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OUTSIDE COMPUTER [LP] (2022)

by ok vancouver ok

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Deluxe 12" vinyl version pressed in the clouds. Translucent sky deep sky blue with cloud-splatter.

    ALBUM REVIEW: by Alexander K.

    "So. Wow. Thank you so much for the lovely record.

    My interest in the vinyl - in many regards - led me of course to the Discogs page of your band, and this particular release. There, it describes the stunning transparent blue and cloud-splatter design having taken form in a pressing of only 200 copies. Is that true? Dang. It's a blessing, indeed, to own this disc. Thank you.

    I really love the instrumentation throughout the album - what repeats and bends and ties the vibe of compassion and love and endearment all together. It's definitely kind of transcendental in that sense. That I'm carried away to a dreamy landscape, with odd bumps in the road and quirks that aren't far off the purity of the emotionally tight rhythms.

    Then, the lyrics, too. It's fun to listen to with the lyric sheet, and then in just pure auditory form. Side A is especially sweet - in what you express for your wife and your kids, I assume, and those feelings of connection and even the thin tethering that inevitably takes one from another either in death or misunderstanding, or some flow of the day, etc. It's really uplifting to listen to, and to infuse and ingest into my own sentiments of love and partnership / marriage. There's a lot of care here.

    The elements of folk and pop combine really nicely, especially in terms of what I've been listening to on my own end of things these past winter months. Where honest and potent lyrics and raw vocal tones hum along with some simplicity and beauty. But I also dig some of the digitized effects and warping qualities of sound. In that sense, I'm drawn to those murky and distorted and ephemeral aspects, too - with much pleasure."

    - Alexander K.
    www.whilearound.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of OUTSIDE COMPUTER [LP] (2022) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Get all 26 ok vancouver ok releases available on Bandcamp.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of some timed out, unpractic'ding learning, I'm not used to love (2songs), POOL FIGHT [LP] (2023), ISLAND EXTRAS, Anxiety Art, OUTSIDE COMPUTER [LP] (2022), (shingles), and 18 more. , and , .

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1.
I can only wait I can hold on wait I belong to wait Go ahead If you were the DJ, and you playing just for you in an empty room (chorus) Would you take a slow? Would you pull a fast one? Is it in the beat or the words that move you? Do you move your feet? Is the needle burning? Sitting in the dark are the windows open? middle of nowhere, are your neighbours calling? what would you play? would you play for no-one? Go ahead I'll be way too late Maybe there is another way? (chorus)
2.
All My Love 03:18
All my love for you is growing on a tree all my love for you will never go away And to think that I wanted you to stay Not the same, but free to change (all my love) And what remains? My Love for you grows everyday I wanted you to say! the same way All my love for you crosses my arms all my love is in shadows all my love is in the room
3.
So Long 02:52
When I try to get close I do Not certain where? or when? I heard you say All I didn't see all I din't learn never returns Nad what was I doing? losing you I made the best place in the world, where I was And I knew it I knew it Even sore teeth feel better after half a beer I could say the same about you if you were here So long I've loved you So long I do When things fall apart I'll be here But who goes first? we both lose Though there's nowhere I'd rather be than here with you So long I've loved you So long I do
4.
Instrumental 01:41
5.
There was just so many names to figure out You were trying to figure out your shoes which ones left? which ones right? which ones what? Is it night? Is it time to go to sleep? Count my bones Count my bones Count my bones When is mom even coming home? There's just so many things to figure out so many reasons to turn around There's just so many ways we can fill our mouths our minds and our tummy's There's just so many circles just turning around There's just another reason why? There's just another reason to hear me say ' I love you ' ' I love you '
6.
I finally built my childhood playhouse I finally built my childhood dream treehouse Taking apart old pallets, crowbars, hammers Now I've got a place to go that I can call home got a gotta Pulling apart old pallets I can say that I made my dream real I finally built my dream house treehouse I can say that I build my dreams up I can sit and drink/dream inside it But soon the snow comes
7.
Am I stuck on things that don't matter? Like climbing up to the clouds on a ladder? I see the news and it makes me sadder, feeling all alone outside computers feeling all alone outside commuters feeling all alone Just let go, the more I know The more I know I can't let go They were looking for a way out They were looking for a way in They were searching in a dungeon a big dark hole This I know This I know This I know I'm glad, and I'm mad, and I've to see a life still worth living and I'm glad This I know, This I know, This I know
8.
Do you hear my voice? Have you seen what I do? Do you hear my voice? Do you hear my voice? Can you decipher tone? Are you alone?/ or hear my laughter? Do you sit to think, to let your mind wander? Can you connect the dots and thoughts now and after?
9.
Best Friends 03:35
Me and my best friend like to watch documentaries about places we've been or'd like to go about the work and destruction about the world and a happy thing about the world and how big it is, to talk about anything I'd talk about anything with you Me and my best friend like to drive in a car down the highway close or far Stop in at any bar We like to rad the menu, See what's on the appetite for tonight, and talk about anything I'd talk about anything with you We stopped the car, we got out, Should we move here? We'll I'd move anywhere with you People around here say "this is the best place to live" People around here say that "this is the best place" People around here say "it's the best place to live" People round here say that I would go anywhere I would go anywhere with you and talk about anything My Imagination, deterioration, a decoration People around here say it's the best place to live People around here say that No-one asking me where did I go No one around here said that And I didn't know my imagination would take me around quite like this It wasn't adding much to the actual events and maybe I won't remember them anyway And in the moment I was anywhere and here And in that moment I was anywhere and here
10.
New Norm 04:53
Michael Hurley wrote some badass song like when he said "everything is weird" Everything IS weird. Turning out just the way I feared "Door knob spinning round and round" "I don't want to live in the twilight zone" I don't want to live in the twilight zone The New Norm (x4) Smog wrote some cool ass song 'Vessel in Vain' I'm a vessel in vain I feel pain and " It's not gonna be a hit" The New Norm (x4) Julie Ruin wrote some good ass song 'Love Letter' Love let her The New Norm (x4) Birds write the most beautiful songs in the morning by the river. The river at night carries light and it's wet and cold Blood The earth pushes and accepts blood though thru vessels and veins If you've got questions we'll, question everything Wait for the answers we'll you're waiting for the ring ring ring A human being without language has something to sing- oh my Oh my children Oh my, Oh my kids- Make NOISE! When you are sleeping When you call out no need to explain that you are happy Ha-appy - Sa-adly birds in the morning by the river make the most beautiful songs.
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12.
What is wrong with this song? What is wrong with this track? why can't I get it figured out? It seems to be outta wack What's up with you? (I'm just busy) What's up with you? (I'm working on it) What does it got to do? What's up with you?(that's not up to you?) How do I fix it? Why is it all about you? You on the right? You on the right? What's next what's gonna happen now? ( any combination ) What's up with you right now? ( any combination ) How do we never know with you? ( any combination ) How does it always go this way it's true, it always happens to you ( don't know?) Outta sync. ( I'm not fancy ) Kitchen sink ( I'm drowning in it ) Which track is outta whack? Which one is under attack? Why can't I fix it right now? Hold wait! I see the meter rising It looks like it's getting better It looks like there's something coming up raising up to the red bar That's where I want it What's up with you now? ( any combination ) What's up with you right now
13.
No Class 04:28
No Class Don't go to class Your ass is grass which witch is which witch? you can take me out but you can't dress me up NO Public showers. (WATERFALLS) Good timing (something that keeps me in-line with myself) American signs (a sign you should not follow) Sign language (communication without sound) Healing power Flower power You can take me out but you can't dress me up Healing power flower power No class no class no class no class SYSTEM. NO CLASS No Class NO CLASS

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Produced by ok vancouver ok
Written + Recorded on Tascam 8 trk cassette tape by Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson - drums, guitar, bass, keys, piano, drum machine, sings
Laura House plays drums, sings
Greg Napier plays drums, bass, sings
Mixed & Mastered and digital transfer by Jesse Gander




MUSIC VIDEO -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsUKb3MHDY4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVuCLNR9Sr0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2h-CGoyVUE

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released June 21, 2022

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