Destroy!, by Sea Urchin

Destroy!

by Sea Urchin

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ps0m This is a GREAT record, and I flipped out when I heard the 50's influence. The doo-wop chords. Then I read that the Sea Urchins love it too. My parents were not dirty hippies. I heard plenty of them dead teenager songs, too. I've loved dead teenagers ever since. Coooool tunes!

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1.	New Guy 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Let me tell you about a girl I love With a love that’s pure and true Then she went and left and broke my heart and And I don't know what to do Saw on facebook that she’s dating a new guy I cry for hours every night Learning everything I can about the new guy Because I can’t handle this goodbye And I don’t know what to do I gotta kill him And I gotta kill the new guy Cuz I gotta win her back And I gotta kill the new guy And get away with it And I gotta hide the body Somewhere really really far Guess the only way is murder To get back indie her heart The i’ll stand outside her window Beg her please to take me back She won’t know that i killed her fucking boyfriend Bet you she won’t dig on that Then we’ll go out to the woods To watch the body decompose Never tasted the flesh of a human But now I really wanna know As his blood runs down my chin I’m glad I killed him Cuz I gotta kill the new guy Cuz I gotta win her back And I gotta kill the new guy And get away with it And I gotta hide the body Somewhere really really far Guess the only way is murder To get back indie her heart I feel his blood running through my veins Fills me with a power that I can’t explain As I pick his flesh out of my teeth Feels like i’m infected with some kind of disease And I transform into the great unclean I make you my cannibal queen First time in my life I don’t feel like a fraud When I eat his flesh I become a god And I gotta kill the new guy Cuz I gotta win her back And I gotta kill the new guy And get away with it And I gotta hide the body (gotta hide the body) Somewhere really really far (somewhere really far) Guess the only way is murder (only way is murder) To get back inside her heart
2.	You're Whole 01:36		buy track
3.	Teenage Breakdown 02:16		buy track
4.	The Kids Are All Sad 03:10		buy track
5.	Girls 02:25		buy track
6.	Call Your Girlfriend 03:26		buy track
7.	The Saddest Man 02:34		buy track
8.	Rock! 06:49		buy track
9.	It's Raining on Christmas 03:40		buy track
10.	I Beefed it (On My Motorbike) 11:57	lyrics	buy track
Rain falls down upon this forsaken place Better to disguise the tears on your face Memories will betray and people will say That “the boy took it way too fast around dead man’s way” They’ll forget the way I fought for you in the rain and mud Just make sure they remember that your dad drew first blood Please don’t cry babe, you know I aint mad These Jersey streets are dangerous when a cop is your dad The pavement was slick, but i know it aint that I’m sorry but tomorrow you’ll be dressed in black I guess it’s true you when they say that you can’t escape your fate I’ll be leaving soon but for 1 more kiss heaven can wait I’m happy I can’t look in the mirror cuz I know that it wasn’t right I never meant to leave you crying here on saturday night You had fire red hair, attitude to match there were no escaping your jet black eyes You were dating the varsity tackle but you were mine when I jumped on my bike Yeah you were mine when I jumped on my bike When you pull me in close and my knees get weak I knew you feel it too baby aint no doubt Don’t tell me you a good girl baby, cuz a bad girl’s trying to get out Yeah there’s a bad girl’s trying to get out Your friends don’t like me, but baby I don’t care Tell me once you love me and we’ll get right outta here Wind in your hair and fire in your eyes, Racing like the devil out the Jersey Pine You Dad’s the chief of police, mine’s doing 25 - life mine’s doing 25 - life I was born to love you I was born to be bad I fought the law but the law is your dad - and then I hear him say He tells me to stay away My kind aint no good i hear him say I know he must be wrong and I tell him so Cuz i Had a taste of paradise, now i’ll never let you go Never let you go I looked my dad in the face, and i say sorry pop got a love with a bike and gretsch guitar We’re headin out west so this jersey moon will turn to california stars Will turn to california stars We’re in the middle of nowhere, ever less to do But my heart’s given off sparks all thanks to you 1-2-3-4 I’m gonna race your daddy round dead man’s curve To prove i’m more than a man and he’d better learn The winner of the race get to take you home I’ll put my foot on the gas and let the whole world know I beefed It on my motorbike, guess we can’t all be alive tonight I beefed it, though our love is strong, please baby hold me now cuz it won’t be much longer I tried to do it right, but some things you can’t outrun Thought our love would last forever but looks like our time is done Tonight, cuz you know I beefed it right, on my motorbike I beefed It on my motorbike, guess we can’t all be alive tonight I beefed it, though our love is strong, please baby hold me now cuz it won’t be much longer I tried to do it right, but some things you can’t outrun Thought our love would last forever but looks like our time is done Tonight, cuz you know I beefed it right, on my motorbike Now the worst is over, but please hold me tight If there’s a great beyond you know this aint goodbye I’ll take one last drag of a smoke near all this twisted chrome Cuz I start to see saints and devils come to take me home letting the jersey rain run down my face, you know wasn’t the plan I can’t help but wish it was California sand We better hurry now, just got 5 min at most I’ll whisper my last wish, Hush lean in close Promise me we’ll have one last date And you’ll meet when you finally reach those pearly gates I’ll say what any girl wants to hear you better believe I want you, I need you now get on my bike lets leave Would’ve been earlier if it weren’t for the Beef

about

10 Facts About Sea Urchin and the Album
By Matthew Strickland

1. I’m from New Jersey, and that’s important to know for the album.

2. It was recorded mostly in my closet and some in Katie Von Schleicher’s living room.

3. Most of the songs were written in the wake of a breakup. I got really really sad. Like so sad. Like so so so sad. Just straight up classic heartache “I’ll never be okay again” kinda shit. But at the same time I also thought there was something really funny about my histrionic sadness. So the album sort of came from me laughing at my own sadness. Then that making me feel sadder which only made it funnier to me. My original goal was to have “sad” in the title of every song.

4. The record includes songs from genres as diverse as Punk, Pop Punk, 50s inspired garage Punk, Hardcore Punk, Skynard Punk, Grunge Punk, Meat Loaf Punk, & Frogwave. Maybe Sad Punk is the best way to say it?

5. Adam Finchler (drummer on the album) said he couldn’t tell if the album was “funny, adorable, or deeply sad.” And that sort of sums it up.

6. I think there’s a lot funny about heavy rock, but I love it. In the 1996 documentary Hype, Nirvana producer Jack Endino says, “Yeah we know that this is heavy rock and heavy rock is kinda stupid, but it’s fun anyways. We know that this is the cheesiest thing we can do, but we gotta do it.” And that is sort of what I've based my life around. The idea that something is stupid but I am unable to NOT do it.

7. I love 1950s rock and roll, especially the dead teenager songs which is why the album culminates with two of them. Hearing Pearl Jam’s cover of “Last Kiss” at 11 was a seminal moment for me.

8. I try to take very silly ideas incredibly seriously. Committing as hard as you can to the silliest idea is something I firmly believe in.

9. I like bands where the humor is as much in the style and production as the lyrics. I like the idea that something is funny but there aren’t jokes in it. I feel closer to bands like Mudhoney, Suicidal Tendencies, Butthole Surfers, & Ween than to Weird Al (no disrespect tho he’s a legend.) Like a more self-aware Danzig would be my favorite band of all time.

10. I would love to make the greatest music video ever made for “I Beefed it (On My Motorbike).” If someone would like to lend me $100,000. I promise it will be the greatest ever made.

credits

released March 29, 2024

All songs written by Matt Strickland except #6 written by Robyn, Alexander Kronlund, Klas Åhlund.
Matt Strickland - Vox, Guitars, Bass, Synth
Katie Von Schleicher - Lead Vox 5, Backup Vox 1,2, Synth 1, Piano 3
Sheena Ogelsby - Lead Vox 10
Adam Finchler - Drums 1,2,3,4, 5, 7,8 , Background Vox 9, Lead Guitar 5, 10
Julian Fader - Drums 9,10
Nick Jost - Bass 5, 10
James Cross - Lead Guitar 7,8
Colby Smith - Organ 8, Piano 10
Julian Cartwright - Strings 3,4, 10
Nate Mendelsohn - Sax 10
Mary Kate Doherty - Background Vox 9, 10

Engineered by Katie Von Schleicher & Matt Strickland. Mixed by Katie Von Schleicher. Mastered by Matt Bachmann. Additional recording by Julian Fader, Julien Cartwright, James Cross, Nate Mendelsohn, and Nick Jost. String arrangements by Julien Cartwright

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