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Pipedream Firewood

by FORAGER

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1.
Edgewise 03:31
Dive bar, dart board You're twenty-five minutes late I eavesdrop on a second date You walk in, I open It's been too long, how long's it been? Monologue begins I thought about this melody the whole damn time I see your mouth moving but your words vaporize You like to hear yourself talk, I don't blame you On my better days, I do it too Don't be addicted to telling the truth White lie, big smile, I'll do it for you If you wait a minute I could let you in Start shooting the shit We're sixteen again Edgewise, I'm bad at it Why don't I make an opening? It's a two way thing (it's a two way thing) Why have I thought about this melody the whole damn time? I start to move my mouth, but my words vaporize You like to hear yourself talk, I don't blame you On my better days, I do it too Don't be addicted to telling the truth White lie, big smile, I'll do it for you You like to hear yourself talk You like to hear yourself talk You like to hear yourself talk You like to hear yourself talk
2.
Take a Fuji or a Trek to Coney Island, why not? When's the last time you Put a helmet on your head Headed out without the GPS running? Lose track of time take the wrong right turn And it occurs to you You had shit to do but you Keep on riding Brighton Beach you keep on Suspending disbelief for a moment more I don't know Why I can't put names to faces anymore I've grown Thinking about a rent to own But sex is still a big deal Still get a second wind at midnight Can't be trusted behind the wheel and that's fine I don't want to slow down cause it all gets so loud When I sit still for too long But I can't keep running around with my head in the clouds forever I don't want to slow down cause it all gets so loud When I sit still for too long But I can't keep fucking around with my head in the clouds forever Throw yourself to 808s and amen breaks in a sweaty room You saw Ms. Josephs at the rave said you look the same Don't know what to make of that Feel yourself decline it's your bedtime But you power through cause you got to prove That you can kick it like you're fresh and new Like the twenty-twos Like your 10th grade English teacher Don't know Why I can't put names to faces anymore I've grown Thinking bout a rent to own But sex is still a big deal, still get a second wind at midnight Can't be trusted behind the wheel and it's fine I don't want to slow down cause it all gets so loud When I sit still for too long But I can't keep running around with my head in the clouds forever I don't want to slow down cause it all gets so loud When I sit still for too long But I can't keep fucking around with my head in the clouds forever
3.
I've never known you better I've never known you less Can both be true? Can both be true? I've forgotten how to be alone with myself But I'm hoping that I won't have to figure it out Stick around Can both be true? Father said remember who you are Shirley said change can be hard, even if you want it Shruthi said don't have to be on guard I said I'm holding my cards, don't know how to stop it Father said remember who you are Shirley said change can be hard, even if you want it I've never known you better I've never known I've never known you less I've never known I've never known you better Can both (I've never known) be true? I've never known I've never known you less Carmen said protect your heart And Oliver said what on earth have you got to lose? Both are true
4.
Hello to the kiddies with the wraparound sunglasses from the gas station Shoppers at the front of the influencer mass migration Posers gotta wake up at five as a personality Bitches picking songs no one knows to sing at karaoke Maybe I'm for nothing But nothing's good for me Maybe I'm for nothing But nothing's good for me I'm not a people pleaser I am pleased Nothing's good for me Maybe you just need some Haterade Haterade in your Haterade in your cup Haterade Haterade in your Haterade in your cup Hello to the crystal girls with rising signs right above the link in bio Indie boys in carhartts, no union card but got the style You got the style You got the style I'm not a people pleaser I am pleased Nothing's good for me Nothing's good for me Maybe you just need some La la la la la la la La la la la la la la Haterade Haterade in your cup Haterade
5.
Two twin beds, spine in the center I hate mess, once it was splendor In my head I'm trying to fill the cracks Upside down flag Hole in the ceiling Flat beer, flash Smile 'til I'm feeling In my head I'm trying to bruise you back Can't get to you from here but it feels good Can't get to you from here but it feels good I'll count to three You'll disagree Skeleton key You can't be free, be free of me 'Til you see how I'm so not in need I'm not in need Two hard heads Backs to the canvas Oil paint mess I tossed it and us In my head I'm trying to find my face
6.
Drunk at your wedding They peacock and I hide Is that a white horse? Haven't shown face in a while, though you've tried Can't say, can't say, can't say, you haven't tried Can't say, can't say, can't say, you haven't tried Once we joined our names into a single email account Now just one more abandoned slice of the cloud I don't recognize you in this dress Can't say I recognize you right now I've got CVS receipts old enough to have a drink So you know I don't let go But I don't feel my shoulders tighten anymore when you walk down I don't feel nothing at all I've got CVS receipts old enough to have a drink So you know I don't let go But I don't feel my shoulders tighten anymore when you walk down I don't feel nothing at all CVS receipts old enough to have a drink So you know I don't let go But I don't feel my shoulders tighten anymore when you walk down I don't feel nothing at all Can't say, can't say, can't say, you haven't tried Can't say, can't say, can't say, you haven't tried Drunk at your wedding They peacock and I hide Is that a white horse? Haven't shown face in a while, though you've tried
7.
You're alone on the Atlantic Nothing but the back in your clothes I see the dream in your pools When they're closed You fantasize and I panic Skin to salt exposed I see the dream in your pools When they're closed And I'm not gonna tell you where to go what to see how far to row where to be What to do just take me with you when you leave He travels fastest He travels alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone Tell me why did you stay the night Why'd you tell me about your dream One eye shut and the other Trained on me like a sunbeam Tell me now why are we dancing If the ground never hit your feet Maybe we don't have the words But I'll hold you while you sleep He travels fastest He travels alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone He travels fastest He travels alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone He travels fastest He travels alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone Laughs and the whole world laughs alone
8.
If It Floats 03:57
Touch the map and close your eyes Maybe it's a bad idea Maybe your finger's in the overstory Maybe it's already cleared Said you want an olive tree Pipe dream, firewood But out of curiosity See if Brooklyn does it good Flood on the plain Don't know if we'll ever be the same Come with me now And if it floats, we'll give it a name I want more tomorrow night Don't care what I don't know More shadow than form At least this house has good bones Said you want a lemon tree Pipe dream, firewood But out of curiosity See if Brooklyn does it good Flood on the plain Don't know if we'll ever be the same Come with me now And if it floats, we'll give it a name Come with now And if it floats, we'll give it a name And if it floats, we'll give it a name If it floats

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FORAGER enters the scene with a life-affirming, full-hearted debut.

Pipedream Firewood, an album written and recorded over two and a half years, recalls the band’s Brooklyn roots, layering frenetic grooves under hazy harmonic leaps and meditative questions.

The result is a charismatic, funk and folk-imbued pop sound, all fat snares and four-part harmonies, oblivious to trend.

FORAGER’s inspiration emerges in spontaneous bursts––“Slice of the Cloud” came out of a 10-day isolation-imposed challenge to record a new song daily. ”Fuji or a Trek” was dreamed up mid-bike ride to Coney Island. “Magical Thinking” existed only as a voice-memo of solo acoustic guitar for two years, and was morphed into a full-fledged song in 30 minutes.

The trio’s musicianship shines through without ostentation; their songs are structured, direct, and often danceable, revealing fleeting embellishments and lyrical winks on a second or third listen. “Edgewise,” the vigorous opening track peppered with guitarist’s Jack Broza’s nimble melodic cascades, bemoans an old friend who won’t stop talking. On “Can Both Be True?”—highlighted by NPR as a top entry in this year’s Tiny Desk Contest—lead vocalist Shyamala riffs fluidly through a three-octave range, contemplating unknowability in love. And “Fuji or a Trek” laments the deadening impact of age on one’s impulse to make fun mistakes, set to drummer Colum Enrique’s fiendish DnB pulse. “Sex is still a big deal,” announces the narrator ruefully.

Pipedream Firewood is music made to be performed live and in community, deftly rendered in this spirited record.

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released August 18, 2023

Written and Performed by Shyamala (vocals), Jack Broza (guitar, keys, bass), and Colum Enrique (drums).
Mixed by Jack Broza, mastered by Jamie Lawrence

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FORAGER Brooklyn, New York

Kaleidoscopic pop for musical omnivores.

FORAGER is Shyamala, Jack Broza, & Colum Enrique

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