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Selfish Reasons

by Sound Drown

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1.
WWØ 00:52
[Excerpts from Canadian Minister of National Defense, Paul Hellyer, circa 2013] "There's no country on earth powerful enough to protect its citizens against fanatical hate, as we learned from the Boston Marathon. The mere attempt to pursue the impossible pits neighbor against neighbor and state power structure against everyone. All of the freedoms won by the millions of men and women who fought and died in World War II are being flushed unceremoniously down the drain. And what I thought to myself is there are huge issues here, and the American people and the people of the world have a right to know what's going on, because they're part of it." GO!
2.
Is it too much to learn from our history, That celebrates victory through mass genocide? Are we too blind to see though a nation, Bred into sedation within the divide? Buy! My war for me. Die! Such tragedy. Bankrupt a state for false security. March! Away my pawns. Fight! 'Til it's all gone. A puppet show massacre severity, Gets us drafted to ashes! What do we tell ourselves when all the bombs will fall? (Hey! Hey! Hey!) I dream of evolutionary principles 'til I see.. NUKES FALL! CLOUD WALLS! TAKE PLACE! 'Cause I see... RED DROUGHT! FALLOUT! ERASE! Prove me wrong! Does a soldier with a family bring back PTSD and expect to adjust... STOP! What will it cost? All that we've lost? Will it be all too late? Continents tore! Settle a score! What will occur when we're drafted to ashes? What do we tell ourselves when all the bombs will fall? (Hey! Hey! Hey!) I dream of evolutionary principles 'til I see.. NUKES FALL! CLOUD WALLS! TAKE PLACE! 'Cause I see... RED DROUGHT! FALLOUT! ERASE! Prove me wrong! Hey! Hey! Hey! What do we tell ourselves when all the bombs will fall? I dream of evolutionary principles 'til I see.. NUKES FALL! CLOUD WALLS! TAKE PLACE! 'Cause I see... RED DROUGHT! FALLOUT! ERASE! Prove me wrong!
3.
Home 03:17
I'm growing introverted within my age, I put the phone down to turn another page. Ain't gonna give a damn what the haters say, I'm gonna break on free, don't discriminate. Party on apocalypse; come in. Blast that sound burst into fruition, Kings and Queens it's life on vacation. Light one up get into position, While we find our way, we will call this home. Yeah, we'll call this home. I'm growing pretty tired of the world these days, Sick of the bullshit drama and the hate. I wanna bring the good vibes to calculate, All the reasons why we should celebrate. Party on apocalypse; come in. Blast that sound burst into fruition, Kings and Queens it's life on vacation. Light one up get into position, While we find our way, we will call this.. Blast that sound burst into fruition, Kings and Queens it's life on vacation. Light one up get into position, While we find our way, we will call this home. Cross out a past, Open your eyes, The future is ours! Movin' along, So carry on, carry on. Turn on a light, Fuck all the vain, Pass on the torch, Burn out the night, So carry on, carry on. Cross out a past, Open your eyes, The future is ours! Movin' along, So carry on, carry on. Turn on a light, Fuck all the vain, Pass on the torch, Burn out the night, So carry on, carry on! Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh oh. Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh oh. Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh oh. (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh, Oh oh oh. (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) Blast that sound burst into fruition, Kings and Queens it's life on vacation. Light one up get into position, While we find our way, we will call this.. Blast that sound burst into fruition, Kings and Queens it's life on vacation. Light one up, into position, While we find our way, we will call this home. Yeah, we'll call this home. While we find our way we will call this home.
4.
Radio Song 03:34
Make me your radio song, Make me that voice inside your head! If I was your sound, what note would I sing, To be your soundtrack to everything? Would you rock my world on your stereo? And even if I was just out of sync, Would I still be your flavor of the week? Even if it's worst-case scenario? Make me your radio song, Make me that voice inside your head. Love me until it's all gone, I can take it. If I had your heart and you had more time, Then maybe we'd see more from our lives. So until the next thing comes along, (Always searching for that something more that I can see) Turn me up! (Always longing for that something more that I can be) Turn me on! Make me your radio song, Make me that voice inside your head. Love me until it's all gone, I can take it. Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh-oh! Make me your radio song, Make me that voice inside your head. Love me until it's all gone, I can take it. Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh-oh! Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh, Woah-oh-oh!
5.
Summer Days 03:05
So there's place up north where I'd spend my summer days, I'd reside on the beach far from the reach of the world as I lay. Where I gaze at the stars, Cold beer in green backyards. Death grip the handlebar and ride with my family where I am finally.. Free, where I can breathe, reset and seize, My summer days are within awakenings. Where I can stay, to cleanse and bathe in that blue sky haze, My private island awaits inside my head. And there's a place down south where I'm jammin’ with the boys, Venturing on the road to parts unknown and making all that noise. Where we! Document the interstate, Chilling with new friends we make. Get lost within the cityscapes where I unleash where, I am finally.. Free, where I can breathe, reset and seize, My summer days are within awakenings. Where I can stay, to cleanse and bathe in that blue sky haze, My private island awaits inside my head. When all is said and done, I'd cast it all away for fun. Just to spend it all alone with you, With you! Yeah! Now I am free, where I can breathe, reset and seize, My summer days are within awakenings. Where I can stay, to cleanse and bathe in that blue sky haze, My private island awaits inside my head.
6.
Carousels 03:50
Looks like it's gonna be one of those nights again, Farwell to good vibes, sink the ship to no end. I'd tell myself it's just a shadow's puppet show, Can't I be useless with excuses it goes: Over and over, Carousel disorder. Sympathetic stances, Push boundaries and borders. Colder and colder, As we all grow older. I won't let this get in my way, Not anymore. Just shut the fuck up broken record don't you dare, I’ve heard it all before, nobody cares. So bang on your chest, let tantrums set a child's flow, I won't be useless with excuses it's goes: Over and over, Carousel disorder. Sympathetic stances, Push boundaries and borders. Colder and colder, As we all grow older. I won't let this get in my way, Not anymore. Sobriety, Nothing comes for free. Promises are taxed, With credibility. I know someday, Color will fight the grey. And repair those bridges, Doomed under their weight. Embrace the pain, Loneliness and strain. Dear brother, I'll meet you on smoother plains. Over and over, Carousel disorder. Sympathetic stances, Push boundaries and borders. Colder and colder, As we all grow older. I won't let this get in my way, Not anymore. Not anymore! Not anymore.
7.
Lately I'm a bit of a mess, And a bit over-stressed, And I'm locked and loaded. Drink, drank, I'm a bit of a drunk, Get me out of this slump, 'Cause my thoughts are bloated. With you and someone else, Another notch another belt, Speaks for itself, but I can't judge I'd also hate myself. So here's to everyone you've used, To build your house of cards. And to ever paper lie, You'll tell yourself... I hope life gives you what you want, Before you burn it all down. I won't be used for rescue, Save yourself I won't be your Mario. Now play the pin up doll girl for your self validation! And surrender your goals for your own contradictions. Derail/detract! Where is your strength? Why do you cower? Why do you run?! So here's to everyone you've used, To build your house of cards. And to ever paper lie, You'll tell yourself... I hope life gives you what you want, Before you burn it all down. I won't be used for rescue, Save yourself I won't be your Mario. Hush now, don't speak, Kind words, talk's cheap. Soft scars, headstrong, Clean slate, move on. So here's to everyone you've used, To build your house of cards. And to ever paper lie, You'll tell yourself... I hope life gives you what you want, Before you burn it all down. I won't be used for rescue, Save yourself I won't be your Mario! I won't be your Mario. I won't be your Mario. Hush now, don't speak, Kind words, talk's cheap. Soft scars, headstrong, Clean slate, move on...
8.
[Brandon] There's nothing ever quite like finding your first love, Of your life. Sixteen and fighting hard to figure it out, Up all night. I’ve never understood how to act, 'Cause I was in fact a kid from nowhere. But all I knew was just how I felt, I'd let it all out for her. And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! And here we go. [Arielle] Well I remember awkward first times and lullabies, On winter nights. Cheesy one liners to tribute a summer sky, By moonlight. [Both] Tell me why, I can't deny, That fire inside, sings la da da da da. I hit replay, of former days, When I could sing of you. And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! And here we go! [Brandon] Now these moments are a memoir, Of good days gone by. And I want to make a tribute, To the simple times of life. [Arielle] When we were young, And best friends forever. But now we're all grown up, So whatever. [Brandon] And I'm sorry for the poison, That I've drowned you in. 'Cause there's no excuse about it, That's how you treat a friend. [Arielle] But now we're all moved on all, For the better. [Both] I'll admit I'll always remember... And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! [Both] And here we go! Woah-oh-oh-oh! (When we were young, And best friends forever.) Woah-oh-oh-oh! (I'll admit I'll always remember...) And here we go.
9.
There was me, On the edge of my seat. Out of sync, With all other beats. Fade away, So far out of reach. But I'll flash a smile and fake a grin, It's a crazy world, I'll do it on my own. Eating lunch out of bathroom stalls, Why bother trying at all. My inhibition haunts, A lonely guy’s ambition. Fantasizing away my dreams, To counter my self esteem. Soon, I'll escape my selfish prison, Until then there’s me… On the edge of my seat. Out of sync, With all other beats. Fade away, So far out of reach. But I'll flash a smile and fake a grin, It's a crazy world, I'll do it on my own. Yeah! If Tetris has proven anything, It's that trying to fit in makes us disappear. I'll no longer fight this, embracing my vices, Without them I'd never be here. I'll do it on my own! Alone! I'll do it on my own! If Tetris has proven anything, It's that trying to fit in makes us disappear! I'd rather not play at all. I'd rather not pay at all. I'd rather not play at all!
10.
I'm growing tired of that voice inside my head, The one that's warning me "tick tick tock I'm dead", Why fight a current to drown myself within? I'm lost again. Confusing hope with mass delusion, Where to begin? No absolution. Might as well quit, got no more dirt to spin. So, Another night, another summer, Another 9-to-5, I'm going under. We'll sail away like all the others, I am going out on my own. I'm gonna fight, fight, fight, To start a blaze, a spark, ignite. 'Cause I'm sick, sick, sick, Of what sixty six looks like, I better get up and go. Get up and go! (Go go, go go, get up and go!) So here we go! (Go go, go go, get up and...) I'm growing nervous from a fragile sense of being, With peaks and valleys that push me through the seams. My wallet's telling me "Wake up from this dream". No! Don't ever tell me I'm not worth something! Don't ever tell me it can't be done! Easy to preach what's never been practiced! Can't sympathize what has not begun 'cause! Another night, another summer, Another 9-to-5, I'm going under. We'll sail away like all the others, I am going out on my own. I'm gonna fight, fight, fight, To start a blaze, a spark, ignite. 'Cause I'm sick, sick, sick, Of what sixty six looks like, I better get up and go. Get up and go! (Go go, go go, get up and go!) So here we go! (Go go, go go, get up and...) So here we go (Go go, go go), And here we go (Go go, go go), And here we go (Go go, go go), And here we go, And here we go! I'm gonna fight, fight, fight, To start a blaze, a spark, ignite. 'Cause I'm sick, sick, sick, Of what sixty six looks like, I better get up and go Get up and go! (Go go, go go, get up and go!) So here we go! (Go go, go go, get up and...)
11.
Star Road 05:56
I'm falling out of space and time again, It's like a death that'll carve itself, Deep underneath my skin. I kinda like how you breathe inside my mind, And how the breeze brushes through your hair, As your eyes lock on mine. If we move too close, I wont understand. Will this ever work? Well I'll find out on my own. Narrow paths, And a moonlit alibi. A wanderlust to explore, Under this crisp October sky. And God I love how you bleed, Into my mind. It's bittersweet like hazy memoir, Tampered yet defined. But if we move too close, I wont understand. I can make this hurt, But not like you can. Will this ever work, I beg my own reflection. A melancholy smile lights a trail, I'll find it on my own... If I could then I'd, Cower back in time. Fight and let it go! It's my Star Road!!! But if we move too close, I wont understand. I can make this hurt, But not like you can. Will this ever work, I beg my own reflection. A melancholy smile lights a trail, I'll find it on my own... I travel the unknown. And carve it out of stone! I'll find it on my...
12.
It's hard to breathe, hard to believe. I'm waiting here, So patiently. I can't relax, Cuz of the fact. Imprisoned here, 'Til it's all passed. Ouuuu let's get high together, Ouuuu and we'll make Kraft Dinner. Ouuuuuuuu- I can't wait. Ouuuuuuuu- I can't wait. Ouuuuuuuu- I can't wait. Ouuuuuuuu- I can't wait. Ouuuu let's get high together, Ouuuu and we'll make Kraft Dinner. Ouuuuuuuu- I can't wait. Ouuuuuuuu- I can't wait. Er, no, wait. Let's just order Greco.

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A culmination of 3 years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears. Selfish Reasons is our debut LP! Featuring 12 tracks, including our singles "Radio Song", "Have You Met My Son, Skittles?" and "Your Princess Is In Another Castle", this album stands for everything we have done this far and we couldn't be happier to finally share it with you all.

Thank you to every single person who has supported us in any way along this journey.

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released December 4, 2020

Arranged by Sound Drown, Adam Dincorn
Recorded and Produced by Adam Dincorn (Undertone)

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Sound Drown Saint John, New Brunswick

Sound Drown is a Pop-Punk band proudly reporting from the Maritimes. With a focus on breaking the local scene, we're coming at you with a blend of aggressive guitars and lyrics about girls that don't love you anymore!

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