Warren Zevon

from The Middle Ages, Vol I by Tyler Shipley

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The question is not "why do I make albums that only six people listen to" it is "why do I write about each song on the website which no people read?"

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Sometimes I stretch a metaphor too many verses, too many choruses, straining to say something real, to make some meaning out of what I feel. Why do I write songs anymore? I never play shows, I hardly record, I don't have a band, and I don't have a blog, don't have followers nodding along. Still, I tinker with every word, think "ok, what if Gareth heard this? Would he cringe at the honesty? Or roll his eyes at a tired cliché? Or would he suddenly understand some shit that happened to his best friend?" Why do we desperately need to be known? This is Tyler: he wasn't alone. I could write literally any fucking thing, there's no Pitchfork listening, but one bad line and I'll be so embarrassed, picture Mat Klachefsky throwing chairs. Is this what having a problem means? I'm not Al Stewart, I'm not the Black Keys, I don't have a record deal on the line, I'm just a skinny guy spending too much time trying to write by the glow of the phone. The cat keeps rubbing the pen with his nose. Did Warren Zevon deal with this shit? Gonna get excitable if you don't watch it. Maybe someone will fall in love with the way I say I've had enough to somebody else, it's pretty weird, I write songs to people they never hear.

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from The Middle Ages, Vol I, released September 1, 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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