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Authentic

by The Januariez

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1.
Authentic 03:40
Authentic See the window where the neighbors watch me they'll never knock on my door Could I blame them? I've seen myself before sitting in the back yard playing the same riff over again on my guitar singing these same words over again "I don't care anymore" So you see me you might like me cause I got something you're looking for Come and get me you won't stop me cause your feet haven't left the floor try and stop me you might like me just go ahead and knock on my door The world is full of designs I've never fully embraced or believed I gotta second hand shirt with champagne dreams Of course my life don't match yours A dangerous position an unsettled score and that's the nature of my authentic world and I don't care anymore So you see me you might like me cause I got something you're looking for Come and get me you won't catch me cause your feet haven't left the floor try and stop me you might like me just go ahead and knock on my door bridge: this is real, feel my skin underneath your hands, shining like a southern sunrise, I'm on fire oh yeah and the daggers don't matter, the hooks can have their bait it all falls away face to face This can be all you want it to be.
2.
Ideal Love 02:42
Ideal Love I think this idea of love that everyone talks about is a piece of film I can put these images on it but it is nothing more than a roll of plastic This idea of love is only an ideal Where do we fit In that picture? I think that love is more like a road that your making up on your own Especially if there's been no one to share their special lens This idea of love is only an ideal Where do we fit In that picture? And how many Pictures do we get? All that we have Is all that we've seen And that's not real And I don't even know anymore And I don't even care anymore About this thing That they like to call love.
3.
Dying Man 04:00
Dying Man What Is it To wish Death On a dying man Malice? Cowardice? Humanity? Compassion For the dying man? Dying man… Dying man… Dying man… And if that Wish came true What would Come of it? Now I’m Thinking Only Of myself Here And not Anywhere else Dying man Death On the dying man Dying man And that’s the nature of the wish Right? Is it Right? Is it Wrong? Wrong? Someone please tell me If I were to wish this What would it mean? Death on the dying man.
4.
What I could give you This is the rawest thing I could give you- a piece of my flesh thick with the memory of dirt and tears I don't need it anymore cause I've replaced it now with plastic and wires See I don't want you to know who I am I don't want to know either, but here I stand This is the ugliest thing I could give you- and why you want it I don't know cause I couldn't stand it hiding underneath my clothes And I've replaced it now with ambiguity See I don't want you To know who I am; I don't want To know either, but as long as I stand here and look around, there's no denying so I keep trying, to rid myself of me This is the worst thing I could give you-- And I'm not sure You'd know what it was Even if I told you it's just awful that way I don't need it anymore but you seem willing to take it. so before you go I want you to know that I didn't make you take this from me, you wanted to see me you wanted me.
5.
Trauma Model 03:17
I am the trauma model A living breathing example taken from a sample of a misunderstood people that feeling (Make it go away) Hold up the trauma model Trophy girl whining yodel someone help me notice The trigger before its pulled that keening (Make it go away) My swollen eyes seized up the leaves cluttering my mind of mines I want to scream put her in the corner by my record player why is my record skipping skipping, skipping, scratching, sticking this song has got to end
6.
Moments of Knowing There is a wisdom that exists sometimes I have a part of it I have Moments of knowing Something I don’t know How it goes away. I know it For a little while. Listen for it A little while. Because I think For a little while I have it all figured out And I stop thinking.
7.
16 03:51
Sixteen Sixteen years ago I met you In a parking lot outside the DMZ I was rather taken by you, and you By me, or so I thought it seemed But what does a young girl know anyway About anything The night caught up with us And I found myself giving you the power I need Not again Will I be that girl Again Sixteen years ago it snowed in my room We were so dangerously bored What were we to do? You covered my nose; you covered my mouth So I couldn’t sing. You said I love you, you said I hate you, You said I love you What the hell did that mean? Not again Will I be that girl Again Sixteen years have passed and somehow I managed to survive The trouble is that I never intended to have a life There are no words for teenaged fear There are no cures for teenaged pain Life is life; it is what it is. It’s only myself that I can change. Not again Will I be that girl Again I am strong now I have a place to stand I live now That other girl is dead.
8.
Song of a lost Self Look at her Does she know you I think you know her But you won’t notice Because it reminds you Too much of the time She was down With her head in her hands After spreading herself around time. She lost her name, and she’s like you to the same As much as you already have: Don’t ask her name now She’ll lie to you again She doesn’t want to know you Contrary to what you might think Don't ask her name now She'll point to someone else She'll only know you Once you recognize yourself Who am I? How'd I get here? A block of time is lost There are doors in my head I can't open Cause I'm too scared to look I can't run anymore I can't hide her crying Is too loud I lost my name, and I wanted her to do the same As much as she denies. chorus Look at me I won’t run away this time Look at me I’ll stand my ground this time
9.
Projector Blue On the other hand, my hand chosen prison that I prefer to practice the worship value of sabotage, awaits in the harbor. Please wait. It is impossible to tell. My adrenaline, my focus, I can't see straight. Such an ample yarn Ties me to such a secret: an apple of entropy in the tower of my eyes and I can't decide what is wrong or right. I could squint through the projector blue Tint the world with my violent hue. Such an ample yarn Ties me to such a secret: that I can't decide what is wrong or right. I could squint through the projector blue But my feet collapse. This stealth of mine private self now crazy with the jackal breath, and I must murder it. The old thing in me- It must go with the spices and glass you see, before I can join with my other hand. and I must decide what is wrong or right. I could squint through the projector blue
10.
Shut up and Listen! There's a man or woman either good or bad either black or white maybe gay or straight Christian or other who's early or late and does it fucking matter Why? won't you step away from the picture Time... will make you so near-sighted Fine…go on and look, it all splits in half Your mind will believe it's something different There's a woman or man either rich or poor could be short or tall pretty or ugly nice or mean clean or dirty quiet or RAR! Why? won't you step away from the picture Time... will make you so near-sighted Fine…go on and look, it all splits in half Your mind will believe it's something different (Shut up and Listen) You believe it's something different But we're all the same It's all the same Shut up and listen! Why? won't you step away from the picture Time... will make you so near-sighted Fine…go on and look, it all splits in half Your mind will believe it's something different (There is always) someone who is smart or stupid (left or right) in front or behind who either loves or hates (this world enough) to make it seem like it's divided We're all the same. It's all the same. Shut up and listen!

credits

released October 27, 2012

Authentic
 
The Januariez are
J-kNee: vocals, guitars, hammond M-2
Reno: drums, percussion

 
engineering, mixing, and producing: Jack Endino at Soundhouse in Seattle, WA
mastering: Chris Hanzsek in Snohomish, WA
artwork: Memo Diaz
layout design: Reno and Memo Diaz
photos: Daniel Zetterstrom
manufacturing: Pip McCaslin at Real Time in Seattle, WA
featured musician: Brian Cruzan on bass
backing vocals on track 1 and 2: J-kNee, Reno, Gloria Staggs, and Brian Cruzan
 
thanks to: Ron, Alex and Lucas, Gloria, Denise, all the peeps in the credits, BlueShoes Media, Amy Denio, Seeing Blind, Darrell's, Scott Walker, Syndy, Dan, Bogart's, The Comet, Alice Bag, Angie Garcia, Holly, Gorilla, Shai Azul, Troy Lund, Southside, Critical Sun, Furniture Girls, In Cahoots, Sightseer, Downtown Music Hall, Home Alive Documentary, The Hi-Fidelity, Glittercore, The Industry People, Soldano Amplification, Gold Records, CFA, Sources in Code, Jonathan Seeber, Andi the Pandi, Ana-Mae Cupcakes, Michaela Malone, Christina Radocha, Washington Lawyers for the Arts, Bon von Wheelie, Kyle Caldwell, Kook Teflon, InartsNW, Women Who Rock Community, Troy Michael, Innocent Words Magazine, Fluke Fanzine, Sue Carr, Thomas the Madman, Starr Harris, Tif King, Julia Hensley, Richard Reynolds, Tre and Dennis, Si, Mona and Tim, Tracy and Gregory, Kim Asadorian, Nancey and Neil, Steven and Jenny, Heather Ward, Tanya Briggs, Bircho, Natasha Marilyn, Melissa Lane, Kristen, Shannon, Mel and Izzy, Ashanti, Sarah Huxold, Take Warning Presents, Bryan Cohen, Mike Poe, Theo Nestor, Monique Dawson, Marcy and Ed, Brenda Scallon, Jason's Jukebox, Post Rapture Party, Gali, Violet, Devin, Anna, Jon Teague, John Dorman, JT Hooker, the Mabry family, the Goodin family, all our friends in Little Rock, Austin, Tacoma, Bremerton, and Portland, all the bands we've played with, all the funky venues, and all of you! muchos abrazos



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Described by Innocent Words Magazine as "T. Rex with a little Thin Lizzy and Veruca Salt fronted by Ani DiFranco", The Januariez have a little something for everyone. They have been recording their first full length album this summer with the legendary Jack Endino. The album, Authentic, set to release October 2012 and will be followed with a regional tour. ... more

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