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New Skin

by Keep Back Ivy

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With a booming bass and delicate marimba, New Skin is a slow burn of introspection on our relationship with social media (just block Piers Morgan).

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[Verse]
My face is lit up
I feel like I've been scrolling for days
I shouldn't get wound up, I know that they're like this
If I don't like people then why I am here with a million?

I'm just wasting time
No one wants to know my mind
Just another circle in a sea of emotion
If everyone's so annoying then why am I so addicted?

[Chorus]
But I'm growing new skin
It's tougher and I can take it now
This experiment has been very good for me
You can write what you want we both know that you're only here
Trying to make a caricature be taken seriously

[Verse]
I've started to take you apart
I know what you think about
Everything you've ever said, all your hypocrisy
Invalidating others is just part of the package

I say you're not right
You say I'm just 'hard left'
What's the word when a label's too convenient?
Marginalisation for two whole generations

[Chorus]
But I'm growing new skin
It's tougher and I can take it now
This experiment has been very good for me
You can write what you want we both know that you're only here
Trying to make a caricature be taken seriously

[Outro]
I know I wont change the world
I know I don't even matter
I know I'm pathetic but so are you
And the turning point was when I stopped caring
Let's keep on giving our secrets away
Let's keep on giving our secrets away
Let's keep on giving our secrets away
For someone else's gain

credits

released July 7, 2019
Written, performed and recorded by Keep Back Ivy

Vocals and rhythm guitar - Emma Saynor
Lead guitar and bass - Andy Fretwell

Produced, engineered and mixed by Andy Fretwell
Mastered by Oliver Sekunda

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Keep Back Ivy Leeds, UK

Lo-fi independent rock/electronic duo using a combination of field recorded sounds and home recorded instruments to build a backdrop for outsider anthems about social media, anxiety in social situations, politics and the media.

‘I love and adore music like this. It’s clever, It’s witty. It’s oh-so well put together, It has a charm’ - Frank Roper, Local Sound Focus ... more

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