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Shapes & Colors

by Sailor Boyfriend

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    Full color, 4.25" by 5.5" zine with illustrations of each song off "Shapes and Colors" from Kat Schneider (www.katschneider.com), Laura Marciniak (lauramarciniak.com), and Andy Waldron. Super cool, includes download code for album and pdf file sent on release day.

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1.
Another cold address From the inner jock you try to suppress The monsters, your closet Emerge from your mirror in excess I can see them too Oh, I can see them too Reflections, the tv Look similar to your entropy Urban, hot topic chic The plastic tags poke you in the cheeks I can see them too Oh I can see them too Forgo the apathy Kick ‘em over the lowest bar of morality It may be hard to believe But you can change all that you see I thought I was alone Now I see you And I can see them too
2.
Tracy 02:04
tracy's a socialist everybody knows this she hurt (uh-oh) her wrist punching all the bigots on every saturday she contemplates runnin' away from all of this everybody knows it she remembers a time getting drunk in her prime challenging all the patrons to arm wrestle (in’)vestigating the muscles on her oppon- nents suddenly the weekly fight strong too long tracy maced her way out of the crowd because it just got too loud on every saturday she contemplates runnin' away from all of this bless her, she doesn't she said as long as the moon keeps the tide the mockingbird keeps your time something soon will keep your mind occupied occupied
3.
lady, i was lonesome all right the day elvis died the kingdom overthrown by the throes of disco i had to enlist that night Dahl, Meier, and I donned His gold lame like men who fight Against enemies of nobodies with mirrorball bombs and lights You know you gotta believe Pray loud enough ‘till they scream Marching with our crimson platform shoes Kneeling on our Velvet leather pews took on Sugarhill Dahl scoffed, "oh, this landfill?" i asked if he'd been but he just grinned and rung his decibel bearing flags of artistry we were screamin' like an infantry They’re ready to shock? i'd die on this rock and Take back our industry You know you gotta believe Pray loud enough ‘till they bleed Marching with our crimson platform shoes Kneeling on our Velvet leather pews Running from the sirens in our tights Dancin’ in a battlefield of lights Marching with our crimson platform shoes Kneeling on our Velvet leather pews Poppers and romance This is your last dance
4.
Tape Measure 04:54
was it real? what you made me feel? been so long like an older song a dial tone leave me alone like an ekg flat lining was it real? what you made me feel? steps down the stairs a beat that left me scared a dial tone leave me alone like an ekg i'm flat lining bangin' on the door do i need you anymore? (oh waaaaaaas it real?) bangin' on the door do you neeeeed (i love you endlessly i worry endlessly) new lock on the door i don't need you anymore (oh wwwwaaaas it real?) bangin' on the door get away from me was it real? what you made me feel? it's been so long like an older song a dial tone leave me alone like an ekg flat lining
5.
kick the can honey If you can tonight we'll light a match run away when we get the chance kick the can baby If you can close your eyes and count to ten all your friends are young again Mr. Cox will say, "You have to stay sedate" But while they doze we'll keep him on his toes kick the can honey If you can tiddlywinks, a game of jacks in the box, we'll have our chance kick the can baby if you can maybe buy back the time we spent in breadlines Oh-oh-whoa you should've seen Ben's face "How'd you get this way?" We lost our age Now he can't stay up late
6.
Bugchild 03:57
I touched my chest and felt it pour The wound it bled my vessels sore My nurse traced it back through my veins Said I wasn't taking care of my stubborn brain Chieftain and his boyfriend Max Said I should try and go relax They got all our information So someone has it when we're all gone You live so close to where I was born You picked up takeout hey, thank you This could absorb the nuke, jet lag You were always my fave airbag There's something in the air, can't you see? The purple mountains majesty The yellow corn, the orange sky The galaxies when you close your eyes I'm not scared anymore to break bread 'cause the world ain't cruel it's the one in my head I will stare at the ceiling ‘till the roof collapses and I’m far, far away I will stare at the ceiling ‘till the roof collapses and I’m far, far away
7.
this is a horror story already in progress of how little, deviant me got his heart cut out his chest it wasn't easy you put up a fight but that all changed when i turned on the light the dotted lines were such a give of your fright do you care for the skeletons in your closet? they say don't bite the hand that feeds you but what about the lip? politics makes strange bedfellows, eh? well life is strange and getting stranger everyday does it feel like my face when yours is against the glass? and when jeffrey leaves the planet on his spaceship burnin' cash will you still be the one lookin' for my sorry ass
8.
SHAPES AND COLORS! GOSSIP! IN THE LAKE IN THE LAKE! all i can see are shapes and colors All i can see is now or never light this candle wait for godot all i can see are shapes and colors follow them as they dance and flutter making no mistakes and the taste money makes All I can see are shapes and colors There is nothing left to discover On one fine day The child's walking away all i can see are shapes and colors now i know there can be no other reality for you and me for you and SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! GOSSIP! IN THE LAKE IN THE LAKE! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! GOSSIP! IN THE LAKE IN THE LAKE! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! GOSSIP! IN THE LAKE IN THE LAKE! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! SHAPES AND COLORS! GOSSIP! IN THE LAKE IN THE LAKE!

about

"A record by and for folks stranded amidst the roiling sea of late capitalism, clinging to anything and everything in an effort to stay afloat." -- Various Small Flames

"What makes 'Shapes & Colors' such an enjoyable listen is the realism of Sailor Boyfriend’s worldview that, though our lives may seem a Sisyphisian struggle, there’s still space [to] dance ourselves clean of fatalism, even if for one fleeting moment." - the deli NYC

"Great band name." - Rob Sheffield

"Shapes & Colors" is the second album from Jersey City dance punks, Sailor Boyfriend – a band made up of one half Andy Waldron (writes, makes, sings) and one half Alex Mercuri (shreds, thumps, hollers). Nine (yes, nine) grooving songs about wresting back control in a Not Ideal World, including single, "The Battle of Sugarhill." This is a record that lives somewhere between INXS and TV on the Radio, all for a little under the length of the average House M.D. episode.

Contact/press inquiries: mailorboyfriend@gmail.com

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released April 12, 2019

Sailor Boyfriend is…
Andy Waldron (vocals, synth, lyrics, and programming)
Alex Mercuri (vocals, guitar, and bass)

Tracks 1 - 9 written, mixed, and mastered by Andy Waldron, performed, produced, recorded by Sailor Boyfriend in Jersey City, NJ.

Tracks 3 and 5 feature additional production and mixing by Krissy Lassiter. Track 5 features additional vocals by Krissy Lassiter. Listen to more krissanthemum here: krissanthemum.bandcamp.com

Front and back cover designed by Andy Waldron.

We thank our families, both biological and patchwork, for their love and sanity.

A release from Make Believe Records.

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Going for it, doing our best, having a good time. It's Sailor Boyfriend. Alex Mercuri on guitar/vocals & Andy Waldron on synth/vocals.

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