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All Alive

by Tight Pants Syndrome

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Cherry Don’t Quit Your photo shoot is a rain-out, your mascara's played out Swimming pool is just pretend, going off the deep end Off the rails you’re a trainwreck, but hey nobody's perfect. Cherry don’t quit, Cherry Don’t quit, Cherry don’t quit on me tonight. Attraction is scientific, and it's habit forming Your lip gloss is terrific, first thing in the morning You're most of the time, but you're not all of the time Why can't you be all of the time for me? Cherry don’t quit, Cherry Don’t quit, Cherry don’t quit on me tonight. I know I push you away, when I need you close When I need you near, can’t you be here?
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My Arm Hurts 03:20
My Arm Hurts It never turns out like you wanted it to Or maybe you just hadn't thought it through Is it random or coincidence, the two of us sitting on a fence? I needed you and you decided to dance that's when I knew that I still had a chance. Oooo Baby that's the sign I was waiting for, show me all the time Train's leaving so babe you better climb aboard, now that you're mine. There's a word that's on the tip of your tongue Or maybe I'm just too high strung Chances are just a roll of the dice The two of us should still give it a try I needed you and you looked so sincere That's when I knew I had nothing to fear. Oooo Baby that's the sign I was waiting for, it must be divine We've been closer than horseshoes and hand grenades, its by design You said, you said Put my picture in your blue jean pockets sunglasses on my blue eye sockets Oh you could be the one, but still I'm not sure I can dance if you wanted me to Might be good for a laugh or two We'll cut the shit and get serious Imagine us getting serious When I need you I won't have far to look The night I saw you was all it took
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Baby It's Sabotage Baby it's sabotage, and it's making me a nervous wreck You'd rather be alone, instead of trying to connect Oh, and the morning comes and your shape has shifted The fog has lifted, your heart's in camouflage Baby it's sabotage. I'm the one in the white corsage, I been waiting for you all night I followed your vapor trail, you'd think I'd gain a little insight Oh, like your heart is an atlas, your brain is a map A tender trap of joy that's just a mirage And baby it's sabotage. I'm so sick of your entourage They think that they've read some books But they ain't got nothing babe 'Cept a buncha dirty looks Oh, you say they have their uses, But those are excuses The kind that you can't drink away or dodge And baby that’s sabotage

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RIVERFRONTTIMES:
"Tom Stephens' long-running (and member-shuffling) power-pop combo Tight Pants Syndrome rarely lacks for material; in 2010 the quintet released the seventeen-track Fully Attractive alongside the more blustery Don't Panic EP. That year's output rivals some bands' entire catalogs. So while the appearance of more polished pop music from TPS is always welcome, this four-song EP feels a little scant by comparison, given the band's track record. (Don't worry: A full length is due by the year's end.)
The EP begins with a bang, as "Cherry Don't Quit" follows the formula of perpetual-motion music, but with a few new twists: The sawing strings give just the barest hint of baroque pop, and drummer Jeff Hess makes his vocal debut with the band. His voice gives an adenoidal but tuneful gruffness amid Jenn Malzone and Brian McClelland's more conventional harmonies. On the lead-off track, Hess proves an able pinchhitter on an already stacked lineup. Malzone and McClelland square off for the rest of the tracks, which contain some of same romantic snark as on the pair's work with Middle Class Fashion, albeit with more guitar, less piano and a lot more of McClelland's strong, high tenor. There are nuggets of pop bliss every 45 seconds on these overloaded songs -- note the Beach Boys-aping harmonies on "My Arm Hurts" -- but the formula-tinkering on "Cherry Don't Quit" is the real raison d'être for this little transmission."

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released April 6, 2013

MIXED AND MASTERED BY PAUL BORDEAUX
ALL SONGS BY TOM STEPHENS

Recorded 2011/2012 in St. Louis by Paul Bordeaux & Tom Stephens
at Paul's Boutique, Raccoon Trax, & The Lightning Ranch
Cherry strings by Brien Seyle
Band photos by Steve Nagy & Brian McClelland
Album art by Brian McClelland

TPS: PAUL BORDEAUX, JEFF HESS, JENN MALZONE, BRIAN MCCLELLAND, TOM STEPHENS

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