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happy bday

by Alexei Shishkin

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Phil Smaller Slam! That's how the opener took me by surprise and it is such a nice contrast to the rest of the album. Alexei floats you through his world of blinded personalities (Dadabe, my favorite track) and the things he isn't taking so seriously and everything else that makes our worlds go round.
Well-orchestrated with cool accentuated drums and beautiful guitar melodies.
It makes you want to close your eyes and drift off to the place where Alexei Shishkin is and just listen to him and his stories. Favorite track: Dadabe.
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1.
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
2.
Lazybones 02:29
hey, lazybones tell me whose side are you on? baby, i don't know it depends where everyone's gonna go give up, give in, start again, and forget it everyone messes up all the time it will take over your life if you let it get out of bed every day, you'll be fine hey, lazybones tell me whose side are you on? i want you to know it doesn't matter where everyone goes
3.
Pigeonhole 02:46
it don't mean a thing at all one day’s off and one day’s on on a rooftop or on a lawn on and on i don't let it get to me can't take it too seriously i don't know a lot i’m a speck i’m connecting the dots i’m just a thought i’m just a frustration i think you need a vacation i’ll blame my poor communication i don't let it get to me cant take it so seriously i don't let it get to me at all i don't let get to me don't take it so seriously at all
4.
And all of the seasons they come at once One day it's summer, the next week it's winter for a month The year’s in a day and i’m in a daze And all that passes against us As we trespass and we’re raised In all the cities that turned us into our old familiar ways That old dominion bond is formed, those broken doors Those squeaky plywood carpet floors And it’s the end of the season And we start over again And all the people we’re leaving, they’re still believing in us til the end Do you believe in somebody who Do you believe in the attitude Do you believe in something Do you believe in nothing
5.
Sky To Part 02:51
waiting on the sky to part like an arrow through the heart and as the grass gets greener the sky gets blue the world appears and breaks in two a part of me is waiting there for you watch all of the folks emerge and take a look up at the world why does it never translate as well as the story i like to tell? and why does it never look as good in the photograph as it could? you wish it did, and i know it does if you put it all down for once waiting on the sky to part like an arrow through the heart
6.
Motivation 02:51
On my mind wake up tired I’ve been sleeping in for hours Past the time i wanted And i stay in late at night And i stay up and i dont write a damn thing like i should be Talk to me Look at me Everything has gone away Everything is not as unique as it seems And I don’t ever want to disappear I dont want to leave you here And i don't want to disagree On my mind all the time All the speculation I’m Under wondering nothing Can there be more to me Than splicing up stills and scenes Coming in drinking the caffeine? Sitting there, staring there I am sitting not caring there Everything is crumbling beneath
7.
Dadabe 02:13
i could not see i was blinded by personality i could not figure it out what were we talking about? and i dont know why drawing blanks and drawing the line and i dont know why my eyes are open wide but i’m breaking down stumbling all around town falling off of a roof down onto the ground ten feet didn't hurt you but it hurt me and i dont know why my eyes are open wide
8.
Engagement 03:27
Engagement Precipitation Wasted all the time Save it Don’t make a statement Unwind Engagement All the time Could you make a statement Slow down, unwind I had found the bottom I had dwelled on the bottom for years Engagement
9.
I Don't Mind 02:20
green lights realize realize their fate i dont mind a million times i dont mind the wait i dont mind a million times i dont mind the things in the way i dont mind missing the train by a minute or two every day you know time keeps slipping away by a minute or two every day what’s the point in not slowing what’s the point in speeding up the pace if you’re already late? and i showed up on time and i looked out a five by nine window just to see inside my mind and i fell overboard and i was not assured of any sort of rescue at the bottom on the floor red lights yeah they realize realize their fate eventually they’ll turn to green and that’s when they’ll escape with me i dont mind a million times i dont mind the wait lately i’ve been satisfied lingering, standing by
10.
The Good 01:37
i found you in the good hands and that was overrated i thought that maybe i should’ve waited i overthought it nervously just how would that reflect on me it was something that i planned to say but my own thoughts they got in the way again
11.
Whistling 01:32
The first day it felt great Like i was walking in a dream But by the third week The rug was pulled from beneath my feet Everything deteriorating And i had said this is the way it should go But i was met with political discourse all the way I didn’t know anything i should say That gets made Walk back in the door the first day Brings me down i get frustrated I believe there’s better things ahead of me I dont need to be whistling
12.
All Mine 02:44
take my headphones off find out that i’ve got to say my goodbyes now those friends are gone now those friends are other ones and i’m still satisfied your eyes break on the fall of the pavement after it, my mind won’t ever stop with the motion it does try as i might nowhere in sight is the feeling, feeling of offering get on the right side of time all mine
13.
A Waste 01:05
Who takes the money and leaves it for dead Who drops the nail on top of the head Who lays there breathing and circling backwards around all the things that are said All that’s longing All the time stays Overly sensitive All of its goodness a waste

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Words and Music: Alexei Shishkin
Drums and Mix: Riley Geare
Backing Vocals: Jess N. Pierson
Mastering: Graham Barton
Photography: Graham W. Bell
Special Thanks: Matt, Ryan, friends, family

Recorded 2015-2018 in Portland, OR; New York, NY; and Los Angeles, CA

Released by Forged Artifacts 9/28/2018

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