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SHAME

by Desperate Living

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Darknight
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Darknight Desperate Living are absolute badass and so freaking radical. This superb EP will have you smashing things to pieces. Favorite track: THE TRUTH.
sikone
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sikone Desperate Living is the future of noise.
every track they do RIPS MAN.
NEED TO SEE LIVE .🤘🏻🎱🤘🏻
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1.
SHAME 00:56
SHAME, shame. oh, what a shame. i hope i'm there when your shame sets in. when your shame sets in. safe, safe. oh, so safe. it was supposed to be an easy lay up. and you missed. shame, shame.
2.
IS 02:37
IS it you or me? bodies hanging from a pig pole. sacred, scared meat. smoke alarm, no batteries. this is where i say i told you so. last days, lost years. what'd you do? where were you? the world awaits your hot takes. out of touch. money lust. play it safe. world still waits. and when i crack, you'll be the first to know. can't buy goodbyes. is it mutiny? choose one and the others will have to drown, drown, drown. where were you? what'd you do? the world awaits your hot takes. out of touch. money lust. play it safe. have both ways. this is what you were warned about time and time again. don't send me flowers, until i'm dead. rolled my eyes so hard, they fell into my head. don't send me flowers.
3.
GONE 04:20
GONE is that man. all his treasures in a can. gone. done. left. gone is that man. not a smile. not a trace. not a tear falls from off of his face. gone is that strife. self-abasement all his life. gone. spent. past. gone is that strife. all the reason. all the bliss. all the trust. and ignorance. not a smile. not a trace. not a tear falls from his face. gone is that man. a crusade without a plan. gone. covered. his tracks. gone is that man. and never looking back.
4.
IF YOU 02:56
IF YOU don't know what is coming out of your mouth, keep it shut. if your eyes won't see the forest through the trees, if your ears can't ever hear the deceptions, keep them shut. if all your limbs are wide open for my embrace, keep them shut.
5.
COMMIT TO 02:56
COMMIT TO your actions. steer into the skid. the only problems. are all inside of your head. in your head. perpetuate your stonewall. take it all for granted. you move the goal posts. one step forward and two steps back. you move back. do you want it done? or do you want it done right?
6.
THE TRUTH 04:03
THE TRUTH lies out there in the shadows. beauty fades into the shade. they're not hiding, but they are covered up. the truth lies and beauty fades. you hit the jackpot on that one. act like you knew it all along. if only these bare walls could talk. the purest art is art that's lost. love with your eyes and be on your separate ways. love with your heart and never part. i don't know, it's thirteenth century poetry; i think i got it wrong. love with your eyes, or love with your heart. you hit the jackpot on that one. act like you knew it all along. if only these bare walls could talk. the purest art is art that's lost. here's why i'm late for everything. i spread myself too thin. led like a kite on a string. i shot myself in the foot. truth lies. beauty fades. that's why i'm late for everything. i've spread myself too thin. the truth lies, the truth lies. and the purest art is art that's lost.

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Noise rock grime and punk rock exuberance unite on Desperate Living's new EP, SHAME. Wild-eyed vocals and sludgy tones bring to mind the likes of Unsane or Uniform, but a driving beat assures that this is a party, not a funeral. Desperate Living's intensity is more hip-shaking and fist-pumping than it is wrist-slitting; the band's bursts of vitriol and swagger could enrapture a theater full of The Bronx fans and a basement full of AmRep nihilists on the same night.
From Philadelphia, PA, Desperate Living consists of four lifelong friends and veterans of such outfits as The Minor Times, Ladder Devils, and Legendary Divorce. Traces of those stellar bands' sounds haunt the mix, but in Desperate Living, vocalist/guitarist Brian Medlin, guitarist Timothy Leo, bassist Scott Signorino, and drummer Jonathan Van Dine have chosen to burn the complexity of past projects and go for a stripped-down, runaway-steamroller approach.
Vocalist/guitarist Brian Medlin says the EP's six pummeling songs are connected, with the lyrics exploring "the relationship between shame and truth." Recorded by Mark Watter at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, SHAME is the band's first release for Reptilian Records. It follows two EPs, New Concrete (2019) and City Sadness (2020), both released digitally on Brutal Panda Records. The cover art was created by Jake Vanderlinde of the band The Cloth (also Reptilian).
With a name lifted from a John Waters film, Desperate Living are here to do what they please. "I like that film because it feels like there are absolutely no rules," states guitarist Timothy Leo. "Anything can happen."
Reptilian Records will be releasing the new 6-song BLUE VINYL ONE-SIDED 12" EP "SHAME" on Dec.9th so you can take about 20 minutes out of your own complex, adult life to welch on some responsibilities and turn this up VERY fucking loud!

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released December 9, 2022

Produced by Mark Watter & Desperate Living
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Watter at Headroom Studios except track 1 engineered by Jeff Zeigler at Uniform Recording
Assisted by Jackie Milestone & Alex Melendez
Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air
Artwork by HORSEAPPLES!

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

Released on vinyl by Reptilian Records (REP155)

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