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On Life Support

by Timeshares

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1.
Life Support 04:05
We can lay our lies upon ourselves until we’re hot We can stretch them out til we can tie them up in knots Or take the time to recognize the brightest boon you have to offer The ability to step aside I’ve always heard the stories but they’ve never been mine Baby we’re on life support yeah Baby we're on life support yeah And you don’t make it easier when you say we’re alright Because we’re not We’re on life support My caffeinated cadence quivers now Trapped between early 20s livers who think they hurt But don’t even know how And disassociate when faced with The one true thing they owe each other The opportunity to grow And how it makes us stuttered and slowed Baby we're on life support yeah Baby we're on life support yeah And you don’t make it easier when you say we’re alright Because we’re not You’ve got new leases on think pieces Describing keys to every leash you’ve never known But you felt fear I mean real fear When you’re born unto your podium and no one wants to hear Like no one ever whispered no into your precious little ears Baby we’re on life support yeah Baby we're on life support yeah And you don't make it easier when you say we're alright You don't make it easier when you say we're alright You don’t make it easier when you say we’re alright Because we’re not We’re on life support
2.
Don’t call me next week I think I’ll be busy all summer It’s better if we don’t speak And you’ll be glad we didn’t in September So when you see me raise my hand Ignore the dirt under my fingernails Remember I’m not average And fitting in here is pass or fail Now I’m digging holes in my backyard So I’m ready to climb back up From the moment at which I decide Not to keep my mouth shut anymore Anymore It’s already next year What have I been doing all summer And will you still think I’m weird If I don’t break the silence by December So when you look me in the eye Ignore the way that I’m not looking back Remember I’m not mean When the medians and modes attack I’ve been digging holes in my backyard Even though I know I shouldn’t Because they’re easier for me to fill And to climb out from than the one that I put my foot in I don’t think I’m coming out to play I don't think I'm coming out to play It feels like starting over every day Feels like starting over every day Feels like starting over every day Feels like starting over every day Feels like starting over yeah Every day Every day
3.
Bat City 02:40
You can fear most anything When drunken wheels veer in your route And you’re as lovely as can be And ambulance lights shine over you Like when beauty exists for nobody Like dandelions or the sea And that’s something you never see Like indigo or the queen And I reach out to you Because you’ve seen me when I’ve been as selfish and cruel as can be And seeing me again I don’t wanna come loose Bat City is where you came to reap It’s where I sought you in my sleep It’s where you began to build again It’s where you found new foundations Don’t know what I thought would happen here I know that I felt you disappear I know I create what I can’t perceive Like indigo Where did you go And I’ll see you then When the lights on the trees back home turn to green and to red If I can I don’t wanna come loose again I don't wanna come loose again But what if I come loose I don't wanna come loose again
4.
Ladder 04:51
Hey old man I did bad tonight I shuddered all the doors I shut out the lights And I never stopped to think Because thinking just could kill you And I spent the night awake Does it sound familiar Ali died last night I wanted to inform you You’d tell me how he’d hide In the ropes from Foreman And make it out alive I think you were trying to warn me now All the while listening to the sound Of your shaking son Terrified of the world around him Hey old man I’ve got something more to ask you When the vessel starts to go Did it feel like life passed you Is there weight to be given To the parallels I’m living I get shaken down by heights And the ropes upon my back are giving way Is it why we do The things that we’re doing wrong now Isn’t trust a funny thing Once you’ve gone and earned it Do they ever learn We never meant to burn it down And can you imagine the sound When your shaking son Picks up the phone and you’re gone When the lights went down did you Think there was still work to do Do they need me still or did you think Yeah I guess I could use a rest And when I couldn’t bear to think I had a bit to drink And climbed up a ladder To the roof And nothing moved or mattered The whole world seemed up just another rung And I didn’t feel fear Just this longing For what came after I wanted to tell you Dirty hand on my head saying Son it only gets better So I'll keep climbing I'll keep climbing What else can I do old man I'll keep climbing I'll keep climbing I'll keep climbing What else can I do old man I'll keep climbing I'll keep climbing What else can I do I'll keep climbing

about

If you’re reading this, it means we’ve released the four songs that comprise a release we’ve titled Timeshares On Life Support. As I type this, I’m listening to what I hope are the final mixes while a “cyclone bomb” is blowing over Philadelphia outside. I imagine that by the time you read this I’ll be ecstatic that it has reached you because I’m extremely proud of this batch of tunes and the people that made it a reality.

The four of us got together on December 11th to learn and arrange the songs and we tracked them at Retro City Studios here in Philadelphia under the watchful eye of our old and dear friend Andy Clarke on the 19th, 20th and 28th. As many have to come to learn, working with this band isn’t always the easiest, but Andy made this one of my favorite experiences recording music to date and did a fantastic job under one hell of a time crunch.

There are a number of reasons related to our own inward circumstance as a band that it might be appropriate to title a release “On Life Support”, and they’re not lost on us. The song isn’t about us though. Well, not specifically at least.

Life Support is a song about watching what happens when the straight white male world is made to feel fear for the first time. By and large, inhabitants of that world (our band included) have never heard that specific kind of “no” that someone hears because of circumstance or skin they were born into. The past year saw marginalized groups of people mobilized in a way that has never really happened in my lifetime. Inversely, many residents of that straight white male world, perhaps threatened by the idea of losing mere inches off of vast fields of space, responded rabidly, angrily and fearfully. I think that’s how, in the year 2017, white supremacists marching in the street with tiki torches can actually happen while a sitting president refuses to speak ill of it for fear of disrupting his voter base.

Eventually we find ourselves at a point where media outlets will run pieces humanizing nazis. That fear finds more platforms. It leaks into the interactions that make up our day to day. It’s there when a co-worker cries out that “all” or “blue” lives matter. It’s when a friend who loves to share left-leaning thinkpieces wonders aloud about how ideas of inclusivity in art and music could hurt him, or needs to weigh in on how sexual misconduct allegations against a performer he enjoys make him feel. In how we’re all for the cause until it comes knocking on our door. In the endless cycle of generations fighting against The Old Way until they become The Old Way themselves. In things you or I have said casually in passing. They sound like knee-jerk, foaming-at-the-mouth reactions to the first taste of that “no”, and they’re loud.

I’m thankful to have been able to stand in the glow of many oft-marginalized people across race, gender and sexuality who, in the face of all this, maintain a level of strength and compassion that inspires a hope way stronger than any frightened dipshit drumming up hate. I’d like to do a better job of supporting them and, moreso, staying the hell out of their way. That’s what the song’s about.

Anxious & Aspy is my favorite Mike-penned tune we’ve released to date and I’m proud of him for putting something this personal on record as well as giving us something to turn the gain knobs up for. Bat City originated as a collaboration with our friend Nick Harris for a different project, spent some time on a shelf, and was dusted off and finished in large part by Max. The very idea of a song being written by the three of us is a total sentimental thrill for me. It also prominently features a 12 string electric guitar loaned to us by Mimi Gallagher. Thanks, Mimi! The song Ladder is about my dad, who I miss a ton, especially now when it’s time to put more stuff out into the world.

All keyed instruments are played by Kyle Graham, who nailed everything with little-to-no direction and did so much for creating a vibe on these songs that I’d been dying for. I’d be remiss not to mention what a hand Eric has in these songs - he’s usually the reason we don’t sound clueless when we try something we haven’t before, and in that regard he went above and beyond this time. The guitars not played by me are played by Maxwell Stern, whose presence in and around our band over the past better-part-of-a-year has gone a long way in getting the fire underneath us burning brightly once more. I couldn’t be happier to have these songs be his first released foray with us as well as having him contribute the accompanying artwork.

You might find these songs are a little different than the last ones we released, much like those were to the ones before them. I hope you dig them, though. I imagine you might think similarly of our third full length record, which we recorded earlier in 2017 and hope also reaches you sooner than later.


Baby, we’re on life support.
-Jon/TS

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released January 9, 2018

Recorded and mixed by Andy Clarke at Retro City Studios in Philadelphia, PA. Mastered by Ian Farmer at The Metal Shop in Philadelphia, PA. Art by Maxwell Stern.

Kyle Graham plays keys on tracks 1-4.
Nick Harris co-wrote Track 3.

Timeshares is: Eric Bedell, Jon Hernandez, Mike Natoli and Maxwell Stern.

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