's left of my memory I don't want to lose this yet, oh please Stay with me, my reverie My reverie

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Produced and Engineered by Mike Turnwall, Juan Peña, and Brian Kenney
Mixed and Mastered by Juan Peña at Daddy's House, Manhattan, NY
Additional Mastering by Mike Turnwall

Cover artwork by Brandon Pogrob

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released March 19, 2015

Brian Kenney - lead vocals, piano on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, drums, percussion
Mike Turnwall - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on track 5, $8 banjo on track 8, gang vocals on track 1, 4, 9
Darryl Rahn - acoustic guitar on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, rhythm guitar on tracks 1, 4, 10
Willie Horowitz - acoustic guitar on tracks 7, 11, gang vocals on track 1, 4
Mason McDowell - piano on tracks 1, 5, 8, ragtime piano on 10
Ian McCuen - piano on track 2
Dan Costello - Rhodes on track 11, gang vocals on track 1, 4
Joey Beerman - bass, upright bass on track 8
Cassie Baralis - lead vocals on track 8, clarinet on track 11
Juan Peña - percusión on track 10, gang vocals on track 1
Noah Dugan - trumpet on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11
Danny Schwalbach - trombone on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11
Jake Fabian - tenor sax on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, alto sax on tracks 2, 5
Eric Huckins - French horn on track 11
Gergana Haralampieva - violin on tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11
Alexandra Switala - violin on tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11
Erika Gray - viola on tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11
Robin Brawley - upright bass on tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11

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