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SOLO

by Joh Chase

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    First pressing on Coke Bottle Clear vinyl

    Includes unlimited streaming of SOLO via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    shipping out on or around April 26, 2024
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of SOLO via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    shipping out on or around April 26, 2024
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1.
Gone 03:42 video
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Gone, my four-leaf clover Yeah you've gone your own way Got my red solo Well the party is over and I'm still buzzed walkin' the neighborhood Whoa, oooooh Damn, my dog is nowhere But I know she'll come home Mom, she misses her daughter But it's a chain she loves to liberate And I'm gone with the wind, now And I'm gone with the wind, now And I'm gone with the wind, now Your bed, make its covers So they fall over every corner tight And my body It left its mold where we laid and watched it all go down
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Right Way 03:48
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Roll out of bed like any other day Supposed free world but my head's a chain Use some millennial tactics, keep my mind focused on the traffic 'Cause I white-knuckle, ride this roller coaster don't wanna mess it up, I'm getting older The right way, an idea that plagues me But everywhere I go these two feet bring the peace Doesn't matter what's underneath, doesn't matter what's underneath me Books piled high, attention's wearing thin I've got it all right here, but I can't pretend That I'll ever stop trying, looking for that perfect sign
3.
Common Man 02:51
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I can't lift this weight, I can't feel my hands I'm doing everything, oh I'm doing all I can In this whole world, guess I'll always be a common man (Common man) Never looking for trouble but I find it (Common man) Say it's all a big ladder I ain't climbing (Common man) When it's down to the wire all I got is the common man I've been hanging low, branches reaching high Holding the same fruits under every color sky But it's not enough, guess I'll always be a common man
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Avalanche 03:00 video
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Blue bell bonnie pale skin chapped lips on that night Found a beginning without an end in those eyes Fever pitch of young love oriented all our stars Found our bed in the spin of the earth and all its charge Oh that love, that love, couldn't see it coming, couldn't see it coming That love, that love, just felt the rumble then it hit me like an avalanche Held you tight brown skin brown eyes, oh you cried Tried to love you harder than a mother could have ever tried But you grew up like a twisted vine and covered my light Now my glow wants to break through the leaves, feed your fights Baptized you in the river of my grief, didn't know I was doing anything Tried to keep you still so I would stop shaking, the day you left I felt the freedom of...
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Savina 03:16
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Saving is a driver the in city, she doesn't care what the boys say She built her car the year our love died, so she could always drive away Drive Savina drive Go find that place you swear you could find Oh now, drive Savina drive You'll drive until you die Savina picked me up at the station, she drove me down to the bar Oh you know I begged her to stay with me, needed a mechanic for my heart Savina used to hold me like a baby, whispered infinity every night Until one night we went rolling, like some crash on prom night
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When I Got This Place 03:38 video
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Don't need a lover in Los Angeles, the forever sun warms my skin No lovers touch as cosmic as her golden days, don't need nothing when I got this place Don't need nothing when I got this place Don't need a lover in Los Angeles, every street name as intimate as a lover’s call Mulholland curves round to Santa Monica, go down Pico and watch it sprawl Go down Pico and watch it sprawl Don't need a lover in Los Angeles, even in the middle of the night Hungry for company I can find, a rooftop in the echo park twilight, rooftop in the echo park twilight Don't need nothing when I got this place x2 On every corner there's a brand-new face. Don't need nothing when I got this place Don't need a lover in Los Angeles, edge of the Pacific mists like a kiss I feel it all over my body, feel it all over my body, don't need nothing when I got this place Don't need a lover in Los Angeles, everybody's here for show biz You know we're all just the show ourselves, got everyone for entertainment, I got everyone for entertainment Don't need nothing when I got this place x3, a bunch of dreamers trying to find some space
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TV of Your Mind 04:12
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My morning mind has got the best of me When there's nothing wrong I'll think of 30 things to worry about Cause I believe in anything I gave up my spot 31 months ago, still afraid someone's gonna steal my show I've been running around about nothing god made us all great screenwriters, our biggest hits and our worst tragedies re-write 'em, rewind 'em, try and top 'em On the TV of Your Mind x3 Lost my religion at 32 to a broken rule book with no super glue But I've been finding god in everything All my victories they look like glacier peaks and they are melting into cool river streams at 33 degrees they're washing all over me ...the truth is I do better if I can't feel anything
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Smoother 03:21
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No one could ever fell me the truth about my life It's a light at the end of the tunnel and it's all in my mind This machine keeps moving more efficiently The truth of my life is I cannot see it coming I am just a common man trying not to burn the whole thing down Falling like a grain of sand, the hour glass flips itself around Never knew that I could shine so well but I have found With friction and time it gets smoother, it gets smoother, it gets smoother, smoother Mom and Dad you gave me more love than you had got There's a reservoir below us it's bubbling up It comes from beneath our roofs, it keeps us alive Yeah you did more than you knew you could and you were just trying When i think of you babe, wanna give you all my best I'm neurotic and true blue but I own my own mess Can our love be a reminder, remind me, remind me Yeah the best stuff in life I can never see it coming
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To Forget You 03:19
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Record making it like saying says it, you didn't have a phone, I couldn't leave a message Disconnected, dial tone deflected, holding my breath while I got a bone to pick with That picket fence tall around your love nest Iconic protecting those sweet caresses You showed me lies with your French accent Pulled me in just to play lesbian Now I'm waiting for all these feelings to fade out x2 Go to the beach to forget you, call my mom to forget you Walk my dog to forget you, work my job to forget you Sing a song to forget you, say a prayer to forget you Do all I can to forget you, doing all I can to forget you The mismatch of my past plays tag with the dreamy flash of hope I made you Just wanted to date you, but got in over my head in spite of you Boo, that I never even called you, something about you got me all in up in the trees like Swiss Family Robinson On my in between like peanut butter and then your mouth you used less and less got original in my Smithsonian, how is it when I don't even know you, I create a statue just to see you again, oh Buy new jeans to forget you, think nice things just trying to forget you Now I'm waiting for all these feelings to fade out x2 Hop on a bus, fly home, go to my old stomping grounds Sit by myself and throw some stones Buy a coffee down the street, see all the new buildings they're building Oh and I'm trying to doing all I can, do all I can Dye my hair, I ain't shaving my legs, shit I'm just trying to do all I can, just trying to do all I can to forget you Now I'm waiting for all these feelings to fade out x4
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Daniel 02:56
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We were born to each other, didn't what we were getting info And that's the worry and joy about it all, you never know until it happens to you, to you, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Rusted fences lined the field on the hill, we'd feed the horses apples It was there I finally understood, you might never get the words. All the words I say, but Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel I'll be that something you can get, I'll be the something you can hold That will tell you what you already know There's something you can cling to, there's something that's already in you Hear it coming all out of that radio, oh all out of that radio And if goes like, goes like Alright, we get the feeling of it all It's alright, we get the feeling of it all It's alright, we get the feeling of it all...

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Mesmerizing, infectious, joyful, and heartbreaking; this is the best new album I've heard in a decade. Joh Chase has arrived.” – Melissa Ferrick

Career trajectories are rarely linear or make logical sense. Life is always unpredictable so all you can do is put in good work and keep at it. Joh Chase is a testament to this. Over the past two decades, the Seattle-raised, Los Angeles-based artist has persistently honed their songwriting and toured, opening for acts like Noah Gunderson and David Bazan. This dedication comes out entirely in their songs, which are so timeless, confident, and inviting they can only come from someone who’s devoted their whole life to their craft. Chase’s new album SOLO feels like a turning point for them: it’s the culmination of a lifetime of writing, losing, loving, and doing it all yourself. The LP adventurously toes the line between genres and sensibilities but it’s all filtered through Chase’s charming and fully-formed vision.

SOLO is a testament to Chase’s do-it-yourself ethos throughout their entire career—they chipped away, self-funded tours, and crowdfunded this LP. But by finding their voice, they now no longer feel alone. “This is the most support I've ever had in my life,” says Chase. “I do not feel alone at all. There’s so much energy and generosity here around these songs.” Though it’s not their debut, SOLO feels like a reinvention for an artist: a daring reintroduction for a timeless talent. “I spent my life making music and trying to do it about 10 different ways,” says Chase. “Now this one feels like it. This album feels like a leveling-up of my music in general. When I look at it now, I realize this is the first record that's really me.”

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released April 26, 2024

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Joh Chase Los Angeles, California

Seattle-raised, Los Angeles-based artist Joh Chase has spent two decades honing their craft with a do-it-yourself ethos. This dedication comes out entirely on their new album, “SOLO,” a culmination of a lifetime of writing, losing and loving. The LP adventurously toes the line between genres and sensibilities, but it’s all filtered through Chase’s charming and fully-formed vision. ... more

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