Republicans for Bernie, by Lily and Horn Horse

Republicans for Bernie

by Lily and Horn Horse

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1.	Crosby, Stills and Nash 01:13	lyrics	buy track
Down by the sunshine I see you in a ray Guided back to today And then you appear Silences are so clear Crosby, Stills and Nash Crosby, Stills and Nash Can I be myself? And I can I see myself Out of the window I see you walk away Guided back And then you appear Silences are so No Why'd you have to say that Why'd you have to say that About Crosby, Stills and Nash Crosby, Stills and Nash Can I be myself And can I see myself Oh, baby
2.	Flat Crazy 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Don't make fun of that freak Brainwashed by family I don't care if you think he's mean Everybody try to understand Hands on a bowling ball Back up against the wall The man's about ten feet tall Just about to knock them all down Don't make fun of that freak Fun of that freak Hey you You say I'm crazy like that You say I want it bad You fought, you won, you came back flat Still you You say I'm crazy like him I have a lot to learn Still but I think I'll figure it out I want to be something
3.	Balloon 01:52	lyrics	buy track
Life is a perfect balloon It doesn't wait for you And every time it dies It shows me what it means to be alive How many times can I hold it How many times will it die How can I tell you I want this More than I wanted a life And how am I supposed to reckon with this loneliness? How much does it really cost to be me? Like a hospital at night I'm putting up a fight Just tell me what you need And I can take you anywhere I can make you anything you want
4.	My 1, 2 and 3 01:50	lyrics	buy track
I know what I want this time Your stories never sound as good Into the darkness my wanting ascends Don't bring your friends back here again I know what I want this time (Can we know?) Why can't we just be friends Who forget our face and forget our name Until the end And why can't you understand All I want is pain So forget my name I know what I live for now My present life is understood I'm on a curse trip my 1, 2, and 3 I'm standing too close not to see I know what I live for now
5.	1, 4 and More 04:51	lyrics	buy track
Uh-huh Okay I can take you anywhere I can take you anywhere my baby You can take me anywhere You can take me anywhere my baby And that's alright And that's alright with me Ah-huh Okay Alright, alright, alright And I can take you anywhere (Alright) I can take you anywhere my baby And that's alright with me And that's alright with me Oh, oh Say no more I swear on a star A magical stone Love we know It's out of control I want to go home Back in time To follow the source It's never the same Promise me now A piece of your heart A piece of your brain I can't control my I can't control myself I I make a difference and it won't hurt I'll make a difference and it won't hurt You wanted 1 You wanted 4 Now you wanted more I make a difference and it won't hurt I'll make a difference and it won't hurt I can't control my I can't control myself I I make a difference and it won't hurt I'll make a difference and it won't hurt You wanted 1 You wanted 4 Now you wanted more I make a difference and it won't hurt I'll make a difference and it won't hurt Say no more I swear on a star A magical stone Love we know It's out of control I want to go home Back in time To follow the source It's never the same Promise me now A piece of your heart A piece of your brain
6.	Goodbye Tim 01:48	lyrics	buy track
Say goodbye before you go I can't wait to see you next time (Oh yeah) Say goodbye before you go I can't wait to see you next time Oh baby, before you go (Oh, I'm on top of that) Before you go Do you see yourself inside? Running through the crowd Are you any better than I? Tell me what the girl does To the boy If you can Get on top of that And don't forget about me Say goodbye before you go I can't wait to see you next time (Oh yeah) Say goodbye before you go I can't wait to see you next time (Oh) Oh baby, before you go (Oh, I'm on top of that)

about

Lily & Horn Horse wanted to provide “an amazing fictional story” for this biography, but the real story of how they met is better & probably more indicative of who they are anyway. Like the music they make, their first encounter was so straightforward it feels bizarre.

Put plainly, Lily Konigsberg & Matt Norman lived in the same house—at different times—in the town of Tivoli, NY. They were “aware” of one another, but had never really met. Matt came back to his old home in Tivoli looking for a blanket he had left there some years prior and Lily was sitting on the front porch with some friends when he arrived. Knowing he was a musician, she invited him to play a drum solo at a birthday party that she organized for a bus driver named Chad in Woodstock, NY. Matt obliged. Lily also performed at the birthday party and asked Matt to film her performance. He tried to make a video that would surprise Lily, zooming in and out frequently and turning the camera upside down, but he accidentally broke the camera in the process, and Lily never saw the footage. Lily forgave him and asked him to contribute to her songs with his baritone horn, and he was happy in-turn when she agreed to add her voice to some of his recordings. From there-on, they just kept going. The blanket was never found.

Their name is half literal (Lily) and half pseudonymous (Horn Horse). It goes hand in hand with the couplings that make their music so unique: ear-worm melodies & challenging electro-psych-pop soundscapes; fluorescent vocal production & DIY grit. They pull from the sincerity of performing as one's “self" and from the grandiosity of performing to a name; these approaches are put in tandem. As Matt puts it, they are different objectives “put in the same boat.” What ensues is the painstaking creative process of making sure that their music & melodies are truly conversational, or at least intermingled past the point of severability.

Their music is patently catchy, and despite the jazzy structures and harmonic complexity of Matt’s production, Lily can gracefully apply her own blanket of pop sheen on top. There’s very little else like it, which is why, despite its undeniability, there seems to be something foreign about it, like the electro-pop of some isolated community in the American Southwest or in the bush of the Catskills in upstate New York. It’s pop for a different populace that has eerie similarity to our own.

“But Horn Horse is not—it’s not technically a term,” says Matt.
“Who the fuck is Horn Horse?” says Lily

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released May 26, 2020

Republicans for Bernie
Performed by Lily & Horn Horse
Recorded at Second Ward and at home in Hudson, NY
Mixed by Matt Norman
Mastered by Sarah Register
2019-2020

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