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Moneyball

by Dutch Interior

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1.
Canada 05:04
I saw two sparrows Flirting by the lake They spun around one another Like debris caught in the wind So I made tracks Then came back late that night And drew them in my head They flew like they were there For a moment I swear They really were And I woke from a dream Of a fox at the top of the road Who screamed as if in heat Or just hurting for a hare So I breathed in the air And It’s eyes reflected light Like the traffic signs behind So making use of the night I pissed on a dead log
2.
I’m no good at overconsumption, Playful affect deserted Whole timelines behind me I don’t play that well with others My sandcastle molds all Came without shovels All our hopes Will surely erode with time Stone to sand I just want to know Where it all goes Memories cave painted on your eyelids 
The future is decided The reactor is swelling If I died, I would not disturb you, No crosses flipped over Just memories in static All our hopes Will surely erode in time Stone to sand I just want to know Where it all goes
3.
Wood Knot 04:21
Stock photographs Of Candid laughs Hang ‘em up I wanna live like that Home sweet home Live laugh love Plant my ass Deeper than a root I’m a wood knot I’m not A leaf Sap is stuck Mud is muck And I’m a man I need a pickup truck Black and blue Cross tattoo On my leg I’m gonna let it loose Cause I’m a wood knot I’m not A leaf
4.
Caring It’s this new thing That I’m trying And I think it suits me well I’m finding Life science fiction I’m a ray gun Overheating in your palm Shedding Like a snakeskin All this old fear I wore every halloween Barely Even human You’re the cover of A pulp sixties magazine Something's different something changed Something shifted in my shape Sleepless Hibernation I was passenger
I was passive I was thin But your sound It’s like a siren Now I can’t help But be present in my skin Something’s different something changed Something shifted in my shape Something’s different something changed Science fiction is to blame
5.
Sweet Time 03:42
I can’t deny That the world’s moving fast And I’m holding on for life Take me back Don’t hang me up to dry Lord knows I’ve tried But I can’t seem to get it right Through all this time Holding on for life And taking my sweet time I just don’t know Where the wind comes from Or why it blows so cold I got no coat You see Taking my sweet time Holding back the line Taking my sweet time Holding back the line
6.
There are folks always dying Under summer sun Underlining all the things we’re so proud of And the kids all scream From the rooftops That cars are a comin’ The cars are coming We’ll drink till it’s simple Laugh like we were meant to Days never end We’ll do something meaningful I miss when the moments were still Before the weight came By god the way we used to feel With someone to blame Stars waste their trip Lining our sky Stick with what you know Someone’s got it right There is something about you Outside side of time Days fall together Ricochet off our prime I’ve been around too long Train is never on time Sit and wait here a while Just pass time
7.
Took a flight back to the motherland Gave my mom a hug and shook my daddy’s hand It’s been a while since I’ve been to town She said, “Moms live longer with their kids around” We’re sitting on the wrong side of the backyard Apparently life this time of year gets pretty hard He asked me, “Son, do you know what it’s like To wake up in the morning and it doesn’t feel right?” It doesn’t feel right I looked at him in the fire’s light And realized for the very first time I know I am my father’s son It took a while but I know I’m not the only one Smoke and drink, keep my belly fed Throat is burning, stomach’s turning Need to rest my head I wanna be where the people are Turns out most of them are actually really far I’m running ‘round fourth street holding it down I’m keeping my secrets close to the ground Giving most the nights to Chinatown Waiting for the sun to come on back around Holding on to all the things I hate Words unspoken don’t appreciate I’ll keep my hands up towards the sun The taking comes easy when the givings done Never can finish what I have begun Maybe this time I’ll beat it but I’m never gonna cheat it I’m running ‘round fourth street holding it down I’m keeping my secrets close to the ground What goes up will always come back around I’m running ‘round fourth street holding it down
8.
Horse 04:06
We have talked of buying a horse And of course it’s more than we can afford But our dreams don’t keep us from dreamin’ And our lives don’t keep us from livin’ Yeah, we’re shit broke But we don’t break Until we say we’re broken I’ve been saving money Just a little bit every month And if you always love me Then i can promise you this much That one day I’ll bring home stacks But all the credit cards might be maxed Either way I think it’s easy to say That the checks are already cashed Believe me It’s really that easy I swear I heard a blessing from the lord So I can promise you that horse We’ll get lost on our own land All the hills will roll at our command And fuck it let’s have kids You could give birth down by the riv And everyday they’ll have their mother to thank For the life they get to live Believe me It’s really that easy I swear I heard a blessing from the lord So I can promise you that horse
9.
I keep seeing The same person everywhere The downstairs neighbor, a stranger A child trying to sing And that melody Is sadly congested Like the highways Cut straight through LA But they bring her Oh, they bring her Closer to me Taking holidays Away from your place In the countryside is where we’ll die And leave our good faith Stood up like a widow Of stranded sea captains Maybe waiting, maybe praying To Christ on the mast But that prayer Prayed erasure And it came heaven sent And now I’m hell bent
10.
Beekeeping 04:23
I’ve seen that you fear What’s mine is not yours But your need to steal It’s born of the cold And I should be keeping you warm And I’m nowhere near Too far to call home So your need to steal It’s no fault of your own When I only gave you my bones But I could’ve shared so much more It’s not like I tried to be Cruel or incomplete I just thought I owed you So I endured you I just thought I owed you So I endured you

about

While Moneyball is punctuated by uncertainty, at its core it is still tethered to the inherently spiritual relationship the bandmates have not only with each other, but with the world that surrounds them. Recorded over a six month period in their Long Beach studio, the ten songs that make up the record find cohesion “not just in the art but the physical space”: the band’s self-made studio as well as their longstanding friendships. Produced by Reeves and mixed by Phil Ek (Modest Mouse, Duster, Fleet Foxes), you can begin to pick up the separate stylings and personalities of the band members by the songs they independently write (five out of the six band members have vocal and lyrical credits on the record) before bringing to the band at large, where the songs often grow into new forms all together. Despite this individual approach to songwriting, they describe each other as “branches of the same core life” whose colliding influences and experience all bleed into the songs.

It’s their devotion to all forms of art that has lead to the band as the centerpiece. Together and apart, they watch films, cook and listen to a breadth of musical genres spanning ambient, slowcore, experimental folk, alt country, jazz, southern rock and all forms of dance music. These disparate influences converge on Moneyball, which shapeshifts and oscillates between alternative country, sharply hewn indie rock and hints of dissonant ambience, all while still sounding like a band who both speak their own private language and translate it into something universal.

“We wanted to acknowledge that we exist in a tradition of American music and take that to places that are personal to us. It’s like we renovated an old house and then invited people in.” The ten songs are an expansion of the six-piece’s own history, a hyper-specific lore that can both recede and reappear into an endless loop of the landscape that surrounds them. They often zero in on minute, mundane details with a peculiar degree of affectation. All of Dutch Interior are internalized romantics, enraptured with fragmented moments that appear almost slapdash in their lyrics as well as the naive belief in human connection as the only way to save ourselves. In the same way artists like Wilco or Lucinda Williams have turned classic songwriting on its head, Moneyball finds its way through its own humorous twists and turns, alongside an undercurrent of omnipresent, steadfast declarations of love. It’s this stark romanticism that makes the music of the band expand outside the confines of the spaces they dwell into something more universally compelling, a manifestation of hope and faith that, together, they can create something bigger than themselves. Or maybe it’s not that deep: in “Horse,” Reeves dreams of a simpler life, in the countryside with kids and a maxed out credit card. “Live, laugh, love,” he sighs earlier on in the record; “plant my ass / deeper than a root.”

Much like the original Dutch Interiors, a series of three surrealist paintings by the artist Joan Miro in 1928 that are of themselves reimaginings of their original works, the band continue to ruminate on the permanence of anything and everything, and the inescapable conclusion that change ushers on whether we’re ready or not. It’s a feeling that remains with you long after the music stops playing. But in this heightened fragility also exists the band’s shared vision that if we dig our heels in, and nourish the relationships that bind us, a brighter version of the future emerges. Dutch Interior have made it this far together. “In the countryside, is where we’ll die,” Nugent imagines, an almost crass optimism that suggests either blind faith or a risk that will ultimately pay off. In Moneyball, it’s worth a shot.

credits

released March 21, 2025

All songs written by Dutch Interior
All songs produced by Conner Reeves
All songs mixed by Phil Ek
All songs mastered by Greg Obis
Strings arrangements by Sean Brennan
Strings recorded by Saguiv Rosenstock

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