Worst New Music, by Coping Skills

Worst New Music

by Coping Skills

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On April 13th, we put out a new record we called Worst New Music, mostly because it fucking sucks, and we wanted to tell you that first. But also it’s because the idea of Music Taste is a late capitalist branding tool that only stands to benefit tech companies and major labels. Music criticism, as much as it even still exists in 2018, is a vehicle for ads for alcohol brands owned by InBev more often than it is anything else. (Also, hello, InBev if you’re reading this, we would love to discuss the possibility of a more direct sponsorship opportunity.)

Anyway, behind that real firebrand of a title are more moving, endearing, and occasionally upsetting songs about, like, the exhausting burden of living under capitalism, post-millennial rot, and the ways mental health can affect both individuals and relationships. There’s still jokes and stuff, so it’s not that serious. But it kinda is.

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1.	Bagel Fruit Water 01:46	lyrics	buy track
My body is a temple, but I treat it like my neighbor’s house All boarded up and completely worn down My body is a temple, but I treat it like my neighbor’s house All boarded up and completely worn down No one has been allowed entry Since at least two thousand fifteen Declared unfit for occupancy No one has been allowed entry Since at least two thousand fifteen Declared unfit for occupancy No one has been allowed entry Someone please give me what I need Bagel, fruit, and water
2.	I'd Rather Not (Yeah) 02:46	lyrics	buy track
I’d rather not go to work today But I really need to get paid My boss will yell at me if I’m late “You’re fired!” -- Again? Yeah I’d rather not leave the house today There’s nothing out there for me anyway I just wanna stay home and play My songs with my friends -- “That’s me!” Yeah
3.	User Error 02:10	lyrics	buy track
I get so tired I can’t sleep I get so nervous I can’t eat I try to grin and bare my teeth, But I’ve become more wolf than sheep We’re fighting again Was it something I said? Another insensitive attempt We’re fighting again Was it something I said or didn’t say? That made you turn and walk away That made me turn and We’re fighting again But it’s all in my head
4.	Simmering 03:18	lyrics	buy track
I was never very good at writing fiction Every damn thing becomes about me eventually You wear your tears like jewelry Glimmering, catching the light reflecting Or a badge of courage, a particle of proof That for a brief moment a feeling pushed through A pot of grief simmering On the surface of your chest Any little burst of heat Sends you boiling over the edge
5.	$5 02:47	lyrics	buy track
I think you make my coffee better than I do now, But my cup is empty All I need is you and me and five bucks All I need, all I need, is you and me and five bucks Do you mind if I get into the shower? Do you mind if I stand in there for hours? Do you mind if I stay in bed all day? Do you mind if I try to sleep it away? Do you mind if I get into the shower? Do you mind if I stand in there for hours? Do you mind if I stay in bed all day? Do you mind if I try to sleep it away? If you don’t mind, I’m gonna get into the shower I won’t take long -- I’ll be ready in half an hour And we can go outside and grab a cup of coffee I’ve got five bucks, and baby, I’ve got you and me
6.	Baptism 02:05	lyrics	buy track
Spent my last few dollars on subway fare So I could say, “I’m getting there” An eternity on the train floor Damned for passing through your front door I’m not getting anywhere No, I’m not getting anywhere You’re a serpent waiting with baited breath A traitor who would not repent Poisonous apple, ultimate temptation Destroyer of a perfect civilization No, I’m not getting anywhere You know I’m not getting anywhere I’m not better, and I’m not worse Bound forever to this curse Tear my body limb from limb Sew me up in virgin skin I wanna be born pure again
7.	Soft Chokey 01:15	lyrics	buy track
It’s not that difficult to be a decent person You somehow made it seem like it’s the hardest thing in the world I’m happy that you’ve since discovered how to empathize with me I only wish you knew back then what you know now
8.	Have You Encountered The Softboy? 04:32	lyrics	buy track
From the first glance I knew There was something about you And I was stuck like glue But now it’s plain to see You’re not the one for me How could I like someone who loves Morrissey? I don’t have time for your games You make me feel insane Only asking me to stay The moment I’m ready to walk away You’re not entitled to my affection To cure an erection I won’t sit by like some toy To be played by a softboy You don’t care what I’m up to Till you’re drunk and you are blue Expecting me to come through But you must be confused Because I am not amused By your shitty tattoos and bad moods and narcissistic attitude I don’t have time for your games You make me feel insane Only asking me to stay The moment I’m ready to walk away You’re not entitled to my affection To cure an erection I won’t sit by like some toy To be played by a softboy At your hand I’ve suffered plenty of little deaths But none of them, no none of them, were anything special
9.	Dozing Driver Hits Pole 01:31	lyrics	buy track
I had a dream I burned down buildings from the inside I woke up panicked to be late for work My cat was coughing on the floor beside me I pet his chin until he started to purr I don’t know what is going on inside me I get caught up inside these bad dreams I don’t know what is going on inside me I’m getting stuck I don’t know what is going on inside me I get caught up inside these bad dreams I don’t know what is going on inside me I’m getting stuck, I’m getting stuck
10.	Man, It's A Hot One 03:01	lyrics	buy track
I buzzed my head in August and blamed it on the heat I buzzed my head in August and blamed it on The weather, my mood affected The hair tie too small to hold Eighty miles per hour The broken AC in the van Two weeks away from home The pool of sweat on my neck A needed new sense of self Getting a grip Getting a grip Getting a grip Getting a grip I buzzed my head in August and blamed it on the heat
11.	Threnody 02:00	lyrics	buy track
I don’t know anyone who knew you So I don’t know how to talk about you Hear me, why don’t you hear me? I keep yelling until my ears bleed And I keep screaming until I can’t speak Kill me, why won’t you kill me? How to walk through that house again? When you won’t be at the kitchen table Eating dinner, miserable Coming home late from a job you hate When you won’t burst right into my bedroom Fourteen outfits, a new perfume A fight you lose ‘cause you could never choose What I’d give to run up the hill and lay by the water that Jesus would have walked on as we breathed in the whole world and breathed out ourselves I am, I am, I am alone
12.	This Is A GD B Of An Unsatisfactory Situation 02:38	lyrics	buy track
Scratch the bite till it scabs Pick the scab till it scars Take a look at the mark Wonder why you choose to make a bad thing worse Scratch the bite till it scabs Pick the scab till it scars Take a look at the mark Wonder why you choose to make a bad thing worse Scratch the bite till it scabs Pick the scab till it scars Take a look at the mark Wonder why you choose to make a bad thing worse I just wanna feel good But everything I’m doing Doesn’t make me feel good No, nothing that I’m doing I just wanna feel good But everything I’m doing Doesn’t make me feel good I feel bad, I feel bad, I feel bad, I feel bad

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released April 13, 2018

Recorded + mixed by Evan Bernard + Chris Baglivo
at Big Mama's in Philadelphia, PA
Mastered by Lauren DeLucca + Joel Metzler
at MilkBoy the Studio in Philadelphia, PA
Album artwork + tape design by Rachel Dispenza

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