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Night Shift

by Jenny Owen Youngs

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perhapsitsnate Nostalgia, sadness, longing. The whole album feels like autumn: the first crisp mornings, the smell in the air, driving home late on the highway with your window open. It's chilly, but you don't mind. The album encapsulates how you feel as a 20-something reflecting on your childhood, the people you knew, your hometown, longing for a feeling you won't have again. I could listen to this album on repeat forever. Favorite track: Living Room.
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Tortacular Living Room/Dreaming On The Bus/Gravitron might be my favourite three song sequence anywhere in existence. This EP nails the summer night vibes and as a nocturnal person I just love it. Favorite track: Dreaming on the Bus.
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VAMPIRE WEEKNIGHT I don’t wanna think about you but I do I don’t wanna think about you but I do I do I do pour another finger out or maybe two cause I don’t wanna drink without you but I do, I do all night I’m suspended animation watch the palm trees out the window all turn black sleeplessly I’m paralyzed and waiting will you come back I don’t wanna think about you but I do I don’t wanna think about you but I do I do I do pour another finger out or maybe two cause I don’t wanna drink without you but I do, I do pacing like a bobcat in the kitchen or up the stairs just solitaire-ing in my room preacher’s on the late-night television saying “...soon.” I don’t wanna think about you but I do I don’t wanna think about you but I do I do I do pour another finger out or maybe two cause I don’t wanna drink without you but I do, I do asking every empty room what you’d say bloodless in the bathroom mirror, oh my god just tryna make it through another tuesday or maybe not so I spend every evening alone just a ghost by the light of my phone with your name in my throat I swallow I swallow I don’t wanna think about you but I do I don’t wanna think about you but I do I do I do I don’t wanna think about you but I do I don’t wanna think about you but I do, I do
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Living Room 03:39
LIVING ROOM down in your living room tv light glowin blue I still remember you a static silhouette may to november it freeze frame forever it roll me a cigarette my mom is coming soon I was only out for half the night said call me when you make it home all right dreaming of a day you’d never see we were gonna have it all eventually soco and vicodin shit talk your brother’s friends swimmin in the shallow end not much else to do last thing I ever got from you was confirmation of the awful truth no matter how you stumble through we all go underground I was only out for half the night said call me when you make it home all right dreaming of a day you’d never see we were gonna have it all eventually down at the honeydew there’s someone that looks just like you except his eyes are blue haven’t been back since how do you put the pieces in their place when everything you want just goes away dreaming of a day you’ll never see we were gonna have it all eventually
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DREAMING ON THE BUS I was dreaming on the bus can’t remember where I was sun was flashing through the trees you were right there next to me I reached out to touch your skin and like a light that’s flickering you were there and then you were gone in and out and on and on when I wake up the engine’s cold and everybody else is long long gone if being awake means being alone then I will sleep through everything pull me down, I need to see your face again won’t wake up for anything keep me here, keep me here keep me dreaming so I know I won’t forget floodlights in the parking lot I remembered I forgot how the doorway held you in last words falling off your lips haze that settles in my head makes you half a silhouette I’m ear to pavement, listening to hear your whisper on the wind echoes humming through my brain of what you might’ve said and what that means if being awake means more of the same then I will sleep through everything pull me down, I need to see your face again won’t wake up for anything keep me here, keep me here keep me dreaming so I know I won’t forget the deeper down I chase you there the less I want to come back up for air I will sleep through everything pull me down, I need to see your face again won’t wake up for anything keep me here, keep me here keep me dreaming so I know I won’t forget
4.
Gravitron 03:36
GRAVITRON lookin outside waiting for your flashlight to come out of the trees you're here to set me free smell of the fresh cut grass pocket of saved-up cash following white string lights ride on gravitron spin me back to where I'm from ride all summer long burn it up until it's gone til it's gone it's a good night for good kids stealing kisses, sharing cigarettes hold on to my hand don't look down, we’re going round again strawberry lemonade promises made to break under the white string lights ride on gravitron spin me back to where I'm from ride all summer long burn it up until it's gone til it's gone mmm mmm mmm gravity will hold us as we’re holding on for life and we’re racing to get older hold on gravitron spin me back to where I'm from ride all summer long burn it up until it's gone til it's gone
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DREAM WAS ABOUT you never told me what that dream was about and I keep trying but I can’t shake it out you know you know you know, you know you know you know a trail of bodies but I can’t seem to find someone to fill the space that you left behind you know you know you know, you know you know you know you’re the rafter I been hanging from, you know I can’t live without it how’d you let it go I’m so beat up about it everybody knows you never told me what that dream was about been digging everywhere the yard is a mess I know it’s here somewhere, I know it’s here somewhere shovel me down give me whatever’s gonna hurt less fistful of dirt, I’m coming back up to the surface you know you know, you know you know you know you’re the brick wall I been banging on, you know I can’t live without it how’d you let it go I’m so beat up about it everybody knows you never told me what that dream was about (can’t go can’t go can’t go) you never told me what that dream was about (say no say no say no) you’re the rafter I been hanging from you’re the brick wall I been banging on I can’t live without it how’d you let it go I’m so beat up about it everybody knows

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released November 15, 2019

Vampire Weeknight, Living Room, and Gravitron were produced by Ethan Gruska, and engineered by Marshall Vore and Ethan Gruska at Marshall Arts in Pasadena CA.

Dreaming on the Bus was produced by Jake Sinclair at Infrasonic Sound in Los Angeles, CA. Additional production by John Sinclair and Justin Sinclair. Engineered by Suzy Shinn.

Dream Was About was produced by Zach Jones and Oscar Albis Rodriguez at Russell Street Recording in Brooklyn, NY. Additional production by Jenny Owen Youngs.

Mixed by John Sinclair.
Mastered by Jett Galindo at The Bakery.

EP artwork and design by Devan Power.
Photography by Tucker Leary.

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Avalanche, Youngs’ exceptional debut for Yep Roc records, offers up an achingly beautiful exploration of loss, resilience, and growth from an artist who’s experienced more than her fair share of each in recent years. The songs are deceptively serene, layering Youngs’ infectious pop sensibilities atop lush, dreamy arrangements that often belie the swift emotional currents lurking underneath. ... more

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