High tops bounce up and down the side walk of truth
Don’t you second guess what I already knew
Triple One’s send me south
I am quite suspicious of your mouth
Tell me why would you say that
Explain to me your delusion behavior
Tell me why do you think that
Explain to me your thought process
The world dealt me the cards of presumption
I’ll play them right and use it to my advantage
I’m the ace of the spades and the Jack of the trades
I understand the tricks of your game
Tell me why would you say that
Explain to me your delusion behavior
Tell me why do you think that
Explain to me your thought process
X2
Quick on my feet over the candle stick
I won’t catch fabric on your flame
Yellow and orange my face is bright bright red
When I remember what was righteous yet never said
Tell me why would you say that
Explain to me your delusion behavior
Tell me why do you think that
Explain to me your thought process
X2
Jane ate the apple seed
Johnny nowhere to be seen
Jane ate the apple seed
Johnny nowhere to be seen
Greatness came derived from hunger
Fulfillment came from indulgence
Jane ate the apple seed
Johnny nowhere to be seen
Jane ate the apple seed
Johnny nowhere to be seen
Each bite was an act of freedom
She feared no consequence
Johnny was gone
And she wasn’t lookin’
Each bite, each bite, each bite, riled up
X4
Jane ate the apple seed
Johnny nowhere to be seen
Jane ate the apple seed
Johnny nowhere to be seen
She gazed upon the river
The earth as her mirror
And swallowed the seeds whole
As she combed her hair
None left stuck in her teeth
Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane
about
Artificial Go’s new 7” for Carpark Records signals the next chapter in the band’s gentle-but-rapid evolution. The Cincinnati-based rock ‘n’ roll combo dials in to their distinct sound while opening the doors wide to newness. In just two songs, they share joyous expression, frustrated anger, and curious exploration.
The 7” follows two beloved albums and loads of talked-about touring. The excitement is easy to connect with as 7” A-side “Triple Ones” spools out its coiled, bouncy lead guitar with a bass part worth following through the kitchen conga line and into the living room dancefloor. On the flipside, “Jane Ate The Apple Seed” provides a mysterious atmosphere and chorus of unusual trance.
The band’s live configuration is often so: lead vocalist Angie Willcutt, drummer Cole G Patrick, guitarist Ryan Sennett, and bassist Micah Wu. But on record, the members swap instruments and play whatever part necessary. For example, Sennett is drumming on “Jane Ate The Apple Seed,” with Patrick playing guitar, Wu on bass, and Willcutt playing an autoharp with a bow. “It’s very easy to write songs with these three,” Sennett says.
While the music is undeniably fun and mesmerizing, lead singer Angie Willcutt’s lyrics center serious matters. The story told in “Triple Ones” refers to a person undercut by those running the show. Willcutt calls it “the most blatantly upset Artificial Go song.” “Explain to me your delusional behavior,” she sings. “The world dealt me the cards of presumption/ I’ll play them right and use it to my advantage.” It might be groovy music, but Willcutt says, “When writing that song, I was just pissed off.”
Three of the bandmates live in the same house in Cincinnati. They practice in the basement, record in the [haunted] attic, and live in between. “Jane Ate The Apple Seed” started as a jam in that basement. The landlord came over to do maintenance and stayed to watch the jam become a song. Its lyrics tell the hidden story behind a well-known tale: “Jane ate the apple seed/ Johnny nowhere to be seen.”
“It’s no lie there are things to be really upset about in the world, but we can really pump that into joy and dance about it,” Willcutt says. “You can channel anger into joy. That’s what I really want to do.”
Packed with energy, and with an almost live sound, this is a great album. The rawness of the guitars and the vocals sit in between Indie and Punk, making for an album that engages and energises. mindshambles
I stood in a room with my eyes closed and palms facing outwards when I heard this live. Nothing else really matters in this reality, just blips of time going and gone and beeps of static. Melodies overlapping and melodic hums take me somewhere else for just a moment <3 Alyssa Seven
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