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Record Machine

by Sissy Mena

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Counting clouds won't pay the ransom I know I know I know Midnight hours won't make you handsome It shows it shows it shows I never said it as much I couldn't mean it enough A combination of techno tools and overstatement And now you're acting so tough When all you need is a touch Stimulated by sex or drugs or conversation I've got a plan, it has no legs, I told the man I'm so relieved that he conceived of the sabbath for some down time I can't believe he's so conceited he can't keep off of his own mind Hey baby sometimes, you gotta bring me sunshine With all the shit on my mind Just get out of here There's blood in these veins Human touch, human touch, humans touch
2.
Planets 04:41
Old boys love countries Red white and blue Young boys love planets I just love you Old girls love money It's tried and true Young girls love honey I just love you Reap what you sow Be glad you know You're not a natural blue With addictions to prove Last call for season And your teenage blues Toe-tested treason And apocalypse clues Don't bleed on my shoes I want the neon youth I want convenient truth I want the silver screen Pictures the size of me A permanent style, a bottomless sea And you look just like I imagined A permanent class on top of the trees And you look just like I imagined
3.
Rorschachs 04:37
I'm counting stars amongst my friends and leaving town My tongue is bent from silent stints in strangers' mouths I couldn't make sophisticated neon sound Just make it up, I do it, I'll prove it Lady graces, I'm a fish and you're a minnow Human traces, silhouetting through your window Fame on the north side, a sycophantic infant fantasy Incantations, anesthetized by sequenced sound Asked and answered, I am Lara's Lunar lover Asked and answered, I am looking for no other My head overreacts My bed expands, contracts She sees herself in rorschachs She hides in leaves of grass I'm counting stars amongst my friends and letting go My tongue is bent from lost consent to lose control And you're free to trade for taller shade to stretch your soul Just make it up, I do it, I blew it
4.
The Niche 05:42
Taking off and landing, expanding With one eye on the ground, safe and sound The weather lands on my plans, and news stands I'm not afraid of earth, I've been here since birth And I aint taking phone calls I'm watching cadillacs in the sky I've polished off your strongest stuff I closed my eyes Rights and wrongs and proteins, and chlorine I'm looking toward the sky, saying my goodbyes And look outside, it's spring From inside this town I don't feel a thing And I aint taking phone calls I'm watching cadillacs in the sky It's better shows with curtains close So close your eyes And I'm going to bed And I'm going to bed Blue skies inside of my head And I'm going to bed
5.
Going out of my way to run from the car Going out of my way wherever you are Going outside the lines to hide from the scene Compromising my time whatever that means She's got a record machine And now she's out on the scene With all the boys and their dreams She's got a record machine Our gardens filled with April flowers Our journals writ with alphabet soup We lean on style to sweeten our sours With bottles of time and nothing to do She's got a record machine And now she's out on the scene A lovely chemical queen She's got a record machine And they don't even start Not even Joan of Arc
6.
Whistle 05:09
When she walked into the room She was the news Can she stand on both her hands while talking Not all girls can fly They don't come back with saving grace Just a standard embrace But who's to say who's saving whose place, in fake space I can't claim to tell I never caught the rain (it always falls on me sometimes) To mean much more than anything (like children's tales and nursery rhymes) I'll whistle while you shake (attention spans and tension lines) I'll catch you in the fall I'm more than half awake I'm more than half of anything
7.
You are a lovely record player You are a peaceful demonstrator You are a powder-nosed sustainer You are an eager entertainer I need a friend to comprehend my back and forth behavior I need a friend to comprehend my back and forth behavior
8.
It's the times, that keeps you searching for rhymes It's the news, it's got you stuck with the blues So spit it out and walk ahead Your body beats your brain is dead A broken heart will follow you From nursery to surgery school It's the math, it's got you coming in last It's the boys, that keeps you smothered in noise So spit it out and walk ahead Your body beats your brain is dead A broken heart will follow you From nursery to surgery school And hey it's almost summer I hope they take the truth out Verisimilitude, it could happen to you Verisimilitude, it could happen to you So spit it out and walk ahead Your body beats your brain is dead A broken heart will follow you From nursery to surgery school
9.
Fancy Films 04:43
And settle down for season It takes a pint of truth to kick you back Forget about your reasons Make the long walk home and just be glad And clarify my treason The better sides of you don't seem so bad I think we all need pleasin' So leave your fancy films inside your bag The band was so ironic, never supersonic at all Playing all your favorites in between your telephone calls Hanging out the back door, making sure that everyone saw Even though you said it you never really meant it at all
10.
You never watered the plants You'll never harvest all your plans And if you find your way back home You'll see me as a boy In memories destroyed I'll be waiting by the phone You're making it true

about

Debut album from Chicago three-piece Sissy Mena.

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released November 15, 2011

Sissy Mena is:

Tyler Brinegar - Guitars, Vocals
Adam Bonich - Drums, Percussion
Taylor Briggs - Bass, Additional Guitars, Keys

Music by Sissy Mena
Lyrics by Tyler Brinegar

Recorded June 2010 - August 2011 at Blackcity Studios, Chicago, IL
Engineered by Tom Whittaker and Paul Norman
Additional Recording at Bowie's House, Chicago, IL

Mixed by Tim Sandusky, Chicago, IL
Mastered by Carl Saff, Chicago, IL

Cover Photo by Chelsea Garwacki
Additional Photography by Adam Bonich
Designed by Sissy Mena and Tara Shade

Thanks to our parents.

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Sissy Mena Chicago

Sissy Mena (mean-uh) is a three-piece sonic rock band from Chicago. They play loud and quiet and fast and slow, all with their hands and feet.

Their 2009 Young Girl EP drew comparisons to 90's heros such as Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, and the Smashing Pumpkins.

In November 2011, after 14 months in the studio, Sissy Mena released their debut LP Record Machine.
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