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The First EP

by Toodles & the Hectic Pity

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So, get yourself immersed in the culture, because you know that you’ve got no future, dear You can sing all the right words, But you’re always out of time and that’s why it hurts So forget what you know, and all that you knew And all the things that they’ve really wanted you to do So get outside and stand in line And live out your life dissatisfied And Oh My Dear Your bones crack and your lips shake with fear and Oh My God They said why haven’t you got yourself a job and they say Oh Jesus Christ They’re tearing her apart slice by slice, it goes Fucking hell He burnt your boots and your ripped jeans as well So you Got yourself some new shoes and a new man so now we can finally prove that you’re human and you cry at all the right scenes tick all the boxes in their magazines and they say Isn’t this getting a bit too graphic for your biography and for your biopic blood will flow but it’s ok the camera pans out and fades away Back over the city to where we met you, Down in the river when we’d never forget you died Your lungs fill up with oil but at least the media caught the bad side of you My Dear Your bones crack and your lips shake with fear and Oh my god They said why hadn’t she bought herself a gun and they say Oh what a crying shame your long hair caught alight on the gas flame Oh fucking hell he burnt your boots and your ripped jeans as well And she says "Repeat after me I was not a piece of your broken machine I do not need a doctor or mechanic I was not a symptom of your moral panic And these bones sing hallowed like those girls who came before me" And they will scream like dead men, witches burn off their flesh A sentence you can’t ignore when you’re lying in your grave A vague sense of dread so early in the day but I guess they always said to you You only win if you don’t play again
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Does your brother know, that you don’t go where the people meant you to go? 'Cause they wove your breath out of beer and wine but do they know that you go for the Tories and the Times? And they say it must get better, well it fucking better – it fucking better They say that statistically, realistically, it’s not a possibility that things will get better for me And do you like this politician he’s got filthy eyes and he knows where your mother lies he’s got your personal statement, your money and your time you get knocked up by a wasteman and regret your whole life well I guess that makes two of us 'Cause they say that it gets easier as you get older well I beg to differ, there are some things that just get shitter, you make a philosophy for the entire night, cut it out at the root in the morning, And they say it must get better but I don’t know whether These are some storms that I can weather and They say that it’ll get easier in time I’ll be watching the clock until the morning
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Maybe when this is over we can build ourselves a house and finally get sober and start to work things out But I do not think relationships Can make a house a home So maybe you should get a husky So you won’t feel so alone And I said, I can’t really get myself out of bed today She says, All I can think is that’s how you’ll look when you are dead someday No funeral blues or roads of devastation All that I can think is that relationships end in death, divorce and separation She says I’m bored I said you do not have to talk All the living night, to keep yourself alive And she says don’t you wanna dance with me? I don’t really wanna move my feet My anxiety makes me tremble and throws me off my game But I still don’t know what I’m gonna do with my life I guess I’ll be trying my fucking best not to die again Maybe we could move to London but that won’t cure us now I’ve got a fire in my belly that no English rain could put out And me and Ben could write a comic book and we could put it out for free And we’ll still be playing Inglefest until we are 43 And she says you can barely see, your hair is falling out in sheets, Your entertainment formats are becoming obsolete She says you’re Betamax and I’m a video player, I was a free download but you’d pay for me later Before our remaining funds trickle out She says I still don’t know what I am gonna do But I know this time next year I probably will not be with you And I thought you didn’t wanna die by yourself But I guess that even graves need space if they wanna work things out again

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The debut EP from Bristol-based Toodles & the Hectic Pity.

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released July 15, 2016

Toodles & the Hectic Pity are

Callum McAllister - Vocals & acoustic guitar
Max Cole - Bass, vocals & melodica
Dom Mosley - Drums, vocals, banjo & melodica

Mixed and recorded by Adam Cook at "Usine d'Banger Studios".

Artwork by Eloise McAllister (instagram: @eloisemcallisterart).

Special thanks to:

Will Robson, Inglefest, & the Robson family for all their help and support (without which the band would not exist); Adam Cook; Eloise McAllister; and all our family and friends.

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Toodles & the Hectic Pity Bristol, UK

Folk-punk-emo, three-piece from Bristol, UK. Toodles are Callum, Max and Dom. FFO The Mountain Goats, AJJ, NMH, life.

Get in touch : thehecticpity@gmail.com

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