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"ILL​.​"

by Matthew Danger Lippman

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Smoseph This album gets stuck in my head n makes me feel neurotic. Favorite track: can't keep it togetha.
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1.
at the gathering, dressed to a T, tattling telling stories 'bout indie rockers is acting again telling Tori the secret to blog write-ups is soaking yer backstory in contextual saccharine that's artificial but beneficial to sick-sweet Pratt graduates sipping Starbucks in the summer heat stealing knowledge is pirating Logic, making beats beats ILL.
2.
ill. 02:02
I've felt ill all summer and no one can cure me no pills please mother they only obscure me & my brain is hanging on by a thread and I feel I'm going insane I'm hungover and half-dead and I don't know who is to blame I've felt ill everyone's acting so erratic broken 40 bottles in the attic tinnitus-ridden ears with constant static I stood too close to the amps & now I'm close to the edge Frozen margaritas by the ledge and they cost twice my hourly wage who's gonna pay the bill? They're telling me to act my age But how am I supposed to do it when I've felt ill?
3.
THE DRILL 00:55
EVERY MORNING IT'S FIND MY WORKSHIRT AND GET MYSELF OUTTA BED EVERY MORNING IT'S DOUBLE ADVIL AND GREEN TEA FOR MY HEAD EVERY MORNING IT'S REVIEWING LAST NIGHT, REGRET EVERYTHING THAT I SAID EVERY MORNING IT'S BACON EGG & CHEESE ON WHOLE WHEAT BREAD IT'S THE DRILL EVERY EVENING IT'S EVERYBODY SAYS "EVERYTHING'S OUTTA SIGHT" EVERY EVENING IT'S GOTTA BE A "IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT" EVERY EVENING IT'S DOLLAR PIZZA AND "CAN I PLEASE HAVE A BITE?" EVERY EVENING IT'S EVERYBODY SAYS "ARE YOU FEELING ALRIGHT?" RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT IT'S THE DRILL
4.
DECI$IONS 03:58
I got a new place it looks a lot like the old place it's more spacious, giving me more time to waste I got a new face it looks a lot like the old face it's more gracious, given to small stabs at embracing new ideas I'm tearing my hair out tryna rid myself of old fears old fears, with less beer I'm in here we want more, we want more, we want more we want a new religion help me make my deci$ions we want more, we want more, we want more we want a new religion help me make my deci$ions {I've tried praying & I've tried love & I've tried beating my head everybody's going away everybody's going away} we want more, we want more, we want more we want a new religion help me make my deci$ions we want more, we want more, we want more we want a new religion help me make my deci$ions we want a new religion
5.
be true 02:03
built like Sophocles when I'm in the mood said "it's getting late whatchu tryna do?" all in love is fair but fair's not always true yeah, we're getting there can I come back with you? be true, always be true you and I don't lie we're in disguise & do you ever wonder why? built like baby doll when I'm in your room said you're "running late" whatchu tryna do? all in love is doomed but doom is far away but we're getting there can I stay here with you? through doom, through grief always be true you and I don't lie we're in denial & don't you ever ask me why
6.
MDLSD 01:35
woke up with phone ringing, a call from Adenoi he's asking me to help find him ergot alkaloids and help him synthesize some LSD-25 and drop it like rain from out the sky she said "Son, I am the father of man I shot this through yer skull instantly so let's plan I need to make quick work of this work that I call humanity get em on one consciousness and lose their vanity I'm tired of fake friends and all these fake fans of me yes, you understanding me?" I said "yes yes I understand I'll help you out just in exchange please give me Bandcamp clout cuz it'll take me quite a while to help the world fight denial with drug induced epiphanies instead of being holed up in my room making tunes, being stupid; acid, shrooms, cerebellum full of velum pornographic moods for Facebook dudes" "agreed, I'll give you all the plays you'll ever need to haggle with God, you're a special breed now get on your way and cook up the serum to save our souls rap game Tim Leary and you're outta control" so I went in found vials of acid took it and sent in to the lab for tests; and at God's behest I manufactured then saturated the land with it I did a wink to the sky, refreshed the page then I was #1 Bandcamper in the land, yer guy! I hit refresh 2 death we are fresh til deafness takes over god chosen, that's the lo fi best
7.
ride 04:56
in this mission hall, waiting for the boys to come around, I saw you looking looking for friendship -- someone to sit by yer side I needed someone to give me a ride I couldn't find my way 'round -- new to town, all confused all confused, the lonesome blues yeah, that's what it sounded like! mr. so-hot stuff, ya act so tough you act like love's an inconvenience or a cross to bear your kind's not rare; you're just not there ride ride ride I didn't even wanna ask you for a ride ride ride I didn't even wanna ask you for a ride I love you & we'll keep on riding and never go back home never made it never go back home just keep on riding
8.
ZIP CODE 00:26
ZIP CODE MOTHERFUCKER WHAT'S YOUR ZIP CODE WHAT'S YOUR ZIP CODE MOTHERFUCKER MOTHERFUCKER WHAT'S YOUR ZIP CODE WHAT MOTHERFUCKER IS YOUR ZIP CODE WHAT'S YOUR ZIP ZIP CODE
9.
X2 02:16
I thought I saw you at Lombardo's giving side glances to the girls who arrived at the square (the bitterness bare) come come now Voltaire, don't people like you? we're all dressed now for moving on no more discount prophylactics and cups on the lawn and there's a part of you that's despondent to see it all gone (so whatcha saying?) just turn around baby, don't hold your eyes to the glare (is anything there?) it's all just smoke & illusions provoking confusion in you with nothing to do; is anything true? take my advice I'll say it twice (x2) sugar and spice isn't it nice when people kick it (x2) with you? just turn around baby, don't hold your eyes to the glare (is anything there?) it's all just peer interactions provoking reactions in you with nothing to do; is anything true? take my advice I'll say it twice (x2) sugar and spice isn't it nice when people kick it (x8) with you?
10.
oh, my love you knew what to do you saw through the double names, the fake stage glow y'know, you saw the truth you saw it in me (and you said) you saw it in me, too and I don't know where it may go; it grows, it's misconstrued but see it in me please and I can promise that I'll look for it in you too see it in me
11.
all of my thoughts are up & down hard to be fun when your mind's elsewhere can't keep it together when you're around I loosen up when you're not there and although it's not serious the temperature of the room gets high and all my thoughts, they multiply & conflate "you" with "us" all of my friends wanna move away my head always spins when I hit the ground we could have fun just groovin' around I always hate asking you to stay it's not about the mundane thrill I'm trying to get my mind right let go of guilt and petty fights & free myself from illness all of my friends are up & down hard to be fun when you're elsewhere can't keep it together when you're around I loosen up when you're right here with me
12.
I'll be on time always / I'll be here always even when it's inconvenient
13.
in this life reputations aren't made, they're destroyed and if you want to live honestly there's people to avoid the milquetoast, the maladjusted the overly well-adjusted you feel trusted; you get busted you feel trusted, feel trusted... let's all go on the wheel of cruelty let's all go for a ride let's all stand for the unjust indecency let's all go outside let's all go for the instant replay let's all cheer the suicide let's welcome the uninformed insurgency let's all die tonight life reputation's aren't life reputations aren't life reputations aren't life
14.
(all good)

about

"MDL is ILL" was recorded 2016-2018 in a lotta bedrooms: Izzy's in Harlem, Arden's at SUNY P, the Lassman home in BK, ILL-VILLE in Philly (strictly coincidence), Israel's in Harlem.

I wrote, produced, performed, played, + engineered it all except: Arden Yonkers engineered + played drums/bass on "THE DRILL"; Mark Lynch played + engineered drums on "ill" and "BE TRUE." Arden + I mixed it. Jack Tael mastered it.

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released September 7, 2018

MDL: vocals, guitars, bass, drums, piano, synth, PSR-12 organ, PSR-36, computer bass, computer synth, beat programming, bells, beatbox, sampling, feedback, Gameboy, handclaps, field recording, engineering

Dean Chatham.......... intro vocals for the LP
Leo Frampton........... guitar line on "ill."
Mark Lynch............... drums on "ill." & "be true"
Arden Yonkers.......... bass, drums, & backing vocals on "THE DRILL"

"friends (in the park)" features a sample of "Love You" by Milkweed, written by Arden Yonkers; and a sample of "Stay at Home" by Local Onlys, written by Jacob Smolinski. they're my friends... get it?

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Brooklyn-based musician, filmmaker, & self-described genius.

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