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In My Hands

from 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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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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from Other People, released February 11, 2022

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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.
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