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SPOOKY YOOF

by SOTOL

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1.
Magna Carta 03:10
WE WAKE UP SHOUTING VIOLENCE OUR LOVE IS THE KIND THAT SHOUTS I THROW POTS AND PANS SMASH MY FIST INTO THE WALL YEAH I'VE BEEN SELFISH BUT I'VE BEEN UNDRESSED ONE TOO MANY TIMES BY THE LOOK OF DISGUST ON YOUR FACE I'VE BEEN SEEING A DOCTOR FOR ALL MY EPISODES OF DRAMA SITTING IN THE KITCHEN SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS YOU BECAME A GOLDEN IDOL DEMANING ALL MY FEALTY BUT MY VOICE IS HOARSE BUT MY VOICE IS HOARSE YEAH I'VE BEEN SELFISH BUT I'VE BEEN UNDRESSED ONE TOO MANY TIMES BY THE LOOK OF DISGUST ON YOUR FACE I CAN TELL YOU'RE HAVING A REAL HARD TIME TRYING TO DRAG MY FACE INTO THE COLD CONCRETE I WAS SORRY ONCE BUT I WAS SORRY ONCE BUT YOU KEEP A PUSHING AND PULLING NOW WE'RE EVEN NOW WE'RE EVEN YEAH I'VE BEEN SELFISH BUT I'VE BEEN UNDRESSED ONE TOO MANY TIMES BY THE LOOK OF DISGUST ON YOUR FACE
2.
UNE BOTTE APRÈS CHAQUE BOTTE VIRGULE UNE GRIFFE APRÈS CHAQUE GRIFFE VIRGULE JE T'OSE DE ME RENVERSER PAR TERRE POINT VIENS ICI POINT D'EXCLAMATION VIENS ICI JE T'OSE DE ME RENVERSER PAR TERRE POINT PAS PLUS DE POÈMES PAS PLUS DE POÈMES AVEC UN GIFLE VIRGULE AVEC UN POING VIRGULE GARDE LE SECRET POINT D'EXCLAMATION REVIENS VERS MOI SI TU VEUX LA PRENDRE JE VAIS PAS ÊTRE DÉTRUITE JUSQU'À PLUS TARD PAS PLUS DE POÈMES PAS PLUS DE POÈMES VA POINT D'EXCLAMATION VA POINT D'EXCLAMATION VA POINT D'EXCLAMATION J'AI PEUR DE CONSCIENCE QUAND/SI T'EN FAIRE C'EST UN POUMON QUI EST VIDE POINT JE RÉPÈTE ET JE LUTTE PAS PLUS DE POÈMES PAS PLUS DE POÈMES
3.
Smear 03:10
TURN OFF THE TV I DON'T LIKE WHAT I SEE DID YOU GET THE GOOD ONES I'VE BEEN LOOKING TO FLY SMASH YOUR TELEPHONE WAS THAT YOU ON SCREEN I'VE BEEN A BAD FRIEND I KNOW BUT HE'S BEEN FALLING DOWN AGAIN RICH DUDES TALKING SHIT RICH DUDES TALKING SHIT PUNK KIDS GET 'EM OUTTA HERE OUTTA HERE I'VE BEEN WRITING A LIST DISCOMFORT MAKE ME STRONGER BUT I CAN'T PAY FOR A DOCTOR SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE NEXT TIME I'M IN TOWN I'LL COME BY DID YOU GET THE GOOD ONES HOW LONG I GOTTA BE IN THE PAST TO KNOW THERE'S RIVERS IN MY VEINS SENATOR LEFT HIS WIFE HE'S BEEN STEALING TIME AND FAME OH HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND YOU DIDN'T CALL ME BACK DID YOU GET THE GOOD ONES I'M TIRED OF SITTING AROUND
4.
Angoisse 00:43
5.
IN THE BASEMENT IN THE BASEMENT I ASK YOU DO YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES HARDLY KNOW YOU HARDLY KNOW YOU LONG TIME NO SEE UH IN LA LA LAND DON'T YOU KNOW I'M COMING DON'T YOU KNOW I'M COMING YOU BETTER GO A RUNNING YOU BETTER GO A RUNNING OH OH OH OH FIRST THERE'S SEX AND THEN THERE'S DEATH AND THEN THERE'S CHAOS AND JESUS DRIVING FAST IN YOUR CAR DRIVING FAST IN YOUR CAR GHOST OF ORANGE TREES LOST IN THE DESERT BIRDS OF PARADISE AND SWAYING PALM TREES IN THE BASEMENT IN THE BASEMENT I ASK YOU DO YOU DO YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES I HARDLY KNOW YOU LONG TIME NO SEE WHAT'S IT LIKE IF YOU SURVIVE THIS TOWN DON'T YOU KNOW I'M COMING DON'T YOU KNOW I'M COMING YOU BETTER GO A RUNNING YOU BETTER GO A RUNNING OH OH OH OH FIRST THERE'S SEX AND THEN THERE'S DEATH AND THEN THERE'S CHAOS AND JESUS PLUTO IN THIRD HOUSE FORGOT TO ASK YOU
6.
Latchkey 03:38
LEAVE A NOTE WHEN YOU'LL BE HOME I'LL COME AROUND AND SCRATCH ON YOUR DOOR LEAVE A NOTE WHEN YOU'LL BE HOME I'LL COME AROUND AND SCRATCH ON YOUR DOOR WHY YOU SAY SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA GET SO OLD YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEANT BUT I'VE GOT THE KEY TO YOUR HOUSE WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND ME YOU SAY I WALK AROUND YOU LIKE A CAT TRIPPING UP ALL OF YOUR STEPS YOU SAY I TALK AROUND YOU LIKE A CAT TRIPPING UP ALL OF YOUR STEPS WHY YOU SAY SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA GET SO OLD YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEANT BUT I'VE GOT THE KEY TO YOUR HOUSE WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND ME YOU SAY THAT I AM YOUR DARLING YOUR BLACK MAGICK PRINCESS YOU SAY THAT I AM YOUR DARLING YOUR BLACK MAGICK PRINCESS WHY YOU SAY SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA GET SO OLD YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEANT BUT I'VE GOT THE KEY TO YOUR HOUSE WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK WRAPPED AROUND ME
7.
Wasserfrau 02:19
I SAID GOTTDAMM I SAID GOTTDAMM I SAID GOTTDAMM DER TURM FÄLLT UND BRENNT IN EHRFURCHT DU JUBELST DU KLATSCHST WIE EIN GEIST VERLASSE DEN KÖRPER ABER DU BIST KEINE BEDROHUNG MEHR FEUER IST GESCHMOLZEN ALLE DIE MANIPULATIONEN NACH DEM EINSTURZ DES TURMS IST DER STERN IN EHRFURCHT DU JUBELST DU KLATSCHST WIE EIN GEIST.
8.
GONZO AND KINDERWHORE YOU'RE GONNA BE WORLD FAMOUS WRITER THEY'LL ALL KNOW YOUR NAME DRINK UP YOUR COFFEE STRAP ON LEATHER YOU ARE A SENSITIVE ONE YOU ARE A SENSITIVE ONE YOU WENT AWAY YOU WENT AWAY GIRL GANG IS NOT QUITE THE SAME BANG ON DOOR YOU SAY LET ME IN YOU ARE THE WALLFLOWER IN THICK BLACK EYELINER MESSY CATHOLIC NUN YOUR BRUISES ARE OOZING SPARKLE WHERE YOU'RE STANDING AND PICK THE POPPIES AREN'T THEY LOVELY YOU WENT AWAY YOU WENT AWAY GIRL GANG IS NOT QUITE THE SAME
9.
Underdark 01:45
THE TWO TRAIN AT 86TH STREET A NEW TRANSFER IS AVAILABLE TO B1 OR B4 BUS FOR SERVICE TO AVENUE X ON THE F LINE SCREAMING BUSTED KNEES BLEEDING NO MORE POEMS JUST PARTYING JUST CROWD SURFING SPINNING IN THE PIT GET IN THE FACE OF YOUR RIVALS NO MORE ESSAYS NO MORE MANTRAS JUST SAY IT LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE KICKING LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE MEAN JUMPING AROUND BLISSFUL UNINHIBITED BREATHING THE TWO TRAIN AT 86TH STREET A NEW TRANSFER IS AVAILABLE TO B1 OR B4 BUS FOR SERVICE TO AVENUE X ON THE F LINE

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c'est un bruit punk minimaliste.

/ˈsōtōl/ noun :: a north american desert plant of the agave family, with spiny-edged leaves and small white flowers. 

Sotol is the solo project of Jenn Arras from the Chicago-based duo, alouette. With ample free time available during lockdowns, a collection of home-demos and field recordings—made walking around the world with Tascam in hand—began to coalesce into a nine-song album. Jenn, a live sound and recording engineer, incorporates post-punk, indiepop and garage rock influences and experiments with musique concrète, an avant-garde approach that utilises recorded sounds as raw material, which are then modified with effects and assembled as montage.

Instrumentation and vocals recorded on a 4-track between jan - feb 2020 with Fender jaguar, epiphone galaxie 10, drum machine and a korg monologue. Field recordings captured in CHI, NYC and MPLS.  mixed and mastered by SOTOL at Shoe Gunk in MPLS between jun - aug 2020.

For Eddie and Anita, wherever you are.

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released October 30, 2020

SOTOL is:
Jenn—guitar, synths, vox, drum machine, live drums, field recordings, bass | feat. Lucas—drums on tracks 2, 7 and 9. Cover and design by Jenn. All songs written and produced by SOTOL.

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SOTOL Brooklyn, New York

moody and echoey post punk | nyc

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