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Other People

by Young Man in a Hurry

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    "When we complain about music, what we are really complaining about is other people." - Kelefa Sanneh

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    "Sometimes, it can feel like we don’t have enough time or space for ourselves. We work hard, mind our health, our relationships, our activities, our beloved games of Checkers and Monopoly and Twister and what have you. But at day’s end, that’s it, buddy! One day blurs to the next, which blurs to the next, which blurs to…you get the damn point. Good lord, it just keeps going. We’re tired, our energy is out. And then…kaput! The great beyond. What we need to do to survive takes precedence over the unflawed ideal that we wish to be.

    And that’s where this Record comes in.

    The Record gives you the power to chart your own, special path to wellness. It is not designed for the performer. For who cares of the performer? The performer is simply a mass of ego, dysfunction, and nerves. Irrelevant to your life. This is for you, the wise and gentle listener. May it guide you to be a better person, the kind who gets knocked down and springs back up, as in that song by that old band who were secretly anarchists or something like that. The kind who, when insulted by an intimate, never blows his top, all red-faced and screamy, but rather regroups and very calmly says, “You have a point about my awful personal failings. I will now go work on them.”

    This Record is for you."

    -Jay Ruttenberg

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1.
Check ur ph 03:14
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Today you’re coming home I wanna check your phone You’ve been gone for so long I wanna check ur phone Will it be the first day or the last day? Oh, oh Will it be the first day or the last day when you are home? In bed and you just sleep the whole night through but tonight my head is bedhead Not the kind with messy hair just the kind of place with a ceiling and stare Will it be the first day or the last day? Will it be the last day or today cause you’re home And you’ve been so far for so long I wanna check your phone It’s on my to-do list It could ruin us but I’m grazing I’ve been ruined since the settled snow so easily fallen To mitigate the greenest jealousy I know that when it’s time to sleep Alone I’m gonna check that phone
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The Reasonable One 03:37
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It’s not a home without you here I’m breaking bones without you near While you’re wrapped up in a new internal atmosphere Forests await while you just let your two new fearless feet steer What about me? Where do I fit inside this new iteration of your red, white and blue heart? An old coast gone a new one rising With these friends you never have to hide Your permanent elated smile or your windproof light Your permanent elated smile or your windproof light It’s not a home without you here I’m breaking bones without you near While I’m tripped up in my old external atmosphere Payments await while I just let my fear-laced fumbled feet steer What about you? Where do you fit inside this old iteration of a red, white and blue heart? The coast is lost on the horizon Starstrung dreams that flit inside the ligh With these friends you never have to hide Your permanent elated smile or your windproof light Your permanent elated smile or your windproof light You are you are the reasonable one You are you are the reasonable one
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In the Spring 01:46
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In the spring I’ll take everything. Won’t you come with me. Just let yourself go. In the spring I’ll be anything. Wander come with me. Just let it all go. And you’re gone. You’re gone and you’re gone and you’re gone and you’re gone. You’re gone and you’re gone and you’re gone. In the spring I’ll do anything. Please get on with me. We can go. In the spring I want everything in your diamond ring. Just let yourself go.
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Heavenly Parking Spot 04:05
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It feels like heaven - it feels like heaven to fit in It’s a dream - it’s a dream to not be nervous A prayer just because I’m sad doesn’t mean it’s wrong God you are good - god you are good and I am in the middle It’s a dream - please put me where you’d have me, thank you A prayer just because I’m sad doesn’t mean it’s wrong A prayer just because I’m sad doesn’t mean it’s wrong It feels like heaven - it feels like heaven to fit in It’s a motherfucking dream - it’s a dream to not be nervous And god you are good - god you are good and I am in the motherfucking middle It’s a dream, dream, dream - please put me where you’d have me, thank you A prayer just because I’m sad doesn’t mean it’s wrong A prayer just because I’m sad Doesn’t mean it’s wrong
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In My Hands 05:13
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There is wind beneath my feet There is earth above my hair With everything around All I find myself is staring, staring Oh, Cosmopolitan Retrofitted for the day A steely string I sit upon while thoughts and leanings go astray A billion people to my right, countless motors on my side Breathable air so far away, but all I’m left with is wanting, wanting to stay Where does the future go? It’s wrapped up inside my watch Already moisture on its face Dropped it once and now it’s scarred I can’t hold on Haven’t even turned a TV on yet A million miles from anything I’ve already learned When will I stay in one place? I’m a meandering man with nothing in my hands I like it this way
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Nolita 01:38
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You're Nolita and I’m a señorita, I’m lost You're Nolita and I’m a señorita, I’m lost You're Nolita and I’m a señorita, I’m lost I’m right here and you’re over there, I’m lost I’m in one end, you’re on the other, I’m lost You’re Nolita and I’m a señorita, I’m lost
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Sputtering 05:18
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I’ve been broke for way too long Don’t even pay to keep the TV on Don’t ever think I’ll write another song What the fuck will I do without my job? They’ve been gone for way too long Out west for seven months with no flight to return My parents moved to California for their goddamn swan song What the fuck will I do without a job? She’s been gone for way too long Across Atlantic where there’s time to walk Out in Norway where you’re probably getting all your goddamn motherfucking shit on What the fuck will I do without a job? Just watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering Watch it spin around, oooooh Watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering Watch it spin around, oooooh Watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering Watch it spin around, oooooh Watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering, sputtering, sputtering, sputtering, sputtering I’ve been broke for way too long Fuck despite having a decent job I need to find a way to have a more well-paved inviting swan song I’ve been gone for way too long When will I find a family of my own Please just say it’s gonna happen when I choose to make decisions What the fuck will I do without my job? Just watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering Watch it spin around, oooooh Watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering Watch it spin around, oooooh Watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering Watch it spin around, oooooh Watch it spin around sputtering, sputtering, sputtering, sputtering, sputtering, sputtering

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"When we complain about music, what we are really complaining about is other people." - Kelefa Sanneh

From Lucky Bird PR:

"Other People is significantly more raw than the band's debut full-length Jarvis, released in 2020. Here, Baron trades his David Berman-esque warbles for a noisy, unrefined, stream-of-conscious style, sounding less like an emotional burst and more like the colorful reeling that follows.

The album was recorded live in-studio over two days with no overdubs. Producer Brian Deck shares, “YMIAH couldn't have made this record first, they hadn't been together long enough. Their personalities hadn't yet stewed into a cohesive thing, hadn't laid it on the line in clubs, hadn't gotten pissed off with each other and come out the other end still alive. That first album Jarvis is the best of what can happen when mature artists collaborate for the first time. But Other People is what Young Man In A Hurry sounds like.” Read the full bio here.

According to bandleader Matt Baron, the album title Other People holds a few different meanings—it's a reference to the new band lineup, an homage to all the people who have supported him, and an acknowledgement that people coming in and out of one's life is a necessary signal of forward motion.

But a more literal interpretation of the title could apply to Baron's vocal stylings on this album—different on each track through varied sonic treatments and affectations, as if the narrator for each tune is an alternate version of himself. Baron offers that this has been a helpful tool for him to navigate, express, 'cathart' and heal through emotional upheaval."

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released February 11, 2022

Matt Baron - vox/guitar
Nick Harris - bass
Meyer Horn - drums
David Taylor - guitar
Tselanie Townsend - vox
David Vandervelde - guitar

Recorded live in-studio at Narwhal Music in Chicago
Engineered and mixed by Brian Deck
Mastered by Greg Calbi

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Young Man in a Hurry Chicago, Illinois

Young Man in a Hurry reimagines the lo-fi sounds of their 80s and 90s youth, immersing listeners in a postmodern millennial séance.

If you’ve made it this far: YMIAH is a rotating cast of middle-aged people playing indie rock in Chicago. Their story is nothing special, but if you take time to listen, they’re actually pretty good. ... more

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