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Joyride

by Notowns

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1.
Heatwave 02:46
Lost and sweaty in this shithole Fuck! It looks like a trap I can't feel my feet, I can't feel my hands I'm stumbling into the dark My nose bleeding toxic waste And toxic waste in my lungs A bad excuse for a night gone bad I can't speak in their tongues Heatwave! Here comes the heatwave A white noise scratches my brain And push me right back at the edge Voices whirling all around me And I can feel their burning breath Lost and sweaty in this shithole I must find a way out Of this midnight summer nightmare Before I melt to the ground
2.
Joyride 03:28
The tires rip the concrete We sail into the tide There’s nothing that can stop us All the lights are green tonight Intercity wet dreams Intergalactic ride 20/20 vision Three sixty degrees wide We‘re going out It’s a joyride Neon lights are hanging From the corner of your eye Dancing on the windscreen We can’t lose tonight
3.
Beware 04:20
They don’t hide in the shadows They’re always flooded by light They know what nobody else knows And you know that they’re always right The won’t stop at nothing To feed their voracious greed They always get what they wanted But never get what they need Beware of the idle hands A sacrifice for the modern gods To keep them satisfied On holy grails the blood flows Hallowed be your suicide A sacrifice for the modern heroes Offer your humble remains All the weak hail the heroes As they go burning down in flames
4.
Koakola 02:46
There’s a beautiful white heaven that waits for me At the end of the rainbow And beautiful cheerleaders that wait for me At the gates Promoting last technology tranquilizers and reality shows While alpha male marines spill the blood Of the damned of this earth Never mind mate, you know ketchup Is thicker than blood You know, ketchup is thicker than blood I’ll have a Big Mac Combo with large fries and Coca Cola please Conversations in postmodern restaurants in white minimal deco And cheap jokes in the lobby While hard working ministers taste the late molecular plates of fine gastronomy While alpha male generals feed the cannons with the damned of this earth Because champagne mate, Is thicker than blood Stock exchange index flashes in their eyes Making big big plans while they powder their noises in the restroom The grass is greener on the golf club Dress code casual chick For the happy Swedays And their going down to the golf club Going down deep down to the golf club
5.
No Reflex 03:03
Daylight crawls among the streets The streets are filled with toash and piss Cheap drugs under yellow lights Reality barks, reality bites She asked me where we should go next her vision stronger than the text No eye contact, no reflex, a vision stronger than the text Six o clock, sick again, Flying pigs raid the air The side effects melt down my dreams My dreams projected on the screens The screen have eyes that suck your hopes Your hopes are tighten up your throats Your throats swallow down the lies Your lives are swallowed in front of your eyes No eye contact, no reflex
6.
2022 03:11
Good times, for bad decisions Good times to let myself down Like a madman out on a mission I wear my frown, wear my frown I check the mirror, my visions clearer A million ways, to turn things round They say the end is coming nearer I’ll drink to that, lets drink to that! What you gonna do? What you gonna do? What you gonna do? What you gonna do? In 2022 A little jiggle on my fingers Gunpowder fills the air Lets get drunk on the blood of the winners You know action kills despair The hourglass has been turned over Quicksand is fallen through It feels like a big hangover This twenty fucking twenty two The crystal ball transmits no signal Your young dreams won’t come true The fairy tales gave no sequel In two thousand twenty two Like a madman, out on a mission, Im laughing like a torn up shoe A party crusher with big ambition Ill have another drink or two Like a madman out on a mission
7.
The clock is ticking on the wall The seconds crash against the floor Eyes glowing in the dark Sense of time, just falls apart Strange noises. Improvise, Im standing still, unblinking eyes The floor turns into a hole This place no longer feels like home Its a twilight zone Strange noises from the hall Shadows creeping up the wall Blood freezing in my veins Im bound hand and foot in chains Strange noises, I’m standing steel Nerves turning into still Reality is no longer real Cant find the static line My brain no longer feels like mine
8.
I’m walking down the tube station An alien on pills Theres something smelly in the air tonight The kind of smell that kills The last train to voodooland The land of hopes and thrills As the train squeals on the rail tracks My brain goes over the hills Cinderella on a mission Im twisting on my seat Ladies and gentlemen brace yourself Were floating into shit Anticipation is killing me My pace is getting swift Walking among the walking dead Im heading for my midnight shift I went to the doctor to gimmie some shit The doctor said you need a recipe I went to chemist, he said I know what you need And now I just can’t wait for another, Another midnight shift

about

Νotowns started as a duet based in Athens and Piraeus in 2021, a remedy for quarantine boredom and disorientation, but soon emerged into a 3-piece band and a highly addictive bad habit.

With a love for dystopian forecasting, black humour and awkward dance moves, they come up with a plan to dance the chaos away. Their sound - a rough mix of dysfunctional post punk and neurotic disco - is inspired by abandoned supermarket trolleys, sunbaked rooftops, screaming alarm clocks and deformed waiting queues. With a luxurious but overlooked past in the local punk scene, the Notowns idiosyncrasy is rooted in the diy ethics, which is clearly evident in the way they write and record their songs, design their covers and videos.

Their debut album Joyride, self recorded, mixed and produced, consists of a strong dose of hard-hitting drum machines, face melting basslines and guitars, with a pinch of analog synth elements and vitriol lyrics on top.

Joyride is out on LP and Digital in April 2023 via Inner Ear.

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Οι Notowns ξεκίνησαν ως ντουέτο με έδρα την Αθήνα και τον Πειραιά το 2021, περισσότερο σαν ένα αντίδοτο για την πλήξη και τον αποπροσανατολισμό της καραντίνας. Σύντομα όμως εξελίχθηκαν σε ένα συγκρότημα τριών μελών και σε μια πολύ εθιστική κακή συνήθεια.

Με αγάπη για τις δυστοπικές προβλέψεις, το μαύρο χιούμορ και τις αμήχανες χορευτικές κινήσεις, σκέφτηκαν ένα πλάνο για να ξεφύγουν από το χάος.
Ο ήχος τους - ένας συνδυασμός δυσλειτουργικού post punk και νευρωτικής ντίσκο - είναι εμπνευσμένος από εγκαταλελειμμένα καρότσια σούπερ μάρκετ, ηλιοκαμένες ταράτσες, ξυπνητήρια που ουρλιάζουν και παραμορφωμένες ουρές αναμονής.
Με ένα πλούσιο αλλά αγνοούμενο παρελθόν στην τοπική πανκ σκηνή, η ιδιοσυγκρασία των Notowns έχει τις ρίζες της στο DIY, κάτι που φαίνεται ξεκάθαρα στον τρόπο που γράφουν και ηχογραφούν τα τραγούδια τους, σχεδιάζουν τα εξώφυλλα και τα βίντεό τους.

Το ντεμπούτο album τους Joyride, στο οποίο έχουν κάνει οι ίδιοι τις ηχογραφήσεις, την μίξη και την παραγωγή, αποτελείται από μια γερή δόση επιθετικών drum machines, ισοπεδωτικές μπασογραμμές και κιθάρες, μια πρέζα από αναλογικά synth στοιχεία και όλα αυτά με μια γαρνιτούρα βιτριολικών στίχων.

Το Joyride κυκλοφορεί σε LP και Digital Album τον Απρίλιο του 2023 από την Inner Ear.

credits

released April 21, 2023

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Music, lyrics, recording, production by Notowns
Mixing by Diogenes Kiratzoglou (Piper Studios) & Notowns
Vinyl mastering: Yannis Christodoulatos (Sweetspot Studios)

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