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Pick Up Your Chin

by muckling

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1.
Almond Tree 02:19
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Slide the lap steel like new It pains to say I got it from you Heart, my harp is untuned Walk with me till four or three Side-by-side, like then, two drunken fools The young seed of an almond tree I’ll keep from you I hate to say I got it, I hate to say I got it, I hate to say I parted From you
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Forever (By Chance) 00:57
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Halfway 02:55
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Halfway down the checklist, Such a shame to leave undone Remove me from the setlist See who wants to sing my songs Promise me half-truths and I’ll meet you halfway Promise me half-truths and I’ll meet you halfway Baptized by friendly fire, Leaving lots to desire Distinct eyes, once admired, quickly lost. Joy retired Promise me half-truths and I’ll meet you halfway Promise me half-truths and I’ll meet you halfway
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Unknower 00:54
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Pick Up Your Chin 03:23
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“Did you water all the plants?” I asked when you got home “Did you walk the dog out? Did he like it in the snow?” Folded all your clean clothes, threw out the food gone bad I’ll show you all the things I wrote I’ll hear the day you had If I ever get a bike, I’ll race you home, I’ll race you home If I ever get a bike, I’ll race you home, I’ll race you home If I ever get a bike The couch is looking sort of grim (The sink is full, the lights are dim) I guess the grey is way done in (Our house is crumbling slowly) Hey, please don’t worry if it does (My darling, please don’t worry) We’ve both seen worse, pick up your chin If I ever get a bike, I’ll race you home, I’ll race you home If I ever get a bike, I’ll race you home, I’ll race you home If I ever get a bike, I’ll race you home, I’ll race you home If you loved me out of spite, then I loved you more, I loved you more If I ever get a bike, I’ll race you home, I’ll race you home If I ever get a bike
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Woodpecker 03:08
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Woodpecker, woodpecker, where’s your home? Blunt beak and burnt feathers Woodpecker, woodpecker, you’ve flown so low Brick bound and feet tethered Darling, my darling, who took your home? Puffed chest and saw swinging Darling, my darling, what have they done? Bashed beak, you’ve stopped singing Woodpecker, woodpecker, fuck your home The council just knows better Woodpecker, woodpecker, mourn what’s gone I wish love I knew better Cut down by guys that don’t know how to prune You went for a trim, and you got the full groom
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Favourite Ghost 02:29
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Take the ladder, take the fall Throw a line out, make a call Clockwork timing, favourite ghost Chew off ears you miss the most Throwing tantrums, going pale Burning boats then setting sail Find that ghost and use your head to bury something, not quite dead to bury something, not quite dead to bury something, not quite dead I took the ladder, I took the fall Despite no signal, I made the call I weigh my sleep in empty beds Worn out shoes, I’m walking dead

about

I am sure the world doesn't need more singer-songwriter bedroom recordings made by people with questionable recording abilties but I wanted in on the action.

Here are some songs about chins, ears, untuned harps, my shoes with many holes, the distant memory of snow and, mostly, about saying goodbye to my favourite trees.

These songs came about while writing a dissertation concerning all the reasons I have been restricting my efforts in making music. I have been writing music in many bedrooms for a little while now and these songs are hopefully an end to isolation, an end to inaction.

Much love to the ultimate babes:
Nikos Harbilas for lending me his beloved acoustic guitar despite his reservations regarding its intonation
Christos Siantsis for the pop filter, emotional support and Vikos cola

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released June 28, 2025

.all music was written and recorded by myself in my bedroom
.rough mix by me and erwniko in her bedroom

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muckling Thessaloniki, Greece

just a little bit of muck looking for a little bit of space to make a little bit of sound

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