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PULP

by Born Ruffians

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1.
Checkin' Out 02:37
Battling the rattling of your cage Your skill set skews to staring off into space And the rain sways to a grey place where it stays Gotta get out, gotta check out, gotta break Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out Hey buddy, Rome wasn’t built in a day It was brick by brick, persevere, that’s the way They get anxious when they’re all alone, people say Need a remedy to that prophecy but they don’t pray Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out In the humming of an unknown frequency In the milky eyes of a blind man falling to his knees There's a sound out there ringing out just for me That familiar, friendly, painful melody Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out Ohhhh checkin’ out
2.
Two people in the world One who is decisive, divisive, derisive Won't hesitate to make the call And this person will go far She will be the maker, mover, shaker Back never up against the wall As for the other, well, she will follow Life will be more monophonic, dull But don't feel sorry for the girl She feels safe in the warmth at the back of the herd I'm leaning to the former (if I get to make it on my own) Wait a minute! There's a third one Who's awake in the dark and feels nothing at all I'm scared, unprepared Every day becomes a waterfall So turn your back Get on the road Put your head down and explode Bang! Bang! Bang! Three people in the world One who is unbalanced Full of talent One who is afraid to fall And one of 'em who just don't care She will never lighten, brighten, frighten No, she don't feel much at all I'm leaning to the latter (if I get to make it on my own) Wait a minute! There's a fourth one Who is full of a madness and malice for all I'm scared, unprepared Every day becomes a waterfall So turn your back Get on the road Put your head down and explode Bang! Bang! Bang! I guess you got it all wrong You played it too safe But those days are gone So turn your back Get on the road Put your head down and explode Bang! Bang! Bang! Looks like you were lost in thought Got in your head and then you woke up
3.
Heat Wave 04:32
Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Shoo shoo, shoo shoo You can’t go on getting stuck in your head You’re king of none Yeah it sucks, you’re annoyed You’re just a violin in a void It’s a heat wave Keep waving, rolling on Through the heat wave Keep waving, roll along, roll along Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Shoo shoo, shoo shoo Your kingdom’s gone It was built in the mud It rained ’til dawn, but the rain brings you joy You’re just a violin in a void Keep on Through the heat wave Keep waving, rolling on Through the heat wave Keep waving, roll along Like a heat wave Keeps waving, rolls along Through the heat wave Keep waving, rolling on, rolling on Through the heat wave Keep waving, rolling on Like a heat wave Keeps waving, rolls along Through the heat wave Keep waving, roll along Like a heat wave Keeps waving, rolls along, roll along Through the heat wave Keep waving, roll along
4.
Be my guide, the light is blinding Take my sight, what are you finding On your side, I’m always fighting Open wide, beyond the lightning Etiquette, protocol, and propriety These are things you must uphold in totality Oh but you’re all alone, in the woods, digging in a hole Oh but you won’t do it all alone No you, no you won’t, no, you won’t Be my guide, the light is blinding Take my sight, what are you finding On your side, I’m always fighting Open wide, beyond the lightning Like an animal in the woods, you have found a way But an animal in the woods has rules it must obey Oh but you’re all alone, in the woods, digging in a hole Oh but you won’t do it all alone No you, no you won’t Be my guide, the light is blinding Take my sight, what are you finding On your side, I’m always fighting Open wide, beyond the lightning Beyond the lightning Beyond the lightning Beyond the lightning
5.
Ring Finger 03:05
She would think, she would hope If she knocked on his door, he'd open up And he would wink, she would smile And they'd sit and talk for a little while People will say the strangest things To get you to put a diamond ring Upon that little finger Beside the one they use to tell you They don't want no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one He'd drink tea and ask for more And she'd think that his heart had been restored But the truth would not come out See, that boy didn't know what love was about And people will say the strangest things To get you to put a diamond ring Upon that little finger Beside the one they use to tell you They don't want no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one People will say the strangest things To get you to put a diamond ring Upon that little finger Beside the one they use to tell you They don't want no one, no one No one, no one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one No one, no one, no one
6.
Husha 04:31
Lay low and they'll forget about it You won't, I know You got that sorta polka-dotted rhythm How you come and you go And if I could have your face in my two hands I'd feel it out, figure it out Why you would not recognize a love so obvious It'd put a ring around your rosy, pocketful of posies Husha, husha I said husha, husha Say it's so and don't forget about us You won't, I know Something in the way, you got a rhythm How you come and you go And if I could have your face in my two hands I'd feel it out, figure it out Why you would not recognize a love so obvious It'd put a ring around your rosy, pocketful of posies Husha, husha I said husha, husha I pine for you Did you even know I was there last night? I ordered two beers and drank 'em both I can make it right I know I text too much And you don't ever write me back You got a rhythm like a heart attack I said husha, husha I said husha, husha I said husha, husha I said husha, husha Sometimes we all fall down
7.
Snap! I got it Everything in frame It’s a little out of focus but hey, that’s okay Everything’s a learning curve and I am on that bend All my youthful problems are starting to rescind Walk away from the light Little happy parasite Ah crap! I had it Happy parasite I wasn’t ready to go into the light It’s bumper to bumper now and I am on the mend Life as a highway is reaching an end Walk away from the light Little happy parasite You are a little miracle, I looked it up today A little miracle born 4.3 times every second, every day And every day is a miracle This is what they say Life experience is subjective in every mind And no two are the same From personal hygiene to planets and stars To mining for minerals, driving a car To communication to making up games To safe copulation to minimum wage To burying bodies to coughing up blood Artificial appendages, fires and floods To radio, tv to censoring poems To choke masturbation To submission holds To care about animals, care about boats To navigate cities To navigate love Every day, anything, nothing, and everything Every day, anything, nothing, and everything Walk away from the light Little happy parasite Walk away from the light Little happy parasite

about

It would be short selling it to call PULP a collection of b-sides and rarities. Rather, it is a group of songs who have been patiently waiting their turn. “Happy Parasites” was at the top of the list when Born Ruffians entered the studio to record Uncle, Duke & the Chief in 2017 but it never made it into the sessions. “Husha” has been kicking around Youtube and various hard drives, a bootleg of sorts, for nearly ten years. “Heat Wave” is a head-bobbing, slow-burn banger that just needed a little more gestation time.

PULP, strained and separated for your convenience. You may now swirl them back into the eddying roil or consume each song independently. All we ask is you refrigerate after opening.

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released April 16, 2021

2021 Born Ruffians Inc. under exclusive license to Yep Roc Records.

All songs written and performed by Born Ruffians.

Mitch DeRosier - bass
Steve Hamelin - drums
Luke Lalonde - guitars, keys and vocals

Checkin' Out: produced, recorded, and mixed by Graham Walsh and Born Ruffians at Baldwin Street Sound, Toronto. Additional recording at Palace Sound & Baskitball 4 Life

Types of People: produced, recorded, and mixed by Braden Sauder and Born Ruffians at Marquee Sound, Toronto.

Heat Wave, Beyond The Lightning, Ring Finger, and Happy Parasites: produced, recorded, and mixed by Asher Gould-Murtagh and Born Ruffians in Toronto.

Mastered by Gavin Gardiner at All Day Coconut Studios
Published by Warp Publishing
Management by Noah Fralick at Huxley Management

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