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The Corruption of What Cheer?

by Jane Doe Ensemble

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1.
Pink Liquor 04:37
Lean in my space Lean out Big brows small pout Drinks pink liquor And baby blue eyes With her judgmental snickers She lies Don’t speak Only listen Don’t prove that your Manly man arms Can glisten Fake heart throb that Ain’t your heartbeat Doesn’t belong to you You admit, defeat She don’t care About your thirst Quenches no one Puts nobody first Drinks pink liquor And scratches and Kicks at the door Feel judged By her Dark eyes She won’t talk Won’t walk on by Oh, the burning Cleansing Of her throat Cheeks of dusty rose Fleshed flushed Moist pink lips Hot like how The liquid sun drips
2.
It is something of a precedent To think so freely But it’ll cost you a lifetime’s work Ideas will cost you dearly Does it afford you more rights? Does it make you inclined? To be more self-righteous To think you are always right To comment on the day With the ideals you have paid Does it help you think more? Was it more than you thought? Comment is free Thought is bought! To think is to consume From the institutes that boom
3.
I don't wanna date you I wanna make a home I'm hovering Micro-managing Improv trust fall Do you have my back? Do you think Van Gogh? Cut off his ear to listen? If I cut my thumbs off Would that make me less human? I work for the Miscommunications department I love you I think so Move into my apartment I work for the Miscommunications department I love me I think so
4.
Can You Ever 02:24
It doesn’t matter It can work out What seems opaque Is intrinsic doubt Are you okay? This can’t work out I should lie down This pillow feels sharp Can you ever? Did you discover That you can pick out The same decisions You seem to distort This is your manner Telling you to regard More people here than You can tell apart!
5.
Respect 04:20
Sometimes I think about the gun Inside the house a lot And if I had to shoot it Would the word stop still come out? Sometimes I think about the gun Outside the house a lot And if I raise my hands up Should you still need to shout? Be the man, not the cold Be what I see, not what I say Just one more thing Just one more thing
6.
Hughes 02:21
She’s only 13 Wears loafers on her feet Plays piano perfectly Smarter than anybody But dad’s got her chained Over her shoulder he stands The house is his cave Her room is a cage Everything’s a joke Straight edge teeth Smiles dig deep Walking home from the bus stop knowing She won’t have the last Laugh Her only friend is queer Weirder than weird People stay away cause They’re in touch with their fears Running ahead but Left behind She walks tall with confidence She thinks she divine Everything’s a joke Straight edge teeth Smiles dig deep Walking home from the bus stop knowing She won’t have the last Laugh
7.
Consider what's right But also, what's left Saving my search bar Toeing the line I'm subject to random search Bookmark my path I'm toeing the yellow line What's dangerous is also mine //// What's right Is what's left What's left Is what's right What's right Is left What's left Is right Right left Left right Right left Left right
8.
Flicker, I wonder why A tender pitch in these times Tell me straight, a diatribe Teach me nothing; I can’t write If you’re feeling yourself Single Bullet Listen back, a certain dry Air of tension precedes my sigh I compromise, my heart subsides Where did it go? Abstraction
9.
R U Okay 03:14
You’re really hard to step on Especially since you don’t mind (You never seem to mind) (I know it’s not right) You’re really hard to punch Since you’re made of rubber (you’re a block of rubber) (I know you’re much tougher) Make some time Screw your head on tight Get a life Are you okay? Cause I’m fine You know you’re really hard (Left a scar...) (You know you left a scar) To deal with (I feel it itch) I know You tolerate it, can’t accept it (I could just leave] You’re really hard to talk to Especially cause you’re mute (I can’t talk....) (I’m deaf or your mute) You’re really hard to get close to Since I don’t know which, one is you (I don’t know, who you are) (Who are you? Are you new?) I take the time To be by your side I lost the will to be (I am lost) Are you okay? Cause I’m fine (I guess I’m fine) You know you’re really hard (Left a scar...) (You know you left a scar) To deal with (I feel it itch) I know You tolerate it, can’t accept
10.
When I think about decisions Sometimes it feels the only way To treat this suspicion Is personal appeal See the note on the door Turn the lights off for me When I feel inclined To be someone free Did you hear the rap on the door? They’re coming out for you See through your bad views Can’t be as bad as you Follow the passing scent around You might find the tail Behind me is the deafening Sound of tidal waves of shouts
11.
Dog Bone 05:04
She was found in the woods She escaped him for good She was nice and she was smart Then one day she left a mark In her words did you find All the reasons to as why She was high Gave the warnings Gave the signs By they were all blind He’s out and free See him drive by The place she sleeps And you hope he dies you hope he’ll crash…. You hope he dies you hope he crashes…. Is there an outlet for the plug? Is he mean or just a thug? Tell your friends and they’ll get it Keep me happy come and wet it And who is to blame Who takes the shame? Nothing they’ll do is right Adults are only good for fights Blissful toxic injection Numbs you to perfection Goes around like an infection A disease caused by rejection He’s out and free See him drive by The place she sleeps And you hope he dies You hope he’ll crash…. You hope he dies you hope he crashes…

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released August 13, 2022

All songs written by JDE.
Recorded by Efrem Czajkowski and JDE with a Tascam DP-24, 24 -Track Digital Portastudio.

Additional vocals on Hughes by Jenna Noe.

Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air - deadairstudios.com

Front Cover:
XO in Green or Drinking With the Boys
56x40"
Charcoal, puffy paint, glitter glue, raw pigment, chalk, and oil stick on stretched satin.
2020
By Gabriella Moreno gabriellamoreno.com

Thank you: Jenna Noe; July Brown; Lara Longo; Tim Conley-Abrams; Will Killingsworth; Gabriella Moreno; Christopher Tipton/Upset the Rhythm; Erika Elizabeth; Jess Lennox; Creek and Kills; Cruel Children; Julep Maisey; True Blossom; Cat Apostrophe; Comrades; Science; Books; Ideas; Hope.
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Jane Doe Ensemble’s debut LP, “The Corruption of What Cheer?” is a work of collaboration despite isolation, catharsis over trauma, and fun over form. The Janes - Efrem Czajkowski, Wren Krisztin, and Aaron Batley - united shortly after the 2016 election, and that mood of perseverance and expression in the face of a lamentable world can be heard in the brash, bombastic tones of this record.

Bringing together influences from classic punk to contemporary electronica to the avant-garde, from UK to US and beyond, the driving toms, whirling keyboards, and jangly guitar lines give electric life to confessional, contemplative lyrics that often feel like a peek into the writer’s diary. The last few years of quarantine saw these artists honing their craft in late night practice sessions, lengthy group phone calls, and bedrooms separated by state lines.

March 2020 saw the release of their 7” Pink Liquor/Respect, as well as a busy slate of live shows dashed out as live music went into hibernation. Far from losing the momentum of that release, and their previous, 2018’s Verite Rip, it can be heard in What Cheer. JDE manages to have it both ways: an enthusiastic, zealous single-day recording followed by months of loving, careful bedroom mixing culminates in a record that is both manic and meticulous.

The Corruption of What Cheer? invites the listener to a space, a room, a show, where we can be ourselves and say what we mean, where feeling our emotions out loud liberates us from the weight of them.

Written by July Brown.

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