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Contender

by Fightmilk

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    NB: Due to the twin-headed hydra of Covid and Brexit, LPs will be delayed by about 2 weeks. Anyone who preorders will still get a download on day of release though, don't worry. And sorry for the inconvenience! We're as annoyed about it as you are!

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1.
(contender) 00:40
2.
Lucky Coin 03:38
I’m not looking at you, I’m not doing this tonight I’ve sat in the bath for an hour and a half and I’ve decided to be alright We wake up every morning and we pray the end is quick The world is just one big dark room that makes you feel sick And everything can come apart This town is big enough for two And I’m building something new From the dust of you I need something to fight, give me songs that I can believe in And you just need a girl for your band, it’s like Disneyland for your feelings It’s never just a break-up, there’s always space to reflect And any kind of failure would offend your intellect And everything can come apart This town is big enough for two And I’m building something new Yes I’m building something new And I’m a lucky coin, I just flip myself back over
3.
Annabelle I was hoping you could give your sister a message from me Midway through the marathon I had a kind of epiphany There’s a certain kind of person who leaves a trail From the student bar to the holy grail Hey Annabelle, are you still looking for something to say? Hey Annabelle, don’t go home Annabelle if you see her, can you check if anybody is there? Please don’t make it too obvious because I definitely don’t care I’m not avoiding all of her hideaways I’m just trying not to go home that way Hey Annabelle, are you still looking for something to say? Hey Annabelle don’t go home Hey Annabelle, don’t believe her
4.
You said one day you’d fly me to the moon These days you just make sad songs in your room It started out as a golden opportunity But moonwalking isn’t what it used to be Watching Interstellar didn’t make it better Reading Carl Sagan, looking kind of vacant You say you’re buying time but you’re always late I’m starting to think you don’t even want to go to space You’re saying your spacesuit feels too tight You’re saying suddenly you’re afraid of heights You’re acting up when we’re down at the station Worrying about the background radiation
5.
Sometimes I’m so in love I have to go throw up All my cheap shots fly off the mark My tongue is red and raw from biting it too long Say goodbye and walk home in the dark You make it look easy, I’m still feeling queasy It’s not in my nature, but I wish I could hate you And when we’re alone there’s so many things we could be If it weren’t for the absolute state of me Sometimes I wonder how my name sounds in your mouth Is it something you ever think about? And do you lie awake pretending it’s OK To say hello and simply walk away? You make it look easy, I’m still feeling queasy It’s not in my nature, but I wish I could hate you And when we’re alone there’s so many things we could be If it weren’t for the absolute state of… We could meet at a party Our friends could introduce us You’d look just like your picture I wouldn’t be so useless And when we’re alone there’s so many things we could be If it weren’t for the absolute state of me
6.
He doesn’t have to say Her brand new look is clinging to her face Waiting out the week Eating trash and playing records on repeat And the days are so long And the nights are so long When we talk about dying it feels like a pipe dream I can be your guinea pig baby, I can make you like me Every stupid song he writes is just a Catalogue of wrongs “I’m your little freak And everything you do surrounds me” And the days are so long And the nights are so long When we talk about dying it feels like a pipe dream I can be your guinea pig baby, I can make you like me It’s too late, the getaway car is gone It’s OK, girls don’t want to have fun
7.
The shine on my boots means I’m brighter than you I’ve read the right books and they’re nothing new Kiss me by the merch so the fans all see I’m more of a fan than you’ll ever be When I talk smack nobody answers back I’m always in the right and you’re OK with that Don’t listen to me, I’m an ENFP And I just want somebody to come home with me Don’t wanna be a girl, I wanna be a cool cool girl Don’t wanna be a girl The boys at the back don’t even know Their favourite band broke up an hour ago What can I say, I’m an INFJ And I’m set to inherit the Earth someday I’m first in line, you’re the back of the queue They want to look at me because I’m not like you Don’t listen to me, I’m an ENFP And I just want somebody to come home with me Don’t wanna be a girl, I wanna be a cool cool girl Don’t wanna be a girl Tell your friends, tell your friends I’m a poet, I’m a DJ, I’m an artist, I’m amazing, I run, I run the world I’m interesting and I’m clever and I’ll always be a contender Cause I’m not like other girls I’m a poet, I’m a DJ, I’m an artist, I’m amazing, I run, yeah I run the world I’m into wrestling and I’m clever and I’ll always be a bartender Cause I’m not like other girls Tell your friends
8.
(tender) 00:38
9.
Banger #4 03:16
Don’t want to hear about your broken heart or your confusion Don’t want to waste my time picking up your pieces Cause baby you’re a big girl now, And baby if he treats you bad, just let him go There’s more to life than getting it right You’re gonna be alright, You’re gonna be alright Come on girl you’ve got to leave the house, get yourself off the floor No it doesn’t matter what you said or what you wore Cause baby I’m a big girl now, And I know what it feels like to watch you go There’s more to life than getting it right You’re gonna be alright, You’re gonna be alright And you don’t need his attention And you don’t need to watch your tone And you don’t need to change your skirt And you don’t have to watch the phone Cause even if he tries to call You and I aren’t going to be home
10.
You're a little bit older than me I'm a little bit older than her And she's so confident, confident And we look so alike I think in movies and soap scenes Your movements written in I find it difficult to ignore When I watch you begin Everyone was leaving, I had to listen to them say Maybe if you had a sister... I've been cheering you on from the sidelines You've been running around like a pro It's not the seventies anymore And you say it's a shame I don't want all of the power Just the strength that you took away And your apology's meaningless When you do it again and again and again Everyone was leaving, I had to listen to them say Maybe if you had a sister... I don't want to be here I have to run away Maybe if you had a sister You wouldn't be this way
11.
Try to show some gratitude when people give their time to you You put them in the wings and make them dance Symphonies and overtures, the genius is hard at work Dedicate the album to your past Why’d you never stop and listen? You put yourself in this position Firing fury out into the dark The play’s unread, the script is unrehearsed But you’ve made your bed, and you are not the universe All of those expensive schools, the smartest person in the room I’m trying, but I’ll never understand “My scene is better than your scene, I’ve done four shows and a fourteen page zine” (Sing it) And you need someone there to hold your hand I’m guilty by association, I’ve got ideas above my station, Firing fury out into the dark The play’s unread, the script is unrehearsed But you’ve made your bed, and you are not the universe The play’s unread, the script is unrehearsed But the dream is dead, and you are not the universe
12.
Maybe 04:40
Maybe in the night-time with the blinds closed and the rain outside You imagine me a whole world, like a house-fire at a disco And you know me like your own skin, in the backseat when it’s dark outside And it’s frightening for a moment, then it’s just like breathing And maybe come the morning, I’m a streetlight, you’re a shadow Come and find me at your window, this is real life and it’s everything And I don’t know how to say it Can I summon you by waiting Can we sleep through the sickness I’m overthinking
13.
(bartender) 01:12
14.
Overbite 04:10
Last night I freaked out and I thought I was dying, I couldn’t catch my breath And both of us know how it feels to annoy ourselves to death Well I heard that you moved to the beach just to get away And I’d hate to think of you burning by the penny arcades Still I almost lose my mind whenever you walk by I can’t stop looking at your two front teeth, they sit so sweet On your bottom lip when you’re going to laugh at me Hey, don’t shut yourself away this time I think you’re cool, I like your overbite Each October your mum dressed you up as a vampire, chewing on your sleeve Now is it me, or do you always seem a little disappointed? It’s just your allergies And maybe you just weren’t designed to be mine, cause life comes at you hard But you don’t have to smile if you don’t want to darling, you’re perfect as you are Still I always lose my mind whenever you walk by I can’t stop looking at your two front teeth, they sit so sweet On your bottom lip when you’re going to laugh at me Hey, don’t shut yourself away this time I think you’re cool, I like your overbite

about

We can't believe it either. IT'S ONLY OUR SECOND ALBUM! Recorded over four weekends between late 2019 and late 2020, it's the sound of Fightmilk getting louder, quieter, stupider and more serious over the course of a ferocious forty-five minutes. Grab the album on your pick of vinyl or CD, or choose from our range of pretty sweet merch bundles, even if we do say so ourselves...

Anyone from the US looking to pick up a vinyl copy, there should be one or two left with Forced Exposure - www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/fightmilk-contender-lp/RY.087LP.html

credits

released May 14, 2021

Lead vox/guitar/keys - Lily
Lead guitar/vox/keys - Alex
Bass/vox - Healey
Drums/vox/keys/programming/percussion - Nick
Guest vox on 'You Are Not the Universe' - Michael Physics

All songs written by Fightmilk.
Recorded at Dean Street Studios, November 2019 and October/November 2020.
Music wrestled into existence by Keith TOTP.
Engineered by Jonny Solway & Gio Giagu.
Mixed & mastered by Adrian Hall, except tracks 1/8/13 mixed by Nick.
Michael Physics appears courtesy of the internet. Listen to Slime City.
Artwork by Healey & Lily. Inner collage by Sophie Peacock.

Thank you: Pete 'n' Sarah and the Reckless Yes family, Luke Douglas, Michael Urwin and all at Paper Dress Vintage, Nat Healey, Laura Ankles, Mark Estall, Dexy, Sophie Peacock, Shaun Grimsley, Seymour & the Quigleys, the Breadheads for moral support and sequencing advice, Art Brut, Patricia Walsworth, our families and Carl...

...and everyone who jumped, danced, sang, or nodded politely at shows, played us on the airwaves, put us on a stage, or bought any of the silly stuff we put up here since the first album.

Thanks also to the NHS.
Fuck the Tories.

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Fightmilk London, UK

Extremely loud and incredibly gross. Second album "Contender" out now on Reckless Yes.

For PR queries: jamie@wallofsoundpr.co.uk

Fightmilk are:
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Alex (he/him)
Healey (they/them)
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