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It's Cool

by Flender

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    Jewel case CD with 2-panel insert plus 16-page lyric booklet. Designed by Kalen Rowe. Booklet artwork by An Es Thetic
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    High-bias chrome tape with double-sided 3-panel j-card. Gold foil cassette with silver pad print. Designed by Kalen Rowe. Only 50 copies made.
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    DIY tie-bleached black and purple shirts, screen printed with Flender logo in gold ink. Each shirt unique and melty. Available in sizes S-XXL. Designed by Kalen Rowe.
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1.
debt munster 03:03
youre/ real/ good/ so / good/ you / cant/ be youre a dream/ im sure/ so sore/ for days somebody's capitalized on me tagged me by the ear/ write it off. Hold up your crystal glass/ up to my fosset eyes how many you debt fellas wanna help? How many you wanna help? Im in debt to you im in debt to you so much so what
2.
w0w0w 03:30
talking infinity stranded helix with use of a miniature noose to compensate oh, sigh-- can you see-- conducting a symphony of violins? A symphony of violins the coherence of-- a rights reserved recitation maybe its cover, girl agh maybe shes born with it bored with it I mean, is there anything as taxing? Gave it away for free and they taxed it. Its taxing. Rythms have colonized various parts of my body all out of time back ordered city-wide the coherence of de-coherence of convincing my limbs away from me ahhh oh wah oh the coherence of not knowing of the coherence of conducting a symphony of violence de-coherence convincing my limbs away
3.
vviper II 04:43
new positions to know summers naught but for the snow summers all prepared, cost of living with these cost of living these memories of you its a price I pay, ill pay , to know just what I was doing then-- now! Now, dont think about... dont even think about... dont even think about it. Dont even think about it theres no time s'no time... to think about. No time to date or even think about. lifes a pass you own it dissapates so dont even.... think about--- the past. No time to think no time to date thats the price I pay for having to know of living these memories of you.
4.
if its a war its only your/ immersion in your true nature the dark is your sworn /war -more? Sure. Sure as itll ever be evident/ to your closest of sibilings/ scramble in my eye/ behind such strange strange light your fight your war? If theres one thing you can be sure: youre wrong your wrong your wrong nothing is quite as sure/ as the fruits of your victory a history of meddling with torpor- cutting corners recurrent persistent dream, stop scratching while im trying to-- lead. S'there someone in the backseat? Rear view mirror is broken whats the first thing you said --maybe Im really dead “nothing here to see” naught for naught what is me? Something im something im nothing to see something to k no w one {im just} t' no one {I fear} no body here eluding me unreal a memory remembering a memory remembering feels so real how you convince me your here? What else is a person for? Chair......4 sitting hands.....for taking floor..... is for standing pillows..... dreaming bed....is for tossing wall....... is for posting door....is for leaving, but the all.... is foregoing but... what is a person for war? More war? Your war? sure.
5.
softer and softer and heavier and heavier might just fall to pieces I'm just ,all a sleep appearance is so fleeting ,but its the only the thing that isnt a lie a lie a lie I'm- - just pel-luc-id en-ti-ty underneath concrete corporeality im just --to divide hive quotient-- matter over time--mind in sight--in plains of 2-dimensions im just-- on another side buried soft and heavy dirt dream and sleep soft deep heavy sleep rise and shine
6.
it's cool 07:28
poor, old, and far gone to count/ hues of mortal oil/ foiled the humans/ they never learn/ in one of two words rephrase who exists/ in one of two worlds, one to forget – all broke in half through planes lie-- borderline earths dead seas and a cylinder to see through illuminate your inclination is sinking teeth youre spinning in your volition youre drunkinly chainging rails youre feining in a sense excuses parallel conspirator your fatal contributor your vital youre tounging some words I --hear you-- Im tounging some words I hear you your tounging some words “i hear you” we're growing I know it still here ,you youre poor, old, and down for the count/ in hues of motor oil/ soiled the humans/ they never learn/ in one of two words rephrase who exists/ in one of two worlds, one to forget.
7.
light hertz------kilowatts per hour the community of beauty is in--- shambles the origin of this body disease---its my ( )-------response- ability {instrumental interlude} quick trap houses and kitchen sinks---- speak professional at all about the ground--- opening presentation on a plate tectonic for earths------ devouring entropy's a drive aways carbon copies parked---all motors cold extremities in savings throwing away my reciept to---capitalize ok, there'll be a temporary holding minimum—-from last time ( )-------aww maaaaaannnn-ipulator!-- it isnt I. isnt mine... our body our dis-ease we do see I to I and it fucks with me we do see eye to eye!
8.
colby diablo 06:00
is it intelligence ? You design this irrelivence I admire gravity, its time, but all of the time its what I cant see one graviton behind everytime then walls are signs of border violence what crossed the line its raining in my car the body dies straddling inertia the irrelivence I decide its intelligence I desire get a hold of your anti-venom , man... a clue the holes the serpent left in total, the whole and constant is darkness. That is the state the condition that conditions me darkness is free the condition that conditions me our star our sun'll go down enough space for you, star who knows it isnt the only one.. ...walls are border violence walls are border violence... copped and feeling- red far and unknow-ing cancer in my po-cket cant wait to see the look on your face when you realize- there wont be any more games to play... fucked%^ in %&the @#%outer)(*& sphere heh?... bad time.. thought I'w's outta here. I thought I was this ganglion form two hands you are a reflection s'why everythings so flipped and I am a reflection s'why we dont agree on shit s'what r ya lookin at?! Somethin to look at? But you cant even picture the true state of things but darkness conditions me not delight so much more to life (turn) off the light (burn) off the light so much more to life than delight turn the light off the light
9.
huhuh 08:44
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
10.
good buddy 07:32
*exhale * imyou, yourwater- imposter-fosset water fluid defrauder- its true iam-niotic fluid too cute,you wadder, you. Wat r u you water? Ensue se-miotic pro – biotic? Because of you, I m ater. Expressing Do what? you crazy, because I am for you. whats you matter? you're fodder? a pro-stitute cr-eyes a fosset water h2 oh its morning dew youre vapor right through the wind sheild wiper what are you water its raining you water you water you water you profusion unfolds droplet of ocean youre due date seperate your profusion unfolds makes my sleep evaporate then its mourning again did you forget my friend, im morning, you? Im mourning you water, you water you

about

It’s Cool, Flender’s second self-released studio album, stabs, squeals, and squirms its way into the world to bring you noisy fluid sensations and surreal anti-capitalism. The album melts together noise rock, punk, jazz, pop, prog, and some mercury into a shiny work of art.

What started as a joke became something important but still hilarious to these Texan friends, who formed Flender two years ago as an improvising rock band with a healthy obsession for guitar textures and interplay. Influenced by bands like U.S. Maple, Cheer Accident, Arab on Radar, and Sediment Club, Flender has since played with no wave super group Lydia Lunch Retrovirus, ATX noise punks Super Thief, and international percussion improviser Tatsuya Nakatani, to name a few.

Their first few releases, recorded on phones or field recorders, reflect a more unhinged, accidental band, inspired by the abrasive rhythmic sounds of no wave and skronk. Their first studio album, FireFowl, consists of two long-form songs expressing a range of repetitive riffs mixed with freakout galore. It’s Cool is a psychedelic collage with groovier riffs, jagged time changes, and a dedicated vocalist exploring warped wordplay, capitalistic hypocrisy, and poetic surrealism. It’s an album for fans of rock that’s liable to break.

Bassist and engineer Tobin Armstrong comes from Houston’s Laktating Yak and Dead Time, drummer Beth Dodds comes from Denton’s Bukkake Moms and too many others to name, vocalist/poet/guitarist An Es Ethic and poet/guitarist Kalen Rowe are members of Houston’s KA, and poet/guitarist Jeffrey Bussey is Flender’s newest shredder on this album.

Flenjoy some fun trivia about the album:
1. Different design and track order between the CDs and the tapes (for those collectors out there ;)
2. CD comes with full-color 16-page booklet of lyrics and artwork by vocalist/guitarist An Es Thetic.
3. Recorded and mixed by bassist/engineer Tobin Armstrong.
4. CDs, tapes, and posters designed by guitarist Kalen Rowe and printing done by Anklebiters Publishing.
5. Music video for "good buddy" produced by Kalen Rowe available here: youtu.be/2FrmsPtMM48

credits

released May 2, 2020

an <vocals>
beth <drums>
jeffrey <guitar>
kalen <guitar>
tobin <bass>

recorded and mixed by tobin armstrong at beyonce's garage
album design and artwork by kalen rowe
lyric booklet artwork by an es thetic
mastered by weasel walter

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Flender Noise Gadgets Trust (FNGT), commonly referred to simply as Flender, is an American manufacture of flended instruments and amplifiers. Flender Guitars are among the most unrecognized in the world. Flender is obfuscated for its liquid-body pneumatic guitars and bass guitars, such as the Dreamcaster (also known as the "Creamcaster"). ... more

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