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Where the Heart Is

by Sweet Pill

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1.
6:30 alarm, brush my teeth, and start the car And I know what I know, so I go where I go Flick the keys, stare at the screen, click away all my dreams And I know what I know, so I go where I go I want to go home And I know what I know, so I go where I go It’s time to go home, yes I am coming home Home All in all, I’ve always had the same thoughts riling up my heart And all in all, I haven’t changed a single thing to feel differently GET THIS My mind’s been in a million places but my body hasn’t moved an inch And I feel like I’m missing out again Ignoring my plans Wondering how they went Feeling bad about it If I could just take a chance I wouldn’t feel so bad To see past myself I wouldn’t feel so bad 6:30 alarm, brush my teeth, and start the car And I know what I know, so I go where I go It’s time to go home again, that’s so boring
2.
Blood 02:19 video
I will not ever show you ‘Cause I don’t think that I owe you that much Hold out until there’s closure Or punch a hole in the drywall These purple knuckles Is proof for the choice I took Is proof for the blood and the hurt I will not ever go there I swear I don’t care About anything that comes from your mouth Or anything that comes from you
3.
High above me, hope swarms like flies I am trying not to hide Hide from them, hiding in my hell I am trying to be someone else All this noise just goes in one ear out the other and Oh my god it’s too much All this sweat just drips out one pore and another and Oh my god it’s too much We tried to keep an even score But what even play the game for? We tried to keep an even score But no one’s really even counting anymore What even play the game for? Do you have it in you to lie? To tell yourself that you’re gonna be fine ‘Cause high above me, hope swarms like flies I am trying not to hide Hide from them, hiding in my hell I am trying to be someone else All the lights just blow out with one blink and another and Oh my god it’s too much All the truth just hurts with one word and another and Oh my god it’s too much I would believe the things you say When you say them the sweetest ways Fill holes in all my cavities Can still taste you on my teeth Do you have it in you to lie? To tell yourself that you’re gonna be fine
4.
Dog Song 02:53 video
OH I’m talking to myself again I can relate to that my friend Highs and lows they go something like this Round and around and around, life’s a blur Chasing something that feels like I should Round and around and around, till it hurts Chasing my tail like a dog A big circle I’m smothered in a love blanket I’d pull it off but I’ll freeze without it Highs and lows they go Round and around and around, life’s a blur Chasing something that feels like I should Round and around and around, till it hurts Chasing my tail like a dog With these short sights on my mind They will often break you, stop you on a dime
5.
Sucker Punch 03:02
Love’s expensive but I’m spending All I got on something Disappointing, not rewarding, overall confusing But it’s easy to assume something you don’t know Something no good I’ll hold on for just one more shot Give it all you’ve got, sucker punch I am caught in the middle of this tangled web I am in knots I’ll hold on for just one more shot I am caught in the middle of this I’m not naive I’m just trying to see things different Pick and pluck and pull my heart apart Backwards love But it’s easy to assume That I’ll hold on for just one more shot Give it all you’ve got Sucker punch
6.
Sometimes 02:54
Sometimes I’m waiting for the worst time To get hit with what feels like dynamite All the time This neck can’t seem to hold my head up All I ever get is fed up With this obsessive mouth Wish I could turn it off Sometimes I’m waiting for the worst time To get hit with what feels like dynamite All the time Fire in my eyes Desire burned my ties Firing down the line Desire claimed a life Sometimes I’m waiting for the worst time To get hit with what feels like dynamite All the time
7.
If I were in the right state of mind, I would try Defined lines, what state am I gonna die? Undecided but I’ll buy in The diamond shine caught by my eye Undecided but I’ll buy in The diamond shine light up my life A precious gem crushed by my hands, again If it’s in pieces would you still ke ep it around? Pink skies, blue eyes Sees right through mine Cuts like a knife Sharper than any diamond line If I were in the right state of mind, I would try Define lines, what state am I gonna Die Why won’t I try? In the end I don’t want to feel regret But I’m just distracted by diamonds
8.
Fate 01:35
9.
Red String 03:16
Side by side, which one do you like? I think I’ll pick based off what someone else says To think that I could chose myself To think that I Side by side, which one do I like? I’m not what you want I am not what you want What you want is long gone I am not what you want Throw back what you caught Red string of fate is tangling I’ll gently pull on the thread Unravel all that’s mangling Unclear thoughts in my head I’m not what you want I am not what you want What you want is long gone I am not what you want Throw back what you caught Red string of fate is tangling I’ll gently pull on the thread Unravel all that’s mangling Unclear thoughts in my head You are so damn far The other end just dangling The other end just dead
10.
Cut 02:14
Took a step outside myself Looked her in the eyes and felt Quite sorry for that sucker Sorry for that sucker But I know better than she’ll ever And I know better than she’ll ever Took a step outside my house Towards the grass the bodies fell Knees in the ground, my knees are in the ground Rooted deep now You can’t cut me out You can’t cut me out

about

Philadelphia’s Sweet Pill write eruptive emo songs that embrace the edges of pop and hardcore. The kind of band whose members are fully immersed in their local scene—through a handful of notable side projects and the show-promoting Philly staple 4333 Collective—the quintet’s sound takes wide-spectrum influence from its environment. The result is an amalgam of complex song structures and flourishes of technical acumen, wholly unconcerned with genre, yet evoking the specific styles of touchstones such as Paramore and Circa Survive.

On their debut longplayer Where the Heart Is, Sweet Pill’s unbound, raucous energy presents through ten autobiographical tracks that hinge on singer Zayna Youssef’s elastic, enrapturing voice—at times belting and controlled, at others textural and guttural. Supporting Youssef are guitarists Jayce Williams and Sean McCall, bassist Ryan Cullen, and drummer Chris Kearney. Their blistering lead single “Blood” sees Youssef exploring a deteriorated friendship over Williams and McCall’s trudging riffs and tactful counterpoint, with Cullen and Kearney rumbling nimbly in the song’s foundations.

Second single “High Hopes” counters with introspective, melodic punk that reshapes anxiety rather than succumb to it. But third single “Diamond Eyes” momentarily slows the pace, with McCall joining Youssef on vocals for a breakup lament laden with acoustic sentimentalism and an emotive flurry from guest flutist Jill Ryan. Such range is the central facet of Where the Heart Is, where Sweet Pill’s penchant for combining punkish tropes enlivened with the vibrance of math-rock and the aggression of post-hardcore sweetened with pop sensibility compound into something stylistically new yet still familiar.

credits

released May 25, 2022

Lyrics written by Zayna Youssef

Music written by Jayce Williams (guitar), Chris Kearney (drums and vocals), Sean McCall (guitar and vocals), and Ryan Cullen (bass and vocals)

Recorded and mixed by Matt Weber at The Gradwell House

Produced by Matt Weber and Sweet Pill

Mastered by Dave Downham at The Gradwell House

Additional group vocals by Jarrod McGee, Tom Papaccio and Connor Rothstein on "Where the Heart Is"

Piano by Sean McCall on "Dog Song"

Acoustic guitar by Jayce Williams, flute by Jill Ryan on "Diamond Eyes"

Acoustic guitar by Jayce Williams, additional acoustic guitar by Matt Weber, piano by Sean McCall on "Fate"

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