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Unconditional Love In Hi​-​Fi

by miesha & the spanks

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1.
necwiyéwt 00:23
"I am deeply sorry. Sorry for the ways in which, regrettably, many Christians supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the Indigenous peoples"
2.
Dig Me Out 03:08
DIG ME OUT OF THIS SHALLOW PIT DIG ANY DEEPER I WON’T GET OUT OF IT I GET IT I GET IT AND I CAN’T LOOK AWAY I GET IT I GET IT IT JUST PULLS ME LIKE A TRIGGER, BABY! LIGHTNING HITS ME I CANT SEE BURNING UP I GOT NO RELIEF WAKE ME UP FROM THIS FEVER DREAM CAUSE I CANT LOOK AT THE PAGES DIG ME OUT, ITS WHAT THEY’D SAY DIDN’T WANNA BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERYWHERE I LOOK IT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME EVERYWHERE I LOOK THEY’RE STARING BACK AT ME IT PULLS ME LIKE A TRIGGER, BABY! LIGHTNING HITS ME I CANT SEE BURNING UP I GOT NO RELIEF WAKE ME UP FROM THIS FEVER DREAM CAUSE I CANT LOOK AT THE PAGES DIG ME OUT, IS WHAT THEY’D SAY DIG ME OUT, DIG ME OUT, IS WHAT THEY’D SAY EVERYBODY’S WAITING FOR THE MAN TO SAY SORRY HOLD MY BREATH WHILE THERE’S STILL BREATH TO HOLD FOR APOLOGIES (DIG ME OUT) I THINK I WANNA LOSE CONTROL (DIG ME OUT) I THINK I WANNA LOSE CONTROL (DIG ME OUT) I THINK I WANNA LOSE CONTROL DIG ME OUT IS WHAT THEY’D SAY PLEASE JUST MAKE IT GO AWAY DIG ME OUT IS WHAT I NEED, I NEED EVERYONE TO SEE DIG ME OUT
3.
So Mad 03:00
Give me a reason Commit a treason Can’t take the turnin’ of this season Give me a reason Not to explode Go ask your mama Get on the phone Think you wanna Walk home alone? Better weaponize Something you own You think we ask for this That this makes sense? You make my shit list Give you the business I got something to prove I got nothing to lose I got something to prove I got nothing to lose I’m so mad I’m so mad I’m so mad I’m so mad Got something to prove alright uh huh Take away my body Take away my choice Save me from myself Myself is just making it worse Keep telling me to calm down Keep telling me to smile Keep telling me to calm down You’re gonna find out - Oh I got a ch ch chip on my shoulder uh huh Oh I got a ch ch chip on my shoulder uh huh I got something to prove I got nothing to lose I got something to prove I got nothing to lose I’m so mad I’m so mad I’m so mad I’m so mad Got something to prove alright uh huh I’m so mad! It’ll be another hundred years before we get it right, alright? Just give me a reason I got something to prove I got nothing to lose I got something to prove I got nothing to lose I’m so mad I’m so mad I’m so mad I’m so mad Got something to prove alright uh huh
4.
Bully 03:26
You don’t know me You don’t like me I been reading What you’re writing At 4am you got a lot to say On a social media page I can’t reason with you I can’t reason with you I guess that’s why, you’re irrelevant I guess that’s why, nobody cares what you say GATEKEEPER! YOU DONT DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER! YOU DONT DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! Famous artist Or famous asshole Heard someone call you creepy uncle ___ That doesn’t matter Why would we knock each other down? Is every neechie for themselves? That’s not what I was taught Thats not what I was taught It makes me so mad Gets me so sad I can’t believe what I am hearing I can’t believe what I am seeing When I am looking in the mirror You got me doubting what I see Is that an NDN? NDN enough? Am I enough? I guess that’s why I kept my mouth shut I guess that’s why it’s so hard not to care what you say GATEKEEPER! YOU DON’T DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER! YOU DON’T DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! What happened to power in the blood? I thought we shared it. What happened to power in the blood? I thought we shared it. What happened to power in the blood? I thought we shared it. What happened to power in the blood? I thought we shared it. I won’t be bullied by you I won’t be bullied by you There’s power in the blood I can feel it Yeah there’s power in my blood, I can feel it There’s power in my blood - GATEKEEPER! YOU DON’T DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER! YOU DON’T DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER! YOU DON’T DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER! YOU DON’T DECIDE! NO GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER! GATEKEEPER!
5.
I Can't Wait 03:03
I guess it takes a wrecking ball to break the walls down around you Before I give it all I’ve got Baby just tell me what to do Cause I can’t wait No I can’t wait I can’t wait I got a lot that I want and I wanna get it all, yeah Oh, don’t let the summer get away Oh, don’t let the summer get away Not good with just good enough Not happy with “happy to just be here” I want it all, is that alright? So tired of fucking up cause I already know That I can’t wait I can’t wait I can’t wait I got a lot that I want and I wanna get it all Oh, before the summer gets away Oh, don’t let the summer get away Don’t let it, don’t let it, don’t let it get away I wanna get it, I wanna get it get it Don’t let it, don’t let it go Oh, don’t let the summer get away Oh, don’t let the summer get away Oh, before the summer gets away Oh, don’t let the summer get away
6.
It's My Year 02:55
No one I want to be friends with Wants to be friends with me I’m fun I’m tough I’m weird enough Why can’t they see? Well I won’t carry myself heavy around town No I won’t carry myself heavy around town CAUSE IT’S MY YEAR IT’S MY YEAR WON’T LET ‘EM GET ME DOWN OH NO I’M TELLING YOU THAT IT’S MY YEAR CAUSE IT’S MY YEAR IT’S MY YEAR WON’T LET ‘EM GET ME DOWN OH NO I’M TELLING YOU THAT IT’S MY YEAR My aunty said girls are not like this, so why is it like this? My aunty said girls are not like this, so why is it like this? IT’S MY YEAR IT’S MY YEAR I GOT BIG PLANS, PLANS TO MAKE A BIG MOVE TO IT’S MY YEAR IT’S MY YEAR I GOT BIG PLANS, PLANS TO MAKE A BIG MOVE TO No I will not stand in my way No I will not stand in my way I wanna see some change I got a feeling that I won’t if I stay I got big ideas that I wanna break Got con sneakers and denim on too Snakes on my fingers I’m making mixed tapes I’ll get out of this town whatever it takes IT’S MY YEAR IT’S MY YEAR MY YEAR MY YEAR I GOT THIS FEELING AND IT MAKES ME WANNA MOVE MOVE MOVE IT’S MY YEAR IT’S MY YEAR MY YEAR MY YEAR I GOT THIS FEELING AND IT MAKES ME WANNA MOVE MOVE MOVE I GOT THIS FEELING AND IT MAKES ME WANNA MOVE MOVE MOVE I GOT THIS FEELING AND IT MAKES ME WANNA MOVE MOVE MOVE I GOT THIS FEELING AND IT’S TELLING ME THAT IT’S MY YEAR
7.
qwemíns 00:20
8.
GRLSROK 03:05
I was a girl dressed like a boy dressed like a sexy girl Needed to learn the words to every song from Very Necessary Yeah it was very necessary to me I thought I wanted to be stronger more like one of the boys I turned it up a little louder started making some noise Then I knew, yeah then I knew just how strong I could be Let me tell you what that means to me… THE GIRLS ARE OK, OK, THE GIRLS ARE OK
9.
I’m always moving slow Maybe you didn’t know Pretend I’m moving fast, like wind is at my back Like I got somewhere to go Maybe it’s all a show Maybe you didn’t know Pretend I’m moving fast, like I just c-c-can’t I just can’t let it go I’m so young My heart is on fire It’s the best thing ever happened to me Best thing ever happened I’m so young My heart is on fire It’s the best thing ever happened to me Best thing ever happened So many feelings bubbling up inside I can’t contain them I am busting at the seems of my skinny black jeans I wanna scream I wanna scream I wanna scream That I don’t know who I am I don’t know who I am or what I’m doing So many feelings bubbling up inside I tried to act like I was I was in control I tried to get a hold I really tried I really tried Makes me wanna do things I never would Now I’m doing things I never would I’m so young My heart is on fire It’s the best thing ever happened to me Best thing ever happened I’m so young My heart is on fire It’s the best thing ever happened to me Best thing ever happened I don’t wanna fight this feeling! It tells me everything I need is in my reach right now I don’t wanna fight this feeling! It tells me everything I need is in my reach right now I’m so young My heart is on fire I’m so young My heart is on fire I’m so young My heart is on fire It’s the best thing ever happened to me Best thing ever happened Best thing ever happened I’m so young
10.
Bear Kids 04:03
September 19 2005 The last day my dad was alive, I think Woke up on a band room floor On tour in Vancouver A knock at the door I had no cell phone “Your father is missing.” He was working outside of his lands North of the secwepemc’u’lecw On his way home to my mother One flat tire 7km back to camp One meme7 r skemcis Two skemcesíselt One meme7 r skemcis Two skemcesíselt … Xyum I WAS 21 WHEN YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME I WAS 21 WHEN YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME Many years later skemcis visited me By a cold clear river The same one I think where my dad called my mom to say Hey handsome. I’m gonna see you soon. Skemcis visited me up paradise Passed toby creek and the pink fireweed And she said to me Me7 kecstin tek stem I will give you something Me7 kecstin tek stem I said kuckstétsme Kuckstétsme skemcis Give it to me Give it to me, bear MADE MY EGG SPLIT IN TWO I'VE GOT BEAR KIDS JUST LIKE YOU MADE MY EGG SPLIT IN TWO I'VE GOT BEAR KIDS JUST LIKE YOU That was Grizzly’s gift to me Two cubs for my father That was Grizzly’s gift to me Two cubs for my father
11.
s7elkst 01:05
12.
Working Baby I’m always working It’s p-p-piling up Working Put in my time time time and again Better get back to Working Baby I’m always Working It’s p-p-piling up Working Baby I’m always working OH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Be a good mama Keep a career Make time for your love Make time for yourself Make time for your love Make time make time OH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Be a good mama Make time make time Be a good mama Keep a career Make time for your love Make time for yourself Make time for your love Make time make time OH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
13.
teksel7ílt 00:11
14.
No change - thought it could be normal by now I rearrange my sleep, what I eat, I don’t mess around I want my body back, I want my body back Moving day to day unironically you can find me in my - MOM JEANS NANANANA… They tell you it’s gonna change, tell you that it’s gonna change But that’s not enough My eyes are older, wiser? Tireder, wilder, falling off my face Yeah, It gets so tough But the heart beats beats beats next to mine beats beats beats And I can feel it in my guts Something fierce something strong like I would give it alL Just to feel it, in my - MOM GENES NANANANA… Huh Hoo Uh Hoo Uh Hoo Uh Mom genes for the babe who won’t sleep at night Nananana Mom genes for the kid who wants to put up another fight Nananana Mom genes for the mom times that we’ve lost Nananana Mom jeans for the mom bod that I’ve got
15.
I Was Gonna 01:42
I was gonna buy a house in the city Get a real job Keep my garden real pretty, but - I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I was gonna finish university Write my first real novel Get on a plane to Berlin, but - I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I was gonna, oooooh I was gonna, oooooh I was gonna, oooooh I was gonna, oooooh I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I was gonna save for a summer vacation, but - I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I was gonna get my learner’s license to help out Sean, but - I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I was gonna go to bed by 10 - I was gonna text you back - I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA I WAS GONNA Weren’t we going to hire a bass player? Heck no we were never gonna!

credits

released April 14, 2023

All songs written and performed by Miesha and The Spanks
All songs produced by Daniel Farrant + Paul Rawson
All songs mixed by Paul Rawson
Additional mixing by Eds John at Apple Acre Studios (UK)
All songs mastered by Noah Mintz, Lacquer Channel Mastering (Toronto ON)

‘Dig Me Out’ + ‘I Can’t Wait’ recorded at Brighton Electric Studios (Brighton UK), Recording Engineer Tom Bjorn

‘It’s My Year,’ ‘Bully,’ ‘GRLSROK,’ + ‘Heart Is On Fire’ recorded at National Music Centre (Calgary AB), Recording Engineer Eric Cinnamon

‘So Mad,’ ‘Bear Kids,’ ‘Enough Is Enough,’ ‘Mon Jeans // Mom Genes,’ + ‘I Was Gonna’ recorded at OCL Studios (Chestermere AB), Recording Engineer Josh Gwilliam

Additional instrumentation on all tracks by Daniel Farrant + Paul Rawson

Gang vocals on ‘GRLSROK’ by Dib Dooley, Tuula Gould, Cricket Gould, Aliyah Elkadri,
Georgia Spring

Jingle Dancing on ‘Bear Kids’ performed by Sherry Woods

qwemíns interview on CJSW’s Local Singles as part of Girls Rock Camp Calgary 2022, Sami Parker + Cricket Gould

We acknowledge the support of the Province of Alberta through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

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