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Doctor Octopus

from The Liquid Self by Pons

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    Brooklyn upstarts PONS weave a psychedelic and harrowing web of decay, rebirth, and realization on rock opera THE LIQUID SELF—a golden spiral into insanity at sea surfacing on vinyl February 16th, 2024.

    Telling the cryptic and nightmarish tale of a sailor’s descent into madness after being at lost at sea and subsequently rescued, PONS take cues from grandiose rock n’ roll classics like The Black Parade and Station to Station while creating something entirely their own and new to the genre of noise rock as a whole.

    Songs ebb and flow as they lose all shape and meld into one another—creating a singular, theatrical, and disorienting experience that subverts the idea of conventional song structure. The end result feels less like an album and more like a self contained world and creation myth that will take the listener as deep as they are willing to dive.

    Besieged by pummeling, water-tight percussion and dynamic guitar playing that ranges from math-rock inspired grooves to all-out sonic assault and lush psychedelia, THE LIQUID SELF reaches cinematic heights that feel compelled by the tides of destiny themselves.

    PONS’ debut studio album “THE LIQUID SELF” puts the “motion” in “ocean” on vinyl February 16th, 2024—only on Dedstrange. Remastered for vinyl back Zach Bloomstein.

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lyrics

FACE FLUSHED WHEN HE
TURNS THE KNOB SO QUIET
PALE FACE, DARK COAT
HE’S GOT A KNACK FOR SURPRISES

CAME BACK FROM SEA
SAID TO GET A GRIP
YOUR BOAT’S BEEN ROCKIN TOO LONG
YOU DON’T BELONG NO MORE
WAS IT WORTH IT ALL?
THE WATER IN YOUR FACE?
COLD SWEAT, PRESSURE
HE’S GOT A PLAN TO REVERSE IT

SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH HIM
HE’S GOT GLASSY EYES
NO WAY BACK HERE
NO WAY BACK HERE

HE’S FAR FROM MIND
PALE GRIP SO WHITE
SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE
SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE

BLOOD THIRSTY
HE’S READY
EIGHT LEGS GOT A
SPIDER’S WEB, NO

BLOOD THIRSTY
HE’S READY
EIGHT LEGS GOT A
SPIDER’S WEB, NO

DOCTOR YOU MUST HELP ME PLEASE
(DIABOLICAE AMINO)
THE WHIRLPOOL WON’T STOP IN MY SLEEP
(QUOD FORTUNUM PARAVUM)

ISN’T IT A FRIGHT?
PLAYING GOD A BIT
WHAT CARD’S IN YOUR DECK?
WHAT ACE IS IN YOUR HAND?

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
GAMBLING FOR TIME
WHAT YOU GOT ON THE
TIP OF YOUR TONGUE?

SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH HIM
HE’S GOT AN EVIL GRIN
THERE’S NO WAY BACK HERE, NO
THERE’S NO WAY BACK HERE, NO

HE’S FAR FROM MIND
FEELS SO DIVINE
BUT, SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE
SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE

DOCTOR YOU MUST HELP ME PLEASE
(DIABOLICAE AMINO)
THE WHIRLPOOL WON’T STOP IN MY SLEEP
(QUOD FORTUNUM PARAVUM)

RIPTIDE PULLS MY MIND SO DEEP I MIGHT JUST DRAG YOU DOWN
FOREVER DRIFTING MY ANKLES ARE SHIFTING IN THE SAND
ROYAL NAMES IN CAVALCADES, IN GOLDEN INK HE ETECHES ON HIS STONE
WHEN DOC OC. WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND ME THEN YOU ALL WILL SEE WHY

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from The Liquid Self, released October 6, 2023

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