Pillow and Blankey

by The Wimps

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1.	Mary 02:39	lyrics	buy track
Mary Between you and me I’m bad At knowing how to bleed I can’t Get to know my pain I always wanna run And get on a plane But it’s the running that wounds I break a wrist tryin’ to catch my fall My fix is my tomb When I’m actin’ like a basketball And though it hurts I’m trying not to make it worse Sowing it up too soon Mary Promise me When I’m wanting out You’re gonna hide that key ’Cause it’s the running that wounds I break a wrist tryin’ to catch my fall My fix is my tomb When I’m actin’ like a basketball And though it hurts I’m trying not to make it worse Sowing it up too soon
2.	Jamie 02:36	lyrics	buy track
Jamie I’m wasting light Dicking ’round and chasing after every night I’m moving through Are you? Are you? Don’t wanna want no more When I do it’s just a door behind the door I’m moving through How about you? Are you? Another star And how are you keeping track? Another scar Aw Jamie, I’m trying to be done with that Are you? Are you? Are you? Are you?
3.	Natalie 03:22	lyrics	buy track
Another shift on the ship Planet Earth Another twist of the wrist Along a curve I’m frayed, I’m spent The days weigh a ton I never meant To be here this long Natalie Do you wanna go? When I leave Sometimes the pain don’t follow Man it’s weird Party makes me feel awful It’s a gift But I’m tired of being grateful It came and went It won’t be gone long I never meant To be here Hold my hand ’til I get home and tuck me into bed Pay the Uber, feed me cake, and hit me on the head Hold my hand ’til I get home and tuck me into bed Pay the Uber, feed me cake, and hit me on the head Hold my hand ’til I get home and tuck me into bed Pay the Uber, feed me cake, and hit me on the head
4.	Continuity Error 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Man I’m moving strangely Nothing’s coming naturally Wrong way down a one way car Grizzly bear on a rooftop bar I’ve been driving this thing all over town Putting lines in my mouth Cowboy, fool, villain, aw Or crying clown I wanna ring true I just ring out Tell me how it’s supposed to be And I’ll tell you all the ways I disagree Aw Sam, it was never that tidy We were never on a ride I’ve been driving this thing all over town Putting lines in my mouth Cowboy, fool, villain, aw Or crying clown I wanna ring true I just ring out
5.	Naptime 03:33	lyrics	buy track
3pm I’m calling it a night Seems the ends ain’t lining up right Maybe I try too hard Maybe I’m overdefined But in no time In no time at all I’ll be coming up empty Where I don’t know worry And I can’t be late when there’s no Time at all I’m be coming up empty Slipping out of the line In no time Long before I had my mind uptight On the floor I had my answer right So play me out of here Lullaby me bye bye And in no time In no time at all I’ll be coming up empty Where I don’t know worry And I can’t be late when there’s no Time at all I’m be coming up empty Slipping out of my mind All I am is light and heat Breaking up and recombining Coming up against the ceiling Don’t take me from this feeling All I am is light and heat Breaking up and recombining Coming up against the ceiling I don’t wanna wake up from this Time at all I’ll be coming up empty Where I don’t know worry And I can’t be late when there’s no Time at all I’m be coming up empty
6.	Great White Shark 03:50	lyrics	buy track
I write a note to myself A little fear or doubt I stick it in a drawer I’ve filled a couple floors I write a note to myself A pang, a twitch, a slight I wear ’em ’round my neck Don’t take ’em off at night Don’t let it kill you Don’t let it kill you Don’t let it kill you Before it kills you Don’t let it kill you Don’t let it kill you Don’t let it kill you Before it kills you Hike my rent Accident Great White Shark in the pool Oven’s on Heard me wrong Great White Shark in the pool Paper due Misconstrue Great White Shark in the pool Oven’s on I think you heard me wrong Great White Shark John, you oughta take it easy Don’t let it kill you John, you oughta take it easy Before it kills you John, you oughta take it easy Don’t let it kill you John, you oughta take it easy
7.	Jacket 04:24	lyrics	buy track
Katie says that you’ve been changing Taking trash out Painting walls When I asked you if you’re moving You said, “no I’m not leaving But I’m gone.” You took off your jacket, said “take it ’Cause it don’t fit anymore” You’re giving pieces of the old life out I guess no one ever burns it down And if you never come around that’s fine Katie says you’re growing whiskers Bet you and the cat Look even more alike I just hope you’re doing better Starting over On number nine Holes in my sneakers are deeper But I won’t throw them out I’m keeping pieces of the old life ’round Man I swear that record just came out But you know better than to wear a groove Man I sweat that record just came out But you know better than to wear a groove down
8.	Scares Me 03:08	lyrics	buy track
I don’t know How you’re gonna paint I don’t know You could take your line a million ways I don’t know What’s gonna happen to us All I know Is I’ll be grateful that I knew us And sometimes it scares me Talk me out of mind And then it prepares me Can’t hold placehold time And sometimes it scares me I don’t know What I’m adding up to I don’t know A little messier than two plus two And even though I know you don’t belong to me I don’t know Somehow I gotta keep relearning And sometimes it scares me Talk me out of mind And then it prepares me Can’t hold placehold time And sometimes it scares me Talk me out of mind And then it prepares me Can’t hold placehold time And sometimes it scares me

about

Life is exhausting right now. It seems like if it ain’t melting down, it’s shattering into pieces.

Like nearly everyone else, the pandemic upended The Wimps’ lives. Billy’s work for film and tv came to a halt. Eric and Ralph had to learn how to teach their elementary school music classes from home. Brent moved to a small town out in the Shenandoah Valley. There was no shortage of stress.

The best medicine was coming together — often virtually — and making a bunch of songs. Some of these “QUARRANTRAX” felt like counterbalances to the sadness and seriousness of the world. Those songs became Pillow and Blankey.

P&B is eight songs-like-singles that are lighthearted, but not half-hearted. They don’t deny heaviness, but help show that it exists alongside friendship and impermanence.
Some songs are warm comfort & some are cold comfort, just like both sides of the pillow.

There’s a lot of world out there to face. The Wimps hope you do it with a good night’s sleep.

credits

released December 2, 2021

All songs written, arranged, and produced by The Wimps.

Brent McCormick — Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics
Eric Godsey — Drums, BG Vocals, Synths, Percussion, Guitar
Fitzhugh Ralph Mason — Bass, BG Vocals
Billy Bacci — Keys, BG Vocals, Synths

Engineered and mixed by Mitch Clem at Go West Recording Studio
Mastered by Allen Bergendahl at Viking Recording
Photography by Katie Condon
Album Art by Brent McCormick

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The Wimps Richmond, Virginia

The Wimps wear suspenders and play rock and roll. The four-piece play their peculiar and soulful indie rock in and around Richmond, Virginia.

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Pillow and Blankey

Dec 2021
To Be Known

Dec 2020
Plasma

Aug 2019
Reel Whirl

Jul 2017
The Wimps

Apr 2016
Noise

Aug 2019
Good Medicine

Jul 2019
Sheep

Jun 2019

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