Tired and True, by Floating Room

Tired and True

by Floating Room

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Matt DeMello (himself) Unapologetically appealing flavors of alt across the late Clinton to Bush eras, all backed by near brick building-worthy songwriting chops.

pvtmclaren this EP will always hold a special place in my heart.

squelettes Such a cool song. The guitar sounds like an Omnichord! Favorite track: Held Open Door.

James Pezet Held Open Door is my favorite song of 2020, which is a testament to the songwriting super powers of Maya Stoner. It has become the song I turn to whenever 2020 is about to defeat me, as it gives me the strength to carry on, if for no other reason than to survive to hear this album in full come October 30th. Please purchase immediately. Favorite track: Held Open Door.

bellenoelle I love everything about this: Maya's strong yet wistful voice, thoughtful lyrics, incredible arrangements...And Freakshow may be my fave but Held Open Door is close behind <3 Favorite track: Freakshow.

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1.	Freakshow 02:26	lyrics	buy track
I have darkness and I have light I am whole so I can’t deny any side of myself Everybody loves a freakshow They don’t like the freak though Come on baby Why do this to me? I’m alright Love me right
2.	Held Open Door 02:50	lyrics	buy track
Life held open the door and then it tripped me on my way in I will never walk through another held open door ever I know I am strong but strength don’t get me high I get so bored and I want to feel alive You are the last thread of my youth inside of my head and as I lose you I mourn my own death These seven stages they’re lasting ages I know I am strong but strength don’t get me high I get so bored and I want to feel alive I know I am strong but strength don’t get me high I’ve heard a cackling voice inside my head my whole life
3.	Dancer 01:39	lyrics	buy track
As a dancer you say you dance for yourself but you dance for the judges just like everyone else You stand there You stand there on the stage Yeah, you stand in the spotlight and absorb their gaze They say, It looks like you’re heart was in heart was in it to win it but you’ve got to work on your posture your posture your posturing We’ll assign you a partner in the next round So smile with your teeth Turn that frown upside down Make it look like you love her Make it look like you’re lovers
4.	Warm Death (HIFI) 04:50	lyrics	buy track
Paint fumes and cold rooms Who I was Young love and drug use Who I am Isn’t it such a good thing that I’m not sad like I used to be? Isn’t it such a good thing? Why do my eyelids sometimes feel like warm coffins for my eyes? If nothing else happens then will I still be surprised? Isn’t it such a good thing that I’m not sad like I used to be? Isn’t it such a good thing?
5.	Gun 03:47	lyrics	buy track
I can’t drive without thinking about all the bad things that have happened to me I get to thinking evil is all around I get to thinking that then it’s all I see even in me You watch my body writhing but you don’t leave me You don’t leave me My dog starts shaking and I just can’t believe me Just can’t believe me I’m gonna get a tattoo on my leg of me pointing a gun at my own head at my own head There’s another gun in the other one pointing outwards telling you not to fuck with me Do not fuck with me You watch my body writhing but you don’t leave me You don’t leave me My dog starts shaking and I just can’t believe me

about

Floating Room is the musical project of Portland based multidisciplinary Uchinanchu American artist and DIY veteran Maya Stoner. Their latest EP, Tired and True, was written by Stoner and recorded in the summer of 2019 against a backdrop of intense personal transition.

Lead single “Held Open Door” is a meditation on dimming innocence set to jagged guitar pyrotechnics à la Deerhunter and Television. “Freakshow” is a self-professed “pop hit” concerning Stoner’s perceived pariahdom within Portland’s blindingly white, furtively racist punk scene.

Tired and True is being released independently by Stoner digitally and on vinyl. It features contributions from Jon Scheid (Duck. Little Brother, Duck!, Dreamdecay), Aaron Liu (Two Moons), Jared Ridabock (Anne, Wild Guess), and Mo Troper.

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released October 30, 2020

Maya Stoner - guitar & vocals
Mo Troper - bass, guitar, keys & vocals
Jared Ridabock - drums
Jon Scheid - guitar
Aaron Liu - keys

Additional Musicians:
Brian Harvey - slide guitar on Warm Death
Jay Ringer - trumpet on Dancer

All songs written by Maya Stoner
Recorded August 2019 to January 2020 at Singing Sands and Type Foundry
Produced by Mo Troper and Floating Room
Engineered by Brian Harvey and Ian Watts
Mixed by Ian Watts
Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur at the Unknown

Cover painting by Ona Greenberg

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