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This is my favourite song on the album, in some ways. It's an old one, from about 2012 I think, and I'm sure when I wrote it I didn't expect to actually use these words for anything. But somehow it painted a pretty accurate picture of Tyler Shipley in his early thirties, watching the Canucks, boycotting elections, losing hair, hating shitty music and mildly resenting the fact that people prefer other music to mine. The highlight for me was playing Jay's handmade jazzmaster; we added those tracks and knew the song was finished, didn't touch it again until it was time to mix.

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What the fuck is with human beings anyway? Bewildered by the feelings I feel every day. I don't want to be alone, yeah, I miss my friends, having turned down all their invitations. And since I got this phone I haven't put it down. Is it the reason, or is it because, there ain't no one around. And if there ain't a new message in another minute I'm gonna lose my temper I'm gonna swear at it. But I won't put it down, not on the railpath, not on the 401, in the museum, or for the mailman. Like if I let go I'll lose gravity, float away from everyone like it was a science fiction movie. But who is it I'm so afraid to lose? Is it the people I walk by and I say nothing to? Is it the girls in cafes my eyes connect with and then I look away cos I don't wanna seem too into it? And then I check craigslist for a missed connection: early thirties with a button says "boycott the election?" Nothing there. Just an ad for men losing their hair. How do they know? Really how the fuck do they know? Did they data mine me? Is there a google search that pulls up our insecurities? I'm thirty-two years old but I say I'm thirty-three. I won't feel anything for several months and then suddenly I cry my face off at a Vancouver Canucks charity. There's things I can't explain: I don't know why I'm so afraid to feel physical pain. I don't know why I was born into a world with acid rain. I don't know why the fuck I still hear the band Sugar Ray. Will they ever go away? Will anyone remember the songs that I play? What kind of man will I be when I turn fifty-eight?

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from The Middle Ages, Vol II, released September 2, 2017

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Tyler Shipley Toronto, Ontario

Tyler Shipley was the founding member of the Consumer Goods (theconsumergoods.bandcamp.com) and now performs as a solo artist.

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