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Sea Monster

by Kotorino

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1.
Hell Yeah 04:58
From the back woods of Manhattan Came a good girl with a big plan she made a bold play at the race track put the cold cash in her back pack no time for young boys and their skate boards who fall like popcorn to the dance floor And like a broken calculator They try and try but never get her number Went to her grandma's on the west side  Who ran a seance since her man died She puts the Bauhaus on the boom box lifts an eyebrow when the door knocks Enter a hip priest from the east side with ayahuasca on his beat mind,  said "I learned 2 things from my boy Buddha: Life is pain but that don't really matter"  Our girl went down town to the tar pits Where the hedge funds keep their mystics She said it's been real in the abstract  But I'mma break out of this contract and speaking backwards like a priestess she left the court-yard after recess, Now I got a hot date with the future She packed, and left, with a thin ice figure skater when the days flash like a strobe light  get we get past what we thinks right can we put down what we’re holding can we be still for the moment? hell yeah hallelujah (4x) we’re all calm cool and complicated maybe  even night school graduated and whether stan-ding, tall or seated sometimes our best plans get defeated next time your big stage machinations give you ribcage palpitations  embrace that healthy attitude-a can you say oh, oh hell, hell yeah and hallelujah hell yeah hallelujah (8x)
2.
Right about now I'm sober Not for much longer Now that I'm dead Won't need a pocket full of posey's Just throw some roses Right at my head Might be hard to believe It's easy to breathe Now that I'm dead Trust me as far as you can throw me Just get to know me Now that I'm dead The song that you sang in the show Gets louder and louder Now that you've left It wails round the house like a siren I close my ears hiding Under my empty bed Come on man Don't be like that man Don't be such a cry baby You don't understand man I'm damaged and broken You can't help me Come on man We're damaged we're broken And still we get by baby cry baby don't cry no more baby Up in the sky there's a ghost In a glass bottom boat Floats overhead He let's down his line and he'll watch Whisper "I got you" under his breath And on today it was me Chasing a dream Tripped heels over head He reeled in his line and said "Jack, I can't throw you back now that you're dead"
3.
eyes like a tourniquet and hands of a ghost pass through his fingers all things he wants most set your mind on something he says to his reflection all i need is somewhere deep to go towns the go by they always look the same in the overhead light try as he might his heads a million miles away  in the thundering sky there’s nothing to say there’s no one to fight he tried to explain to the birds in the night the birds flew away a million miles away in the thundering sky daddy’s on the road daddy’s on the road  daddy’s on the road (never get rich quick that way) daddy’s on the road Kid with a telescope cold desert night  Looking for something in a satellite  He scans the taillight highway and says to his reflection All I need is somewhere deep to go daddy’s on the road daddy’s on the road  daddy’s on the road (never get rich quick that way) daddy’s on the road
4.
I've always wanted to be the one in the gliding black car To float through the city behind tinted windows and disappear into the fog Now that we've worked and we schemed gotten much more, than we're allowed I don't know what to believe, 'cuz God knows we're miserable now We sang a song of woe and longing for a better day now it's here just as we feared nothing has really changed Make me a dress out of paper Touch it with opulent fire Behold as I step from the ashes The color of dawn as she kisses the sky (repeat)
5.
Breakdown 02:50
Monday morning staring at the ceiling Wonder why do I fight Get up get dressed, get some work done I guess One day I'll know why Subway stumble luke warm coffee mumble Thousand faces pass be by Office meeting people talking at me I roll back my eyes I had a little breakdown I had a little breakdown I broke right down And my old self slipped away I came to my senses I came to my senses I woke right up In the middle of the day Writhing on the office table Tearing of my suit and my tie I don't know who was screaming But I was not dreaming I grew two wings from my spine I had a little breakdown I had a little breakdown I broke right down And my old self slipped away I came to my senses I came to my senses I woke right up In the middle of the day Far away I'm floating far away Into a different place Far away he's drifting far away He'll never be the same Not like he was before Now I'm no angel I know And no devil for sure And they both gave a good fight Out the window I climbed I guess I'll see you next time I'll say farewell but not goodbye I had a little breakdown I had a little breakdown I broke right down And my old self slipped away I came to my senses I came to my senses I woke right up In the middle of the day
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7.
Planes Land 04:07
I sit around and watch planes land all day go over and over the things i did wrong i can't remember when I last felt this way it made me the villain in our love song the higher you go the thinner the air a head in the clouds, spoils the view what I didn't know was that I wouldn't care Someone was crying, but it wasn't you I let go of your hand / and you flew away I understand it's better that way but when your plane lands and you've fallen from grace I'll be there Here I am watching planes land all night I don't know the future but I read all the cards deal another hand till it comes out right I'm weak in the diamonds but strong in the hearts I let go of your hand / and you flew away I understand it's better that way but when your plane lands and you've fallen from grace I'll be there you have places to see I've people to be and paper airplanes to unfold i read right here in your note I have a hard time letting go of your hand / and you flew away I understand it's better that way but when your plane lands and you've fallen from grace I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there
8.
We walked a silent way To steal upon a better self Sent the past away It didn't seem to help It's not all the same I feel the pull on my marrow The facts remain I'm gonna need a while to lie low There’s a price paid for a good day Hold me tightly and here we are Is this the right way Or a big mistake Keep the wolves away But here they are Was it McGorlick park Where I saw you fast asleep Or was that me, was that me How many eyes went dark When I flashed my hungry grin Not this again, not him again Come away with me a while There nothing left to do Here’s your chance I see you smile There’s only time to lose Nothing seems to fit When I look into the mirror We're reflected, were desperate Draw a line With self discipline But not this time, not this time There’s a price paid for a good day Hold me tightly And here we are Is this the right way Or a big mistake Keep the wolves away But here they are (repeat)
9.
rest your cheek on my collar bone hear the waves slap on the hull fall asleep but don't let me go fall asleep but don't let me go the water's deep, black and cold the ship is sturdy but the Captain is drunk there's no going back, there's no going back fall asleep but don't let me go nobody said it'd be easy to give up life on dry land nobody said it'd be easy, easy, steady as she goes if I tell you a secret you already know pronounce it in whisper in this warm fold is it too much, is it too much to jump in the water and swim like a stone nobody said it'd be easy to give up life on dry land nobody said it'd be easy, easy, steady as she goes nobody said it'd be easy to give up life on dry land nobody said it'd be easy, easy, steady as she goes just before the morning's glow I feel your breath break on the shore don't say a word, don't say a word fall asleep but don't let me go
10.
Sea Monster 04:26
Move around, beat the ground, make a sound just to hear an e-cho swim away, seize the day, hyper ventilate listen to the wind blow the glitter of the diamonds in the sky the racket of the voices on the inside Running scared, go somewhere, heard a sound musta been the telephone move out west, do what's best, voices in my head, heard them on the radio trashed my car, make a brand new start friends I had always seem to drift apart Sea monster Sea monster Sea monster Sea monster remember things, how they used to be, the Spanish moss draping on the willows The quiet girl, from the library, spent the night and rearranged the pillows We didn't say much but we read a lot You couldn't have more than what we got Sea monster Sea monster Sea monster Sea monster I feel a feeling deep in my bones and heaven knows my bones are much older than me submarine ping won't leave me alone Poseidon knows my home is the sea away from you and me I don't know how, I got this way, doctor said, it must have been the telephone or the plastic dish, in the microwave, doctor said it's fracturing my spinal bone just the other day I was feeling fine till a very big fish came and took the line Sea monster Sea monster Sea monster Sea monster

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Dark, elegant and rambunctious; a collection of spavined waltzes, latin flavored post-punk struts, and neurotic rock confessions. Songs of adventure, triumph and unease.

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released November 15, 2017

Credits:
Jeff Morris: guitar, vocals
Mike Brown: acoustic bass
Jerome Morris: drums, percussion
Ellia Bisker: backing vocals, ukulele, percussion
Estelle Bajou: backing vocals, violin
Molly White: backing vocals, violin
Patricia Santos: backing vocals, cello
Jesse Selengut: trumpet
Stefan Zeniuk: reeds, owls
Liz Prince: tuba
Jeanie Schroder: tuba
Caroline Ritson: musical saw

All songs written and arranged by Jeff Morris, except Too Bad (You Haven’t Eyes Like Us Owls) written by Stefan Zeniuk.

Recorded and engineered by Don Godwin at Phantom Center (Brooklyn, NY) and Figure 8 Recording (Brooklyn, NY).

Mixed by Don Godwin at Airshow Mastering (Takoma Park, MD) and Classic Bear Studios (Silver Spring, MD)

Mastered by Don Godwin at Airshow Mastering (Takoma Park, MD)

Album artwork by Omer Gal

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…Kotorino has one of the most unique and unusual sounds of any band, ever. Even in a music scene saturated with “chamber-pop” bands and odd instrumentation, Kotorino stands out with its use of all variety of winds, strings, and other musical gadgetry. The music itself is omnivorous in its source material, quite pretty, and downright haunting ... more

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