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This Album Plays Itself!

by Feck

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1.
Dedo's Dead 04:03
2.
I'll Be Back 03:49
If I am right about this I'll look stupid If I'm wrong I'll look just as bad There is nothing invested in my life That is something that I'll never have A plant in the ground Hangin' around Watching you pass Waitin' around If you were smart you'd know not to test it If you were dumb you'd do it anyhow In one life you looked a little funny No eyes or ears, just a nose all around I thought of selling my arms But the site I was on Wouldn't take them how they were If I had needed a line All I'd need is some time And I'd get it the way I'd heard Selling gold Growing old Making friends Until it's sold There's nothing involved With the chemical bar I don't think you are Who you say that you are Something's way out of line Something's way out of touch I don't think I like You very much I'll be gone for a little while And if you miss me then, well I'll be back I'll be back with the gravy train I'm afraid of failing upwards Because from there it all looks the same The way the hands reach out just to greet you The way the hands reach into your veins A shot in the arm The fire alarm Is ringing ahead It's keeping you warm There's nothing involved With the chemical bar I don't think you are Who you say that you are Something's way out of line Something's way out of touch I don't think I like You very much I'll be gone for a little while And if you miss me then, well I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back They think about what I do when I'm alone They care at all about what I say when I'm gone I won't be out for long, if I am gone at all And if I am, you'll know just as them I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back with the gravy train
3.
Ain't it a pity That you're alive I wanna take you outside I'll take your skin I'll take your bones And I'll take your eyes I'll throw your money Into the ground In the back-end of town I'll take your blood Oh-Ohhh And swish it around So don't you tell me 'bout Lisa Because her spot's not that far Don't you tell me my problems Cuz you don't know what they are (claps) I'm feeling great Now that you're gone I have enough to work on And when I'm done Then they'll all know It was me all along I've got your blood Mixing with mine I see your friends all the time Cuz when I'm out oh-ohhh They're at the same site So don't you tell me 'bout Lisa Because her spot's not that far Don't you tell me my problems Cuz you don't know what they are (guitar solo) I got your watch I got your keys You wish you had it better But I do what I please Don't call me out Don't call my name I can't get any better If I'm busy being shamed I'm gone I'm gone I'm a goner So don't you tell me 'bout Lisa Because her spot's not that far I'll make a napsack from your lungs I'll wear it when I'm outside, oh! Don't tell me bout Lisa x2
4.
Minden 03:54
With the city right behind me And right before me is some debris Or something else I can't see Like I'm one to do (heheheh) So what I'm spotting is a new machine Caught in something of an in-between It's figure printed in a magazine Or at least as far as I knew With the red lights all around me And the cowards who had told me That if I'm making it out my way Then they'd be there to control me Like they all had said I'd do So the swarm of bodies found us With all their microphones and cameras Said they were all just out to scam us Yeah, well, I guess that turned out to be true But if there's place for nonexistence Or no existence in a clear sense Then something's going on in Minden Well, I guess that turned out to be true too But if I'm selling something else here And nothing here is as it appeared And if I'm making it out my way Then maybe now I can just steer clear Like they all had said I'd do They threw my pictures to the ground But I kept the video somehow I don't know how I made it out (x2) But if I'm wasting time in Minden And the surface level's been dimmed Then I'm gonna do it my way And it'll never happen again Like they all had said I'd do They threw my pictures to the ground But I kept the video somehow I don't know how I made it out (x2)
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What's more abstract Than the difference Between a diner and a cafe? I don't know very much On what's done to adjust The light before it's coming your way. But I know There are dead golf balls. And I know They'll be gone by 2034. There's nothing more or less Than a tiny bitterness That's keeping me from going insane. And I just don't know how I've gone this far without Understanding how I feel pain. If I could look within Play it back and start again I'd probably choose a different lane. But as it stands right now I've lost all that I'm without And nothing more will go in my brain. But I know There are dead golf balls. And I know They'll be gone by 2034. What do you know bout the passage of time? Or how it is we've fallen behind? There's nothing more I'd give just to know What it is that's got me paralyzed. Or what it is that I've denied. But I know There are dead golf balls And I know They'll be gone by 2034
7.
I might call in someone Who knows what's going on Better than I do There are place out here And in there That I don't think I could ever prove But something's wrong with the radio I said man you don't know where to go He came inside walking really slow I said man I don't know where to go Something's funny bout this It's something right in the walls And now he's looking at me Now this is feeling bizarre If you don't know me by now Then you don't know me at all I got friends at the bank But they're not who they say that they are If a man who had time Could go find Someone who purposefully let us know That the biggest mistake I could make Is to thank him when it's time to go And now I'm here with some time to blow I said man he's getting closer though He came inside walking really slow I said man I don't know where to go Running my mouth on the ground Is where I'd find my courage Twisting and spinning around The wheel's always turning If I go now then that's how I make it further from this Moment of doubt from the time In which he asked the question "Now don't you miss it?" No! (x1000000000) If I had an idea I would run And I'd kill so I could go back home It had been thirty years And from then I could hope he'd make it on his own But things don't go like you think they go I said man that was so long ago He took a step from the patio I said man I don't know where to go My oldest son (Now don't you miss it?) My oldest son (Now don't you miss it?) My oldest son (Now don't you miss it?) My oldest son (Now don't you miss it?) My oldest son (I had no time to react He was back and my dominos fell) My oldest son (He wasn't special to me But I could see him racing and racing)
8.
There's a place for the older man In some stall that's baked away Lying underneath another People please all of themselves Ghosts can form but there's someone here It's a way of sticking around And his ghost is someone I love That's taking me, somewhere I never would go And we are both breaking And I am, absolutely crushed I am sharing this to you And now I can take it all back Given what I said before There's a place for insincerity And he's out there, sleeping with them I'm in here alone again I am totally, completely wrong And I'm thinking that now Is all we get
9.
Scary Phone! 04:09
Scary phone, scary life, I don't know Don't you think I'm a little too old For all these games we're playing here? We played Scrabble all night long And the words I'm putting up aren't real! Operation makes me sick to my stomach Because like what if they actually did that to you? I feel plastic like the guy on the cover And my eyes aren't covered from what you're trying to do! If my telephone rings I just sit and stare at it. I don't know what it is But something makes me feel anxious. Maybe it's the idea That a killer's on the other side! Or maybe it's the IRS Auditing me for the third time! Scary phone, scary life, I don't know I am lost without my telephone (and I just let it ring baby) Here I am, here you are, here we go (let's go out!) Scary phone, scary life, I don't know Don't it feel just a little too funny The way you make me feel like this inside? I'm making up for every other time I didn't pick up and left you on the line. I wish I could pick it up, put it right by my ear Say hello just like my first time! But my time has passed and I'm older now And so I'll just wait for the blinking light. I can't come to the phone to speak (No I can't come to the phone baby) Please leave a message at the beep (When it rings leave your message at the beep) If I am out a little too late (I'm going out and I don't know when I'll be back) I'll check it before I go to sleep (And if I don't then you'll know where I am baby) Scary phone, scary life, I don't know I am lost without my telephone (just let it go to voicemail) Here I am, here you are, here we go (I ain't going there) Scary phone, scary life, I don't know (synth solo) I can't believe it's happened to me (If it happened to me, it'll happen to you) I hear an otherworldly screech (That's sorta like a loud scream) Then the message changes on the machine (And it goes to the next voicemail) The IRS is coming back for me (And when they do you know that I'll be gone baby) Scary phone, scary life, I don't know (that's all I know about it now) I am lost without my telephone (and I just let it ring baby) Here I am, here you are, here we go (let's go out!) Scary phone, scary life, I don't know (and I just let it keep ringing If I die, fear my mad Indigo (that's all I can say!) I am gone, I am lost, here I go (aw no no no!) I am good friends with Mark Ruffalo (he's ringin' my line!) Scary phone, scary life, I don't know
10.
Better Off 03:28
I picture stone walls I picture barred windows I'm feeling you behind me I don't know what you've done now Don't go on That's better off for me Don't touch me now That's better off for me You got a look inside you One that won't let me go You hook me once you break through Then toss me off once you're done Stop it all That's better off for me Leave me alone That's better off for me I like your radio x4 I got no interest In making you feel better The moment I see distance Is a moment under pressure Start me off That's better off for me Lock me up That's better off for me I like your radio x4 It don't seem likely That after you've gone You'll be home angry And I'll have moved on
11.
Yip! 02:33
Yip! (x100000) I didn't die! (x100000)
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about

Some of these songs came naturally, and some came from strange places. Initially, my intentions were to make an album more focused than South Wayside and 45, and I ultimately ended up making an album similarly crazy in very different ways.

There's really no way to read this one. There are moments that are intensely personal, some from perspectives even I can't relate to, and some that defy perspective at all. On this one I often went out of my comfort zone and tried to do things that felt a little unnatural to me. Nonetheless, by the time the album was done, it felt distinctive. Like it was something I was trying to make for a long time, finally actualized.

I spent an insanely long time on every single song on this album, and I've never felt stronger about a finished product before. Some friends helped along the way, and they were crucial to my completion of the album. Anyone who supported South Wayside and 45 or anything else I've done in the past is equally important.

The best part about the album, though, is that it plays itself.

credits

released June 24, 2020

All songs written, recorded, and mixed by Feck.

Album art by Celise Raines.

"Dead Golf Balls" features Roberto Diana on slide guitar, Katie Michael on backing vocals, and additional engineering by Jonah Carmena.

"Scary Phone!" features phonework by dumbinsidejoke.

Mastered with Da Vice Manager's tutelage.

Special thanks to Grant Lambert.

Special thanks to Michael Wilson for release and management help.

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Feck New Orleans, Louisiana

Feck is a multi-instrumentalist from New Orleans specializing in rock jams and experimental noise stuff.

My back catalogue is available at feckarchive.bandcamp.com

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