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Outgoing

by Year Without a Summer

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1.
it was the early part of the century and we knew we'd burn out eventually but we made the most of our energy sparked off each other's company and the only things we cared about were buying cds and going out we could keep the real world at bay we could just grow up some other day when I was 25, I realised if one of us died and one survived no-one could say we'd never been alive you could never see yourself as a flatpack heart bought off the shelf loud and hard is how you'd play you lived your whole damn life that way I still have all the cassettes from the first year that we met they may not get played again but I will still hold onto them and now I'm 35, I realise if one of us died and one survived no-one could say we'd never been alive I will remember you in some awful club watching some awful punks we both loved I will remember being that bunch of punks
2.
Cov Goodbye 03:54
I get drunk and nobody cares I slump unconscious at the foot of the stairs I try to get up but my feet are like lead there's a three mile walk before I get to my bed and sometimes I think I should be reimbursed when the people who love me make me feel worse no surprise when they start to disperse now there's vomit on my new Converse I can't stand it, I can't even stand but people tell me "well, you've got it in hand" do you all find life this hard? is everyone's coping mechanism facade? I left the party like an hour ago I've been walking round the streets pretending I don't know where you can buy a beer at a quarter to two and you'll be sure nobody even notices you and people say "hey, aren't you the one that used to host those parties? now the fun never stops because it never gets started? and it seems like the problem you have is you see things too darkly wouldn't you feel less down if you went to more parties?" i've been out and nothing felt right but I still stayed out until the end of the night a bad night that never turned good then it bled into my Saturday mood And the thing I find if I've had a drink is it only amplifies whatever mood I'm in and if I go out despite feeling low then it won't be much fun for anyone I know I try to say I won't drink this weekend By three on Friday, my resolve has weakened And you may not find the answer in a San Miguel but we'll have to have a couple to definitely tell and I thought I'd go out and be a hit like Drogba but instead I'm more like a failure like Pogba can't make a pass without falling to the floor and abandon expectations that I'll ever score and people say "hey, aren't you the one that used to host those parties? now the fun never stops because it never gets started? and it seems like the problem you have is you see things too darkly wouldn't you feel less down if you went to more parties?"
3.
this whole year, basically, i've felt useless could call friends but I'd feel like a nuisance dreadful fear I don't match my potential no more use than a kitchen utensil used to dream of renown like a pirate dreaded scourge of the Ribblehead viaduct teachers telling my folks I'd be famous not some nobody, basically nameless but don't write me off not just yet don't drop out, don't forget don't write me out of the rest of your memories wanted things to go down like a mystery no known links and no family history no ID, same old vital statistics no distinguishing characteristics paid in cash for a ticket to Brighton train delayed due to passengers fighting like a shipwreck that ruins a junket hit a rock and went down with the sunset but don't write me off not just yet don't drop out, don't forget don't write me out of the rest of your memories but don't write me off not just yet don't drop out, don't forget don't write me out of the rest of your memories
4.
i got the news today, you were in hospital I'd been out at a gig, John was in Portugal I tried to get there but too late for a bus besides I didn't know if you would want the fuss I won't say everything is okay when it obviously isn't I won't say things have been fixed for good when they probably haven't and I wish there was more I could do but there probably wasn't what kind of friend am I to celebrate your failures? what kind of friend am I to wish you hadn't tried? only this time am I glad you haven't made it 'cause like Dale Cooper I am glad you're still alive It's easy to feel down when you're so self-critical I know you need to work stuff out, I know it's difficult I know there'll be some things with no immediate cure Just know we've got your back, just know that's what we're for what kind of friend am I to celebrate your failures? what kind of friend am I to wish you hadn't tried? only this time am I glad you haven't made it 'cause like Dale Cooper I am glad you're still alive if you just needed to know that you're beautiful and precious if you just needed to know that you're valued and treasured if you just needed to know that your life is precious well I guess I thought you already knew? what kind of friend am I to celebrate your failures? what kind of friend am I to wish you hadn't tried? only this time am I glad you haven't made it 'cause like Dale Cooper I am glad you're still alive

about

As the sun starts shining, YWAS emerge once more to chronicle the pain of the winter months. 'Outgoing' is based on events that happened in September 2016-March 2017. It's best enjoyed in order because of segues and stuff but you can listen to it however you like. YWAS don't judge you.

Lyrics consider life, death, hospitalisation, socialising, public transport, football and 'Twin Peaks'. Musically, we've used more keyboards this time (including sub-bass), played in different time signatures and tried to play guitar in different ways.

All contributions gratefully received. Thanks for selecting Year Without A Summer as your chosen vehicle.

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released June 19, 2017

written, performed and produced by year without a summer

all instruments year without a summer except:
drums on 'flatpack heartz' and 'last rail replacement bus to trancentral' by Jim Dooley (jimdooley.net)
drums on 'the black lodge' by axzoul via looperman.com

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Year Without a Summer Coventry, UK

Beach-shack post-punk. Solo play in the bedroom. Sailed from St Annes, washed up in Coventry. Interests include apocalypse survival, false memories, moths.

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