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Icky Blossoms

by Icky Blossoms

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1.
How strange to feel this way play it cool, while fevered everything that i had been dreaming of so real and woven tight appear before me heat lightning struck the sky could only think of you as it was flashing by and i don’t want to be afraid i want to take you home where in the morning i can see your eyes Half asleep in my bedroom thinking of you anything, everything, would be cool with me and i’ve been told where there is love there is danger and givin you my heart would be painless i know nothing will last forever i still like the thought of being together and i don’t want to be afraid i want  to take you home where in the morning i can see your eyes We’ll keep on dancing if the lights keep flashing When i’m with you everything vanishes
2.
I Am 03:58
You talk to me like you’re something worth pleasing, You got the eyes of an angel and demon and you use um, baby, come on and pierce me, honey, i got the feelings but the feelings are leaving, cause if i keep um, i’ll be floating in my skin, so i gotta ride on now to build mountains in small towns Oh no don’t you touch me, no, don’t you love me, don’t hold me with those, playing hands, i’m not a game, no  special prize, i am me... and i am who i say i am,  So turn and hold your breath, fake strength until you make it i got no money, got no glamour or reason, just a promise i won’t leave or believe in - some cynical magic, brain washing semantics, I hear your words, feel your skin, rub your eyes, touch your mouth to my mouth, to disguised to be wise, but we lie to each other, before we die for another Oh no, don’t you touch me, no, don’t you love me, don’t hold me with those, playing hands I’m not a game, no special prize, i am me... and i am who i say i am, don’t you love me, no, don’t you love me, no, don’t you love me - love me, love me, no oh no don't you touch me no, don't love me Don't hold me with those, playing hands I'm not a game no special prize I am me... and I am who I say I am So turn and hold your breath Fake strength, until you make it I got no money, got no glamour or reason Just a promise I won't leave or believe in Some cynical magic Brain washing semantics I hear your words, feel your skin, rub your eyes touch your mouth to my mouth to disguised to be wise But we lie to each other, before we die for another oh no don't you touch me no, don't love me Don't hold me with those, playing hands I'm not a game no special prize I am me... and I am who I say I am You talk to me like you're something worth pleasing You got the eyes of an angel and demon And you use um, baby Come on and Pierce me, honey I got the feelings but the feelings are leaving Cause If I keep um, I'll be floating in reason So I gotta ride on now to Build mountains in small towns Don't you love me, no Don't you love me, no Don't you love me Love me, Love me.. no
3.
church to god god to the universe the universe to art art to drugs drugs to sex sex to the devil to the devil to the devil to the devil to the devil nothin ever done no nothin ever really did spinnin webs and wastin time hangin out with fucked up kids billowed smoke and inside jokes busted houses knotted ropes yes maybe no hmmm definitely never nope dirty city ugly pretty penny nickel dime and dollar shiny altar everybody lookin for some sex catty queens and neon kings drugs sex rock and roll the devil came, the devil came, the devil came and saved my soul sex to the devil, sex to the devil, sex to the devil to the devil to the devil to the devil cigarettes and hick up fits, dirty dreams and corner tricks something always tempting you and tickling your tongue false truth battered new boring cool whatever dude anythings to turn you on to get you on the run you tried it on you dawn the mask gold and black you dress the dress you do it all you do it like it was 1995 you’re in your head you’re on your bed you’re so alive and seein light the rock n roll radio is banging so loud for you for you for you for you church to god god to the universe the universe to art art to drugs drugs to sex sex to the devil to the devil to the devil to the devil to the devil
4.
Cycle 03:10
i can feel the cycles end and if all goes well i’d do it again dance dance in the night close your eyes and hold them tight the sun is slowly rising sleep sleep through the day who could care less anyway i’m feeling out my motives i wanna feel it again too much to feel it again it’s the beginning again i’m ready i wanna feel it again too much to feel it again it’s the beginning again i can feel the cycles end and if all goes well i’d do it again wear more holes in my jeans dance around in the streets i don’t know what you’ve been told love and dreams are bought and sold love and dreams are bought and sold love and dreams are bought and sold i can feel (i wanna feel, too much to feel, i wanna feel it again) the cycles end (i wanna feel too much to feel it’s the beginning again) dance dance in the night, sleep sleep through the day and if all goes well, i’d do it again
5.
Down by the river  where i wash myself clean, when i open my eyes will it all look the same? By the river when i wash myself clean and i open my eyes, New life new light, bend my sight, feelings comin' round and your whole life’s right, Gamin’ waitin’, nights like water, drown me if you really want my light, Love, I wanna burn, burn in the fire, melt in the flames, reborn like an infinit’s just my eyes, filled with saltwater, drownin and baptized brand new,  I turn to love in the places i’ve been, exploit the holes in my soul you can fit in,  Strobin’ lights, blacked out sedation, no more complication, Deep in the throes of love, i can be what you want, be what you need, deep in the throes of love, you can be what you need, see what you see without me, Come here, take me so much higher, i want you, levitate the moment, and i don’t know where else to go, just don’t go back to what you know, Let your instincts flow, I wanna live lost in your eyes, stretched like a star burnin out in the dead sky, A child was born inside the mind, a spirit, new life that is destined to die, Tattooed with light on my heart it is waiting, i’m waiting, still waiting for you, Deep in the throes of love, i can be what you want, be what you need,  Deep in the throes of love, you can be what you need, see what you see without me, Deep in the throes of love, i can be what you want, be what you need,  Deep in the throes, deep in the throes, deep in the throes of love, Lazy eyed, forked tongue, runnin around alone,  Upstairs, locked doors, stories to be spun, His hand squeezed tight, her wet breath warm, Chased by the eye slit snakes leaving scars, Oh young hero, with your heart in your hand, don’t you mess around with the destiny of man,  Oh my goddess, with your hands playing hearts, don’t you see we make all the myths from the start?
6.
Babes 03:28
i saw her there, in the rain in a leather jacket a killer babe. I told her so said don’t you know we’re the same i’m a killer babe with four inch heels air brushed nails at the club a killer babe back and forth on the stage couldn’t keep my eyes off that killer babe girls girls girls women women are babes KILLER babes at every turn everywhere i go all i see are killer babes so i close my eyes and i get away still all i see are killer babes your eyes are killer babe your lips are killer babe your moves are killer babe you’re lookin killer babe and she’s a killer babe that queen’s a killer babe and all my women know we’re all killer babes girls girls girls women women are babes KILLER babes
7.
Burn Rubber 03:39
i’m on fire couldn’t get higher with you (drivin in your car) i feel like a star pulse soarin engine roarin drive me crazy dreamy baby so cool (drivin’ in your car) i feel like a star you take me so much further never stoppin’ let me ride forever (drivin’ in your car) i feel like a star sparks flyin heat risin garbage glamour red hot and real (drivin’ in your car) i feel like a star when it’s you and me you and me you and me i feel like a star i feel like a star you and your car you and your car drive free with you forever drive free with you forever burn rubber burn forever burn rubber burn forever
8.
i know you love me but you’re too damn scared (everybody’s got their thing they do) Look me in the eyes, please don’t look away (you’re just hiding what i know is there) To disconnect could save you some pain (but why, oh why?) But i don’t give up so damn easily,  You got a problem that you need yourself to solve (every step you take, you step to change) Talk to me to my face don’t talk to me in space (no more studyin' your face) To say goodbye could help us move on (hello goodbye) i wanna hear the noises you make when you’re alone and i don’t know, what’s regular and i don’t know, how you feel and i don’t know, I don't know i know you love me i see the storm it’s comin soon You might be trouble but it’s just the kind of trouble that i’m into (Everybody’s got their thing they do) i don’t know if it’s my heart you’re running away with
9.
i would kill that man down at the gas station for you. i would kill your parents and your baby sister too. i would rob a bank, take all of the cash, anything to be with you.  They can’t take our love, it’s all that we  have. Down the back roads into a motel we will hide, when we wake up there in the sunlight, everything will finally be alright.  So you go get your gun now baby, we can steal a car now baby, let’s get runnin  out into the night is young.  So you go get your gun now  baby, we can steal the car now baby, let’s keep runnin out into the night is ours.  As the bullets fly,  shattering the glass, i can feel your love and i know it’s gonna last.  Through the smoke and fire I can see your eyes, baby take my hand into the other side. So you go get your gun now baby, we can steal the car now baby, let’s get runnin out into the night is young.  So you go get your gun now baby we can steal the car now baby let’s keep runnin out into the night is ours.
10.
i opened my eyes, silver lined, floated away into the day Inside and out, a clock working wash, out from the streets, head to the feet we did it right there, we didn’t care, just drove around, drifted through town the boredom so loud, boredom so loud Nothing to do but get high in the afternoon Oh big storm cloud hangin loud, keep it right there keep it aware giant pine tree leanin towards me, keep it right there keep it aware oh wintery breeze pushin on me, keep it right there keep me aware snow on the ground all over town, all over town my bicycle wheels spinnin around,  Sun in the sky moon in the sky closin my eyes keep closin my eyes, boredom so loud boredom so loud nothin to do but get high in the afternoon i closed my eyes i lost my mind, i closed my eyes i lost my mind is it rainin? is it snowin? am i comin? am i goin? is it rainin? is it snowin? am i shrinkin? am i growin?

about

A brainchild born from the boredom of sitting still, guitarist and vocalist Derek Pressnall met Icky Blossoms vocalist Sarah Bohling and lead guitarist Nik Fackler in the vibrant Omaha art scene and invited them to play in his band Flowers Forever. Enchanted by endless nights in clubs and inspired with a desire to program dance music with instantaneous grooves and depth, Pressnall, an acclaimed visual artist, and Fackler, a spirit-award nominated filmmaker, combined with Bohling’s mesmerizing voice and formed Icky Blossoms.

Icky Blossoms combine bass-heavy electronic grooves, pop structure, and a rock & roll swagger to pioneer a sound on the audio vanguard: music that is simultaneously avant garde, catchy and danceable. Their music spans from the anthemic to the introverted, chronicling the twists and turns of the human condition.

The self-titled album, produced by Dave Sitek from TV On The Radio, features tracks that range from “Perfect Vision,” an experiment based around trunk thumping low end and chainsaw guitars, to “Babes,” which was lauded by Rolling Stone as a “girl-power dance anthem.” Other standout tracks include “Heat Lightning,” with its hypnotic arpeggiated synths, electro pulse and sirenesque vocals; the more raucous “Sex to the Devil,” featuring futuristic synth lines and esoteric lyrics; or “Temporary Freakout,” a classic pop song within an unconventional structure.

credits

released July 17, 2012

2012 Saddle Creek

Icky Blossoms is:
Derek Pressnall: Vocals, Guitar, Synth, Programming (Tracks 1-6, 8-10)
Nik Fackler: Vocals, Lead Guitar, Synth, Programming (Tracks 1-6, 8-10)
Sarah Bohling: Vocals, Synth

Additional Players:

David Andrew Sitek: 
DRM Machine (Tracks 1,2,4,7,8,9)
Bass (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7)
Additional Synth (Tracks 1,3)
Mellotron (Track 2)
Hi Hat & Perc (Tracks 4,5,6,7)

Dylan Strimple:
Additional Keys (Tracks 1,6,8)
Additional Guitar (Track 10)

JJ Idt:
Bass (Tracks 1,6,9,10)

Jacob Theile:
Programming (Tracks 1,6,8)
NES zapper (Track 8)
Intro (Track 10)

Todd Fink: 
Programming (Track 3)

Japhet Landis: 
Hi Hat (Tracks 3)

Nate Walcott:  
Trumpet (Tracks 9,10)

Todd Simon: 
Trumpet (Track 10)

David Matysiak: 
Bass writing (Track 5)

Dereck Higgins: 
Lead writing (Track 1)

Produced and Mixed by David Andrew Sitek
Recorded by Andrew Sitek and Icky Blossoms
at Federal Prism, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Zeph Sowers
Assistant Engineer: Starvon Washington
Mastered by Howie Weinberg

Artwork by Derek Pressnall
Layout by Derek Pressnall and Zack Nipper
All Songs Written and Performed by Icky Blossoms
Pressnall (Tracks 1,7,9,10), Fackler (Tracks 2,4,8), Fackler/Pressnall (Tracks 3,5), Fackler/Pressnall/Bohling (Track 6)

Thank you to all of our families, friends, anyone who made this record possible, and to you. Thank you all for the support.

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