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Mean Thing

by Casual Burn

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lordlovesdeathtunes Halfway in so far but this is CASUAL BURN live & direct for sure. The hard edged blazing hot fast dirty punk has added sludge poison effect. Monet’s voice glides from on high, just ever so slightly above easily heard. Taunting. REPEAT . Having the lyrics is great but almost feels like a cheat sheet (coming from a rapper lol). I can feeel the heavy. Leave it to a WOMAN-led outfit to show Louisiana what punk w/ real balls sounds like. The opener is extra badass but Mean Thing’s sound+lyrics. W Favorite track: Purity Standard.
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    Casual Burn are a femme-fronted punk rock band from the swamps of New Orleans. Their debut full length “Mean Thing” is a haunting punk rock stomp with goth and surf undertones, sludgy downshifts, and a few noisy freak-outs. Everything is held together by Monet’s hypnotic vocal style, a sonic sister of Siouxsie Sioux and Alice Bag. Catchy melodies and strong songwriting chops contrast with the blown-out garage vibe of an ‘80s punk record.

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1.
Got something to show for the smiles and bows that will take me down Got nothing to lose cause the heresy proves I'm already ruined Got something to take break it up let me shake until it's through Got nowhere to go cause I've already been over there too You can't take it back from me what I want you can't keep You can't take it back from me it's not a piece of paper not a damn receipt Everything is gonna be just fine just shut up let me keep what’s mine Put it down and now walk away everything's gonna be okay Take a chance on a limb are you looking too thin do you need to eat? Take a page from my book is it something they took that you'd rather leave? Take a good look around is it easily found without a key? Is it better you're here oh come on baby, dear, you can tell me You can't take it back from me what I want you can't keep You can't take it back from me it's a pile of lies and they're all free Everybody's gotta something to say these days we just give it away Turn around now and count to ten jump the line and we'll start again what a line what a line what a line what a line and again and again and again and again facing her facing her facing her facing her
2.
Wrong Song 01:15
Crawl around all your life close your eyes and you don't feel tired clutch the ground into your hands don't take much to learn to stand and I'm waiting Envy those who live to breathe taking notes scream c'est la vie i'm just a critic of everything i'm just a critic of everything you pull the cord and you don't know why you're bored you don't know why you don't know why you don't know why you don't know why Explain to me with patience where it is that my brain went and you don't know why you don't know why you don't know why you don't know why You’re hyper political always so critical pseudo analytical ever so typical never not literal everyone's an imbecile yeah you're right and I’m wrong
3.
Get Up 03:25
Looking around that’s all there is to see Vitamins in jars, celebrities on t.v. Same dirty clothes all asleep in a pile Somebody watching reruns of x-files Patent leather boots that go past the knee In the middle of the day, entertainment is free Nothing for me to do but sleep until three Roll around and dread that’s all I'll ever be and I'll make it make it worth my while and I'll fake it fake it always do it with style and I'll break it break it cause that's what I can do living a better life only puts me in a bad mood And I don't see a right way to die when the stacks of mail they get too high You want me to get my teeth cleaned I can't even find my keys get up get up get up get up Delivery is here but I won't get up to pee Bring me another beer, that's all that we need I'll give you a call if I can get up in the morning Won't set an alarm, afternoons are so boring Wasting away like a good american Couches are king and yes I am their friend Nothing for me to do but sleep until three Roll around and dread that's all I'll ever be and I'll make it make it worth my while and I'll fake it fake it always do with style and i'll break it break it that's all i'll ever do living a better life only puts me in a bad mood get up get up get up get up
4.
Mean Thing 04:23
I see you every time you come down and still I still treat you decent you're a mean thing doesn't mean anything cause you’re a creep, same difference make them feel for you make them kill for you come on bend at the knees oh no you're not that weak – make them feel for you come on drag them to town and you'll show them 'round – make them kill for you child you’re a monster an electric soldier the germs in your mouth are for fun turn me around then get lost in the crowd wearing a crown made of tongues tell me you pray to god, they said tell me is that enough? I wanna speak through every body tear away the meat that makes this body give me the blood that bleeds this body scream at machines that feed this body come on we can't be late it's not a plan, it's a date – make them feel for you oh no it's not that bad when you're hungry your fed – make them kill for you child you’re a monster an electric soldier the germs in your mouth are for fun take me around and then get lost in the crowd wearing a crown made of tongues tell me you pray tell me you pray tell me you pray tell me you pray Blinds pulled, I can see your bones morning makes light of us all rolling around in your rhinestones captive of you and I can’t be won
5.
Ask Me 03:10
This is my work chair no I don't work here but I know if I did I'd take you home I'd make it worth your time I live alone there every night waiting on your call yeah right I've got friends in high places they pick and pull and part it's alright She's out again made no amends It's all your fault it's alright I've got a name for every place every time I've been mistaken for a pretty face I'll take them every time without a question if you wanna make me ask them all the small and angry tensions of our big and bad decisions, I will leave them out for mention if you think it's worth the wait I'll trade in all my tired hate Make it up for what you made if you ask me tell them what they want if they ask me come on come on come on come on ask me tell me tell me tell me tell me ask me They get what they want every time
6.
Fiction 02:10
I can tell you're young yelling, bruise, and bad guitars take away the blues guarantee your heart will starve I know everybody I took I stole I know every time they told me so Chalk it up to some some dumb idea i'll give you one I package all my fear send it off and then there's none such a bright idea she's a fucking genius in the fucking clear in and out of one ear getting dumber with every year I know everybody I took I stole I know every time they told me so oh she's so smart oh oh oh oh so sincere oh getting brighter oh every year Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction
7.
Baggage 02:05
Even if I went away I'd find myself in the very same place nothing changed on my face my eyes aren't mine when I feel this way go inside and set the table take me to my seat show me my place I want to breathe a thicker air something I can tell is there suffering is never fair go ahead and shove me down the – go inside and set the table take me to my seat show me my – You know I can't hear when you’re talking to me I've got eight feet of glass in between I don't know where to stand or how to breathe leave me alone before I scream I will I live to kill all this talk to me don't talk to me talk to me don't talk to me You're gone dead gone dead gone dead gone
8.
You can't shake it off you give them what they want even when you're gone You can't shake it off all of the kids, they walk tell me about it or not I don't like your stare your dirty nails or your slicked back hair I don't like your smile your vicious lips drive me wild oh no oh no no I don't like mine I don't like mine oh no You can't shake it off better dead than wrong some things have got to stop You can't shake it off your name is overdrawn winning is overdone You can't shake it off you give them what they want even when you're gone You can't shake it off all of the kids, they walk tell me about it or not I don't like the sheets twisted and sweaty between my knees and I don't like the stench of the smell you leave in my bed oh no oh no no I don't like mine I don't like mine oh no

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Casual Burn are a femme-fronted punk rock band from the swamps of New Orleans. Their debut full length “Mean Thing” is a haunting punk rock stomp with goth and surf undertones, sludgy downshifts, and a few noisy freak-outs. Everything is held together by Monet’s hypnotic vocal style, a sonic sister of Siouxsie Sioux and Alice Bag. Catchy melodies and strong songwriting chops contrast with the blown-out garage vibe of an ‘80s punk record.

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released September 19, 2019

CASUAL BURN IS:
Monet Maloof
David Sabludowsky
Nathan Bluford
Carlos Knoop

RECORDED & MIXED BY:
Carlos Knoop
New Orleans, 2019

MASTERED BY:
Jonas Morbach

JACKET DESIGN BY:
Samantha Wendel

INSERT PHOTO BY:
Dan Ohm

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