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Slouching

by Work Friend

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    2 albums
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    Side A features River Deep released in 2013
    Side B features Slouching released in 2014
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1.
Any Good (free) 03:22
I was never any good At saying what I ought to say And I kneel only to myself Fingers crossed I’ll change someday But I wanted her ‘Cause she wanted me So I gave my youth To that cold black sea The state of mind bestowed on me Didn’t suit my humble needs But when altered modestly Proved to fracture everything But I wanted this ‘Cause she needed that Now I dug so deep That I can’t turn back Now my days are spent waiting On my next epiphany
2.
Called Me Jesus (free) 03:32
When I left home I spoke with God He called me Jesus He’s getting old I met a friend Who has a car We sold our souls We bought some drinks I met a lady With hair like yours This place is cursed And I’ve no money I’ve only lust I’ve only sin I’ve only bruises From where I’ve been She tastes like gin Her hands were scarred My hands were tied My eyes were shut Her makeup ran Her husband wept As she bled me dry Her eyes were wide
3.
Beckoned by some brunette sisters Stacks of colored pictures, pills Assurances of the best time we’ve ever had We stood with eyes dilated Condensation crawls from off the glass Over our scarred Californian hands Their bruises matched their dresses’ black As we stood paralyzed with shame An upturned nose with one eye closed Your cocktail in a place I used to know Kept unsafely between your legs Dead eyed made up faces Young and graceless with shoes that make them tall Men with families buy their drinks They hoover off the toilet tanks Then work in banks when Monday comes Or teach special education These future mothers’ goateed lovers Promise rooms with a good view Shirts with crosses, memories lost Save for some pictures of their food And some of their drinks Knotted in the black five gallon trash bag Were drafts of your last note All were selfish, all were honest Punctuation flaws and penmanship aside I couldn’t bear to leave them rotting With the bottles and the flies
4.
Shirt (free) 04:12
I was taking off my shirt and you were laughing I turn around you stare strabismic at my torso And I felt some semblance Of empathetic envy For I once was a child too I was dreaming of a surgery gone badly You were dreaming of the men you could have had And I dreamt of victims feeding Their abusers willingly And I’ve heard that mostly poison tastes quite sweet I was taking off my shoes and you were laughing In the yellow light of your new favorite bar And I poured myself a strong one While you clutched his arm And I’ve heard that mostly poison tastes quite sweet
5.
Hideous Weight (free) 03:02
I’ve been mistaken She’s in one of her moods And it’s no good complaining About funeral food And me in my armor I was sweating Like some metaphor A brother on each arm She was dragging Both feet on the floor So I made the front lawn in record time My throat thanked me kindly for smoke And if I were honest And we both know I’m not I was grateful for the hideous show Then back at my mom’s house I watched you pack up You watched me get high Your homodontic Smile flashes at me How are you laughing With such tragic eyes And me with my sweat stains And unlucky last name And you at death’s door Skin jaundiced and flaking There ain’t no mistaking We’re south of order So I watched your taillights fade serpentine And wondered when last I had ate And if I were honest And we both know I’m not I was grateful for the hideous weight
6.
Prophets And Salesmen (free) 03:09
Wake up Maggie The river’s jumped its banks The kids are crying You’ll tell me it’s such a shame Preacher’s been saying The flood of the lord has come Soldiers and thieves All run with their loaded guns The river’s been dry now For fifteen years or more Prophets and salesmen Done stopped knocking ‘Round your door Just don’t come back to Tampa
7.
Hands To Bleed (free) 03:54
This ain’t flying I’m not driving She’s not buying What I’ve fed her For years Kid’s not trying I’m just sighing Honey you ain’t dying You’ve been dead For years Lord knows I work my hands to bleed Sewing seeds of new machines Evangelists down on their knees They pray for me but I still ain’t seen The cash come in Or anything Jaundiced faces Tell me pace it You won’t make it They’ve been sober For weeks I ain’t safe here Same as last year I won’t last here I’m on my way To Hell But I remember everything Except the more important parts And the less important parts I might remember everything
8.
Two Ways (free) 02:18
Well I was shaking like struck drum When the time comes you won’t have to wonder why Outside your temperamental dad’s house In a borrowed car we learned to be adults Learned to touch and drink And smoke what we could smoke I talked you out of faith And then I let you go Walls that won’t return the flashlight I claim whatever culpability was mine There’s two ways to make something seem smaller Make it smaller or make everything else tall Maybe you’ll think of me When the tall begin to fall Or maybe forgive me For settling on being small
9.
Vultures (free) 03:37
Long gone But you speak on Vultures On a poor song In my mind it’s still raining And you know I ain’t complaining ‘Cause I always hated getting dry Love’s just an expression Like I love you like a death wish Or I love you like I love goodbyes Know this Taste this Take this You can keep it Ghosts gave me a reason Even though I didn’t need one But I can’t remember what it was Fathers preach the answer To a question I ain’t asking And I’m not sure what this town’s become
10.
Slouching (free) 03:35
A crucifix a filthy window Glassy eyed reluctant widows A white dog on the porch Suppose it’s me who bears the torch But there’s no way to know Help me up I’m going somewhere Don’t know where but you can’t come there Might be fishing might be drums All I know is you can’t come So you just wait here The hills and I ignore your pleading And wonder where your reverie went Could it be it was never there I drink alone in a fold-out chair While my hair’s receding Fish won’t bite you won’t be quiet If I still could I might be crying What a shame we had to waste All that time and all that faith Hell at least we tried it In my defense I wasn’t slouching Toward Bethlehem I’d call it staggering

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released October 1, 2014

Words By Spencer Hannemann
Music By Work Friend:

Spencer Hannemann - Guitar, Vocals
Jon O'Brien - Bass, Keys, Vocals
Brandon Osorio - Guitar, Vocals
Alex Teubert - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Jon O'Brien
With Assistant Engineer Dan Miller
At The Music Box Studios in Tustin, California

Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper
At TurteTone Studios in Manhattan, New York

Art and Design by Scott Milton Brazee
With Some Drawings by Jacob Tilley

(c) 2014: Work Friend

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Work Friend California

Spencer Hannemann
Jon O'Brien
Brandon Osorio
Alex Teubert

Mixing feel- good sonic sunshine with wonderfully raspy vocals seems to be the perfect combination for California based indy rock band, Work Friend. I can’t stop listening to this unassuming stunner. Album opener “Any Good” is the perfect open road song to help soundtrack your summer-to-autumn transition in style.
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