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In the Beginning

by Swellshark

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i'm tired of feeling nothing yet feeling alone i'm tired of hearing i'm smart yet feeling so dumb but i'm numb and insensible not that invincible watching my vocabulary spill out on the pavement watching my face change into a person i don't know i feel i'm being wasted my soul copied and repasted onto something much more bitter and that cannot let things go i'm tired of hearing nothing yet feeling alone i'm tired of hearing i'm smart yet feeling so so dumb so dumb 'cause i'm numb and insensible not that invincible watching my face change into a person i don't know i feel i'm being wasted my soul copied and repasted onto something much more bitter and that cannot let things go no more faces in wrong places the waiting and the wishing for the thing that's gonna help you through i think it's time i think it's time
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Glaciers 03:19
glaciers are popping and cracking my ribs and my fingers and throat you've hurt me but i miss you so badly i want to be sure that you know glaciers are popping and cracking my ribs and my fingers and throat you've hurt me but i miss you so badly i want to be sure that you know watching your face appear beside mine in the mirror wearing your shirt and having you gently draw me nearer oh no i feel like i'm riding on a bus with only polar bears the driver passes my stop i feel like i'm riding on a bus with only polar bears the driver passes my stop you kissed my nose and named it Francois got to hold parts of me no one else saw i like you but we can't be together 'cause we sailed into a storm that i just can't weather just can't weather i want you to know i miss you so badly i want you to know glaciers are popping and cracking my ribs and my fingers and throat you've hurt me but i miss you so badly i want to be sure that you know glaciers are popping and cracking my ribs and my fingers and throat you've hurt me but i miss you so badly i want to be sure that you know
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this is the last time you will know of my whereabouts because you you can't stay here anymore you you can't say no anymore oh i sold the piranhas i pawned all the bombs i fed all the documents to our six-headed dog because you you can't stay here anymore you you can't say no anymore it was good and now it's not you broke my favorite robot oh you didn't show up with the getaway car you were too busy drinking at the supervillain bar oh you can't stay here anymore you can't say no anymore you can't stay here anymore you can't say no anymore you can't stay here anymore you can't say no anymore
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Stitches 03:24
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Cranes 02:33
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Norway 02:10
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Ransom 02:46
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El Paso 02:56
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Perception 02:53
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Headlong 03:28
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swellshark’s debut album, in the beginning, plays out like a slim volume of short stories delivered straight from the minds of bandmates shélan o’keefe and henry kellam. with topics ranging from existential musings to disloyal henchmen, the songs weave an honest emotional landscape, while simultaneously drawing in threads of the fantastical. the duo blends intimate lyrics, kinetic melodies, and highly textural rhythms that evoke a series of delightful sonic paradoxes: simple but intricate, dreamy yet defiant, calm while electrifying.

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released May 12, 2017

shélan o’keefe - vocals // ukulele // trumpet (sort of)
henry kellam - drums // bass // percussion // guitar // harmonica
mána taylor hjörleifsdóttir - rap (“corridors”)
snow ellet - electric guitar ("whiskey between") // bells ("cranes")

all songs written by swellshark (shélan o’keefe + henry kellam)
mixed + mastered by snow ellet
recorded in chicago at the pocket by snow ellet
and at treefort studios by henry kellam

cover design by henry kellam
swellshark illustrations by russ white • russ-white.com
font by ieva mežule • ievamezule.com

with love and thanks to:
christina, ted, hannah, emily,
cassandra, xenia, mccormick,
louise, mána, joe fry, ryan, and john

copyright swellshark • 2017 • www.swellsharkband.com

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Swellshark Atlanta, Georgia

An electric ukulele-shredding, beatbox-looping, and occasionally harmonica-wielding band, formed by Henry Kellam + Shélan O'Keefe.

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