What Are You On?

Singer-Songwriter · 2006 · 13 tracks

What Are You On?

East River Pipe

Thirteen vignettes of urban isolation recorded with a cheap drum machine and a heavy heart. A masterclass in finding beauty in the discarded and the lonely.

January 24, 2006 · Merge Records

A weary but melodic confrontation with urban isolation and the ghosts of dependency.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

What Does T.S. Eliot Know About You?

2:29

02

Crystal Queen

2:31

03

What Are You On?

2:02

04

I'll Walk My Robot Home

3:10

05

The Ultrabright Bitch

2:07

06

Druglife

3:49

07

Absolutely Nothing

2:11

08

Dirty Carnival

3:06

09

You Got Played, Little Girl

2:10

10

Life Is a Landfill

2:58

11

Shut Up and Row

2:17

12

Trivial Things

2:25

13

Some Dreams Can Kill You

5:19

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the mechanical drum beat on 'Druglife' feels both cold and deeply empathetic as the lyrics tackle dependency.

The stark, literary confrontation of the opening track questioning intellectualism against real-world pain.

The haunting, extended fade of 'Some Dreams Can Kill You' that feels like a slow retreat into the shadows.

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