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Downers

by Jamaican Queens

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whirlerdog
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whirlerdog I've had this album in heavy rotation since 2015. I never get tired of it. Favorite track: Joe.
cryin' Branston
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cryin' Branston I think the nineteen fifties just mugged me to buy crank. Even more confusingly, I think I want them to do it to me again. Favorite track: Anna.
Cy Nothing Parker
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Cy Nothing Parker All these songs are so catchy and the lyrics are interesting and the references to older music draw me in. I listen to this album a shitload. Favorite track: Joe.
Travis Ries
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Travis Ries Without Dopehead I don't think I would have fell in love with the Jamaican Queens. Favorite track: Never Felt Love.
Mert Laengon
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Mert Laengon I just ordered the vinyl double bundle I found these two albums last week as recommended on spotify and I've listened to both of them so much this last week. Can't wait to get those records in October. Thanks for doing what you do Jamaican Queens.
Darren C
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Darren C fucking fantastic album with such a fresh vibe and feel Favorite track: Anna.
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1.
i've got four little girls so i cut my heart into four little pieces and still you want more i've got four pairs of eyes on all that i do and i'm still alive and if i should die well i'm dying for you so stay pretty girl stay stay where you are i'm bleeding for you and even though we're lovers you'll learn you can fall in love with anyone
2.
is it just me do you smell mold do you like that do you feel nervous i could kiss some sleep out of your daytime eyes oh that's weird and it's offending you dear i've never felt love i know that you're lonely i know that that's scary to you well it's scaring me, too she hardly speaks speaks to me is it worth it then get on your knees she was dragged from the hitch of my best friend's car oh that's horrible to think but i think of it now she said i never had a heart well that's obvious as anything and it's scaring me, too and all the little things that i'm doing right here they're just accidents and obviously baby come on you can see through my confidence and as sure as all the air that we're breathing oh it's just nitrogen and i compose myself you know i'm right big deal so long it's hard to think 'cause i smell blood she was drinking do you feel stupid i could cut the tension from a bad exchange oh you're terrible at dealing but let's deal with it now express your disdain and you can hold me in contempt for days and you can do the things your mother says and it's scaring me, too
3.
like a bird tricked by a pane of glass i smashed through the window of your love it's absurd and all your friends are too fast and every broken window means much less to me i bled to death but now i'm fine subject to which day i respond i need some time i thought you were beautiful but i'm irresponsible life isn't all that bad but love is impossible like a bird they'll say she died so young dream of different ways to keep me holding on it's absurd and it's the sketchiest place to be and every dipshit clique you hang with's boring me i thought you were beautiful but i'm irresponsible i felt it uncomfortable and traded nights of sleep i tried to wake you up but no one's there
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Bored + Lazy 04:20
the tragedy takes way too long and you're concerned with consequences well so am i the waiting rooms are all the same but hospitals still haunt me honey and you will, too stick them in a boarding school and feed them rice and nicotine candace had her eyes torn out and no one's even noticing bored and lazy i kiss you you hate it kneel down baby talk to me they sell us fake ecstasy you keep their wine i'll keep their kids they think they know your motives i've seen love i've seen your eyes your mayor has two swimming pools and baby i've been bathing with him age may feel suffocating when your mother's looks are fading it'll be alright you'll be just fine it'll be alright
5.
Anna 04:01
is it useless i don't know if it hurts you let it go i give you eyes like this all the time you never change your mind you spoiled brat i have a right to know you owe me that i might do something dumb i always do the side effects don't mean a thing until you punch me out i'll be alone anna it can feel contrived i tell you that you're someday gonna die and no one here can help you realize that everyone and all you know will leave behind and no one here is any less wrong is it manic that i ask as you're staring i lean back and give you eyes like this they used to work but now the bone and skin is all that's left you were a charming kid and now you're grown the things you say are sick and i let you get away with it don't suck them dry they never know i wanna get you back but don't have time
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and when you say you wanna die you still don't call me up you still don't call me up and i just wanna say goodbye you still don't call me up you still won't call me up with law enforcement in the way you still don't call me up you still can't call me up your doting cousin in a motel trying to find the one he loves you still won't call me up you still don't call me he doesn't love you he doesn't care but he's still there i may be reckless i may need time but he's still there angel do you know their name by heart or do you know them well see it's just so hard to tell with you angel it takes too much patience settle down the ground recedes into the sea please don't call me up please don't call me your father lies his head on me you still don't call me up you still don't call me up and there's a million ways to die you still don't call me up you still don't call me up and jaime owes me money but i'll probably never see a dime you still don't call me up you still don't call me
7.
Joe 04:43
hey i wanna get em back but there's no way and everyone looks so delighted baby i'd rather be dead than be so enslaved they'll do it to you next oh god hey i want you in the most confusing way and all my friends are so depressed but oh no sometimes this house gets so cold but i'm too broke to ever turn the heat up high joe do you think i'm crazy do you? all of your boys work at night and i'm laughing my head off the thought of us kissing in public in my defense though, my dad's a republican my awful grin says yeah come on in all the warm air in the day well it leaves us here waiting the taste of your mouth is amazing shower off let me inside saying man you're not welcome here and i'll disappear all the good boys...
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Emo + Poor 04:52
you have to hurt a little while it feels alright you have to hurt the ones you love to pass the time then police surround my girl take me home 'cause i don't want to think about it see them someday i just want to eat pills and sleep and you don't understand me how could you now they want me dead and i don't blame them orange capsules, estrogen make them feel terrible and i can't even go on how could i it's getting harder if love is found it's fading fast she feels alright if love is found with just one glance i'll lose my sight the candle seems to melt away i ask you take your fucking time with me 'cause i don't want to think about it i ignore the arrogant insensitive loose way you speak and you don't understand them how could you now you get so paranoid and leave them in the place you found them passively you'll meet me in the hospital and i can't even go on why would i it's getting harder but you understand me it's getting harder scoff at them blush it's never enough but you can never ever trust me that's fine but you will trust me in time no harm no shame is ever the same and you can never ever trust me again you never trusted me then love mixed with drugs was never as fun as when i was emotional and poor i'm still emotional and poor
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if you really love me you know not to tell me i've been wandering around all night if you got the nerve i don't mind it can be deceiving i've been turning my lights on i know that you're right hold your hand out it's a gesture babe go and get them 'cause they stole something i never wanted to seek your praise but i received it near the bagley bridge pull the trigger you won't feel a thing make your mind up we don't have all day i only did it 'cause it caused you pain i'm fairly certain you would do the same in december i could still scrape by dreaming of romantic ways to die i want to jump off of a crowded bridge to feel the pain of splashing in the street but i don't mind how could i mind for most our youth we under slept which keeps us here and soaking wet but how could i possibly mind i don't care how could i care i can't sleep alone at night so medicate and pacify me how could i possibly care
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Cold Babe 04:17
and don't act so controlled i was not i had you to myself but you could care less keep your opinions to yourself keep your thoughts for you only you were saying nothing much you can be my cold babe and i was slightly odd and you were normal i'm obsessed with myself and beg for laughter keep your hands where they belong keep your hands on mine you can scream into my ear you can be my cold babe and i can never blink again if you go i'll never stand again i'm having trouble with my love don't plant no dead seeds in my garden anymore don't call me roughneck little girl the boys are trying to bring you home to meet their moms but i only care for you and you only care for me the girl bluffs while she flirts and i was careful i have no interest in your hobbies so don't distract me i make up stories all the time so fabricate me don't worry about the government when all is cold babe

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released June 2, 2015

Ryan Spencer, Adam Pressley, Charles Trees, and Ryan Clancy are Jamaican Queens.

Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ryan Spencer and Adam Pressley.
Additional production by Izaak Schlossman.
Mixed by Chris Koltay.
Mastered by Heba Kadry.
Artwork by Will.

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