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Until I Go Blind

by J Blissette

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1.
Champagne Airplane 02:51
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Roadkill rising up around me I never saw that movie Looking for a fucking place to eat The cops were looking for me Roadkill looking round, needs a beer I don't know where my car went There's nobody that you know here I dunno what that meant Get a Champagne Airplane, go to town, lose all of your friends and start to slow Get a Champagne Airplane, go to town, lose all of your friends and start to When you look around, kneel and feed I don't know how to think A hundred thousand Elvis fans can't be wrong Just didn't eat that week Looking up into the light I'm not afraid to live my life Take a picture it'll last longer Absent but the heart grows fonder Get a Champagne Airplane, go to town, lose all of your friends and start to slow Get a Champagne Airplane, go to town, lose all of your friends and start to
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Charming 03:32
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I'm not apologizing, you won't look me in the eyes and I'm supposed to worry bout how other people feel The words aren't filling up as much as spilling all around and I don't understand how anyone but me is real Some people find this Charming I don't care Some people find this Charming I"m not scared It's not lazy it's called looking for some inspiration that's why I was high every time you saw me last week I just want survival on my own terms in a bottle no one's got it better no one's older no one's clean Some people find this Charming I don't care Some people find this Charming I'm out there and I don't care and I don't see how to get to where I need to be to sleep at night without the meds Till the day breaks keep it open honey, just stay focused, till the shit hits the fan it's best you just trust the feds
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Out Too Far 01:56
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Well what am I supposed to do when we're all wrapped up in this human zoo Somebody's in the room again and they're doing coke with their nine close friends Six foot three and his hair was electric, $20/hour do you see what success is Are you in too deep can you drive a car are you losing sleep are you out too far I Wanna Leave Well what am I supposed to do when you look at me with your face askew 27, oh man, free of charge Lonely at heart with a shirt made of paper never wanna see you again with a pay stub Are you really real are you really on at that price a steal turn the burner on I Wanna Leave
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Parachute 02:49
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I never had a feeling till it wrapped up I had no Parachute, I had no time to act up I drove downtown, stole your car I had a suitcase full of cash the only thing to fear inertia I only needed three cassettes A Jameson and Ginger Ale and Two Cartons of Cigarettes I never had a plan till the weekend Ignore 75% of what you've been hearing I have nothing I am nothing Drugs are boring I'm done trying I have nothing I am nothing now I forgot what year it is and I forgot my shirt I used to care about things I used to hurt I used to sit and stare and care, unbearable feelings about things I used to be a cunt I have nothing I am nothing Drugs are boring I'm done trying I have nothing I am nothing now Upwards not backwards and backwards not forwards and putting in more words outside of the door Forget your shame packing it in again when you walk out the front door it's a test, It's a game there are problems inside I"m not trying to hide there are problems inside I'm not trying to hide but I didn't wanna live till I died I'm not too cool to say that there's another way but did you hear them say that there's another
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A Series Of Observations 03:21
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I was drunk when it happened Was I there, I’m not sure Somebody said they saw me, so I’ll take their word It was dark, was around the corner I don’t see how it matters if she’s gone I can’t say I don’t envy her, life gets rough here anyhow I stepped outside, the way you do Lawyers, guns, cash money in hand A boilerplate situation, call my bullshit, man, I understand Not a confession, this is a series of observations The process probably wasn’t painless, life gets rough here anyhow There’s nothing wrong with humor, it’s the only thing that keeps you sane Can’t say I’m not a victim, a hundred thousand people probably feel the same Probably some ugly hashfreak upset that she couldn’t score It’s someone else’s problem, who cleans the blood off the shore I don’t care why am I supposed to I never even knew her name Oh she was sixteen, that’s great, there’s probably a larger social cause to blame I swear I wouldn’t do this Not a heartless monster too I don’t see why indifference always seems to bother you Let me stare into the sun Until I Go Blind Let me stare into the sun
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Drunk In The Park 05:54
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I'm not honest Like I promised you But I'm trying, by that I mean whining Fall it all back and blame you I'm not on it You're not on it too I got problems the back end of bottles falling off, pissing on you We never got drunk in the park and I didn't mean it and I never fell again We never took care, never felt like I had to, I never bled I never took a risk
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Love Letter 03:41
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Love Letter She said be better and I thought dress better but they meant we're better Don't sweat the tiny changes in peoples' responses, don't watch it, no T Shirts This is fake art, it's stupid, it's poverty posturing goddamn Is you're pain a sham Love Letter Don't dance, there's no rain man there's no shows going on no sides Don't act like your pain's an excuse to show a different side Live better, love better, be better, but I'm dreading the day I have to put in the effort Later Leather Love Letter No pressure to act any thinner or cleaner or better With god as my witness I'll get up I'll clean up I'll jerk off I'll get dressed Hunger is over it's thinner it's cleaner it's modern it's better You never get Her
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Nellcote 03:16
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I understand your perspective I see from one point you're directed To a future to a loser Irish eight ball connected A broken eyeball directive hear, hear Buy a raincoat, plant a tree Look around a while don't look just see Catch the falling pieces keep the baby near Don't try to think about what people wanna hear Supposed to be in the moment But I wrote this in the car on the way over Supposed to be in the moment Not easy, it's over Forgive me miss, excuse me miss it's just, you see, a little difficult to talk to someone who really exists And you come up to me and say and you come up to me and say run for your life you little kid the opposite it's all okay It''s all okay It's all okay Those aren't feelings for feeling Some people I'm just sad to see A little more sleep or money Glazed beside me
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Don't Assume 03:17
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I don't know how I'm supposed to be here People are food and everything's new here Guy's on TV like he's never watched the news here I know you like your water too warm here I know you'd like to take your swim here Back off man you're not the kind of person who just goes in for a drink here Don't assume that if you're right and then you're wrong you're back to right Don't assume that everyone has the same go of it, we can't all choose to act just how we'd like I've been here and I've been there and now and then I realize that there was never any there there I've got it down just to a taste here
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Face The Wall 04:52
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I wish I were a masochist then I wouldn't worry bout it except the politics cool It's amazing what your mother wouldn't notice, even better what she would And the cops are keeping track of every time that you aren't acting like you should Are you outside, are you inside and do you even know where And let's not talk about the water anymore let's talk about the air Oh, I wouldn't worry Oh, Maybe that's me I wouldn't lie to you or tell the truth or notice a difference I wouldn't hit you, bite you, hurt you, less you told me bout a preference Reverence or deference or respect or neglect to keep your ego in check The cops just ruled it a suicide a product of the discotheque Oh, I wouldn't worry Oh, Maybe that's me I wouldn't tell you how to live your life outside of this place It's impolite to talk that way about a lady to her face Shut up and dance, it's what we're here for what we're here for what we're here for Face The Wall
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Got A Cigarette 05:55
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Nobody cares about your band I got some mail today Nothing that ever happens makes it better anyway I'll just steal a smoke and slowly drink the night away I'd rather lose than win another way Out and about without you How the time moves around you Hey man, nobody asked you anyway He said no one would listen to bands if it didn't make them cool And if it weren't for his parents he'd have dropped out of school And a liar is a liar is a liar is a liar is an ugly way to think I'd rather get to go home anyway Out and about without you How the time moves around you Hey man, nobody asked you anyway Somebody tell me how I look right now I'm kinda worried seeing as how no one said anything yet Nobody told me that I"m great today and that's a shame Hey man, you got a cigarette Dressed like a mental patient, thank you tonight And if I had an opinion, you know I'd put up a fight But given my current situation, I don't have the right Go ahead, she said, wear what you like
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What's Next 06:58
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Been saying I was 21 since I turned 22 Going out and coming back inside I'm not avoiding you I'm just a little tense to have to answer shit like how are you I'm just a little tense to have to notice shit, how bout you How about it man, I'm trying to see this with clear eyes With straight eyes, with shy guys, with no time to waste I Think I've been thinking a little too much Think I've been using a bit of a crutch Reading from a different book and writing for a different hook and waking up tomorrow thinking that you'll take another look A baggie full of wasted time a baggie and a wasted dime and you've got yours and I've got nothing, sorry man, I've got mine Writing words just filling space if no one listens anyway Pack your bags and go back home, no one here gets out alone I"m not sure if I'm sorry or just sorry that I'm not I wonder if keeping options open, if it's really worth a shot How about it man, tell me what's next How about it man, tell me what's next Why would you write

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J Blissette’s first full-length Frankensteins a raw, rock and roll heart with limbs from jangle pop and fuzzed out psychedelia. Blending the spright dynamism of Ty Segall with pure power pop sounds of Cloud Nothings and Yuck, Lethbridge, Alberta inhabitant Jackson Tiefenbach, the luminary behind J Blissette’s playbill, weaves a retrospective narrative on fucking up, reconciling, and conquering – Until I Go Blind offering the final word.
Simulating a mumblecore score from the 1990s, the first song on Until I Go Blind, “Champagne Airplane” is a “cocaine and convertibles” title theme, according to Jackson, that initiates the chase that is pursuing art. Jackson comments: “I’ve watched a lot of my artistically inclined peers move away from the pursuit of that fantasy artist life we all wanted when we were 16.” Until I Go Blind is a trip through and testament of the maze that is young adolescence – hitting it’s a-ha moment around “Drunk in the Park” – and it breaks through with an energy that will either have you jumping on your bed or cruising around town with the top down.
Made up of Ramones-influenced rhythm tracks with an exhilarating intensity, Until I Go Blind remembers the seeds of rock and roll, replants them, and garners them with humour, self-awareness, and a lightness of being that is shatteringly honest.

Music and Lyrics by J Blissette
Engineered and Mixed by Matthew Rederburg
Produced by J Blissette and Matthew Rederburg
Mastered by Ryan Morey

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released March 10, 2018

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