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Two

by Owls

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1.
Four works of art — four works total — by which we can understand this historical period. And these four works they’re all about this same one thing seen from slightly different perspectives. 1. A car choked with trash, just filled completely with greasy paper bags and then cut open in cross-section 2. The Head of The CIA had to resign; had an affair with his own biographer. 3. And The Head of Lockheed Martin had to resign; had an affair with a subordinate. 4. And oh I love that CCR song. I think I’ll sing along — CCR song! CCR song! I know I know. I know I know.
2.
I’m surprised that I admit it. I’m surprised it’s true. To’ve grown up — To’ve become some man that worries his friends. I carry chocolate with me everywhere. I sing like a clicking seahorse. I float like a cello. In the old theater — Going out. Come in. Coming out. Go in — the old theater. And in the quiet parts you can hear the traffic pass. In the old theater — Going out. Come in. Coming out. Move in — Slow motion. In the old theater — Going out. Come in Coming out. Moving in — Montage. You can keep how I imagined you to be. I’m afraid I may have sent the same thing I didn’t intend to send. You can just keep how I imagined you. The reoccurring image jumps one play to the next. And in the quiet moments we hear the traffic pass. I’m afraid I may have spent some change I didn’t intend to spend.
3.
The Lion... 02:44
The lion ate its trainer at the circus. The lion ate its keeper at the zoo. The lion ate its hunter in the jungle. But me I’m Not Lion Not Self Not World Not Spirit Not Meaning Not Feeling But Moon. I’ve seen hornets slaughter honeybees. I’ve watched hornets slaughter honeybees. One second to the next everything ended. The hornets slaughtered honeybees.
4.
Why oh why must other people’s stuff always seem just kinda dirty? That guy applied that Lost-and-Found Chap Stick. A waiter with bad breath — he dropped your chilled pickle in hot sand. I want you to do what you want to do. It’s cute how you assume your experience of the world is the world. My oh my I’d smear your love-muck into my hair and face, sniff my fingers all day. The Stop sign’s white looks green next to fresh snow and I need to eat your goo. My horoscope always trumps world news. I want you to want what I want you to do. You’re stupid to assume questions assure answers.
5.
This must be how everyone feels. This must be at least kind of like how everyone kind of feels: Like photosynthesis through overripe sense, Like a mask made of dry spaghetti Everybody underlines the same sentence. This must be at least kind of like what everyone kind of thinks: I’ll hoard wilted lettuce and photo-shop my grin. Like never-ending love and electricity, All kinds of things you can’t see we still all trust to be there. But I depend on that glimpse of the el from inside the greenhouse Or I sweat and risk cooking my noodle mask. This must be at least kind of life.
6.
Ancient stars seed this essential filth from which we feed. Yet I’d know in my sleep the sweat-salts unique to My Love’s body. We guard our slime minds from the acquired grime of tangible time. Still My Love assumes Justice should bloom from Nature’s womb as her own grace comes from her slumber unencumbered. But roses are top-heavy and roses are ostentatious. I’ve never had nice stuff. I’d never own a nice thing and I’ve never even understood anyone with nice stuff. The unwashed always will get reduced to shopping when horny. But My Love’s arm is not a wing and her wing’s not a pectoral fin. We’ve never had nice stuff. We’d never own a nice thing. And we’ve never really even been friends with anyone with nice stuff.
7.
It collects itself in silence, but that water stands prepared to crash. Glass turns light into heat and heat turns water into gas. It’d become impossible to nod along with all the Holy Locals. They always keep their loud TVs on. How light on water’s surface flows, another someone else will just come crashing in. It was never impossible, the sunlight hot on the parking lot. Throw the pillow on the windowsill and draw out holding still. This circle we’re drawing here will never become a real sphere. Such satisfaction: mechanical function
8.
I’ll never be some Scientist-Hero-Action-Wizard And I’m expected to accept this. There has to be more and there can’t be more. Washed in sunshine, I shook the selves from up my sleeve And all Chicago smelled like chocolate. There has to be more and there can’t be more. That buzzard just ate infected flesh And then it just flew off. Who should I call?
9.
Oh No Don’t smash the telephone — Oh No Oh No Don’t smash the loaf of bread — Oh No Oh No Don’t smash the plastic plants — Oh No Oh No Don’t smash the bag of pretzels — Oh No Ooh haven’t you ever been new somewhere? Ooh haven’t you been envious of membership’s endlessness? I’m a good citizen. Check out my technique for tearing jeans. Oh no you can’t help what you think is so funny. Oh no you can’t help everything you think is so smart. But I’m afraid I may have gave your plant cancer ashing in the planter. Oh No My people have problems — Oh No Oh No I love my people — Oh No Oh No I have problems too — Oh No I walk away from shit I don’t understand and I don’t think that’s weird.
10.
A drop of blood in water appears to blossom. That thing I know that I can’t say is all I want to say. I’ve never once asked for advice and I’m not starting now. I’ve offered you ritual. I’ve offered you surprise. I dropped a thing and then it knocked another thing over. But I keep a couple wrong things around because I know that I’ll need them for perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection perfect perfection. A drop of blood in water appears to blossom.

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released March 13, 2014

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