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City Sadness

by Desperate Living

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1.
Fault 02:47
We rob the banks Because that is where all the money's at I'm not wasting all my time I told you once before, don't wanna say it again I don't wanna say it again Why would you apply the brakes When you can just take the wheel instead? I’m not wasting all my time I told you once before, I'll only say it one more time This is all your fault And I can't believe it's you of all people Now I've wasted all my precious time And it's all your fault This is all your fault
2.
Years later, you're waiting, still, for things to calm down And you learn that someone's always calling the shots And everyone is working just to please you And city sadness defines your worth Work harder, not smarter Debbie Downer Word salad, soon or later No abstraction You weaponize words just to further your cause Left problems right here You can stand in the way, slow things down, or choose to adapt Not even sure where your head's at Work harder, not smarter Debbie Downer Word salad, soon or later Course correction And I know the timing was never right But I compiled your burdens and carried them home And what do I get? What do I get? Silence, radio silence
3.
Die Hard 01:52
I haven't got a single pot to piss in The life you wanted, is the life I'm livin' Call it a misstep, a grave semantic This time, I'm turning over a new leaf The same excuses The same excuses The same excuses The same excuses I am trying, I forgot, I need more time Old habits die hard It's the way I'm built, full of fear and full of guilt All my ideas, someone else said first The same excuses The same excuses The same excuses The same excuses Understood, ok You've been on the rocks for about, oh, a while now So I'll make excuses I'll make excuses I'll make excuses from now on
4.
Imagine 01:34
Imagine a baby that just doesn't wanna go down for a nap at all Imagine a kid falling off a bike, coming home with two scraped knees You let them cry it out Imagine a teen with a heartache, sobbing over that one true love Imagine that kid too scared about their new life, new job, new school, new friends You let them cry it out Now imagine that kid, that teen, that baby, living out here in the adult world, crying over what amounts to the same damn thing You have to hear them out
5.
You got nothing to lose, and need something to prove You're on the outside looking in You got real sharp teeth, in a real big mouth You're on the outside looking in You're waiting to see how the wind blows So you can take it, clean, right out of our sails With your beady eyes, and your crooked smile We're throwing a party, you're calling the cops You got the whitest teeth, and hope to die in your sleep You're on the outside looking in You're waiting to see how the wind blows So you can take it, clean, right out of our sails You're on the outside looking in You're facing the fear by owning its space Like a hunter's dog sniffing 'round in the bush You kick the bird in the air so they can take a shot You're on the outside

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“City Sadness," the second release from Philadelphia’s punk quartet Desperate Living, channels the angularity and aggression of DC post hardcore while simultaneously exploring the band’s less obvious influences throughout the EP's five tracks.

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released July 31, 2020

Produced by Mark Watter & Desperate Living.
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Watter at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. www.headroom.studio
Assisted by Jackie Milestone, Danny Murillo, and Jasper Boogaard.
Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios in North Amherst, Massachusetts. www.deadairstudio.com
Artwork by HORSEAPPLES!

Brian Medlin- vocals, guitar
Timothy Leo- guitar, backup vocals
Scott Signorino- bass
Jonathan Van Dine- drums, percussion

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Desperate Living Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ex members of Ladder Devils and The Minor Times

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