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WOWMOM

by LEIFHINKEL

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1.
STAY TOGETHER!!
2.
ALL CAPITAL 00:52
LEIFHINKEL ALL CAPITAL ONE BIG WORD WOWMOM HOW RADICAL I'VE BEEN PLALYIN FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN LOW-KEY BLOWIN OFF EARS & MELTING FACES PUMPING OUT HITS- ALONE IN MY BASEMENT ONLY HALF RECORDED & HALF REMEMBERED & HALF YALL SO BOOOOORING I GOT NO EXCUSE I GOT NO EXPECTATIONS BARELY ANY RULES HARDLY ANYBODY CARES, DUDE SEE, I'LL DO WHATEVER WON'T STOP 'TILL I'M DEADER I'LL ROT WHEN I'M SEVERED & THIS PLOT'S ENDING NEVER, EVER
3.
EYETEA7̶ 04:06
JUST WANNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH MY MUSIC HAD THIS RIFF FOR YEARS & DIDN'T WANT TO USE IT TOO REMINISCENT OF CITY AND COLOUR I COULD LOOK UP THE NAME BUT HONESTLY, I CAN'T BOTHER I WANNA HOLLER I WANNA GROOVE WITH MY TUNES LIKE L.T. I WANNA BE A SHOT CALLER & I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT OUT OF MUSIC IN LIFE ALL I WANT IS MY GIRL AND MY KID & I GOT IT- SO I'M SOLID & I ACKNOWLEDGE THE SKILLS THEMSELVES ARE PRETTY COMMON I'M NOTHING SPECIAL- EXCEPT FOR MYSELF & I'M ONE IN A MILLION OF A MILLION OF SELVES, OR SOME OTHER BULLSHIT SOME QUICK WIT WITH A CLUB KIT A TIGHT GRIP ON SOME WOODCHIPS- (AH SHIT) I WISH YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THO THINK ABOUT THEM & KEEP 'EM CLOSE NO JOKE I HOPE THEY FIND A HOME & IF THEY ROAM, SOME PLACE TO COME BACK TO I KEEP MY DOOR PROPPED FOR MY FRIENDS EVEN THO I DON'T HAVE TOO BUT YOU KNOW I'D BE GLAD TOO SHIT- JUST COME BACK, DUDE - YEAH, EVERYTHING'S SPLENDID EVERYTHING'S GOING JUST AS UNPLANNED, & EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT- I'VE HEARD THEM SAY IT A THOUSAND TIMES & AS I REPEAT IT YA KNOW, I'VE BEEN STARTING TO FEEL IT I'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER I NEVER HOLD STRESS- I KNOW THINGS WILL GET BETTER- I'VE BEEN THINKING MAYBE NEVER AWFUL MAYBE WE'RE ALL JUST.... THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE I MEAN WHO CARES WHO'S THERE WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND CONFRONTING WHATEVER THE SOMETHING- EVEN IF NOTHING - I'VE BEEN TAKING MY TIME DOTTING MY i'S CROSSING MY T'S AND 7̶'S AND SIMPLY LOVIN THE NIGHT SKY WONDERIN WHY I'D GET WIDE EYES WELL, WHAT'S THE ANSWER QUE FATTY BOOM BOOM- GET DANCIN - I'VE BEEN, LOOKING BACKWARDS FACING ACTORS TURN AROUND SEE THE WHOLE CROWDS' BACK'S TURNED THAT'S GONNA GET TO A GUY BET YOU'RE WONDERING WHY I EVEN KEEP TRYIN
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YUCK! 03:59
YEAH, I'VE HEARD YOUR MUSIC NO, I DON'T LIKE IT YEAH, I THINK YOU TRY TO HARD I DON'T VIBE WITH IT YOU'RE ON SOME NEW SHIT? DON'T TELL ME ABOUT IT- IF I START TO COME AROUND I'LL SCROUNGE ABOUT & FIND IT BUT HONESTLY PROBABLY NOT MODESTY'S SOMETHING YOU'RE LACKING QUALITY'S SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY OUGHTA GET TRACKING LET'S GET GOIN- OR GET MOVIN SINGING ALONG TO A ROOM OF FOLKS SNOOZIN- & ME? MAN, I GOT MY OWN PLACE GOT MY GIRLS & SOME FRIENDS & I LIKE IT THAT WAY & I MEAN WHAT I SAY I MEAN EVERY WORD I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR HOURS STILL BARELY REHEARSED & I'M STILL BARELY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARIN I'M HERE TO BURN TOWNS DOWN IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED I'VE BEEN HANGIN WITH PYKKONEN BEEN RECORDIN AND WRITIN SHIT BEEN EXPLORING THE WILDERNESS FUCKIN SICK OF THE SAME OLD- YUCK! - I'VE BEEN TRYIN TO GET SOME SHIT IGNITED GET SOME FUCK'S EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING BESIDES THE MINDLESS, & COULD TRY HARDER, I KNOW GET TIRED OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHININ & WASTING MY TIME I'M BORED AS FUCK- & I'M JUST HAVING FUN BUT YA REACH A CERTAIN POINT, MAN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH & WHERE DID THE LOVE GO? I HOPE THAT IT LEFT YOU & YOU'RE NOT OUT HERE TRYING OR BEING THE BEST YOU, 'CUZ.... - AS LONG AS SHE'S LAUGHING I'M CRUZIN NO TRAFFIC IT'S LIKE BREATHING IN MAGIC I MEAN, LOOK AT HER LAUGHING I'M GETTING DISTRACTED SEE, WHERE WERE WE AT, MAN? OH YEAH, THIS PLASTIC- ADRIFT IN THE OCEAN COMPOSED OF POEMS & LIVING ON SURFACE & BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE FUCKIN CIRCUMFERENCE LIKE, "HOW BIG IS THIS OCEAN?" WHO CARES & WHO KNOWS SEE, I'M OUT ON THE COAST & I'M THROWIN SOME ROCKS IN MAYBE DIPPIN SOME TOES HAVING SOME GOOD TIMES & COMING BACK HOME LOOKIN TO UNWIND- & BACK TO THE GRIND I GO GOT TO SUPPORT A HOME LOOKING TO BUILD SOME REAL SHIT WITH SOME FOLKS I KNOW GOT TO GET TO IT THOUGH STILL GOT SOME SKILLS TO HONE, BARELY MAN, WHO'S EVEN CARING MOST FOLKS OUT THERE BLANK FACE JUST STARING
5.
ALIENS ARE TOTALLY REAL!
6.
WATER 02:02
I WANNA FLOW LIKE WATER I WANNA POUR OVER ALL OF IT WANT THAT ROAR SO HARD YOU'D SWEAR ITS STRAIGHT FROM THE FAUCET LIKE, NEVER EXHAUSTED FLOWIN SO CONSTANT IF I WEREN'T SO INVOLVED I'D BE UNEASY AND NAUSEOUS & I GOT THIS AS LONG AS I WANT IT & HARDER THAN FOCUS IS COMMITMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, LIKE I'VE KNOW IT ALWAYS
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I'VE BEEN GOING FOR WALKS IN THE NICE PARTS OF TOWN LOOKING FOR JOBS WHERE I CAN DIP OUT & GET DOWN I THINK I'M GONNA DIE TONIGHT I THINK I'M GONNA TRY TONIGHT NO- HOW BOUT I THINK I'M GONNA FLY TONIGHT HOW BOUT I THINK I'LL SEE YA LATER I'M WORKING ON TURNING MYSELF TO VAPOR & SURRENDER BACK TO NATURE & I'LL LIVE, LIVE- SO HOLY ALL ON MY OWN- CONSUMED WITH THIS BODY & LOOKING FOR THAT CHOICE TO MAKE BUT ALL I HEAR IS ONE VOICE SAY ONE THING ALL DAY LOOK ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE WITH OPEN EYES FOCUS MOSTLY ON GOOD THINGS THINKING BOUT BREATHING THINKING BOUT ONLY RIGHT NOW- & DEALING LOOKING TO DECIDE MYSELF ACCEPTING ALL TYPES OF HELP IN REJECTING THE MAIN VIEW LOOKING OR MOMENTS LOOKING FOR WORLDS TO COLLAPSE & RESHAPE MY MOTIVES - & I'LL FIGURE OUT AS I GO IT'S NOT- IT'S NOT LIKE I'M ALONE, SO SHE'LL BE RAISED WITH MY LOVE, OH & I'M LOOKIN FOR THAT FIRST BREATH THOSE FIRST WORDS LOOKING FOR THOSE FIRST STEPS & I'M THINKING HOW MY LIFE'S BLESSED - SHE'S LOOKIN SO SIMPLE NOW LOOKIN SO PEACEFUL NOW WIDE OPEN EYES WIDE OPEN MIND SOON SHE'LL FIGURE IT OUT & I'LL HELP OUT SOME I'LL DO ALL THAT I CAN I'LL GIVE HER ALL THAT I AM & BE PROUD OF HER LOVE - SO EVEN MORE, I'LL TRY TO STRIVE FOR PEACE I'LL TRY TO GET TO KNOW THE GUY THAT I'M TRYING TO BE THAT I'M LIVIN HIS LIFE & I'M LOOKIN TO FREE & I'M DEEP IN HIS MIND I'M STILL DEEP IN HIS MIND & ALLOWING HIM TO WELL, SPEAK, FOR ONE & SLEEP, LIKE NONE & RAISE A BETTER ONE SOMEHOW
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N¡CE 04:02
SEE, I COME FROM A LAND THAT CHURCH CAN'T TOUCH I MEAN, MAMA'S UNITARIAN POP DON'T GIVE A FUCK! BROUGHT UP WITH ENOUGH RESPECT OF LOVE AND QUESTIONS SUSPECT GOD'S MISPROJECTED- BUT WHAT DO I KNOW SEEMS TO ME IT'S LIKE SOME FEELING YOU HOLD BUT LET'S STAY OUT OF DEEP WATERS WE GOT THIS TOGETHER JUST ASK MY DAUGHTER I MEAN, LOOK AT ME NOW! I'M A FATHER OF ONE MAYBE OVERLY PROUD- BARELY SOCIALLY TOTALLY OUT USUALLY DODGING THE CROWD TRYIN TO GET THE FUCK OUT ON MY BIKE! ON MY FELT 29ER LEAST TWICE A DAY OR MORE IF I WANNA SO FAST LEAVE TRACKS OF HOT LAVA IF I HIT THE BREAKS I'D SKID FROM HERE TO FLORIDA - & IF I DID, I'D GET TO NORTH PORT SAY WUT UP TO FISK I JUST GOT TO TOWN TO BURN DOWN THE SHIT PROBABLY SIT BACK & REMINISCE ABOUT... - I GOT ALOTA STUPID PROBLEMS NOBODY CARES, MAN- I'LL SHUT UP ABOUT 'EM JUST TRYING TO CREATE SOME REAL SHIT NOT OUT HERE COVERING THE LATEST HIT LIKE, WE'VE HEARD IT STILL BULLSHIT OKAY, THAT'S HARSH- BUT COME ON! HEARD IT! WANNA BE FALLIN APART BUT FUCKIN SOLID AS STONE AS I FLOW FROM THE HEART YEAH, LOOSE THAT CONTROL AS WORDS FORM AN ARC- NO FUCK THAT- AN AUDI A3 HATCH- CLOUDY YEAH- WITH A RACK ON THE BACK FOR MY BIKES OOOBBBVVVVIIIIIIIIIII - I REMEMBER BACK WHEN, BLACK WAS THE NEW BLACK ORANGE WAS RED + YELLOW BACK WHEN ME & ZACK WOULD BIKE TO CONGDON & BACK HOME LIKE, EVERYDAY FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO FUCK SHIT UP- AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE DOIN & I MEAN CRUUUZIN DOWN SUPERIOR- BEFORE THE LAKE WALK, ON SIDEWALKS & HOPIN CURBS NO BIG DEALS KINGS ON TWO WHEELS STREETS BENEATH BOWIN MAKIN YARDS KNEEL, LATELY EVERYONE'S BUSY LATELY EVERYONE'S FOCUSED ON MAKING A LIVING LATELY EVERYONE'S VAPIN I'VE BEEN SMOKIN LETTUCE HAND PICKED BY SATAN LATELY BEEN FRAGRANT GOT GOD ADJACENT CHILLIN IN MY BASEMENT OF ALL FUCKING PLACES... IT'S BEEN NICE!
9.
I CAN'T CARTWHEEL!
10.
NUMBRZ 04:01
I LOVE MY LOVER I STILL SPEAK IN COLORS & LETTERS SOME NUMBERS- BUT NOT MANY MOSTLY 666-NINE 420 MOSTLY JOKING, KINDA- NOT REALLY MOSTLY HOPING I'LL GET BACK ON MY SURLY & GET HOME TO MY LADIES MY BABY GIRL, & MY SWEET HONEY I'M A GROWN MAN BRING HOME MONEY BRINGING HOME GROCERIES BRINGING HOME LOVIN COMIN HOME JUST IN TIME TO EAT SOMETHIN COOKED BY MY DARLIN THANK GOD I'M STARRVIN ON DATE NIGHTS IT'S FELINE I'M DININ FROM BEHIND AND WILIN I'M SMILIN FOR MILES TILL EYELIDS COLLAPSE TO THE SOUND OF THE GROOVE OF THE CLOUDS & WE AINT COMIN DOWN - THINKING, HOW CAN THIS BE MY LIFE? A COUPLE KING AND QUEENS IDOLIZE I WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN WHEN WE TWINED LIVES NOW WE GOT A KID & A HOME & IT'S QUITE NICE & WE'RE STILL TIGHT, & I'M STILL ROCKIN THE OLD QUAD T-SHIRT YA FIRST MADE, OFTEN OFFER MY COAT NO QUESTION- LOVE FOR THE HOME IN EVERY SENTENCE - I GOT SIX FISTS WHEN I'M AT HOME I GOT FOUR FISTS CRUSHING MY DOME NO TRICKS GOT TWO FISTS FIXED ON MY SURLY SWEAR TO GOD SOMETIMES I PUSH 30 I'M LOOKIN TO FLY I'M LOOKIN FOR TOMBO TO RACE IN THE SKY I'M LOOKIN FOR OFF ROADS HOPIN THE POTHOLES PASSIN THE SLOW POKES WHENEVER I RIDE CUZ I GOT A DESTINATION GOT SOME FOLKS AT MY HOME WAITING SEE A LOT OF UPRIGHT, LYCRA SCOOTIN I'M DROP DOWN CUT OFF PEDALING CRUZIN! I GOT TO PROVIDE I GOT TO STEP THE FUCK UP & FOCUS MY MIND I GOT TO GET MYSELF HOME GOT TO MAKE HER MY WIFE GOTTA GET ON WITH IT, RIGHT? BUT I SPEND TO MUCH TIME- - THINKING, CAN THIS BE MY LIFE? A COUPLE KING AND QUEENS IDOLIZE I WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN WHEN WE TWINED LIVES NOW WE GOT A KID & A HOME & IT'S QUITE NICE & WE'RE STILL TIGHT, & I'M STILL ROCKIN THE OLD QUAD T-SHIRT YA FIRST MADE, OFTEN OFFER MY COAT NO QUESTION- LOVE FOR THE HOME IN EVERY SENTENCE ANYWAY I GET TO SAY I'M HERE MOST DAYS I SEE SOME CURBSIDE REPEATING USED LINES UNNOTICED HACK LIFE I'VE BEEN WRITING MY LINES & TAKIN MY SWEET TIME BEEN LOOSIN JUMP DRIVES- I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MYSELF FIRST FROM WITHIN
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FALL2HILLS 02:51
I AM THE DIRT BUT FIRST, I'M THE RUNDOWN COLLECTING MY WORTH FROM THE HILLS THAT I SURROUND I GATHER MY THOUGHTS FROM A DEEP BREATH OF MY GROUND CONTINUING OUT TO THE WORLD
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EXTRA TRACK! 02:52
BEEN WALKIN SO MUCH WALK I DON'T NEED TO TALK NO TALK

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¡ W O W M O M !
It's finally here! My first full length album. So much has happened in the past years, and this album has been a long time coming. Started recording in early 2019, getting together on the weekends with my friend Nate. Most of this was recorded at his place, before the pandemic- some final recording was done at mine. This album took some time. There was almost a year of it just floating- waiting for "things to get better" and went though periods of uncertainty of it's completion. But eventually picked it back up, finished what needed to be finished, and here we are! I hope you enjoy it.

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Thank you: to you! & Nikki, Rowan, Brian, Nate, Mom, Pop, Kim, and Tina

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WOWMOM (2022)

WRITTEN + COMPOSED + MIXED: LEIFHINKEL

RECORDED: NATE PYKKONEN

MASTERED: BRIAN RING

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released June 10, 2022

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