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Greg Mendez

by Greg Mendez

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arc_curly I love this album so much. I hope to see his show in Japan someday.
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ethanm_18 This album has lived in the back of my brain since I first heard it. Brings a simple experimentation to indie that I can't put my finger on but I can't get enough of. Favorite track: Hoping You're Doing Okay.
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irocaboca i love every track on this album to death. has a nostalgic and sad feel, but not bawl your eyes out sad. that lonely aching sadness that makes you wish things were different. Favorite track: Goodbye / Trouble.
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bkjolley hard to choose a fav but this is the one I revisit the most. "my auntie let us in her name was Mendez/ no relation"is a criminally underrated line. I will look back on this album as the one that defined my 2023. thank you greg Favorite track: Maria.
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1.
Picking up the things you left, I never thought I’d be so upset about every time you told me you don’t ever wanna see me again I don’t mind if you stay tonight it’s just another promise you never meant like all those times you told me you don’t ever wanna see me again and then “I love you and you’ll always be my friend” I tried to play by your rules but you’ve been making them up as you go though I tried, you told me you don’t ever wanna see me again and then “I love you and you’ll always be my friend” I love you and you’ll always be my friend
2.
If you wanna be caught in some shark’s mouth spill a bucket of blood in the water or take the Chinatown down to your old house and spend a lonely night up with your father He’ll deck the halls with blood red and gold you never felt so scared to be alone til now
3.
Cop Caller 02:49
I know you’re scheming again tonight but you’re sincerely upset so I ask you what you want but the late night stores don’t keep it stocked Woke up to sweetness and then he tried some “call the police” shit again but I couldn’t make the call cause there’s something that always makes me stop Woke up to sweetness again
4.
Maria 01:58
Everytime you say you wanna know me I get anxious cause I would probably tell you about some dumb shit “you wanna hear this story about the time we got arrested at a crack den? My auntie let us in her name was Mendez, no relation Krys and I jumped out the bathroom window when they came in Krys and I came crashing out the window, but they were waiting Earlier that day we were both clean but then somebody said, ‘Come back to me because it’s easy Come back to me, I’ll make you happy Come back to me and I will make it easy Come back to me because I’m wrong’”
5.
goodbye, Skinny told you “You don’t know me til I say I know you” goodbye, beneath the bleachers $60 for your metal t-shirt goodbye, goodbye Hand on your throat you bet til you choke and it’s hell til you fold goodbye, did it make it stop when you chained that pack of cigarettes and copped? goodbye, he said “I can’t ignore you, I’ve been trying but I still adore you“ goodbye, goodbye Hand on your throat you bet til you choke and it’s hell til you fold You took an L round Union Square I never thought that I would find you there while I was waiting for the sound of god or any other who could tell me I’m wrong I took a wallet chain to the head you didn’t notice but I’ll never forget how you stayed in trouble Yeah I’ll stick around you it doesn’t matter if you’re rubber or glue cause I would wait for the son of god or any other who could tell me I’m wrong I sold some shit to some shady bro’s you took the money but you left me their clothes and your pain and trouble stayed in trouble
6.
Sweetie 01:49
I won’t love again after you and I know what you’d say if I asked you to stay but I don’t want to Fuck I’m paranoid, like my mom and I wished she would say “Sweetie I’m going away cause I don’t love you“ I don’t love you don’t love you
7.
Maybe I could pretend it wasn’t like this til the very end and goddamn you sure had suffered enough but my love couldn’t cover it up I saw a clearer picture of you Maybe I could pretend I wasn’t blown off by one of my friends and it hurt when you stuck me again, was it something that I shouldn’t have said? I saw a clearer picture of you Maybe I could pretend I’m no different than a tool in the shed and if it’s sharp then you’ll cut til it’s dull If it floats fuck the hole in the hull I know your mama treated you bad but now you’re treating me pretty bad I saw a clearer picture of you I saw a clearer picture of you
8.
You got the radio playing and all I can think is to change it to some shit I hate it’s better than something that you like You got a Big New Job so now you can act like it’s all right but it’s not it’s never gonna be all right And it’s true, sometimes I’m wrong but I’m on my best behavior, do you like it? Here’s a photograph where I look like I’m having a good time but I’m not and I know you can notice the difference You got Big Tough Hands so now you can act like it’s all right. It’s a lie, but I can’t say any different And it’s true, sometimes I’m wrong but I’m on my best behavior, do you like it?
9.
Crawling hours drilling your teeth you sweat through all of your clothes, tossed off south 16th street with some friend you don’t wanna know Pull your sleeves down though it is 93 degrees cause it’s not the way that you are it’s what they wanna see, Oh Lord I still hope your name don’t appear in some obituary. I know it’s so unclear when you’ve begged so long on bruised knees Couldn’t feel, couldn’t convince myself I was real cause it’s not the way that you are it’s what they wanna see, Oh Lord Could you see? were you conscious as they packed to leave? cause it’s not the way that you are it’s what you wanna be, don’t go No, it’s not the way that you are it’s what you soon will be don’t go

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For Piphy, always

Recorded March 2021 - January 2022 at 924 Arch St

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released May 5, 2023

Veronica Mendez - Harmonies on "Maria"
Ian Farmer - Shaker on "Cop Caller"

Drum Engineering by Evan Bernard at Big Mama's Recording with assistance from Noah Roth

Mixed by Ian Farmer at The Metal Shop, Philadelphia
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe, Philadelphia PA

Art by Veronica and Greg Mendez
Art photographed by Dan Lidon
Vinyl layout help from Maxwell Stern

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