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#13

by Honyock

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1.
I’ve been a victim of weaponized love Affection held above my head like a debt, love Drown out the sound of the rushing stream With a tape recording of the sea Or the sound of screeching tires bringing you back to me Does the spirit that calls for revenge Foster kindness in my friends? The complicated sanity of man I get nervous when I hear your name Afraid that I might douse the flame With a word, love This time you left before my poor heart broke In a fizzle and a puff of smoke Didn’t realize I was dreaming ’til I awoke I wonder would the rough months seem so bad Without the good times that I’ve had The complicated sanity of man
2.
Unlucky #13 04:53
The wilted tiles look so familiar You flashed a smile and gave a royal wave Out of that firmament came the peculiar I struggled still to get out of your way Low fruit on the lemon tree Unlucky number thirteen Always was and always will be Unlucky number thirteen Unlucky #13 Under a sky of oxblood vermillion Ilion was lost at the end of the day Ships launch but one in a million Pause while they pass long enough to say Low fruit on the lemon tree Unlucky number thirteen Always was and always will be Unlucky number thirteen (Isn’t this what you wanted from me?) Unlucky number thirteen (Isn’t this what you wanted from me?) Unlucky number thirteen Unlucky number thirteen Unlucky number thirteen
3.
The Quarry 03:57
All gotta lean into something Somethings always leaning on us The punishment don’t fit the crime uncommitted But this life’s just a cover up We all got time All got time on us I wrap my books up in paper But I missed the bus So I went down to the quarry Just to kick up some dust It never went how I intended Ah, Ever since I always thought I’d exchange the cards I’d been given But I must have been a pauper who never found a prince We all got time All got time on us We find out time is on the line When it’s all been drawn from us The little cuss We all got time All got time on us The little cuss We all got time, all got time All got time, all got time We all got time, We all got time on us Yeah, the little cuss
4.
Sometimes this world of mine Sometimes this world of mine Breaks me down There’s just so much I didn’t learn in time And I can feel it in my gut I just won’t make it, make it Make it, make it, Make it so easily Sometimes this heart of mine Sometimes this heart of mine Gets shut down It just needs love But good love is hard to find But baby I know mine You just can’t break it, break it, Break it, break it Break it so easily Sometimes this girl of mine Sometimes this girl of mine She comes around With just her touch Suddenly I’m feeling fine But baby not too much I just can’t take it, take it Take it, take it Take it so easily

about

Honyock is a California four-piece comprised of brothers Mason & Spencer Hoffman, Tyler Wolter, and Christian Midthun, originally from Sacramento, CA. 2018 saw the release of Honyock’s debut full length “El Castillo”, produced by Father John Misty’s David Vandervelde, and a six week tour that took them to the four corners of the U.S. In support of El Castillo, the band also opened for the likes of La Luz, The Dodos, Gabriella Cohen, and Surfer Blood. The band has since relocated to Los Angeles, with their new EP “#13” as their first batch of recordings since making the move south.

The EP traces a world-weary picture of the fractured moments and missed opportunities of day-to-day life, woven through songs tinged with an updated nostalgia. A love letter to their favorite records of the late 70’s and early 80’s, heavy themes are drenched in riffs, explosive camp, and dizzying synths. The slim four-track release was self-produced and principally recorded during a two-day session under the guidance of the masterful engineer Riley Geare (Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Caroline Rose).


The EP opens with “Sanity of Man”, a short and bitter-sweet musing off of a quote from “The Twilight Zone”. Mason sings about the sometimes conflicting, and other times complimentary underpinnings of things like love, hate, happiness, sadness, civilization, and pandemonium, filtered through a Cars-like arrangement carried by Tyler’s driving bass, Christian’s flanged out drum fills and offset by jangly guitar hooks and whirling synths. Channeling the spirit of Elliot Smith, who’s studio served as the recording space of Honyock’s previous debut, the next track “Unlucky #13” embraces a melancholic feeling that you were somehow born of the wrong moment, or in the wrong family, and have to navigate a world you feel fundamentally ill-equipped for.

“The Quarry” takes this throughline and injects an element of bombastic defiance. Slinky guitar harmonies and disembodied voices weave around rooted rock and roll. The lyrics are drawn from Spencer’s experience working in a factory over the course of a particularly dull winter, feeling life slipping by. The EP then closes on a somber but resilient soul song “World of Mine”, an ode to the witching hour of LA with Riley Geare joining the band on the Fender Rhodes.


“#13” comes out July 3rd, on Park The Van Records.

credits

released July 3, 2020

All songs written, recorded and produced by Honyock
With engineering by Riley Geare
Mixed by Spencer Hoffman
Mastered by Carl Saff

Recorded at M15 West Studio in Culver City, CA
And at Wilted Tile Studio in Echo Park, CA

Spencer Hoffman - Vocals, guitar, synth, rhodes, percussion
Mason Hoffman - Vocals, guitar, synth
Tyler Wolter - Bass
Christian Midthun - Drums, percussion, the quintuple maracas

Riley Geare - congas and rhodes on “World of Mine”

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