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She's So Cool

by Wet Kiss

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1.
we surround your house a light can be seen from the window of your party will it be intimidating what if i don't come in a fork in the road leads it right can’t you feel my heart is so tight it must be good for me it if you think it's good for me whether alone in bed or your car it's easing my repository system I don’t get it nobody get it nobody has to know nobody has to know nobody but me leave the bag of tee shirts by the street what’s inside is between you and me it’s unorganized i'm upset at you draw an idea from the back of a card put it in your pocket and sell it so far thins so sensual breathing mutual you are so beautiful like a star so bright so cosmic you will go so far i dropped my phone again it cracked on the sidewalk nobody has to know nobody has to know nobody but me-e
2.
Jerk 03:10
honey I’ve warned you i get very sad i can be slightly manic depressive if ive warned you that my minds only rage if i had the heart to tell you our lives are gonna be in pain i am a jerk nothing is changing im a jerk thats the truth of that what i do is is for my self im designed to make u hurt im jerk rest your butt on my ouch rest you lips on my dick sunday im on my knees begging and monday i have nothing to give if a man is what u want then a man is what u earned never able to be slick for You baby cos ur head is full of words i am a jerk nothing is changing im a jerk and those are just facts im a jerk nothings changing that call and response we'll crush all the feelings never had the heart to tell you no more energy how can i try to be that way i'm such a dick cos i am a jerk nothing is changing im a jerk and those are facts im not changing im a jerk those are facts nothings changing
3.
Through 05:45
britney saw it walking up the stairs theres something moving in my house ill clean my room when im dead shift the boxes into the car every forbiddin item will leave and theres no room for them pretty sure daniel heard it in their head maybe hana had a visiter in the end i know josh doesn’t wanna talk alex heard a rattle at my door and i for sure don’t want to see it anymore the ghost in my house it's time for it to get out get out of my room get out of my head get out of my dreams get out of my bed Have you thought about what i said
4.
Another Day 02:37
capital falling pragmatic whispers shrouded in lipgloss wreaking havoc on you strumming cars teeshirts too tight wallet too small everybody's hot another day of nothing another day of tears and crying waiting for the wine to arrive and you bring the cigarette deck another day of nothing another day of tears and crying waiting for the night to arrive and you’ll bring the deck of cigarettes falling capital whispers pragmatically lipgloss shrouded lips wreaking havoc you cars strumming fast tight tee shirt wallet too small & everybody's hot another day of nothing another day of tears and crying waiting for the wine to arrive and you bring the cigarette deck another day of nothing another day of tears and crying waiting for the night to arrive and you’ll bring the deck of cigarettes
5.
she's so cool she's so chill i like to think about her walking im so dead she's so cute laughing at her ex for nothing future baby generator anime avatar acc twitter followers like a flower falling like a bower she's a babe she hates me not unlike her drawings i like to imagine her hair roots are greying beneath bleach manic girl on fire she's asking for a lighter she's trying to get higher followers like a flower falling like a bower just like a flower her face is so dour
6.
hello, i love you, won't you tell me your name? hello, i love you, let me jump in your game hello, i love you, won't you tell me your name? hello, i love you, let me jump in your game she's walking down the street blind to every eye she meets do you think you'll be the guy to make the queen of the angels sigh? hello, i love you, won't you tell me your name? hello, i love you, let me jump in your game hello, i love you, won't you tell me your name? hello, i love you, let me jump in your game she holds her head so high, like a statue in the sky her arms are wicked, and her legs are long when she moves my brain screams out this song sidewalk crouches at her feet like a dog that begs for something sweet do you hope to make her see, you fool? do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel? hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello i want you, hello, i need my baby hello, hello, hello, hello
7.
Ugly 05:23
everything is ugly getting worse everyday my face changes nothings the same sweet sting sweet steam conjuring the devil again sweet sting cant i dream can't i drift cant i share (my) sweet steam (the ugly) will you be here if i cut my hair will you be here if i shut you out how ugly sad can i be for u to say how loud can i be how drunk can i be how drunk cant dream can't drift cant i share (my) sweet steam (the ugly) will you be here if i cut my hair will you be here if i shut you out how drunk can i be how drunk can i be
8.
i feel the heat when i'm needing rain fallen on the ground i want a second round cant trust a stranger it adds to danger i feel it from you your body Coming coming thru psycho babies crying tension satanic famine   in the devils' fashion we can sit or stand with trembling hands with strong affection you have direction my sister is the best watching her undress my sister isn't in it at all under duress and pressure i dont wanna stress her better my sister isn't in it at all my sheets are cheap and easy to clean the cathedral door is opening can't trust a stranger it adds to danger i feel it from you your body Coming coming thru my sister is the best watching her undress my sister isn't in it at all under duress and pressure i don't wanna stress her better my sister isn't in it at all
9.
uncompromised love affair love affair love affair rape and torture everywhere uncompromised love affair “1, 2, 3” whisper something that is attractive to me in my ear collide everything that you fear my dear hold me, hold me accountable if i push too far too much uncompromised love affair love affair love affair rape and torture everywhere uncompromised love affair be everything in my dream it’s so surreal when u r near u can rearrange heverything is deranged love affair love affair if i die by 35 i’ll be satisfied i must ask the question why to my self why why why is a question i ask my self this love affair love affair love affair ugh huh huh huh huh huh huh look over there love affair love over there love affair! i’m compromised hon my knees and my souls i am drowning in a pool of blood my fate i need a shot in my arm ugh ugh i’m compromised love affair rape and torture everywhere it’s there uncompromised love affair love affair love affair rape and torture everywhere uncompromised love affair
10.
honey sees the truth but can’t articulate her sense of being is somehow in a lucid dream i feel incomplete moving in on it she wants to stay the night and it is like my hands are tied in knots knots knots honey walks away honey walks away honey walks away the unconsciousness will not reveal a star it is in a slightly shy way looking through (glass to see if ur punk) "are you autistic or are you drunk?" and it is like that isn’t it when u say goodbye yes honey walks away but i don’t play those games yes honey takes my day and i don’t feel the same honey walks away honey walks away honey walks away

about

Wet Kiss is led by singer and lyricist Brenna O who conceives of the songs using disconnected poetic phrases pasted together from her phone notes.

"I would describe the scene in my head as best I could," O says "mostly in a non-musical way, and the band just got it. I knew exactly what I wanted, and they knew exactly what to do."

Wet Kiss began recording for this 10-track punk drama piece in their shared suburban warehouse which was permanently set up like one big installation. I conducted my first meeting with the band amid their struggles with the local council which aimed to kick them out, and from a councilman's perspective, I can see why. Instruments strewed in every corner of this carpark wide dust hole like a museum to lost rock relics was an eye-saw to a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, a museum that only existed in Brenna's wishful imaginations. Not to mention the constant run-ins with the pigs (I'm not talking about their Manager either but that's another story)

Brenna continues "Not everything has been radical for us y'know, the cops have tried busting us for years now, we got this reputation on the street for getting into some stuff we shouldn't have and making noise when we shouldn't have." She says while stroking the hair of Wet Kiss’ drummer, girlfriend and pet dog daniel ward also of the band, bodies. "When we started [recording] we knew it would have to be quick, knowing the noise complaints would pile in and the cops would come to shut down the rock and roll as soon as they could. On the last take of Hello, I Love You the pigs hit the door down and we were on good behavior."

“Woof '' daniel adds. Though, I later realized they were just clearing their throat as they can speak complete coherent sentences.

Brenna speaks in an almost childish shy tone which makes me feel uncomfortable but the glint in her eye when she retells a story is alluring like an aging alcoholic beauty. It’s hard to know what are truths and what are truthful embellishments. The band also comprises the ball gown draped bassist Ben Sendy who sews garments for the band’s live performances by upscaling old clothes found on the street. I turn to them for any additional information on the recording process but am met with a dead end “I don’t do the interviews” Ben says to me while fingering through the ashtray like it's a boring salad.

Wet Kiss’ fourth member is Aldo, a tall and handsome man in blue levi’s, a white singlet and last night's eyeliner. “We basically want to make music into a career so we don’t have to live in a warehouse anymore” Looking genuinely concerned for his physical and mental health he proclaims shockingly that Wet Kiss are interlocked in an ongoing contract dispute with their management, a pig no doubt. He continues “We are moving nowhere fast. We perform night after night at the same dive bar to the same gang of deadbeat rats with this Pig manager breathing down our neck, right now we're kinda trapped.”

Brenna elaborates “I met our manager Pig, online, I was doing the rounds on one of those sexy chatrooms and we got to talking, he’s kinda charming for a pig and it turned he was the same amount ambitious and broke we were so signed this contract for a nightly gig, but the riches never came”

In the world of Wet Kiss humanoid dead beat punks live morally and philosophically lost lives where punk music is a full time occupation that pays in street-cred not dollars. I asked them what they expected for their future if freedom was ever on the cards.

“Having the band elevated our vision” daniel barks “all of a sudden everything was possible. We want to take this momentum and build enough exposure so we can split this town, take a hike to greener pastures and cook some real bacon”

The band speak like beatniks from a far gone era but they’ve arrived at a pristine moment in culture where the lines of irony and historical ode are no longer pastiche but a primary tool for creation. I later went to the dive bar they perform night after night to conclude the interview over a beer. I mingled with the local clientele, all of whom were Ratfolk, and took in the scene, finding myself transfixed on the grime and cigarette smoke reflecting off of the glitter and sequins. Regardless of their pretentious attitude and filthy mattresses, the band was hot, the songs were bigger than their ego and I felt a new energy coming on. Maybe I could get used to living in the Wet Kiss world.

- Mister Bangs

credits

released May 10, 2022

All songs performed by Wet Kiss
Words by Brenna O

Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Huhtanen McEwan | ahmsound
Cover Photo by Kieran Sullivan
The album logo and text were designed by Hana Earles

Wet Kiss is Aldo Thomas, daniel ward, Ben Sendy-Smithers, Ruby Stoney, and Brenna O
Backing Vocals on Jerk by Isla Scott and Alice Heyward

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