Chores//Lawrence & MacArthur (Daniel Knox)

by Alex McMahon

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These are a few of my favorite Daniel Knox tunes. He is a tremendous songwriter, an authentic human being and I am honored to call him a friend.

Both of these songs have told different stores to me, eliciting different feelings from me over the years that i've listened and re-listened to them. I think that is so much the core of Daniel's writing. So the task at hand was to flip it and create the soundscape that these songs could live in and radiate new light and echo new emotion.

I recorded everything from home (hence the 'middle room') and am presenting it here now. An electro-primitive-lofi-degredation-whisper'pop transmission. Special thanks and attention to my friend Kendall Jones for tape-processing and allowing this song even just a fleeting moment of not living in a computer.

Thank you,
-Alex McMahon

lyrics

"Chores"

I think I’ll take a walk today
Just to pass the hours away
And yell at all the kids next door
Just to make them nervous

Take my medication twice
Never miss a dosage
The cafeteria looks nice
On a Friday

All my hair is falling out
I still live at my parents house

I never think before I speak
There’s a bandaid on my cheek From when I cut myself today
While I was shaving

Evry pretty girl I see
Has to ride the bus with me
And I’m hilarious I know
In my sweatpants

Keep all my predators at bay
I won’t leave the house today

Mashed potatoes and roast beef
No smoking section please
Just let me eat my lunch in peace
Or you’ll be sorry

And evrybody looks at me
Then my nose begins to bleed
I hear a voice call after me
The rest is fuzzy

And I don’t know when I lost control
The air is getting very cold

"Lawrence & MacArthur"

Walk around
In your down
Till you've seen
The whole thing
Evry house
Holds on

Tell a lie
Till it's true
To be loved
By the likes of you
Could be something
Could be

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released December 16, 2022
Recording, Engineering, Arranging and Degradation: Alex McMahon

Tape Processing: Kendall Jones

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Alex McMahon Albuquerque, New Mexico

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