EP · 2017

Brick Wall View

Five songs about missing home, written in a rented room with a brick-wall view.

Tracks

1. I Miss My Mom's Cooking and My Dumb Old TownA tiny room, a window onto bricks and a very long list of things I miss. The chorus is a phone call home.pop punk, homesick punk2:38
2. Flakes on My Eyelashes, You on My MindFirst snow melting on my sleeve and you on my mind. The sweetest song we've ever been brave enough to release.pop punk, bubblegum punk2:38
3. Night Shift Nurse, Sneakers SqueakingTwo in the morning, sneakers squeaking, a stranger holding the building together. We wrote it for the nurses.punk, anthemic punk2:08
4. Grandpa's Photo Booth Strip, Four Dumb FacesFour dumb faces in a photo booth, one of them mine. Grandpa would have hated how loud this is.pop punk, family punk2:58
5. You Can Tell Me No, I'm Doing It AnywayTeachers, bosses and bad advice are all in this one. We shout it back at every doubter we've ever met.punk, defiant punk2:00

Liner notes

Half the band had moved away for work and school, and the rest of us stayed to guard the basement. We traded voice memos by email and stitched the songs together on a laptop. It's the first time we let the sad parts show before the last chorus. Grandpa's photo-booth strip is taped inside the sleeve of every copy.

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