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Currents

by Early Riser

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0ven not an album I have on constant rotation but definitely good at appropriate times Favorite track: The Nevers.
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1.
I'm sick of hating myself for being awkward When all I want is to dance with you I'm sick of shaming myself for being honest When all I want is to sing something true This life that we've chosen It isn't the easy, softest way I wouldn't give back a single day When you catch me feeling sorry for myself again Just start singing Just sing anything And when you see me hanging by the wall again Just start dancing I'll join in
2.
The Nevers 03:02
I feel invincible today My hands are magnetic and can catch anything that comes my way I refuse to fall apart Just pour some plaster in the cracks and call it art Maybe this is the year I’ll get a tattoo behind my ear Maybe I’ll finally get my license and we can get out of here There’s no such thing as growing up, only growing It’s not something you finish and then keep going I’m dying to hear how it ends, but there’s no way of knowing I feel invincible today My hands are magnetic and can catch anything that comes my way I refuse to fall apart Just pour some plaster in the cracks and call it art Maybe this is the year I’ll get a tattoo behind my ear Maybe I’ll finally get my license and we can get out of here There’s no such thing as growing up, only growing It’s not something we’ll finish and then get boring If they took our picture right now, I swear we’d be glowing I won’t tell you to never say never Just don’t tell me that you’ll never change ‘Cause sometimes the nevers become maybes and okays Sometimes they sneak up behind you and give you your best days They told you the first words you uttered But what were the last words you sang? It’s okay to go out with a whimper as long as you come back in with a bang
3.
Two Roads 01:35
The last time we talked, I didn’t know if you’d hung up But I didn’t call back, and that was that You’d laughed at my black hair, I’d scoffed at your white dress The color schemes for our car chase scenes On the run from loneliness The last time we met up, you came as three instead of one I never came back, and that was that You stared at my pierced lip as I peered into your bassinet The accessories for our murder scenes Gunning down the past Two roads diverged, and the outcome was clear Two one-way streets that have taken us here Now I live for something you’ll never understand And you’ve turned into everything I fear I still think about you on your birthday But only every other year
4.
Two years ago, same place same show I was your dancer You had hungry hands and eyes And I swore I had my answer From my perch across the room I feel the same magnetic pull But magnets that don't stick don't work at all If you don't find me for the waltz Then I'll know everything I need This night, this night It will belong to me Two hours ago, same place same show I'd like to mention I was on the verge of tears But you weren't paying attention I watch you tumble off the stage I always loved to see you fly But as you're swallowed up I'll say goodbye I'll throw confetti on my cue And I will dance like I am free Like this night, this night This night belongs to me I felt the electricity I wasn't wrong I know that we were both in love But only with the songs You didn't find me for the waltz So I know everything I need This night, this night This night belongs to me I'll throw confetti when he sings the word And dance like I am free 'Cause this night, this night This night belongs to me This life, this life This life belongs to me
5.
Sometimes it’s just easier to turn it off than try to turn it all around When conversations full of exit cues and all these little executions wear us down Try to find a smile to hide embarrassment and all the time spent pondering The failures and misuses of true honesty, a thousand other prickly things We tried (advance and then retreat) We tried (the dances of defeat) We tried (with promises to keep) We tried (but spirits own these streets) Everyone I know is a ghost, there’s no way around it My life’s become a haunted house, there’s no doubt about it Oh, and everything I know is a joke, but I forgot the punch line long ago And everyone I know is a ghost Sometimes it’s just easier to turn it off Than try to turn it all around When conversations full of exit cues And all these little executions wear us down Working out the glitches and the kinks of moving up and down The ladders of each other’s lives Fingers slipping off the edge of things we never owned But only borrowed for a little while We tried (advance and then retreat) We tried (the dances of defeat) We tried (with promises to keep) We tried (but spirits own these streets) Everyone I know is a ghost, there’s no way around it My life’s become a haunted house, there’s no doubt about it Oh, and everything I know is a joke, but I forgot the punch line long ago And everyone I know is a ghost
6.
Rattenberg 01:54
You know about the spell they’ve got you under The pain you get from different kinds of hunger You’ve felt the sting of bumblebees and splinters, But have you ever known a jet-black winter? You failed to ask the question that could fix her It started and was over with a picture You’ve felt the shame of absolute beginners But have you ever known a jet-black winter? The verdict’s out, the jury is united Some things will only ever be one-sided You’re branded with the alphabet of sinners But have you ever known a jet-black winter?
7.
May I please have your attention This will not, I repeat, this will not be on the test Somebody failed to mention No one cares that we used to be the best No grades, no rankings No one is waiting for us anymore So tell me what I need Here's your wrecking ball for a dead end But what if it's too late? Oh, it always and it never is I can’t get their attention I'm trying so hard, it's never enough Somebody failed to mention we’re Too old for teen angst, too young to give up I know what's waiting for me to take the reins But the fear is crippling, and my limbs, they feel so strange So tell me what I need Here's your wrecking ball for a dead end But what if it's too late? Oh, it always and it never is So take a breath and channel a time when you were less afraid When the lights go down, what will you have to say? Oh, what if it's too late? Oh, it never ever ever ever is When the lights go down, what will you have to say?
8.
Superglue 02:30
I've got my tools, I'm measuring fault lines I've got my clock counting down to the end times I've got everything on mute, don't need to hear a word you say 'Cause I'll see the flames from a mile away Oh, I'm a mess, I'm a mess Oh, but I'm used to it I'm counting the pros of losing it all I'm holding out hands where the pieces will fall I'm always waiting at the bottom of the stairs with superglue What else can I do? What else can I do? We took a vote - we know we don't need this But I read your note - say you didn't mean it Your words are armed with little teeth that just keep whittling away The distance between good and barely okay Oh, I'm a wreck, I'm a wreck Oh, but I'm used to it I'm counting the pros of losing it all I'm holding out hands where the pieces will fall I'm always waiting at the bottom of the stairs with superglue What else can I do? What else can I do? When I dream, all I see is the back of your head As you walk away I'm not proud to be cast as a marionette Just awaiting my fate Knowing perfectly well the foundation will crumble and fall brick by brick in your wake And stuck making plans for when it's already too late Maybe it's dumb, maybe it's crazy All I know is it's keeping me busy I want a lot of things in life But really only one Oh, what have you done? Oh, what have you done?
9.
We've got the pictures Yeah, we've got the stories Kicked down the door and had our moment of glory But we're not our history Or what we thought our future would be I'll be the first one to admit More than one type of love is blind Never meet your, never meet your, never meet your... Oh, nevermind I brought the band-aids You brought the shotgun Poster child for a lost cause if ever there was one Let's get this over with Rock, paper, scissors and we are done You'll be the last one to admit We can't go back, we crossed that line I should tell you, I should tell you, I should tell you... Oh, nevermind But the ends fray and the glue wears then Compasses go haywire, change directions Are these numbers all that's left of us? This is the sound of giving up But the ends fray and the glue wears then Compasses go haywire, change directions Are these dead dreams all that's left of us? This is the sound of giving up Time only goes one stubborn way Keep moving or get left behind You will always, you will always, you will always... Oh, nevermind
10.
The Line 02:28
It’s true, we have a few visible scars But four years in, practically everything’s new So glad we're past the days we'd ask, "Do you ever wonder if you're writing your lines, or someone wrote them for you?" It's true, I have no idea what comes next But when I stop trying to guess I find clues So glad we're past the days we'd ask, "Do you ever wonder if you're living your life, or it just happens to you?" There's a line that splits your life into before and after Just a word, or lack thereof (It's not dressed like a disaster) And yeah, I know the names of all the ghosts in the rafters And I know there's a line And part of me will always be The kid in the dark with the volume turned up Saying "I'm not one for bloody fists and broken walls, But I sometimes wish I was" The days stretch out their legs And knock us down, but we keep on crawling Up the stairs to crack the door And catch a glimpse of the person we'll become A fix won't save you A kiss won't wake you A song might change you But it won't save you A fix won't save me A kiss won't wake me The songs they changed me But they can't save me
11.
Currents 02:56
I've spent years lost in haystacks Searching for keys to the wrong doors I've been knocked out cold I've got battle scars from the wrong wars I feel so weak Hands tight on the rope But finally It's safe to let go It's time to let the currents do what they're meant to It's time to say what you mean So let the currents do what you need them to It's time to stop swimming upstream I've spent years smashing lightbulbs Killing ideas on the first day I've played bodyguard Except standing right in my own way And all this time We've been running in place Your hand in mine Let's finish the race It's time to let the currents do what they're meant to It's time to say what you mean So let the currents do what you need them to It's time to stop swimming upstream No one is coming to tell you you're wrong To take you away because you don't belong The thought's no more real than an unwritten song The person you feared most was you all along It's time to let the currents do what they're meant to It's time to say what you mean So let the currents do what you need them to It's time to stop swimming upstream If you catch me feeling sorry for myself again Just start singing Just sing anything And when you see me hanging by the wall again Just start dancing I'll join in

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released June 16, 2017

Kiri Oliver - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Heidi Vanderlee - cello, vocals
Zane Van Dusen - bass
David Olson - drums
Joel Tannenbaum - additional guitar

Lyrics by Kiri Oliver, music by Kiri Oliver and Heidi Vanderlee
Produced by Joel Tannenbaum
Engineered and mixed by Mike Bardzik at Noisy Little Critter Studios
Mastered by Kim Rosen at Knack Mastering

Art by Elise Roedenbeck Valderrama
Layout by Dylan Wachman

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Early Riser plays cello-driven pop-punk with soaring vocal harmonies, catchy hooks and uplifting lyrics.

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