Another rescue from an abandoned and knitting how-to concept album, That Sounds Okay started out as a song about how to make a slip knot, which is a moveable knot you make before you start your cast on, and morphed into a song about the silky smooth rhythm of apathy and numbness.
lyrics
Nothing to say, that doesn’t bother me, I’m okay with it
Not too caught up in the way that I feel, that’s the lay of it
Just getting through the day, that sounds okay to me, that sounds okay
Morning to night, still alive, I’m alright, and it’s okay
Nothing to say, that doesn’t bother me, I’m okay with it
Not too caught up in the way that I feel, that’s the
Just getting through the day, that sounds okay, ‘cause it’s
Morning to night, still alive, I’m alright, and it’s okay
Just getting through the day, that sounds okay to me, that sounds okay
It’s okay
Not too caught up in the way that I feel, it’s the
Just getting through the day, that sounds okay, ‘cause it’s
Morning to night, still alive, I’m alright and
That sounds okay
credits
from HEADS ARE HEAVY,
released September 13, 2022
Words and music by Heads are Heavy
Produced by Josiah Mazzaschi and Heads are Heavy
Engineered by Marc Smollin & Josiah Mazzaschi
Recorded in Los Angeles at The Attic, The Pool Room and The Cave
Julie Edwards - vox, keys, drums, claps
Marc Smollin - vox, guitar, claps
Josiah Mazzaschi - claps
After nearly a decade apart, Julie Edwards (Deap Vally, Deap Lips, Pity Party) and Marc Smollin (Pity Party, Say Fica) have
reunited as Heads are Heavy, the kaleidoscopic culmination of a long, strange trip spanning Edwards and Smollin’s 30+ year friendship.
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