The houses are cardboard the roofs are all roadways
People living on top of each other
You miss the warm shadow of your past and your mother
Philadelphia
Unknown Pleasures behind every corner
Your neighbor Ian is shaking again
You wish you had some kind of home to defend
Philadelphia
In 1938 she rose from her mother
And entered the world in a dress blue as skies
The Earth will be shaking the day that she dies
Philadelphia
You can go walking across human bridges
As long as they're searching for something to eat
They're cursing their jobs, they're cursing their feet
Philadelphia
I woke up and saw beauty cross my window
Her face shone sunset across valleys wide
The graves for those who have gone west and died
Philadelphia
The darkness is filled with an empty sensation
Kids scream in the night and wine's in their blood
Their fear and their rage exploding like a flood
Philadelphia
The Chicago wunderkind's debut album is half lo-fi hip-hop pianos and breakneck drumming, half polished pop songs full of orchestral arrangements and whimsical but melancholic melodies. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 23, 2020