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Crisman

by Crisman

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1.
Portrait 02:46
wisdom comes with time grandma says were all fine reason season they all fade paint a portrait of me future self we’ll see I hope you're here thats the fear don't rush you're going too fast down hopscotch you're gonna crash down rusted old locket she lives in his pocket he said she said it’s all lost paint a portrait of me future self we’ll see i hope you're here thats the fear dont rush you're going too fast down hopscotch you're gonna crash down
2.
Surprise 01:52
Ive been looking at you you're clear, like you're not here touching air feels kinda strange come back, your gone, I'm wrong float into my skin i wanna feel true brooke’s mad she will always have my back hide quick he doesn't like the surprise sammy’s gone don’t be real, its been too long blink quick choked up fast, gulp and spit drip down cant undo the tie left out little eye under the bed she cries he doesn't like the surprise
3.
Ocean 02:55
undress white wall scraped knees she falls down to the ocean floor they are grabbing for more red shoes torn pants you good? give a glance ill stand feeling pretty whole like theres no more to give all the pieces they are here for me to have a part of me, you are a part of this thing a part of the ground a part of every person around
4.
Go 04:04
you are all I all i know now draw a quick line and ill be there if its unfair you are all I all I know now now why do you notice the little things at the party I met marty it looked at me wipe the dirt off do you feel gross hand a hose here go home sleep bare write it all down two things look down at me and stare stare will you go slow
5.
Cya 02:04
see you later bye then fine then go slow bye then go home bye then wanna go home wanna go home wanna go home now see you later bye then fine then see you later bye then fine then
6.
Interlude 03:07
do you find everything something do you know thats what i want do you know thats what i like do you know thats what i want do you do you notice is it dumb if do you notice is it dumb if ask why i don’t have it now look to see who might have what i am looking for when will it feel right do you know do you do you have it can i take ask why i don’t have it now look to see who might see if i can change it now no ill never have it do you know do you know do you know do you
7.
Rock 02:21
somethings stuck in my throat I think I might choke am I some sorta joke am I some sorta joke I am a rock I am a rock to skip and throw away pick it back up when its in your way pick it back up when you like I really love you psych shaky hands from a stupid smoke a body to pull kiss & poke eyes that will grow puffy if watered slow I think they're kinda sad oh shit its all my bad red cheeks are looking wide get it together with a sigh eyes that will grow puffy if watered slow
8.
Rain 04:03
bodies turn to rain we all cry just the same watch a flower grow ella bella knows way more than me my mom likes to laugh real loud my dad is light and mom is sound they help me turn things around red cheeks and cold toes looks in the mirror what the hell do i know watch a flower grow ella bella knows way more than me staying up late worrying at night did i say it all right did i do it all right did i say it all right did i do it all right say it and i do it wanna talk all right
9.
Icee Blue 03:44
I see blue, drift in you I see blue, drift in you Id like to twist off my head for a moment or two all I think about is you don’t be a ghost and float far away I wanna bike by and say hey hows your day I see red in your head I see red in your head Id like to twist off my head for a moment or two all I think about is you don't be a ghost and float far away I wanna bike by and say hey how is your day
10.
Pawn 05:06
I look up to you in lots of way you are all colors bright in day lets go to Glenn's Pawn Shop He's wondering if we’ll buy something feels like there’s no air hope that I'm going somewhere underwater Natalie i’ll join your tea party walk slowly to your bed look under what is unsaid I am not scared there you go again eyes are red and slow eyes don’t know where to go

about

While Madeline Dowd's visual artwork playfully relays adult themes through childlike imagery, her band Crisman swaps the acrylics and spray paint for hazily-filtered vocals gently layered over slowcore arrangements to find yet another medium for masking emotional turmoil with innocence.

In 2011, Dowd left her hometown of Alpharetta, Georgia for Denton, Texas, where she met Boone Patrello, who records under the moniker Dead Sullivan. Their chemistry led to 2018's Crisman Tape, which Gold Flake Paint called “a hidden and unhurried gem in the current DIY scene.” For the band's self-titled debut studio album, Dowd and Patrello teamed up with another fellow Denton musician in MAH KEE OH's Grahm Robinson. Contrasted against the childlike playfulness of Dowd's paintings, the band's collective experience is refracted throughout the measured ten-song collection.

The melancholic and sinuous lead single "Surprise" pulls from childhood memories of wanting to be included and feeling misunderstood in order to lend its start-stop riffs an emotional touchstone. On “Cya,” the band employs acerbic distortion and twinkling arpeggios to explore the immaturity and inevitability of trying to forget a person or feeling that lingers far too long, where final single "Icee Blue" is about experiencing the infectiousness of a romance, a thematic reproduction of the song's infectious composition.

(Words by Max Freedman and William Osiecki)

credits

released April 3, 2020

❍ Songs written by Madeline and Boone
❍ Recorded and mixed by Brack Cantrell
❍ Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering

❍ Guitar and vocals by Madeline Dowd
❍ Vocals on track 9 by Boone Patrello
❍ Lead guitar and piano by Boone Patrello
❍ Drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) by Blake Montgomery
❍ Drums (4, 6, 9) by Grahm Robinson
❍ Bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) by Grahm Robinson
❍ Bass (4, 6, 9) by Boone Patrello

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Crisman Dallas, Texas

Crisman is Maddie, Boone, Grahm and Jordan

Based in Dallas, TX

Contact:
Crismannmusic@gmail.com

Booking:
kevin@lostandfoundtouring.com
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