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Fraudulent Activity 02:25
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there was never a time (Is this enough) when perfection was mine (Is this too much) but to tell the truth (what have I done) it's what i asked you to do (is it broken) cycles of shame (will I ruin everything) in which you shoulder the blame If I can’t trust me Then who else will believe Ignore this doubt Uncertainty don’t know what it’s talking about everyday i'm a fraud (so hard) and i don't think it's wrong (to hide) everyone's just lost and fumbling along (behind this facade) everyday i'm a fraud and i don't think it's wrong (of confidence and strength) everyone's just lost and fumbling the fuck along (am I just an imposter) My mind won’t stay quiet Thoughts multiplying I can’t put out this fire Breathe in this fire If I can’t trust me Then who else will believe Ignore this doubt Uncertainty don’t know what it’s talking about
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We Can Be Free 02:59
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Are we always just two weeks away From impending doom and social decay Too scared to be hopeful Too scared to feel hopeful Too late to just carry on I believe in you me I believe that we can be free I believe that all of us can be free Be free Let’s rewrite the ending Learn who we can trust We’ll build our own spaces That won’t self destruct Outside of the margins and borders and lines Outside of the rules they all want to define I believe in you me I believe that we can be free I believe that all of us can be free Be free We can’t look back now We can’t even remember how We can’t look back now We can’t even remember how I believe in you me I believe that we can be free I believe that all of us can be free Be free
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Queer Visibility 02:35
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Feeling as though this time were never mine Hiding myself with no language to define So often forced into one side or the next Why does this always have to be about what’s not relevant to me We don’t have to wait to meet Others that we can believe Holding a frame that never felt right Fear of violence keeping dysphoria alive Making what’s possible there’s so much than this Why does this always have to be about what’s not relevant to me We don’t have to wait to meet Others that we can believe When we all just wanna see All of the possibilities Because maybe what we really need Is more visibility There’s never time To wonder why We have to be So hard to find The margins made The center feel okay Your tiny gains Don’t really feel that great Why does this always have to be about what’s not relevant to me We don’t have to wait to meet Others that we can believe When we all just wanna see All of the possibilities Because maybe what we really need Is more visibility
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Never The Right Time 02:51
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I would always be the last one here to leave I was never the one that you thought you’d need Everyone we knew would always fail us then And they will keep on failing us again and again and again and again It was never the right time It was never the right time Time’s slipping through your fingers Better hold on to what you can It was never the right time It was never the right time Time’s slipping through your fingers Better grab it with your bony hands Now we always break down in the middle of the day Will you place the blame on all the choices we can’t make These days we all just have to look out for ourselves Because in the end will there even be anybody else I just want to breath The same air again I just want to be Inside the places we'd go then But I don’t want to go back To how things used to be cuz they were broken then just like they're broken now let's work to fix this all instead I will still always be the last one here to leave I was never the one that you thought you’d need
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Burn It, Break It, Don’t Buy It 02:46
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When each new day feels like the worst And bad news rolls in like a curse Opinions that are all just bad And shut down all the hope we had It's hard not to retreat in fear Or forget that we are still here Tear it all down Burn it Break it Don’t you ever buy it When you want to run away And hide inside a small dark space It's hard to know what can be done It's easy to just say they won Just a matter of time til you're out of line Just a matter of days til it's not okay Tear it all down Burn it Break it Don’t you ever buy it They said please be patient Just vote to harness anger They said please be quiet send us money, we'll try harder They said it's good enough To never get the things we want And they still say this now So we say burn it all down Hopelessly feeling lost holding to the cause Hopelessly holding hope cause there’s no giving up Hopelessly holding on cause there is too much lost Hopelessly going on cause no one cares for us Burn it break it don’t you ever buy it.

about

We started writing these songs at the very beginning of the year, which is fitting for a band that formed in response to a social media post about a new year's resolution over a decade ago. We wrote a song the first time we were in a room together, booked a show before we even really knew if we'd have enough songs for a set, kept the band together when Heather moved to Brooklyn in 2012, and in 2020 we figured out how to make music together without being in the same room.

When we made distance in 2020 there was a lot of trial and error, messing up repeatedly until we got it right, and singing in small spaces in our homes. This time there are guitars played at full volume in rehearsal spaces and vocals no longer confined to tiny closets. We worked as our own sound engineers and producers, and sent countless takes and mixes back and forth throughout the spring and summer.

These songs are about imposter syndrome, taking care of each other in dark times, being real fucking unapologetically queer, missing in person collaboration, and the crushing disappointment of a shit show that is US politics. We originally planned to record 4 songs, but then the supreme court overturned roe, and we wrote a 5th song that same week.

So much of our efforts are fueled by the importance of creating still, even at a distance, even not knowing what to do and working to figure it all out. Feeling the urgent drive to just create even if it has changed what that looks like over the years and how it didn’t always go exactly like how we planned. That it’s important just to do, just to try, and then start all over again.

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released October 21, 2022

all songs written by the ovens. recorded by heather in brooklyn and lb in chicago in 2022. heather plays guitar and sings. lb plays drums and sings.

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The ovens are a Noisy feminist Chicago & Brooklyn two-piece. They share a common interest in riot grrrl music, confronting sexism and homophobia in punk scenes, and playing music without fear of judgment. They scream at the top of their lungs; they sing about what they want, and they want you to say, “woaaah.” ... more

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