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Shaking the Sugar Loose

by Friendmaker

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Are you talking trash? No babe, I'm talking treasure. I heard you got a match, But I didn't know that you were on Tinder. Am I shaking hands, Or just trying to make myself seem more appealing? When joy comes again, Will it wear a face that we will all recognize?
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Why speak when you can just think and feel? For real, for real. I'll sink like a rock, all my thoughts I forgot, Going round and down and round and down. And I'm feeling stuck, I'm in a rut, It's too much, it's too much. And I'm feeling these chains in my brain, This is insane. Am I insane? But I'll drive my truck all the way to the beach, What will be, will be, we'll see. What if I break down somewhere along the way? I'll call my friend in the end. Why speak when you can just think and feel? For real.
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Talk about strange feelings, Am I really awake? Or in bed still asleep and dreaming Of how things are gonna be some day? Talk about feeling distant, Everybody stay away, And come close, tell me the things I already know, That I'm loved and it'll be ok. Pray about getting better, She says she's gonna be ok, In my heart I hold the words, hope for a miracle and wisdom for the hospital, Is there a tumor in her brain? Before that I'm on a phone call, With a pretty girl named Paige, It's going well and I wonder if I'll ever get a chance to really know her, Then we make another date.
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Shaking the sugar loose, Nowhere to go, got nothing to do now, I'm shaking the sugar loose. Shaking the sugar loose, Chicken's in the house and my brother's in the coop, Shaking the sugar loose, No matter who's in office they just never got a clue, It's not a radical thought, Talk to your friends about defunding the cops, It's not a radical thought, Talk about putting our money where our mouth is. It's not a radical thought, Talk to your friends about defunding the cops, Talk to your friends, talk to your family, Imagine the future, Defunding the cops, Talk to your neighbors, talk to your children, Think of the future, Defunding the cops. It's not a radical thought talk to your friends about defunding the cops.
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If I stop just to check under the hood, Will I discover something good that has been there all along? From the first to the last, If I catch or miss the lightning blast, I'll be glowing from within. If I turn, set my foot on another path, I will always treasure what we have, what a tangled web I weave. You might think that I'd be tired of wandering, But I'm only wondering, which direction should I take? From the first to the last, If I catch or miss the lightning blast, I'll be glowing from within.
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Alone again, Or at home with an old friend, Or with you in the yard, It shouldn't be this hard. Well one time, you and I, We watched the Perseid fall, all through the night, And when you took my hand, I took your hand. Well one time, after work, We got tacos and chilled by the water, And skipped rocks in the stream, I was in your dream and you said it probably didn't mean anything. Am I a best friend or a feeling? Well I try all the things, I've been taught convey my feelings, And when you turn them around, Is this holy ground? Is this everyday? Or anything? Am I a best friend or a feeling? Am I a good friend? You're a feeling.
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I am on a long road, I am not alone though, Ten thousand came before me, Do a thousand follow after? What have I seen that's not mine? And this mystery consumes me, The distance here, it's unending, Find me in your favorite feeling, Or find me by myself. Take the things I don't know, And lay them in a long row, When you're gone I'll miss them, If I ever glimpse them. What have I seen that's not mine? What have I held but not kept? What have I felt but not yet?
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Cool down, Summer night, drinking tonic water with lime. If I close my eyes I can pretend that I'm blind, You ask why would I and I don't reply. In the morning I'll greet my friends, watering the flower bed, The bees will fly up and see me, The bees will fly up and say, "Good morning, John." When I'm feeling low I bet nobody knows where I go, To the inside, looking for a light. If I get the chance I want to build a life that thrives, With my partner and maybe a couple kids. All these fears that I hold, all the fears that I maintain, They are not my friends, they are not my friends, I should probably let them go. Tonight when I close my eyes I hope I dream a vivid dream, See the future roll in, see the future roll in and break right over me, See the future roll in, see the future roll in and break right over me, See the future roll in, see the future roll in and break right over me.
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about

This is a collection of journal songs that draw on hopes for the future and observations in and outside of myself.

These recordings are a series of sketches.

Most of the tracks were recorded to cassette in my living room between June and October of 2020.

My goal was to produce intimate and simple recordings that convey my emotional landscape.

I also wanted to play the majority of the instruments on the album and make the majority of the creative decisions.

Collaboration has been so kind to me but I wanted to minimize its role in this effort.

I hope it meets you in an honest space.

credits

released April 14, 2021

Sampled Beat and Bass on Shaking the Sugar Loose by Mike LeParc.

Additional instruments on Talking Trash, Strange Feelings, and Shaking the Sugar Loose, plus mixing and mastering of all tracks by Dylan Barr at Firefish Studios.

All songs written and performed by J.H. Friedrick aka Friendmaker aka Ovenbird

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J.H. Friedrick Silverton, Oregon

I write songs, paint and draw, and am trying to develop a rich interior life.

I like playing places, so just give me a shout!

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