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The Doppelg​ä​nger is Unburdened

by The Scroll

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1.
A Profound Sense of Loss and Inadequacy 04:20
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Rode me Grinded me Like Barbarian on a horse Your Powers Frightened me Like you were taking me by force A profound sense of loss and inadequacy Love is easy But trauma's hard Entangled in us as one We are never home Everyone's alone Like a barbarian or a stone
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The Fiorito Drop (N0G0M0N0SEXSCAT0) 04:14
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Nogomonosexoscato Give all or take all Yes yes scato Yes yes scato fookaboom
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Self-Worth 03:13
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I'm not worth the wait You don't have to stay A better person would of led you to the door We lie to our fate Nothing will be that great Playing hard to be the sun in your sky of darkness I'm not as heartless as show
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Ok Ok Ok I'll Bite You're Neck 03:36
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I'll give you the world But I don't own it right now Ok ok ok I'll bite you in the neck I'm not joking My brain and my heart are sending to you The blood will help you rise Will you obey it? Will you obey it? You've been spank as a child I've been slapped as a man Ok ok ok I'll bite you in the neck I'm not joking
5.
Kiss Me Before The Bad Stuff Comes (Part 2) 03:23
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Dreams and life have collided with a crash The bad might come The good might come Through the smoke your lips tasted like ash The bad might come The good might come Gotta feel it, gotta feel it Gotta feel your kiss Kiss me, kiss me before the bad stuff comes Embrace me before the world fires its gun These changes, changes can make us one Kiss me before the bad stuff comes Give me strength to move through this The bad might come The good might come But for now I'll steal a kiss The bad might come The good might come
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Tight 06:05
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I'm travelling into you No exits for a while Your valley is spread out There's no room to explore Do you wanna make it so tight? Tight? It feels so airtight, tight Can't breathe It feels so tight, tight It feels so tight, tight Be free I want you to rain on me Dancing in the wetness of ecstasy Do ya, do ya, do ya
7.
No Power 03:14
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You can take away everything I love You can burn these things and all the above You can grab the gun from my my hands you can spit on me like I'm not a man You have no power You have no power I don't have many things to live for Why should I give you the rest for? One out of a hundred is the kiss of death Maybe I should've gambled less
8.
Permissible Tap 03:33
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Channel's off! I Nani I Nani Benson's money Epstein's body, found it funny Chloroquine Covid Selling it, stole it 69 snitches get a million for it Permissible tap tap Permissible tap tap Yaniv splashing in the pool with kids Waxing her genitals for a fib
9.
The Phantom of The Truck Stop 04:23
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They seem to have forgotten me here Did they love me? Do they miss me? And now I haunt this place Injecting fear in fornicators here They never came back for me But the fate is for you This is my home Leave me alone Trust me it'll be better for you I live in the forest outback Always alone, waiting for the one I'm hidden in the ceilings and stalls Observing I am The Phantom
10.
Lisa, You're Not a God 04:57
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I flew to Nigeria to fill the dusty places in my heart Yeah, he's half my age, but he's not an American He gave up the women but his music's still there This is my last chance, I'll squeeze until suffocation I want full attention on me He said 'Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, you're not, not a God' My past drama has some demands Step it up and become a man
11.
Body Temple 04:31
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The body temple I'll take care of it Risen from a sleep My eyes are focused on what you will be No crying, dying Only love for you You'll be fucking it your way
12.
Wall Street Anthem 1987 05:18
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Got to turn up! Everything turns to sin Got to turn up! Richer than we've ever been Got to turn up! Not killing for the war Got to turn up! Why we wear flowers for? Extreme to extreme to extreme What are you doing to me? Nothing's gonna stop me now! Got more than anything I need Got to turn up! Everything turns to sin Got to turn up! Richer than we've ever been Got to turn up! Everything turns to sin Got to turn up! Face the collapse with a grin
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The Pause 04:33
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These disposable masks are made for you Some of them who died were wearing them too I already gave two years fighting for my survival I have 9 lives, but I'm still in denial A pause For lying in a prison cell Stranded on an island Wish me well I live in the worst of it Worst of it I can see the hospital from my window I tried to wash the dirt that was there before I'm an unlucky fuck but I'm sure some swallowed more
14.
You Don't Have To Shoot The Elephant, Huston 03:53
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I know the gun is ready But you should be shooting something else Take the camera that was given And shoot your next masterpiece You don't have to shoot the elephant, Huston
15.
The World Will Wait Till You Die 04:27
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The world won't change It'll wait till you die The world won't change Just wait till you die You can give it a reason why You can give it a reason Reason why Like and share Till you die Like and share Till you die
16.
I Travelled So Far For You, But... 03:16
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Ticket's in my pocket Picture's in my locket Bussing down 6 states Hoping I won't be late Met a girl at the border An actress and a snorer I might go back to see her But I brought you some liquor Travelled so far to fall in love with another With another I'll camp out in the desert for a few days I think it'll be better for us that way
17.
The Russian Gangster's Girlfriend (Asian Angelina) 04:14
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Asian Angelina Seduced me at the entrance Yes you warned me But you still lied My little Asian Angelina Hiding in plain sight While we showered They robbed me - they found nothing Yes you warned me But you still lied The threatening calls followed I think it's time to flee Yes you warned me But you still lied
18.
Serious (as a Heart-Attack) Love 04:21
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I have an image in my head Of the most charming girl waiting for me And she loves me And who I want to be She will want to dance with me Heart-attack love I can let my guard down Even if I fear you I'm trying to predict what you will do

about

I didn't plan on doing this album. I had released my last LP (Zizi Mortel) in the month of March of last year. It took a lot out of me and I wasn't ready to jump in again. But like it is/was with most people, the pandemic had ruined my plans and forced me to stay home and do nothing.
To pass the time, I decided to watch cheesy reality shows. One of those programs was the 90 Day Fiancé franchise. I would just binge a season, while I lazily strummed my guitar. During a pivotal scene in one of the episodes, I noticed a chord on the soundtrack that I liked. It was just a simple sad chord that caught my attention. For fun, I began to mess around and add variations. Soon, I had a full song on my hands. I quickly recorded it that night.
The next day was no different: I strummed my guitar while I watched 90 Day Fiancé and I soon had another song on my hands. This went on for three weeks. In 21 days I had 21 songs (although, the finished album has 18 songs because I thought that three of the tracks just didn't fit with the album's flow).
'The Doppelgänger is Unburdened' is the first album to have all new material. I rarely do LPs from scratch. It's not uncommon for me to have tons of unfinished tracks (sometimes dating back a decade) to jump on when I'd begin recording another album - this would always give me a head start. But with 'The Doppelgänger is Unburdened', I had a blank canvas. This was in part because my iMac had crapped out on me the year before and I had lost years of unfinished songs/demos, music software, synths and samples. At first, this was devastating, but I used this forced blank canvas to my advantage. It was freeing. It forced me to work differently and to try some software that I wasn't used to.
I also had issues with my instruments: My trusted customized Epiphone guitar was broken and needed serious repair. Unfortunately, all the music stores were closed because of the pandemic around that time. So pretty much all the guitars you hear on 'The Doppelgänger is Unburdened' are played on an acoustic guitar with various overdrives and effects.
Because I had lost all the synths on my hardrive, I decided to play my analogue keyboards again (something I hadn't done since my second album). I also recorded live drums for the first time since my first album.
As for the various female guest singers, the pandemic forced me to do this one alone, this time around. Hopefully, my vocals will make up for the loss of vocal variety.
'The Doppelgänger is Unburdened' was composed very quickly and intensely. I was certain that this fact would've made the sound of the album more linear, but strangely, the complete opposite happened. One of the craziest things I noticed while listening to 'The Doppelgänger is Unburdened' was how each song seemed like it was recorded separately from the others. How did I hop from each song to the next, while sounding totally different? How did I sound like mid-career Roxy Music last night but then suddenly switch to demented tribal music the next morning? I do not know. I just did what I wanted and that's what came out. What started out as a simple plan of doing a rock/shoegaze album, quickly turned into neo-world music, electronica, punk, modern pop, old-school pop rock, electro, prog, bluegrass and metal. This is not what I had planned, but it's what ended coming out - that's what The Scroll is all about!
This is maybe the most eclectic album I've ever done, and for that reason, maybe my favourite.
I hope you enjoy it on your end.

credits

released March 10, 2021

All songs written, produced, performed and recorded by J Deeh in the first three weeks of March during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020.
Extra guitar on track 16 by Sonja B. Soft.
Artwork by Daphne Keskinidou
Thank you: Sonja Soft, Seal Samuel, Daphne Keskinidou, Zoey Anastasopoulos, 90 Day Fiance and Asian Angelina.

NO AUTOTUNE/OTOTUNE WAS USED FOR THE RECORDING.

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The Scroll Montréal, Québec

The Scroll is a Canadian neo-wave band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist J Deeh and his various collaborators.
While being extremely eclectic, The Scroll has been described as indie electronica, art rock, neo-folk, dance-rock, industrial, dream pop and shoegaze. ... more

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