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Whether

by Matthew Rains

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In isolation you can play computer games all night long In isolation you can write a song You can paint a huge picture of a labrador Or take a yoga class on your bedroom floor You can catch up on that series that you left behind In isolation look after your mind In isolation you don't have to be alone and bored In isolation you can talk to a friend abroad There's so much stuff it's hard to know where to begin The lack of hugs you receive is the hardest thing Don't suffer all alone just call us if you need In isolation you can do more than you think.
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Supermarket diplomat Why do people answer back? The two metre rule is there for a reason Panic buying groceries Make the streets one way Sanitizer? eBay One pack of toilet roll per household Exercise, it's good for you Try a new recipe Look into your family tree Start writing that novel you've always dreamed of writing Got to do something to get through the lockdown each day Clapping for the doctors, the nurses and the carers Crossing the road to avoid the lycra wearers Sweating profusely And breathing heavily Try a new recipe Look into your family tree Start writing that novel you've always dreamed of writing Got to do something to get through the lockdown each day
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DIY dentistry Self service hygienist Cut away the calculous Because it all adds up Have a go hero ignoring the experts Not sure what you're thinking with But it's not your brain Don't plan nothing and hit the ground running run into the wall because you didn't see if coming and it all falls down and lands on top of you again Ground hog day everyday Comfort in routine Nothing ever changes Except for your clothes Don't plan nothing and hit the ground running run into the wall because you didn't see if coming and it all falls down and lands on top of you again
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Migraine 02:38
Here it comes again I can feel it coming on A nausiating strong migraine I can't stand the pain The noise of pots and pans cuts like knives into my brain And I'll lie down in a dark room And hope it goes away Pass the medication To numb the senses to The piercing sounds and burning view And I'll lie down in a dark room And hope it goes away And I'll lie down in a dark room And hope it goes away
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2007 / 2020 03:30
Rewind to 2007 Working in a city pub didn't have a lot of money scraping by on three jobs Danny was an alcoholic Or so we used to think Joey called himself a straight line walker Never had a drop to drink But he snorted up that cocaine til his mind fell out his brain We'd see them every lunch time and after they'd finished they'd come and get ruined and every single day they'd do the same again Some people are more equal than others That's become clear as day Parallels drawn with economic collapse but it happened in a different way Dallying over lockdown Lack of decisiveness Can't put out a clear message Shifting the blame on the public again But there's no time for lessons learned after this!
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Grump 02:04
Isolation's got to me even though there's so much I can do Pacing up and down the flat like a tiger in a zoo To the Great Tit singing "Charapee" every morning Why don't you just give it a rest? Exercise is limitless But there's only so much I can take I know celery is healthier But all I want is cake If I have a picnic in the park, after dark Will you place me under arrest?
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Sprouts 01:46
Not sure I believe that there's a creator But is there something else that we just can't see? Are we just food for worms or is there something greater? Some nutrient, some essence or just energy? Is life after death just more of the same? Do we pass through the earth to a seed and sprout again? At one point a grain that gets digested in turn The essence breaking out and implanting itself into a sperm
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Medieval 01:48
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You don't know how good a friend is until they're gone You don't value the communication until there's none A small innocuous sentence was slurred Context sheds new light on words When you said "See you on the other side" Is this what you really meant? Puzzled, perplexed, asking how and why Dark moments blinding the mind's eye Answerphone message repeating all night What's the solution? What's appropriate? What's right? "See you on the other side" That was the last thing that we said

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The "Whether" album project began near the beginning of UK lockdown in March 2020, initially intended as an EP, it quickly got out of hand and ballooned into an album. At present this album is only available digitally and only on Bandcamp.

The album was partly re-recorded and re-mixed and mastered in January 2021, with new song "Migraine" added.


If you don't want to pay for this album please, instead, consider donating to Black Lives Matter and/or Music Venue Trust:
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released January 12, 2021

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at home by Matthew Rains (Dog Chocolate).

Instruments: guitar, bass, electronic drum kit, Stylophone Beatbox, Otamatone, Nepali sarangi, Casio MT-65 keyboard

Artwork by Matthew Rains

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Dog Chocolate guitarist avoiding going outside.

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