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Pilot EP

by The Sometimes Island

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1.
Good Things Have Always Been Here 01:27
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Rosewater 02:33
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The anger was building, the longer they kept us inside A gallon of milk To drown out the tears that we cried The truth is uncomfortable and Lord knows it’s easier to lie So we set Los Angeles on fire A couple of guns can speak so much louder than words A couple of voices can be silenced before they’re heard Rosewater The truth is on film Spend one week pretending to care They took mama’s boy and that was more than she was prepared to bear Rosewater Rosewater Rosewater Set Los Angeles on fire
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Mr. Sun 03:26
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The sun won't shine If you live underground The world's unkind When no one's around Lies ain't true If you're glued to your shoe It just ain't right The morning you say Well, the sun won't shine When you live underground You say you're fine But you choke on a frown If you'd step outside It's a marvelous day but you're Pushing me away Shine on, shine on Shine on Mr. Sun The birds won't sing And the bees won't buzz The grass ain't green And clouds just because Plants can't grow In ten feet of snow It just ain't right The morning you say Well, the sun won't shine When you live underground You say you're fine But you choke on a frown If you'd step outside It's a marvelous day but you're Pushing me away Shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Shine on Mr. Sun The sun won't shine If you live underground The world's unkind When no one's around Lies ain't true If you're glued to your shoe It just ain't right The morning you say Well, the sun won't shine When you live underground You say you're fine But you choke on a frown If you'd step outside It's a marvelous day but you're Pushing me away Shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Shine on Mr. Sun Mr. Sun
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Makes You You 04:14
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Cut to modern day the future's breathing Breathing down my neck The paths are long and lined with ghosts I'm losing My train won't reach its wreck Cause there's always a way To outlive the truth Corners to stash the secrets from your youth So when time proves you wrong Will they be dead and gone Is it the guilt that you pay That makes you Do you remember all that makes you you Time is the only thing that makes you new The rain has stopped, the sun comes out and we're back in my room We're seventeen we begin The rainbow curling through the sky outside I can't wait This will never happen again The things we do in the dark of the night We get away with them but do we ever get away The searchlight lurches down at you like time is the hunter It's you who are the prey Cause there's always a way To outlive the truth Corners to stash the secrets from your youth So when time proves you wrong Will they be dead and gone Is it the guilt that you pay That makes you Do you remember all that makes you you Time is the only thing that makes you new Do you remember all that makes you you Time is the only thing that makes you new I would give my world away to get back to the room Where the future was going to begin We only ever get to see the paths that we take What of the ones we rescind They wind along our memories like ghosts in machines Like this is what could have been But if we got that second chance do you think it would change The way we've always known it would end Cause there's always a way To outlive the truth Corners to stash the secrets from your youth So when time proves you wrong Will they be dead and gone Is it the guilt that you pay That makes you Do you remember all that makes you you Time is the only thing that makes you new Do you remember all that makes you you Time is the only thing that makes You you
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Hannah Banana 03:20
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Hannah Banana Never on my game when you come around Never was sure if I loved you Oh But I love you now Hannah Banana I heard you ran away with another man Who never had a doubt if he loved you Cause you were the best he could ever have I was finally getting better I started taking care of myself Last night I blacked out and woke up on your porch You know You don’t live there anymore Hannah Banana Never on my game when you come around Never was sure if I loved you Oh But I love you now Hannah Banana Nobody understands when I talk about How it’s coming in waves that I miss you Hmm And I’m afraid that I’m going to drown Oh I was finally getting better I started taking care of myself Last night I blacked out and woke up on your porch You know I get carried away Hannah Banana Hannah Banana Oh I was finally getting better I started taking care of myself Last night I blacked out and woke up on your porch You know You don’t live there anymore Hannah Banana I’m never on my game when you come around I never was sure if I loved you Oh But I love you now Oh Hannah Banana I’m never on my game when you come around I never was sure if I loved you Oh But I love you now But I love you now But I love you now Mmm But I love you now But I love you now But I love you now
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Help Me Find A Way 00:57
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Could you help me find a way To let go Could you help me find a way To let go Could you help me find a way To let go Could you help me find a way To let
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Fighting For 02:54
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Here we are again Woke up flying down the 5 Butterflies exit 75 Salad days forgot the 80’s I can’t feel much at all Let’s hang out at the mall The summertime melts cheddar cheese Mom took away the LSD Check this out I’m glad I found this Photograph from 1996 Here, here we are Do you know what you’re fighting for Here, here we are Do you know what you’re fighting for What you're fighting for You, you don’t know What you’re fighting for You, you don’t know What you’re fighting for All our memories All our friends All our secrets Are here again What you're fighting for You, you don’t know What you’re fighting for You, you don’t know What you’re fighting for Here we are again
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I Can't Lose You 03:19
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I can’t lose you No matter How hard I try There’s a moment we never got To say goodbye You paralyze me by The way you look tonight You make me feel like I could jump out a window And learn to fly There’s a stupid guy And he’s keeping us apart He’s afraid In the headlights of a car When the blood dries When the cows come home Well I’ll still love you, and always will, wherever you are I can’t lose you No matter How hard I try There’s a moment we never got To say goodbye I can’t lose you No matter How hard I try There’s a moment we never got There’s a moment we never got There’s a moment we never got To say goodbye Will you promise me that you’ll stay there? Keep it together when I cannot Will you Sit beside me until The nightmares stop Wherever you are Wherever you are Wherever you are Wherever you are I can’t lose you No matter How hard I try There’s a moment we never got To say goodbye I can’t lose you No matter How hard I try There’s a moment we never got There’s a moment we never got There’s a moment we never got There’s a moment we never got There’s a moment we never got To say goodbye.
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Feet 04:20
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Take your pain Lay it down At my feet On solid ground Then I'll take your pain That's always there All the time And I'll make it mine I don't want you Ever to hurt You're beautiful If I could ask Of you One thing You're leaving on The light So my feet Can be The guide In the darkest Night you'll help me Find my way back Home Take your pain Lay it down At my feet On solid ground Then I'll take your pain That's always there All the time And I'll make it mine Oh I don't want you Ever to hurt You're beautiful If I could ask Of you One thing You're leaving on The light So my feet Can be The guide Oh In The darkest Night you'll help me Find my way back Home Could you help Me find a way To let go Could you help Me find a way To let go Could you help Me find a way To let go Could you help Me find a way To let Could you let Me find a way To let go Could you help Me find a way To let go Could you help Me find a way To let go Could you help Me find a way To let

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released March 19, 2021

music and lyrics by Matt Blankenship Jr

vocals/guitar/piano/synth/bass/drums by Matt Blankenship Jr
drums by Nick Lopiano
additional drum programming on Hannah Banana by Travis Blankenship
guitar solo on Fighting For by Pat Mertens
additional vocals on Help Me Find A Way by Lily Tehrani

produced by Matt Blankenship Jr

recorded at Honeymoon Suite in Los Angeles, CA, Christmas Queso Ranch in Albuquerque, NM & Marathon in Los Angeles, CA
Good Things Have Always Been Here, produced, mixed & mastered by Matt Blankenship Jr

Rosewater, Help Me Find A Way, Fighting For & Feet recorded at Marathon in Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Sun, Makes You You, Hannah Banana & I Can't Lose You recorded at Christmas Queso Ranch in Albuquerque, NM

drums recorded at Honeymoon Suite in Los Angeles, CA
recording engineer Michael Rosen

Additional recording at Sweet Sixteen Club in Burbank, CA

Fighting For mixed and mastered by Jason at Infinite Audio LA
Hannah Banana mixed by Travis Blankenship
All other songs mixed & mastered by Matt Blankenship Jr at Marathon

managers Ian Logue & Waylon Barnes at C2 Management
released by The Sometimes Island

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The Sometimes Island Los Angeles, California

If Daft Punk and Fleet Foxes had a lovechild, this band would disappoint its parents and be sent to boarding school for sounding like The 1975.

This is exactly what tropical indie-pop band The Sometimes Island are made of. Synth-heavy pop laced with introspective lyrics and bright, colorful sounds, it’s music you can both sway your hips to and appreciate both physically and intellectually. ... more

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