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Whims

by THISNESS

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"Whims" is featured on our upcoming debut album – Threshold – out February 25.

Recorded Summer 2021 at Wildland Studio (Hickory Hill, AR) with additional recording in Little Rock and Conway, AR; mixed by Michael/Thisness in December 2021; mastered by Chris Moore at East Hall Recording (Fayetteville, AR).

lyrics

Tripped over campfires, fantastic
You wanna fight, I'll fight
Show me to the room 
Fell 100 miles 
The Whims Will Purify

Walked through flames to get here
He spoke He spoke It broke
Broken plastic tinged with laughter
Exotic lipstick fakes it
The Whims Will Purify

Held onto raccoon hands
Blandscapes landscapes 
Felt the world through frightened eyes
Molyneux touches the boxes
The Whims Will Purify

Makes dirt into shapes 
Hands felt into fixations
Elixirs poured out for ancestors
How much will scratch for it
The Whims Will Purify

Fancy cars
Start the wars
Lost occupations 
Signs in the streets

Stealthy voices
Blister their ears
Blank premonitions
Holding the future

And you're hunting… hunting…  hunting…
You're hunting me
With your pickups and drop offs
You didn't show any restraint

Your phone is ringing
It is your prudence
With artifice convictions
You know you can't see through this 

Past sunsets ascend
Into the ether
The stars are cutouts
Of Strife in Heraclitus

The eggman disemboweled
Hater's on the prowl
Hunting the precious life
Streets of our daffodil city 

Haikus and devil's spells
They lead you astray
“Remember me,” he said
Fake money shines from above
We need extra lines 
Tally the last of our failures
Whims upon the shores
Whims taken from us
Whims broke our chests
Whims upon harbors
Whims within lovers
Whims within lovers

Glasses gather in masses
The holy burglar fakes
He takes he takes he takes places
Under the overpasses cinderblocks stacked
The Whims Will Purify

Avoids the sun every day
Burns the queen of cups
Bars of soap, stars aghast 
Takes off the pagan holidays
The Whims Will Purify 

Porch paintings stolen slogans
Their red rooster china in flames
They don’t show any restraint
Fireworks blew the amplifier
The Whims Will Purify 

You need a new best friend 
Con artists and convicts
Past heights ascend
Her dogs dream of wealth
The Whims will Purify

The river is rising high
The whims will purify
The river is rising high
The whims will purify
The river is rising high
The whims will purify
The river is rising high
The whims will purify

credits

released February 4, 2022
Lyrics by James Dow / Music by Thisness

on “Whims” Thisness is:
Jesse Butler - guitar
Chris Carrier - drums, percussion
James Dow - vocals, guitar, samples
Michael Norton - bass guitar

Art by Kasten McClellan Searles

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THISNESS Hickory Hill, Arkansas

Thisness plays dark psychedelic post-punk in central Arkansas

Thisness is:

Jesse Butler — Guitars and other stringed instruments
James Dow — Vocals, Guitar, Loops, Tape Machine, Saxophone
Adrian James — Drums and Percussion
Michael Norton — Bass Guitars ... more

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