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Tilted Summer

by Kris N.

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Bless it be the fake I.D. over the counter culture Compliment me complimentary Always do right by you I got my girl I got my health I’ve got nothing left to sing about Dying, dying is easy Pop music is hard. Sure I’m lost, but I’m not losing Sure I’m lost, but I’m not losing Sure I’m lost, but I’m not losing you. I got my girl I got my health I’ve got nothing left to sing about Dying, dying is easy Pop music is hard. Tell JD I still love desperately I still love desperately I love you desperately
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Struggle 02:01 video
I am the son I am the heir Of Morrissey And his vulgarity And now is as soon as I want it to be I struggle with the wanting To be apart of it The struggle Afraid of being afraid of being afraid of being afraid of being afraid I struggle with the wanting To be apart of it The struggle
3.
Awake to find your Emma Stone eyes Smiling sincere and familiar Your freckled cheek makes me kryptonite weak in my old man knees You are a Madonna with patron saint skin and Christ is risen Murder me like John Gotti You’re under cover under the covers I’m left no choice than to let my Lewis and Clarke hands explore your purple mountains majesty Your majesty Christ all mighty Christ all mighty God bless America This land is my land This land is my land
4.
Leo the Lion 02:15
Be a friend to a friend Be alive in the moment you’re living in Be free and forgive Don’t live in moments you’ve already lived I am the third Wright brother crashing I am the Kettering tower falling Be a friend to a friend Be alive in the moment you’re living in Be free and forgive Don’t live in moments you’ve already lived I am the first pop-top popping I am Leo the Lion roaring Be a friend to a friend Be alive in the moment you’re living in Be free and forgive Don’t live in moments you’ve already lived
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Leaves are falling again and another tilted summer is coming to an end Flag football fall again and another forgotten records gone with the wind Do you know the reference I am referencing? If you do then thank you for listening My old songs make me laugh they’re so far in the past so far in the past Snow is falling again and another tilted summer is waiting to begin My Hot Girl List is now one sentence and I love when she pairs her tights with cardigans And the kid you heard scream back in all those kitchens has a mustache now thicker than Jesus My old songs make me laugh They’re so far in the past So far in the past

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When Kris N. made "The Thankful Parade" in 2013, the new lush, hi-fi sound and band marked an intentional change in direction for a solo artist known for four albums of hissy kitchen recordings and loads of "Song of the Week" downloads. Now nine years later with "Tilted Summer", the frontman-named band with a frequently mispronounced last name settles confidently into the middle of their history, combining the hi-fi newness of their beauiful, most recent album with stylish touches from their lo-fi beginnings.

Basically "Tilted Summer" is the "punk rock" album that Kris Neises has been wanting to make since high school. That is if you allow "punk rock" to mean loud guitars, big drums, clever phrases, and literary references to J.D. Salinger, as only Kris N. can do.

These new recordings were a collaboration of Kris Neises and Andy Ingram. The familiar duo recorded drums and guitars in Poptek's Our Arsenal studio before Neises added vocals and bass from the comfort of his own home.

The grungey "Pop Music is Hard" laments just that, that when someone "got my girl, got my health, there's nothing left to sing about". "Struggle" is the pop disco single of the record made by two artists who don't listen to disco nor Top 40 radio. "This Land is My Land" may sound like a patriotic anthem. Listen closer. It's not. The first single from the record will be "Leo the Lion", a fun rock song full of Dayton-centric name drops. The closer of the EP full of musical references is a song of Kris N. referencing his own history of songs. "Tilted Summer" is a short run of five songs but one that is smart and catchy and fun and witty and honest.

"Tilted Summer" is another proud release from Poptek Records available on the first day of Summer, June 21, 2022. The first single from the EP, "Leo the Lion", will release everywhere on May 10. The second single, "Struggle", comes out on May 24. The third single, "Pop Music is Hard", releases June 7.

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released June 21, 2022

Kris Neises- vocals, guitars, bass. Andy Ingram- drums.

Written by Kris Neises.

Produced by Kris Neises and Andy Ingram.

Drums and electric guitars recorded by Andy Ingram at Our Arsenal. Vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, and everything else recorded by Kris Neises at his house.

Mixed by Kris Neises.

Mastered by Tim Pritchard.

Cover photo by Val Smith. Design by magneticFLUX.

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Singer/songwriter from Dayton, Ohio. Poptek records for life.

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