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Tier Apparent

by Tiers La Familia

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    Tier Apparent was mixed by Ara White and mastered by Matt Bachmann (Mega Bog), and features appearances from Alyse Lamb (Parlor Walls), Brittain Ashford, Scott Smith (We Versus the Shark), and yllwblly. The splash-of-color artwork and layout were courtesy of Sasha Chimaera Suraski. It’s out digitally and on limited edition cassette via Strategy of Tension.

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1.
Affront I 02:30
How can I afford a different way? How can I afford it? How can I afford a different way? How can I afford it? And I see it coming up And I see it coming up And I see it coming up. How can I afford a different way? How can I afford it? How can I afford a different way? How can I afford it? And I see it coming up And I see it coming up And I see it coming up.
2.
In A World 06:12
In a world which takes back all that it owns
3.
I found it all
4.
M4A in 2092 02:47
I been on the dole singin' Drop-top gurney singing' Waiting room minglin' I don't wanna die. Poor operation. Days and days too long. Hit me with something strong I don't wanna die. M, M4A In 2092! M, M4A In 2092!
5.
Buck Up 01:19
well no one saved me but i forgot to ask for it we’re scared of each other that’s why we hunt and kill each other gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up connect to the mothers, the planet and all on it the gods and the comets before we’re goners gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up they weaponize martyrs when they’re dead the good book has various pages to be shred gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up anticipatory anxiety festers at the run up manifest success dont numb up at the come up gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up gotta buck up gotta fuckin’ grow up
6.
7.
Me and my cousins We're a dime a dozen Uh uh we're about to make nothing Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet Me and my girlfriend Dollars to donuts Uh uh we're about to make nothing Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet My living wage puts my shame on center stage Me and my brethren Amir and Kevin Eddie Ceasar Clive Scott and Devon Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet Me and women Jenna and Gabi Angela Cristal Rosanna and Abby Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet My living wage puts my shame on center stage
8.
9.
I can't keep track of all these bills, I think I'll just turn off my brain, I think I'll have a smoke or drink, I don't know what to think. I go diggin' in the past. I can't keep track of all these bills, I think I'll just turn off my brain, I think I'll have a smoke or drink, I don't know what to think. I go diggin' in the past. I can't keep track of all these bills, Who are these people in my phone?? I think I'll have a smoke or drink, I don't know what to think. I can't keep track of all these bills, I think I'll just turn off my brain, I think I'll have a smoke or drink, I don't know what to think.
10.
Pogs Don 01:20
11.
Man it's so weird, the shit we hold onto. Man it's so weird, the shit that sticks with you. I've done lived seven lifetimes in New York, I never left, it's like I'm pressure cooking in New York. The stork chortles a retort 'Bout some smorgasbord gorging In the shadow of the valley of forgin' Don Pleasence to Snake Plisskin Escape from New Yorkin' Time is open hand That turned into a fist Time is open hand That turned into a fist Man it's so weird, the shit we hold onto. Man it's so weird, the shit that sticks with you. Time is open hand That turned into a fist Time is open hand That turned into a fist
12.
Hey It’s just an honest mistake A pain in the neck Heaven forgets Hey I’m just a name on a list A pain in my neck Heaven forgets Hey It’s just an honest mistake A pain in the neck Heaven forget It gets brighter Everyday In the morning when I do not need a light. But it's harder In every way Pick up at night and tell me it's alright. Hey It’s just an honest mistake A pain in the neck Heaven forgets Hey it’s just an honest mistake A pain in the neck Heaven forgets And i don’t know how i’d go without you You’re a pain in my neck Heaven forgets It gets brighter Everyday In the morning when I do not need a light. But it's harder In every way Pick up at night and tell me it's alright.
13.
In Trough City Where adulthood doesn't equal complete Time in front of the punch card To be loved, to be fulfilled In Trough City Forever sick We've been manipulated Immobilized by suppression In Trough City The luxury of hate Frauds and fakes Jesus Christ on a Bell Curve? In Trough City Forever sick. We've been manipulated Immobilized by suppression In Trough City. Forever sick We've been manipulated.

about

The outer-borough power trio - bandleader/vocalist/“non-disciplinary artist” Sefyu Sidney, keyboardist/vocalist Jeff Tobias (Modern Nature), and keyboardist/vocalist Cheryl Kingan (75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band) - is coming live and direct with their third tape in three years, Tier Apparent.

Driven by beats bit-crushed to a crisp and a genuinely offbeat melodic sensibility, Tier Apparent builds on the bonds that TLF has developed since evolving from Sidney’s bedroom project to a full-fledged body rocking live act. The chemistry between Sidney, Kingan, and Tobias radiates from the recording sessions, with laughter and group vocals regularly punctuating the proceedings.

This music is about “the death of nostalgia,” says Sidney. “No one will ever have nostalgia for the past anymore, ‘cos the past will be like 2016 or 2021.” Rejecting both regrets and rosy assessments of the past, Tier Apparent looks to the future with equal parts hardcore positivity and gallows-humor realism. “M4A in 2092” uses a skittering beat, shimmering house music synths, and out-of-tune autotune to skewer the laughably narrow horizon of reformist politics. “Buck Up” and “Brighter Everyday” embrace up-with-people chants with the genuine aim of uplifting the audience.

Tier Apparent was mixed by Ara White and mastered by Matt Bachmann (Mega Bog), and features appearances from Alyse Lamb (Parlor Walls), Brittain Ashford, Scott Smith (We Versus the Shark), and yllwblly. The splash-of-color artwork and layout were courtesy of Sasha Chimaera Suraski. It’s out digitally and on limited edition cassette via Strategy of Tension.

Fresh off a recent appearance on WFMU’s Radioactivity (hosted by the great Abbie from Mars), TLF will be continuing to bring their choreographed, manic, antic performances wherever they’re permitted.

credits

released October 27, 2023

Written, Recorded & Engineered by Joe Sidney
Mixed by Ara White
Mastered by Matt Bachmann
Artwork and Layout by the Sasha Chimaera Suraski

Sidney...vocals, instruments
Cheryl...vocals on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, keys on 7
Jeff...vocals on 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, sax on 2, 10, keys on 7
Scott...drums and/or the sampling of drums on 8, 10, 12
Jon...addtl drum tracking on 8, 10, 12
Cici...vocals on 5, 9
Brittain...vocals on 9, 11
Alyse...vocals on 12
yllwblly...vocals on 12


Track 8 contains a sample from "Sweet D" by World Saxophone Quartet.

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