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Uplifts

by Oblivz

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1.
Eat Shit 03:12
Nobody should have to eat shit to live But I don't know how to make it stop 'Cause it's fucked, but some days it's fine Netflix is $12.99 Nobody should have to eat shit to live I'm too scared to try to tear it down But I wouldn't mind if someone did It's bad to eat shit How is it innocent When so many struggle so badly And money's infinite For the few who'd trample you gladly? No good people should have to eat shit to live And it's hard to try to make it stop I don't think I can get in too deep 'Cause life is rough, but entertainment's cheap Nobody should have to eat shit to live I'm too scared to try to tear it down I'd be happy, though, if someone did It's bad to eat shit He can't get well How essential is he, really? And work is hell Boss who'd have him pay to breathe freely EAT SHIT EAT SHIT EAT SHIT EAT SHIT EAT SHIT EAT SHIT EAT SHIT Nobody should have to eat shit to live I'm too scared to try to tear it down But I wouldn't mind if someone did It's bad to eat shit
2.
We forever have cowered in corners and clustered in shadows, too withered to try We've huddled in horror and trembled in terror. We've hidden, hermetic, and waited to die But we hang on for months with feeble vitals. Heave and hack for weeks with open eye The strong are descending, and history is ending. The arrow is bending, and our time is nigh We're slight and slender, and built for surrender, but only the weak, the weak survive In sun and thunder, we never go under, 'cause only the weak, the weak survive It's verse and chapter to wait for disaster. To shiver, to quiver, to nod and obey You might have expect us to read the prospectus and gather together to waste away But we can live a lifetime from a suitcase, packed to wait out our extended stay In thicker, in thinner, in summer, in winter, we're here 'til the end, and it might come today We're wilted and teary, we're wary and weary, but only the weak, the weak survive We wander, we're under the weather together, but only the weak, the weak survive Oh, don't go acting so uncertain now of which side I'm on You could knock me over with a feather duster, kid, so come on We're small and skinny, we're tiny and mini, but only the weak, the weak survive We're bones and sinew, but still we continue, 'cause only the weak, the weak survive
3.
Time Cop 03:46
There's the summit gone sneaking down the trail run breaking from the place I let myself go You descend to a level where you can't fight the devil, 'cause he's not the devil you know Oh, I can't live my life on the Internet, 'cause I don't feel alive on the Internet When I look back peak behind a rock slide streak I don't know how I ended so low Oh, we get to be living with a time cop All we get to be, living with a time cop Got my dead horse speaking and my insides leaking -- does that mean I get to be proud? What my hard hat's wreaking: Just a feed, me speaking all the thoughts I have but out loud Oh, I can't live my life on the Internet, and I don't want to die on the Internet Oh, the screen I steep in and the shadows I sleep in leave no space for moving around Oh, we get to be living with a time cop All we get to be, living with a time cop Speak to me Speak to me You're becoming a monster You're a time cop, time cop Speak to me Speak to me As if to a monster To a time cop, time cop
4.
Three broke people. Two of them want to go home One more night. Two is impossible Three broke people. Two of them want to go home Too far gone. One is an animal 3, 2, 1, become tomorrow Sleep, repeat, and chase the shadow Three broke people. Two of them want to go home Too far gone. One in the hospital

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Andrew Slater and Charlie Wilmoth have played music together for over a decade, but due to the pandemic, they haven't been within a thousand miles of each other since 2019. They made Oblivz' debut EP "Uplifts" throughout 2020, sifting through ideas via email. Oblivz' dark, politically-charged lyrics recall those of Fox Japan, Slater and Wilmoth's quirky, long-running indie band. But musically, Oblivz heads in a new direction, inspired by synth-pop and Krautrock.

"The persuasive pull of these tracks is on par with that of the more hip-motivating entries of the '10 indie-dance era, but with a wry, socially conscious bite that doesn't strain to remind one of Gary Numan's encounter with the Pleasure Principle. Oblivz still has a bit of garage rock, ruff and readiness to them, though, that doesn't allow them to be pigeonholed as simply as a new wave revival. They're stranger than that. And clever as well" -- I Thought I Heard a Sound

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released April 5, 2021

Recorded by Andrew Slater in Bloomington, Indiana, with Charlie Wilmoth in Los Angeles
Vocals on "Time Cop" by Kate Altizer
Mixed by Andrew Slater
Mastered by Mike Bridavsky
Art by Cynthia Alfonso (zynvaites.tumblr.com)

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Oblivz is Charlie Wilmoth and Andrew Slater, who also play in the indie-rock band Fox Japan.

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