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Year of the Snake

by Wyldlife

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Cribs Solidifies Wyldlife as one of the best and most authentic rock and roll bands going. if you're a sucker for hooks, this album has an infinite number of them. The songs are direct and catchy, equally inspired by late-’70s punk like the Ramones, The Boys and The Real Kids, and the polish of 2000s Brit-rock like The Vines, along with New York’s finest The Strokes. Favorite track: Kiss and Tell.
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Logan pure pop for now people. Favorite track: Automatic.
Alonso Lizaraz
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Alonso Lizaraz The boys are back!! Favorite track: Automatic.
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rnrgeek I like the rollers Favorite track: Automatic.
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briandamage77 Fricken solid return by the 'Life BOIZ. Love this album so much! Favorite track: Crime of the Scene.
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1.
Deathbed 02:03
YOU WANTED FOREVER YOU GOT THIS INSTEAD SO I’LL SAY “SAYONARA” AND SIGH ONE LAST BREATH ALL ENGINEERED DOWN IN MY DEATHBED SO TURN UP THE VOLUME TURN UP MY I.V. JOEY AND BOWIE AND LITTLE OLD ME WE’RE ALL CASTING SHADOWS FROM OUR DEATHBED AND MY DEATHBED IS A PLACE WHERE CAN’T NOBODY CONTROL ME AND MY DEATH BED IS A PLACE WHERE YOU AND I DON’T HAVE TO FEEL LONELY ANYMORE SO I’M CALLING OUT TO YOU FROM YOUR SPEAKERS I’LL COME THROUGH AND I’M MAKING ROOM FOR TWO IN MY DEATHBED I’M SORRY MY DARLING BUT I WON’T LOOK BACK AND THE CREDITS ARE ROLLING AS I FADE TO BLACK IT’S THE DIRECTORS CUT FROM MY DEATHBED ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH IT MAY BE CLICHÉ NOW THAT I’M NOT AROUND I’M GONNA BE FAME-AND-FORTUNE-BOUND ‘TIL THEN I’LL BIDE MY TIME FROM MY DEATHBED
2.
I’VE BEEN HUNTING SOMETHING BUT I JUST CAN’T GRAB IT MY NIGHT VISION’S DEPLETED I DROPPED MY ACOUSTIC TENDENCIES PICKED UP ELECTRIC HABITS I THINK IT’S JUST WHAT I NEEDED SIT BACK AND BOY YOU LISTEN JET BLACK GT TRANSMISSION AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY WE’RE LIVING IN A NIGHTMARE AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY THE DEVIL’S AT YOUR DOOR SNAKES IN THE GRASS ALL START TO TALK ABOUT MY LOSING STREAK NOW MY NAME IN THE MIX SERPENTS ALL RELEARNED HOW TO WALK THEY GOT NICER SHOES THAN ME THEY GOT REAL CUSTOM KICKS, MAN SIT DOWN AND STOP YOUR BITCHIN’ I HIT TOWN IN THE POLE POSITION AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY WE’RE LIVING IN A NEON NIGHTMARE AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY THE DEVIL’S AT YOUR DOOR AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY BABY, I’M A NEON NIGHTMARE, BABY AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY THERE’S NOTHING SAFE NO MORE JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY JACKIE SAID IT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY JACKIE SAID IT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY BUT WHERE JACKIE WENT I JUST DON’T KNOW JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY JACKIE SAID… JACKIE SAID… WE’RE LIVING IN A NEON NIGHTMARE… BABY, I’M A NEON NIGHTMARE, BABY…
3.
Get Well 03:37
WELL YOU’RE NO EINSTEIN SO I GUESS THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO WARN YA’ THAT I’M NO PICASSO BUT I’LL PAINT MYSELF INTO A CORNER AND IT HAPPENS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, MY DEAR: YOU RACK YOUR MIND YOU’LL FIND NO ANSWERS HERE ‘CAUSE YOU AIN’T GONNA ASK FOR MY PERMISSION BUT YOU’RE GONNA BEG FOR MY FORGIVENESS IT’S A SICKNESS AND I DON’T WANNA GET WELL WELL IF YOU’RE GONNA LET ME DOWN THEN AT LEAST JUST LET ME ENJOY THIS POINT A, POINT B, POINT C: YEAH IT’S ALL SO POINTLESS AND IT HAPPENS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, MY QUEEN: WRAPPED UP IN VIOLENCE AGAIN IT SEEMS ‘CAUSE YOU AIN’T GONNA ASK FOR MY PERMISSION BUT YOU’RE GONNA BEG FOR MY FORGIVENESS IT’S A SICKNESS AND I DON’T WANNA GET WELL AND YOU CAN TELL ME THAT IT’S NONE OF MY BUSINESS YOU CAN SHOUT IT BUT IT DON’T MEAN I’M LISTENING IT’S A SICKNESS AND YOU DON’T WANNA GET WELL ‘CAUSE WE CAN REMINISCE EVERY MISTAKE AS IF EITHER OF US COULD FORGET AND WE CAN SAY THAT WE’RE BOTH SORRY BUT WE AIN’T SO SORRY YET NO WE AIN’T SO SORRY YET… YOU AIN’T GONNA ASK FOR MY PERMISSION BUT YOU’RE GONNA BEG FOR MY FORGIVENESS IT’S A SICKNESS AND I DON’T WANNA GET WELL AND YOU CAN TELL ME THAT IT’S NONE OF MY BUSINESS YOU CAN SHOUT IT BUT IT DON’T MEAN I’M LISTENING IT’S A SICKNESS AND YOU DON’T WANNA GET WELL GET WELL… TELL ME NOW, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE IF I DON’T WANNA GET WELL? GET WELL… YOU’RE SO VICIOUS BUT YOU DON’T WANNA GET WELL GET WELL… I DON’T WANNA GET… I DON’T WANNA GET WELL GET WELL… AS GOD AS MY WITNESS, I DON’T WANNA GET WELL…
4.
I’M USED… SO USED SO USELESS, SO USED TO BEING SO USED UP UP TO MY OLD TRICKS UNTIL I FELL DOWN AND ENDED UP SO SICK SO SICK… SO SICK OF SUNLIGHT SOMEDAY I’M PRAYING THAT I MIGHT NOT NEED THIS MEDICATION BUT ‘TIL THEN I’M DOWN HERE, WAITING… AND I’D RATHER BE IGNORED THAN BE ADORED YEAH THAT’S FOR SURE… I GOT LOST… SO LOST SUCH A LOST CAUSE AND EFFECT BUT AFFECTION AIN’T MY THING I THINK IT’S TIME WE PARTED I GOT YOUR MONEY IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT I’M SHOT… SO SHOT SO SHOT DOWN TO THE POINT THE POINT OF NO RETURN RETURN! RETURN TO SENDER! THREE-DAY WEEKEND FOUR-DAY BENDER AND I’D RATHER BE IGNORED THAN BE ADORED YEAH THAT’S FOR SURE… I’D RATHER WAST TIME ON A WISHING WELL THAN PLAY YOUR KISS & TELL ‘CAUSE I JUST GET BORED I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING THAT I’D NEED YOU JUST LEFT ME IN THE STREETS YOU JUST LEFT ME HERE TO BLEED…
5.
Automatic 02:32
YOUNG LOVERS COME AND GO I CAN’T TAKE IT MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME I TAKE ORDERS OPEN TO CLOSE BUT WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GONNA TAKE MINE? SO WHEN YOU WINE AND DINE ‘TIL WHO KNOWS WHEN? JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU GOT MY BLOOD ON THE STEM YOUR ORCHIDS AND ROSES… I’M WITHERED, AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT YOUR TRITE TRICKS FOR YOUR FIRST DATE THAT’S MY HOURLY WAGE SAY IT WITH FLOWERS SAY YOU’RE SORRY SAVE SOME ROMANCE SAY IT WITH FLOWERS CIRCUMVENT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE SAY WHAT YOU WANT JUST DON’T FORGET OUR ARRANGEMENT: I’LL BE THE MOUTHPIECE LONG AS I GET THE PAYMENT
6.
FOUR COUNTS OF LARCENY YOU KNOW WE’VE STOLEN EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED THE WAY WE WEAR OUR HAIR, THE WAY WE HIT THE SNARE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN A FEW MOVING VIOLATIONS ALRIGHT, IT WAS G.T.A. BUT WE DON’T ALWAYS DRIVE IT AS FAST AS WE CAN JUST CRUISING DOWN THE WRONG ONE WAY AND IF YOU WANNA GO OUT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO JUST LOOK OUT FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE THEY MIGHT BE COMING AFTER YOU… AND YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM ME: IT’S THE CRIME OF THE SCENE ONE CHARGE OF DISTURBING THE PEACE (THAT ONE WAS NEVER PLANNED) AND THE DISORDERLY CONDUCT? THAT WAS JUST DUMB LUCK ASK ANY OF THE OTHER BOYS IN THE BAND AND ALL THE CHARGES OF BRIBING OFFICIALS THE BIGGEST ONES WE COULD FACE BUT IF YOU WANNA GET PLAYED ON THE RADIO WAVES MOVE OVER, PAYOLA, AND GIVE ‘EM A TASTE BUT IF YOU WANNA GO OUT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO JUST LOOK OUT FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE THEY MIGHT BE COMING AFTER YOU… AND YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM ME: IT’S THE CRIME OF THE SCENE YOU GOT CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE I NEED A WITNESS… ALL YOU GOT IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE I NEED A WITNESS…
7.
Sacre Bleu 02:43
I TOOK A TRIP OUT TO PARIS, FRANCE I WENT LOOKING FOR A FAMED FRENCH KISS I WENT LOOKING FOR A NEW ROMANCE BUT THEY ALL HAD HAIRY PITS GET OUT PARIS, BABY! GET OUT OF TOWN! GET BACK ON THE PLANE MON BIJOU, YEAH, YOU-KNOW-WHO DRIVING ME INSANE CAN’T HEAR NOTHING WHAT YOU TRYING TO SAY? LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS GETTING IN MY WAY AND THE BORDER CUSTOMS ARE TRYING TO GET MY TRUTH BUT THE MESSAGE’S INTERCEPTED SO NOW, TELL ME WHAT’S THE USE? SACRE BLEU I TOOK A TRIP OUT TO MONTREAL JUST NORTH OF THE U.S.A. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE A BALL ALL I GOT WAS A GREAT HEADACHE GET OUT OF MONTREAL! GET OUT OF TOWN! GET BACK ON THE PLANE MON CHERIE, NOW YOU’RE SICK OF ME?! THE FEELING GOES BOTH WAYS AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME TIME TO SAY OIR REVOIR BUT IF IT WASN’T FOR BAD LUCK, BABY I SWEAR I’D HAVE NONE AT ALL AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME TIME TO SAY BYE BYE I DON’T GOT NO WANDERLUST I JUST GOT THE LUST TO DIE
8.
EVER SINCE I HIT THE CRADLE I’VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO RECOGNIZE JUST WHEN AND WHERE TO STRIKE I GOT A CHINESE ZODIAC I GOT A TARGET PAINTED: DIAMOND BACK BUT IF I MOVE SIDE TO SIDE I MIGHT SURVIVE RATTLE UNTIL I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO SHAKE IT SO MUCH COLD BLOOD BUT I CAN’T AFFORD TO WASTE IT. BY THE TIME I LEFT THE WOMB ‘TIL I WAS COILED UP INSIDE MY TOMB I DECIDED I’D TAKE THIS WORLD BY STORM ‘CAUSE IT’S ME OR THEM JUST ANOTHER CASE OF HERE-WE-GO-AGAIN BUT I’LL PULL MY OWN PLUG BEFORE I’M A PLUG FOR YOU ON THE RUN… ON THE MAKE THERE’S NEVER BEEN SO MUCH AT STAKE BUT IT’S ALL GIVE/NO TAKE IN THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE SINCE 1989 I’VE BEEN CONSTRICTED BY DESIGN BUT THIS MORTAL COIL IS JUST WHAT I CALL HOME CHECK THE CHARTS… CHECK THE STARS ANOTHER LIFE CYCLE RESTARTS IT’S ALL PART OF YOUR FATE IN THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE
9.
SHE PLAYS HER WORLD SHE CAN’T TELL WHICH MOVE TO MAKE NEXT UNAPOLOGETIC, APOPLECTIC SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT BUT ME? I’M SORRY FOR TRANSGRESSIONS AGAINST MY FRIENDS IT’S JUST ALL OF MY OBSESSIONS COMMON SENSE WASN’T ONE OF THEM I WANT EVERYTHING I WANT EVERYTHING I WANT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOU SHE NAVIGATES HER FAITH LIKE ROSARIES CONNECT A TRUE BELIEVE IN PHONE RECEIVERS IT’S JUST THE DEVIL DIALING COLLECT AND THANK GOD FOR ROCK MUSIC IT REALLY IS THE BEST TO BE NUMBER ONE IN TULSA AND STILL UNKNOWN IN THE U.S.
10.
GATHER THE BOYS ALL AROUND ON THE GROUND BY THE TV SCREEN CHASE IS ON HIS WAY WITH A VHS TAPE WE AIN’T SEEN SOMEBODY GET THAT MAN A CIDER (OR BETTER YET) A COORS LITE AND A LIGHTER SO HE CAN GET HIGH TAKING A DRIVE THROUGH LITTLE 5 HALF ALIVE OR MAYBE JUST DEAD IT’S A SPLIT-SECOND DESCISION BUT OUR SIDES NEVER SPLIT SO BAD SOMEBODY TELL THAT BOY TO SLOW DOWN WE’LL JUST SEE HIM NEXT YEAR AT THE SHOWDOWN AND WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP WITH C.T. YEAH WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH CHASE YEAH WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH C.T. BUT IT AIN’T EASY WHEN WE CAN’T EVEN CLEAR ALL THE TEARS ROLLING DOWN OUR FACE (NOW LISTEN!) ADRIAN AND TUK WAITING PATIENT IN THE CUT TO GET A WORD IN MEANWHILE WE’RE JUST BEGGING FOR ONE MORE QUICK STORY ABOUT TOURING SOMEBODY GET THAT MAN AN ALIBI HE BEEN CHASING TROUBLE SINCE HE WAS KNEE-HIGH AND WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP WITH C.T. YEAH WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH CHASE YEAH WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH C.T. YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME BUT WE CAN’T EVEN CLEAR ALL THE TEARS ROLLING DOWN OUR FACE
11.
The Falcon 05:01
FOUR-WHEELED BIG DEAL CHROME COVERED TOTAL ERUPTION CAN’T CATCH A BREAK MY MISTAKE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I’M BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY BACK YOUR HEAD OUT YOUR ASS YOU’RE BEGGING ME TO TAP ON THE BREAKLINES AIN’T NO GOOD: THE GOOD TIMES JUST DON’T LAST STAND TALL: THE 8 BALL’S JUST A SECOND AWAY FROM SINKING ANOTHER RAIL? CAN’T FAIL! HONEY, WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? NO YOU WEREN’T THINKING CREEPING OUT OF THE CONCRETE CROSSING OVER THE LINE YOU LOOK AT ME AS IF I WAS CRAZY NAH, SON, IT’S JUST THE FIRST TIME I FELT FINE RIDING THE FALCON… RIDING THE FALCON RIDING THE FALCON WE AIN’T COMING DOWN RIDING THE FALCON… TAKE A SEAT IN THE FALCON RIDING THE FALCON WE AIN’T COMING DOWN WE’RE TOO HIGH TO COME DOWN SLOW DANCE CARTE BLANCHE GOOD GIG IF YOU CAN LAND IT SMALL PILE FASTER MILES AN HOUR THAT’S WHY THEY DEMAND IT STEPPING INTO THE SUNSET I’LL SEE YOU IN ANOTHER STATE CLIMB ABOARD THE WINGS OF TOMORROW SHUT THE DOOR, WE CAN’T AFFORD TO BE LATE I CAN’T STOP… I CAN’T STOP… I CAN’T STOP…

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released April 17, 2020

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ALL SONGS BY S. ALLEN AND D. FELDMAN
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WYLDLIFE IS
DAVE F. ON VOCALS
SAM A. ON GUITARS
SPENCER A. ON BASS
STEVIE D. ON DRUMS


THE INCOMPARABLE SASHA CIBIC SINGS HARMONIES ON "AUTOMATIC"
SAM A. PLAYED THE VARIOUS SHAKERS, TUBULAR BELLS, GLOCKENSPIELS, TAMBOURINES, AND THE HAMMOND B3 ORGAN
DAVE F. PLAYED THE VIBRA-SLAP


PRODUCED BY GEOFF SANOFF AND SAM ALLEN
RECORDED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY GEOFF SANOFF AT RENEGADE STUDIOS, NYC IN THE FALL OF 2019
MASTERED BY TIM TURAN AT TURAN AUDIO
ARTWORK AND DESIGN BY SPENCER ALEXANDER
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXANDER THOMPSON

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