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Swim Buddies

by OUT

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1.
Cyclists 01:42
Work the cardio And away we go Moving Now Down the lonesome road I’ll meet you there Where they black out the air Moving now, but moving far too slow … Moving far too slow All I see are crows Wheeling as we roll All I see are crows  No eagles! Buzzards spin Watch me grimace I look at them as they grin I will meet you there Where they black out the air Moving now, moving far too slow
2.
Wound Up 04:14
Stare at the window, take in the extra view. You’re walking around with a bomb strapped to your head. You’re all wound up, and you’re all cashed-out.
3.
Chain Fight 01:36
These aren’t your people. No they aren’t. These aren’t your people. CHAINFIGHT!
4.
Dance, Like 02:46
Dance like, dance like, dance like everyone is watching. Dance, like no one is watching. Dance, like. Hold onto my arm.
5.
You took the brunt. You took the bruises. You took the punch. You took the bruises. You give up, you give up, you give up. No, say I, don’t, No, say I, don’t, don’t.
6.
End Times 02:17
Outside, there is a warning. And, it’s covered-up in silt. Out there, in your courtyard, the water is rising to your porch. Soon, to be a graveyard, an underestimated force. We need a white horse, a white buffalo. A sacred life force to ride us off into the …
7.
Ox Carts 02:06
LBJ Corners you in the head Looms large Hypertensive face red   Tonkin’s been keeping Ladybird up at night And oxcarts have Unilaterally taken flight   Nitro pills And grow out your hair My Lai and Stills Become one if you stare   Take me back To that Best Texas Town Before it all got fucked Before they burned it all down   JFK In the back of Air Force one Dick proud Let the rumor come undone Jackie O Escalates in the back While you study in the war room Warn and torn maps   Nitro pills And grow out your hair My Lai and Stills Become one if you stare   Take me back To that Best Texas Town Before it all got fucked Before they burned it all down
8.
The dust is all around. Water is all dried up, covered in dirt. Wanting, yearning, grasping for your breath. Parched and phased, staring-down death. Hearts that bleed, plagued, at best. The dust is all around.
9.
Handcarts 01:29
Pow! Head back to the west again Find that you’ve gone deaf again Defenestrate Ameliorate Get lost in the Great Salt Lake defensestrate ameliorate Get down on the take…. Pow! Bitchin’ wheels are here again. Get back to the west again. 
10.
Back that truck up. Head down south. You’re unbelievable. Your stars and bars mean nothing to me. Don’t, don’t tread on me. Move.
11.
You’re terrified. You’re maximized. This has happened to you, it’s happened to you. Crows around your head. Your body is left for dead. There’s a redness in your eyes. This has happened to you.

about

The fist-pumping debut full-length record by Kalamazoo, Michigan’s OUT is an emotional wallop culminating a year of fizzy water, cold basement practices, h.o.t. basement practices, Yahtzee with Buddies, trips to the beach, broken gear, tea, fixed gear, MRIs, bike rides, walks and a metric tonne of good vibes on the regular.

OUT is Isaac Turner, Chafe Hensley and Mark Larmee - also of the acclaimed Michigan rock/roll band Minutes - joined in this new endeavor by TJ Larmee on the bass guitar.

The anthemic-yet-intimate album’s title “Swim Buddies” hints at the pull that Lake Michigan (and Lake Superior, when they can get there) has on the band. TJ and Mark were married on the shores of that gorgeous beast, and it’ll forever be connected to the band and this record in all the right ways. You should really swim at sunset sometime to get the full Technicolor panoramic trip.

OUT’s music is all about the interplay between seemingly simple lines (vocal blurts / guitar riffs) that come together to make a whole larger than parts. Water, and the lack of water, worms its way in the songs: dust and silt covering the Earth after we’ve finally ruined it; flood waters rising to consume the entire town (it’s something we did, pretty sure); the water we need to fill us up after foolhardy endeavors. The water is always there, and its absence will be crucial.

Man, it’s like Dune up in here all of a sudden!

The record isn’t all that dire: Mormons and LBJ and White Bison get their due as well.

Limited to 300 vinyl copies, “Swim Buddies” was released in February 2017 on Comedy Minus One.

To order an LP - shop.comedyminusone.com/products/out-swim-buddies-lp

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released February 17, 2017

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OUT Kalamazoo, Michigan

OUT.

Chafe Hensley, guitar/voice.

ML Larmee,
drums, keys.

TJ Larmee, bass/voice.

Ike Turner, guitar/voice.
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