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tough love

from drama by surf rock is dead

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Surf Rock Is Dead - drama vinyl ships December 2022. Picture above is a mock up and may appear slightly different in person.

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  • Surf Rock is Dead - First Edition "drama" EP Vinyl & Limited Run "Melting Faces" T-Shirt Bundle
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    Get a pre-order copy of the First Edition "drama" EP and limited run "Melting Faces" t-shirt design now.

    From Surf Rock is Dead:
    The name “drama” came to us when reflecting on the EP and thinking “wow, we sound dramatic as hell on these songs, don’t we?”  “drama” conveys more moods and feels than our previous work —like that sinking feeling knowing that it’s time to end a relationship; old friendships in despair; hyper-irrational crushes; and losing one’s sense of identity–all voiced on the EP.

    We’re covering such a big range of emotions, “drama” just felt right. There’s also something about the iconic symbol of drama, the laughing and crying masks that represents the spectrum of emotion — beautiful and kind of creepy at the same time. Maybe just like the EP?

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about

“tough love” is about a strange time when my (Kevin's) sister was going through a real rough patch in her life and I was there to witness some of it. I think NYC was getting the best of her (as it tends to) and she ended up ultimately leaving to now be living a beautiful life on a farm with a partner and 4 dogs.  The song is like a vignette of a rally call to someone you love that’s seen better days and trying to push them out of their dark place. Things might be not so great now, but they will get better :). 

lyrics

Found ya lying there
With a funny look and frizzy matted hair
Dizzy eyed and unaware
As if you’ve been in bed all afternoon

I saw
From that moment
Your boy
Took you home and
I know
You’re not a kid no more

Now he’s
Gone and dried up
Now you’re
Bout to give up
I know what I said before

But you’re
Fucking up
Tough love
Ain’t enough

You’ll never be
In my way
The reaper came but not today
So say it with me now
You’re enough

Your mom wants
You to go back
I want
You to throwback
To that girl
With that glow in her eyes

I saw
From that moment
Your boy
Took you home and
I know
You’re not a kid no more

But you’re
Fucking up
Tough Love
Ain’t enough

You’ll never be
In my way
The reaper came but not today
So say it with me now
You’re enough


I hope that now you see
You have much more than all your life’s debris

credits

from drama, released December 9, 2022
Written by Kevin Michael Pariso and Joel Zeev Witenberg.
Drums by Jake Robert Beal.
Performed as Surf Rock is Dead.
Mixed by Brandon Bost.
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe.

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