PLEASE, by ODAE

PLEASE

by ODAE

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Kenneth Moss Such a joy - unexpected twists and turns sonically. A real treat! Favorite track: Crossed It.

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1.	Why Me 05:43	lyrics	buy track
Say here Say here Why Me? Say here Say here Why Me? Do you know the time? I need something to do (Does it require any work?) (Do I need to get to it right now?) I need something to do (Does it require any work?) (Do I need to get to it right now?) I need something to do (Does it require any work?) (Do I need to get to it right now?) I need something to do (Does it require any work?) (Do I need to get to it right now?) I need something to do (Does it require any work?) (Do I need to get to it right now?) I need something to do (Does it require any work?) (Do I need to get to it right now?) Here's a message For you Yes, you Listen close Anything is possible Anything is possible Anything is possible Anything is possible
2.	Pace Like I Do 02:29	lyrics	buy track
And I don't know where to start And I go around And I don't know where to start And I go around I think about it endlessly I know it's not a problem I think about it endlessly I know it's not a problem And I don't know where to start And I go around And I don't know where to start And I go around I think about it endlessly I know it's not a problem I think about it endlessly Hey open the fucking door I know you're in there alright? Hey Bird. Hey Bird. Hey open the fucking door I know you're in there alright? Oh no not that one! Oh god, what have you done? What have you done? What have you done?
3.	Crossed It 04:05	lyrics	buy track
What did I expect? What did I hope for? I don't notice Where the line is And I crossed it What did I expect? What did I hope for? I don't notice Where the line is And I crossed it
4.	Relax 05:10	lyrics	buy track
Give me a second, I'm trying to think Give me a second, I'm trying to think Speak with me I need another plan Speak with me I need another plan You think a piece of wood is scary? (not a problem) You think you could wear this for me? (not a problem) What do you do when you're angry? What do you do when you're angry? What do I do if I'm angry? What do I do if I'm angry? I shut down Do I need to I shut down Do I mean to Hey Now And I can't believe you at all Hey Now Can't believe you at all You think a piece of wood is scary?
5.	Comfort 02:04	lyrics	buy track
I need you to know I'm here for you I want you to know I feel your pain I want you to know I want to I want you know I want you I just need to know I stole your heart Don't need any comfort while away Everything has been so easy Extra reason why It's true

about

Please is a sparser, softer, more refined version of the sweet, silly, and sometimes brooding style of stochastic glitch-pop that defined ODAE’s 2019 album Ataraxic. ODAE’s creative process is a fascinating feedback loop of inquisition and instinctive excavation; in their words, they create by “asking questions” to each instrument, then sculpting the unpredictable responses into aural poetry unified under the banner of their inimitable, head turning production style. Please pulls back from Ataraxic’s freewheeling collages of musical non sequiturs in favor of a renewed focus on texture and space; each sound inhabits its own unique niche, rippling gently through the stereo field as if underwater. Mixing and arrangement become complementary, synergistic practices under ODAE’s direction, underpinned by a remarkable interplay between aesthetics of careful restraint and unrepentant maximalism that closely mirrors their experiences in managing their muscular dystrophy.

-Maxie Younger

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My muscle structure is soft, and the cells are not glued together well. Any forceful exertion of my body will cause me harm, so I must be gentle and focused about my movement at all times. I put so much care in my stillness that I find myself existentially lost in it -- having progressively adapted a kind of numbness, ever in dissociative response to the slow deterioration of my body. As soon as I understood what was happening, I wanted to escape that numbness.

And the discovery of love (and a drug or two) revealed to me the sheer intensity of happiness and sadness there is to give, and how much pain I would have caused myself had I not unlearned the will to express it. I reckon with the prospect that the mundane scope of feeling that prevents me from falling apart is something that would do me better to accept, and that this can still leave me happy and fulfilled, and that the value of my experiences can be determined by how much I wish to zoom in.

Attention is the tool I wield.

The music isn't explicitly about these things, it's more informed by these experiences. A use of that attention. Many of my thoughts about this record revealed themselves after a year spent listening to it. Please seems to have emerged from a world of boredom, docility, apprehensiveness - the behavior I tend to explore in my work, but forward a little further in time. It's a bit more confident. Its structures are tighter. This isn't the end of my exploration of myself; It will likely be a bookmark that I appreciate (or cringe at) when I am older, and wiser, and smaller.

credits

released April 9, 2021

Recorded and Mixed by Ruairi O'Brien

Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio

angelhairaudio.com

"Why Me" features:
Shane Yach - Piano
Isabelle Thorn - Prepared Piano
Gavin Kenyon - Piano
lots of pianos lol
Ethan Adkison - Double Bass
Regan - Discord Violin
Maxie Younger - Cello

"Relax" samples "Sudnown" By Pepsis Thisbe
pepsisthisbe.bandcamp.com/track/sudnown

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Laugh Jokes

Sep 2023
Stemming

Mar 2023
PLEASE

Apr 2021
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Mar 2021

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