Name: Bitter Pill
Duration: P00H02M40S
Description: Bitter Pill is first single in what is planned to comprise a full album. Each member recording their parts remotely during the 2020 pandemic and was only given the instructions of "Make it feel like a panic attack."

Bitter Pill

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Bitter Pill is first single in what is planned to comprise a full album. Each member recording their parts remotely during the 2020 pandemic and was only given the instructions of "Make it feel like a panic attack."

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Call it what you will, it's my bitter pill
Keeps me alive, gives me peace of mind
On those nights you dream of tornados
And your teeth are falling out of your head
You just can't get out of your bed
And you wish you were dead

Call it what you will, it's my bitter pill
Keeps me alive, gives me peace of mind
When you wake up drenched in a pool of sweat
And that bubble's stuck half way up your neck
Rehashing all the things that you regret
Your heart beats out of your chest

Call it what you will, it's my bitter pill
Keeps me alive, gives me peace of mind
On those days when all your joy is gone
Read about the future on your iPhone
Billions of refugees is what it said
Can't get it out of your head

credits

released September 1, 2021
Lyrics, music and vocals: Camron Rushin
Acoustic guitar, bass, percussion programming: Todd Pruner
Electric guitar, keyboards, organ: Jon Merz

Mixed by Evan Kaspar at Estuary Recording, Austin, TX.
Mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders, Austin, TX
cover art by Todd Pruner

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The Best Around Austin, Texas

Like the Beach Boys if the Beach Boys were locked down and couldn't get down to the beach.

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