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My Memories are 1s and 0s // Chinese American

by UT Kirin

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well I've got two pieces of guitar  and when I carve up their insides  they will cry a stream of tears  of lysergic acid diethylemide  taking pictures of the bride  for the wedding in july  cutting holes out of the eyes  it's on the desk while I reply:  “yes we've only got 108 likes and no IG  but this part where the guitars all run sideways is so OP” I can't remember when I didn't need the internet to see  my memories are 1s and 0s brought to life by LEDs  it's 2012 again, 538 is 92% sure that Barack is gonna win  while I'm enrolled in 16 credit hours a week  a double major in faking it and wordpress social commentary by 9PM the screen of my 13” macbook pro will become my enemy the webpage sidebar’s sponsored headlines are killing me oh every night they’re killing me by 10PM the screen of my 13” macbook pro will become my enemy the webpage sidebar’s sponsored headlines are killing me oh every night they’re killing me by 11PM the screen of my 13” macbook pro will become my enemy the webpage sidebar’s sponsored headlines are killing me oh every night they’re killing me by 12AM the screen of my 13” macbook pro will become my enemy the webpage sidebar’s sponsored headlines are surreal and horrifying and fucking killing me
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Girl in the Yale sweater Why did you come out to contra costa? Was it the warmer than average weather Or cause New Haven's as dry as Sonoma I don't doubt you I'd just like to know about you Was your father a wealthy wall street investor? Takes the train in at quarter to seven Sister's a senior in kappa kappa You weren't about that, preferred marijuana Backpack with frayed straps Headphones on Telegraph What's in your ears? "Trans-era death cab" Sixteen was rough but now you're in sixteen Hours of french literature and art history Protests made headlines and smoke But you didn't go Rather speak on the phone to your folks back at home In Chinese American The west coast is rich with violins But you had to quit cause you were too violent You were a riot Your great grandfather was payed by the mile Lined Vanderbilt's pockets and lined up to die in the desert So who had it better? Girl in the Yale sweater I never saw you in the spring semester I hope that Pascal and pastells weren't too stressful I choose to believe you're abroad a la rive gauche

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This is a double single. My Memories was a song I started writing in March of 2018, the first new music I started working on after Lose Your Pacific Dreams. I remember driving back to Davis from the bay area and working through the lyrics in my head, trying to find the right way to word what I was trying to say about the internet, and landed on the line 'I can't remember when I didn't need the internet to see // my memories are 1s and 0s brought to life by LEDs', which I've always been very happy with. I made progress into the summer, then put it on the back burner for a year, and then finally finished it last fall. It's most certainly the most hours/effort put into a single UT Kirin song, and maybe marks a slight change in direction for the project.

Chinese American is actually a song from the first UT Kirin album, SF Is Fine, that we rerecorded with the full band in a studio (the only UT Kirin track ever recorded outside my own apartment) in October 2017, right after I started my job in Oakland. I'm really happy with how organic and analog it sounds, relative to most other UTK music.

Guitar, violin and harmonies by David Seo, bass by Nicholas Troughton, and drums by Kevin Coleman on 'Chinese American', all other music, mixing and production by HR Huber Rodriguez. Mastered by Joe Lambert.

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released April 4, 2020

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