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Hibernus

by Rswll

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    The Sabotage Montage on tape, containing all four Quadrants:

    • Vernus
    • Estivus
    • Autumnus
    • Hibernus

    Packaging, pad print artwork and slipcase designed by Rswll. This special release is limited to only 96 copies and will not be reproduced. Each copy is numbered in black Sharpie by Rswll's hand.

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    - Wrapped in a Double Cassette Slipcase (w/ Thumbholes)
    - Clear Cassette with Metallic Red Liner
    - Super Ferro Normal-Bias Tape
    - Unique Pad Prints on Each Side of the Cassettes
    - Professionally Real-Time Duplicated

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  • Full Digital Discography

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of 2019, POSSESS YOURSELF!, Hibernus, Autumnus, Estivus, The SABOTAGE MONTAGE, Vernus, How I learned to love the bomb., and 4 more. , and , .

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1.
#newyearknewme 03:54
lyrics
I made another friend today Oh, it hurts, I know Loving all the shit he says This could worsen, though I guess I’ve made it far; I’m never sure Oh it hurts, I know Winter in the park where I met you first This could worsen, though ‘Cause the new year knew me Better than really anybody Everybody’s hurting and searching Chasing our tails around Against again Against again Against again Again Against again Against again Against again... Don’t tell my friends ‘bout the fiends I feed Oh, it hurts, I know These deeds I’ve done, all of which I won’t speak This could worsen though Leave the windows open and I nap through the noon Yeah, it hurts, I know Let the cold wind tint my olive skin blue This could worsen though Because the new year knew me Better than really anybody Everybody’s hurting and searching Chasing our tails around The new year knew me Better than really anybody Are we undeserving, hunting the perfect? Chasing our tails around Against again Against again Against again Again Against again Against again, Against again, again Again, again, again We’re skin to skin You and me Happy as we could be Could it be? We’re skin to skin You and me Happy as we’ll ever be Which unfortunately Is not very much (Some people are born fucked)
2.
aquarium 05:02
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(Some people are born fucked) Nihilistic prayers Float away in little bubbles Slow mo waltzing away From your truh-uh-uh-oubles Skinful of the frippery, sunken in the misery Sulking in a silly sea o’ silver screen insolvency Oh, please Must that really be me? What if there’s no ocean For a shark like me? When the seas are losing fish Who cares if I’m free? See him from a distance Bumping into glass wa-ah-ah-ah-alls Riveted by rivers Secretly a waterfa-ah-ah-ah-all This Solipsistic Narcissus Fishing for a death wish Swishing in a silly sea o’ silver screen insolvency Oh, dear, must that really be me? What if there’s no ocean For a shark like me? When the seas are losing fish Who cares, who cares if I’m free? What if there’s no ocean For a shark like me? When the seas are losing dolphins Who cares if I’m free?
 Oh, I don’t know how I could live again Swim up to the surface, the end No, I don’t know if I should live again Swim up to the surface, the end What if there’s no ocean For a shark like me? When the seas are losing fish Who cares, who cares if I’m free? Oh, what if there’s no ocean For a shark like me, me, me, me, me? When the seas are losing dolphins Who gives a fuck if I’m free? Aquarium baby Am I now a memory? Aquarium baby Chasing immortality Aquarium baby Is this all I’ll ever be? Aquarium baby Is this all I’ll ever be? Aquarium baby Don’t you wanna be free? Aquarium baby Do you wanna be free? (‘Cause you could be You could be You’re still here But you could disappear)
3.
YVR (1000 summers) 03:37
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I really shouldn’t be here Can’t afford this seat on the plane Do I deserve this view? Unsure how I feel when he calls my name Maybe I can write myself a happy ending Use a superpower for good Maybe I can stop pretending, settle in Like I dreaded I would, so I might let a good thing grow I might let a good thing go, let it pass I might let a good one grow I might let a good one go last Had a good cry And my bank account broke Oh no, caught it all on video Bald eagle in the sky And my camera broke I’ll get over it, though Eh, want it all on video Oh, I’ll get over it though Eh, want it all on video Oh, I’ll get over it, I know For a thousand dollars I could cross the sky For a thousand summers I could make him mine For a thousand dollars I could say goodbye For a thousand summers I could change my mind (Mine) Yeah, immortality made me crazy Obsessing with legacy I don’t give it legs these days I’m acing, wavy Finding myself somewhere else A cliché maybe Grateful I can see myself, though No ghost, a little hope so I might let a good thing grow I might let a good thing go, let it pass (Let it pass!) I might let a good one grow I might let a good one go last Had a good cry And my bank account broke Oh no, caught it all on video Bald eagle in the sky And my camera broke I’ll get over it, though Eh, want it all on video Oh, I’ll get over it though Eh, want it all on video Oh, I’ll get over it, I know For a thousand dollars I could cross the sky For a thousand summers I could make him mine For a thousand dollars I could say goodbye For a thousand summers I could change my mind (Mine Mine My, my Mine)
4.
gatorskins 03:39
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(I’m a bad, bad, bad, bad person But I can sublimate me) Ten years of therapy in little squares Diamonds, dug out my debonair Hard to believe I was always there And yes, it hurts, I know I was given shoes in which I ran From two left feet, but I’m throwing hands Up in the air with all my plans So this could worsen though I could lay my life down, say I’ve had enough But I re-up on the armour when I swan along the bluff ‘Cause, ‘morrow I might snuff it, but I’ll just keep it light Know my legs are mega dead; I’m still picking up this bike ‘cause I fell off for a year or five Maybe wasted time Made a wrong in every right I could lie, feign my own backslide Though I’m feeling fine I hold these bars too tight But I’m pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Easy to boast I’ll swim to shore Or hopscotch bop to the ocean’s floor Ten years of therapy I can’t afford And yes, it hurts, I know So I only wear shoes in which I’ll dance I triple-knot laces in a trance Still I’m struggling to command, but This could worsen though Albatross haloing my head like a crown now I don’t need to spin out, I just loop the loop, wow Hit the ground but I hit it running for my life And they stole my fucking wheels, but I’m still picking up the bike, yeah! I fell off for a year or five Maybe wasted time Made a wrong in every right I could lie, feign my own backslide Though I’m feeling fine I hold these bars too tight But I’m pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down I’ll fall off for a year or five Maybe waste my time Make a wrong in every right I won’t hide nor fake a careworn smile Though I’m feeling fine I’ll hold these bars too tight Still pedalling, pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Pedalling, I’m pedalling down Yeah
5.
lunatic 04:29
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Was a prince of a playpen Landlocked arrogant Castled in a corner Courting bores and a mortgage Snorting coke and ketamine On a morbid, torrid Christmas Eve Cavort to twigs in a stranger’s bed All I ever scored, I now regret But, hey, I liked the game And, hey, at least I played Caught with the flotsam Knew I’d never be a better man Crucified conscience Vomiting nonsense Shaking hands with a vice’s grip Proffered parting gifts as party trick I burned my heart beside his bed All I’ve ever loved I soon forget But, hey, I was in pain And, hey, I’m not ashamed A lunatic puzzler Watching his self suffer Rolling my eyes at my reflection Yeah, we’re cool Thought it was a given Genetic determinism Has writ my death so I lost the plot All I ever fear is all I’ve got But, hey, I tried to change And, hey, I’m still afraid (Hey, yeah, I shape the maze) I hate how love subsists My greatest gracelessness I wasted all my wits on these Death wishes, death wishes Hate how love subsists My greatest gracelessness I wasted all my wits on these Death wishes, death wishes Death wishes, death wishes Death But, hey, yeah It’s just a phase And, hey, yeah I shape this maze Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah I’m still amazed Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah I’m still amazed
6.
determinism 06:07
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Shouted Love till I bent the meaning Ended up cheapening pent feeling Tore it down in the name of freedom So once again I guess I’m bleeding New friends wear familiar faces So I outgrow and dwarf ‘em shamelessly Or then I blackout when I fear the stasis Yet I wake to curate mistakes so I’m better off creating the space to Breakdown! Knockout every memory Burn down all the greenery The guardin’ of my heartbeat I’m gonna flatline Claw out all my old designs Smoke out every lifeline By bible or biology That self-destructive palmistry All the shit that happened before Know it hurts, but I don’t keep score anymore What for? Eye for eye and shame for shame Let’s lay the blame on surnames You’re not a stone sunken in the river And I’m not a ripple of a pebble, I’m a swimmer So I won’t waste my days Fencing my own emotions Blow my heart apart We’ll throw confetti on the quotient and Breakdown! Knockout every memory Burn down all the greenery The guardin’ of my heartbeat I’m gonna flatline Drumming with sticks of dynamite tonight Syncopating lifetimes Alchemy or chemistry That self-destructive ecstasy And maybe I must have hurt me
And maybe I still deserve it Well, at least I’ve earned this I’ve earned this I’ve earned this I’ve earned to Breakdown! Knockout every memory Burn down all the greenery The guardin’ of my heartbeat I’m gonna flatline Leave my prophetess behind She’s forgiven but not divine Let’s welcome in what’s after me and That self-destructive rhapsody And maybe I’ve let them hurt me
And maybe I did not deserve it Well, at least I’m learning I’m learning I’m learning I’m learning I’m learning
7.
fucked 05:00
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(Some people are born fucked) I lost my phone on the bike ride home Spent twenty minutes trying to find it though Lost my love on a Friday night Spent two years trying to get me right Lost my job and my routine plans Shrugging it off, just the way I am Eyes so brown like the Winter trees Spent too long trying to grow ‘em green Sign on the bus with the broken O Says 31F Georgetown GO I’m unlucky but at least I know (Some people are born fucked) 31F Georgetown GO All I am, that I am doing now Will not fix what’s happened or how No, no, no All I’ve done or decided back then Is no excuse for what’s happening Has no control on what’s happening! Sign on the bus with the broken O Says 31F Georgetown GO Yeah, I’m unlucky but at least I know Some people are born... 31 Fuck that, I'm going home (Sign on the bus with the broken O Says 31F Georgetown GO I’m unlucky but at least I know 31F Georgetown GO!) Never could get that little halo Guess it’s time I just let it go
8.
Optimism 04:01
lyrics
Don’t know what you’ve been thinking You’re searching Ive gone missing Voicemail on my phone Reminds me Im a home Created space like hobby Ive turned us into astronomy Far out you saw me sinking Still, you’re coming close Well you can call me in the night Find me everyday Ill be waiting up with something to say Show you where it hurts Tell me how you’ve grown We can pass time to feel less alone Never is enough Hold it till its gone Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt me Never is enough Hold me till Im gone Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt at all All distance is collapsible Just menu bars on a webpage I reach out pull you through the squall We recall Call me in the night Find me everyday I’ll be waiting up with nothing to say Show me all you’ve learned Tell you where I’ve flown We can waste time to feel less alone Never is enough Hold it till its gone Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt me Never is enough Hold me till I’m gone Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt at all Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt at all Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt at all Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt at all Some goddam kindness wouldn’t hurt at all

about

“Hibernus” is the fourth Quadrant of ‘The Sabotage Montage’ tetralogy.

'The Sabotage Montage' is informed by a cornucopia of styles: the dynamism of classical music; the roughly hewn, DIY ethos of punk; the rhythms and cadences of hip-hop and R&B; the meticulous studio programming of neurotic electronica.

None of this would float without the buoyant pop hooks lending levity to Rswll's otherwise grim subject matter. Rswll frames his vignettes of drug abuse, suicidal ideation, and debilitating isolation with colourful melodies and a sardonic humour. As an autobiographical lyricist, uncomfortable intimacy is his focal goal.

Given patience and an attentive ear, the project's internal logic rewards in spades: both lyrics and sounds allude to psychic bruises and unresolved guilt as Rswll's narrator develops, as heralded themes soon overstay their welcome.

But this deeper reading is hardly demanded. On the surface, these are sturdy pop gems built for headphone-listening, for introverts flailing alone in bedrooms, for laughing, wailing, singing along.

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released December 19, 2021

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