Ingenuine Mermen - Undone/Sincerity (Apartment Sessions)

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Apartment Sessions Season 2: Episode 8 -- Undone/Sincerity (Ingenuine Mermen)
Music and Lyrics by Drew Krasner
Arranged by Drew Krasner
Kraz Section by Luke McGinnis
Sound - Evan Tyor
Video - Elizabeth Maney
Though Ingenuine Mermen is a playful and absurd name, it alludes to the existential confusion caused by our collective detachment from history and the rapidly advancing technological intelligences that we are figuring out how to live with. We can now hide inside invisible walls, immerse ourselves in alternate realities, leave essential parts of ourselves here and there without noticing. Eye-to-eye connections suffer and inner worlds become debilitatingly fractured. How do we deal with this?
“Undone” and “Sincerity” are both curious inquiries into how we can think about these psychological issues on the personal and communal level. The final result of this session gives me hope that our age of isolation and loneliness has cracks in it, that the light shines through on its own, that it is our job to slowly pry open the entry points with concerted hands.
xx kraz
Jack Snyder - Vocals
Drew Krasner - Dancing, Vocals, Nord
Elliot Wallace - Vibraphone
Danae Greenfield - Keyboard
Adam Neely - Keyboard, Piano, 1991 Casio Rapman
Justina Soto, Vanisha-Arleen Gould - Soprano
Claire Wellin, Allegra Krieger - Alto
Trent Saunders, Nathan Repasz, Ye Olde Corn - Tenor
Evan Tyor, Luke McGinnis - Bass
Maria Im - Violin
Ally Jenkins - Violin
Mariya Polishchuk - Violin
Erikka Walsh - Violin
Sam Quiggins - Cello
Andy Taylor - Cello
Emily Pecoraro - Soprano Sax, Clarinet
Josh Plotner - Alto sax, Clarinet
Brian Plautz - Alto Sax
Eitan Gofman - Tenor sax, Clarinet
Jared Yee - Bari Sax
Nick Benitez - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Kyra Sims - French Horn
Sara McDonald - French Horn
Michael Wang - Trombone
Erin J. Reifler - Trombone
Shubh Saran - Electric Guitar
Rob Taylor - Electric Bass
Jeff Roberts - Drums/Triggers
Sebastian Chiriboga - SPD/Triangle
Angelo Spampinato - Floor Tom, Cowbell, Tambourine
Jordan Brooks - Bass Drum, Shaker, Tambourine
Tim Talavera - Congas, Mini Bongos, Jawbone
Christopher Celiz - Beatbox
Orby - Resonance
Sound Team - Evan Tyor, Jack Snyder
Video Team - Elizabeth Maney, Shaan Couture, and Daniel Topete
Intro Artwork - Brian Plautz
"Sincerity" Lyrics
VERSE 1
one time for the online insults
two times for the permanent pencils
sweat stains on the digital sweatpants
profile got anthroposentience
three times for the like-check complex
am i liked am i liked am i liked yet?
keep the dialogue down to a monologue
two track mind with a democratic demagogue
cold sweat on the sterilized heart
staging the pictures to edit the arc of the
pose of the century
the case of the mistress identity
is sleeping with enemies
and kissin on mirrors she barely sees
one line for the on-time insults
insecure souls leave their shit on your seashores
VERSE 2
dear public diary
are we all metafiction prodigies?
verbal diarrhea or
Homer’s postmodern odyssey?
i said what i said without speaking a word
Dr. Seuss wrote by observing the birds
he rhymed shit that rhymed and delivered the word
on time and with grace for all to be heard
god hasn’t died yet
he’s chillin in cryo with Tupac
and Nietzsche and rhinos and whatever else
we might lose in this psychopath epoch
so get off your iPad and nuzzle some dirt
make friends with a stranger ask where they hurt
delete your personas and fashion a self
make peace with a demon and build him a shelf
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