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High Fidelity Drag

by Telyscopes

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Í Was this even made on planet earth?? Favorite track: Alcoholics (The Last Drop).
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Shay. // Shady Monk Where past albums may have required a full listen through for maximized enjoyment, it feels as though each track on High Fidelity Drag was sculpted to be a hit unto itself. With each release, Telyscopes seems to make it his mission to break his own mold, and subsequently make it almost impossible for me to pick a favorite track. But, I suppose 'anything's possible.. these days'.
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TrixxStarr Absolutely my pick for Album of 2017. Jack Hubble continues to prove himself to be a master songsmith/Musician taking on all rolls for this albums production. There are so many catchy melody's strung together with thought provoking lyrics that will haunt you even when you're not listening. While this album has many potential singles that you could pick for playlists, it's best listened to from start to finish as a whole. Put this album on and lose yourself in it! Favorite track: A Prologue Of Sorts / Lost Cosmonaut.
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salsajoe95 Such a great album honestly, has a similar charm to most of the lo-fi bedroom pop genre, but with surprisingly advanced arrangements, lyrics and harmonies. At first listen the texture can be a bit grating but the beautiful vocals make up for it. Comes with all sorts of bizarre bonus tracks and remixes too, idk how anyone has enough free time to make this much stuff. Favorite track: Delirium Tremens.
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1.
The Equator 01:30
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Magnificent Imitator You had me completely convinced That I was talking to myself And now I'm talking to myself Your wardrobe doesn't impress me And if I stripped you fully bare would you be striking? would you be ugly? Or would you vanish into thin air? Money won't buy an identity And imitation doesn't flatter me Don't like falsetto? It's just another One of the voices in your head What reputation? (Who needs you) What reputation? You need Jesus, and medication You need to find somebody else Who you can suck from and slowly become Fill up with blood like a fat leech
3.
I see you walking on eggshells and cutting your feet Given a weight on your shoulders before you compete The game was called as a tie and nobody kept score (And now you're) getting answers from scribble on the bathroom stall But when you're stricken by cancer, who will you call? When he steps in the room you'll know you've been called (Know you've been called back home this time) Black rabbit of death Whispers your name, the wind his breath So long your eyes have been glued shut And now he's standing in the flesh Who will you call? I lived without invisible men I lived to spite enlightened men I buried my head in the sand And woke up in the belly of a whale. Lost cosmonaut Floating around Best seat in the house Lost cosmonaut So lonely now When will you come down?
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Tabby's Star 03:29
Powder your face and pinch your cheeks before the dance Death trimmed in black before you, holding out his hands White toothy promise of desire drank you blind Snake in the grass under your bare feet, whistle-blowers watched in disbelief Come alive Glowing bright Like Tabby's star he will Make out like a bandit in the night Sleep by your bedside I am holding back the waves Stand in the cellar I am holding up your grave With one eye closed and one wide open all the time So busy singing, you never heard the warning tune and now your noose is tied Come alive Glowing bright Like Tabby's star he will Vanish like a sunbeam in the dusk before you wake Out with the old In with the new Step after step, you're right on cue Out with the old In with the new Clue after clue: clues only prove that you never really had a clue Out with the old In with the new Vow after vow, you say I do Come alive Glowing bright Like Tabby's star he will Clip your wings and leave you for the worms Nails through the wrist of hallow bones Hannah, your voice is now a ghost.
5.
My rent Is stupidly cheap but I still can't eat I only manage to drink Each night I swear it's the last night I'm sick until noon When my hands shake and shake It's a goddamn shame We don't talk about anymore When your eyes are on me I stumble around stupidly I spend Too much of my time Thinking in past tense Laying in bed. How does it feel to know that, no matter how tall your seeds have grown, and, no matter what you've etched in stone, that some day, you will be forgotten.
6.
Clairvoyance 02:16
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High fidelity drag Almost as bad as it was the first time Life can be such a drag it's never quite as bad as the last time High fidelity sob Who wants to change when you know you don't have to It's Impossible to stop going Full speed downhill with your break lines cut I can't change you Rearrange you And make somebody new But you can't change me Rearrange me Turn me into you Sober died in her sleep Drowned her children when she couldn't drink them Like holes left in her sleeve Filled up the room with cheap red wine Nobody's tears fill the grave Nobody left roses for the sun to decay The dogs all wander away Slip through cracks in storm drains and fences I can't deal with I guess I'll have to Wait it out till the end I can't change you Rearrange you Drag you back from the dead I live in a void The floor caved in and the roof was lifted I became a slave A man takes a drink and the drink takes the man Songbird stumbled to bed Hungry children sang songs and held hands but Foxes found the nest, Polished their bones of flesh and feathers I can't change you Rearrange you Make you somebody new You can't change me Rearrange me I wont be like you I can't deal with I guess I'll have to Wait it out till the end I can't change you Rearrange you Drag you back from the dead Our world is is a black hole A warren of death Follow the black rabbit And breathe your last breath Life can be such a drag So Drink your sorrows and forget who you are Cause It's easier to drown In a world that's already 96% water.
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Fell into the river Jumped off of the bridge I won't be a prisoner I refuse to live "Our world is is a black hole An warren of death Follow the black rabbit And breathe your last breath"
9.
Flying Bed 05:02
She's been lying in bed for nearly a year Inside a snow globe atmosphere Death grins high above the canopy shade No one can claim and tame this plague, and she says I won't come down for nobody I won't come down Mold grows over the sheets placenta was spread Hip bones that crushed the fetus's head Blue sky lavender factory bellow below Smoke rings that signal things to which we may not know in this life I won't come down for nobody I won't come down Deer runs through trees bleeds arrow holes Dead on the leaves leave food for wolves Maybe the sun will come out, the wind will die down, and you won't blow away.
10.
Hey I've got more to say Hey I've got more to do I'm not finished living yet I'm only done living with you. It's not a resurrection, which would imply that I was previously dead It's just a new direction: Brian finally got up out of his bed And here I am I'm not dead but I'm not ______ I'm not dead but I'm not ______ I'm not dead but I'm not living.
11.
I just told you the biggest lie and I can never take it back I just looked into your eyes and sold it as a fact I just whispered in your ear what I knew you'd want to hear But I'm only thinking of myself and in a week I'll disappear. Oh my god, did I really just exploit you? Looks like I'm going to hell if I'm caught And I can never take it back I won't ever take it back Maybe I'm too late Maybe it's too late Maybe I'm too late and the reckoner will come my way I don't love you the way I said I did I can't love you and I never did I never did I just played you the biggest fraud and now I'll stab you in the back These days my big stupid smile is the only friend I have Dear old god, I just kissed your son and slain him The blood on my hands I can never wash clean And I can never wash it off Maybe I'm too late Maybe it's too late Maybe I'm too late, and my legs are crossed on this cross I'm hanging Maybe I'm too late Maybe it's too late Maybe I'm too late, with my tongue tied and my body buried.
12.
Pulaski Hwy 01:25
Judas wore an elements t-shirt and cargo shorts He's always got an argument, yeah he always gets the last word But he won't hear the last laugh this time I'm like Freddie Kruger my melodies slice and slash Kill you in your sleep where you can never get me back Get me back Judas wears an elements t-shirt and he's ready for a fight But his words will never leave his mouth like he'll never leave his house.
13.
A flower a skull A circle a line What's living must die, as will I I will never be young again A shiver a wind Fill sails of our ships Break corners of lips Cracked smile, he tells me Another long long winter is here Did I overstay welcome again? Did I bleed you dry? A quiver a cry Don't give me that shit You know you aren't worth it If I have to lose my life your sins A mattress a bed Sheets for November But will I remember Who I Who I stepped all over before I could lay down and rest Did I overstep my boundaries again? Did I bleed you dry? A sunrise of snow Starting to sink Black droplets of ink White whiskers of pink You might call em chemtrails But I call them beautiful I'll take off my tinfoil cap and hide it back under the bed I'm out my own And now I can tell It's gonna be a long long winter this year Another long long winter is here.

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Recorded entirely on a boss br-800 portable recorder, don't take your computer for granted again.

Loosely inspired by Richard Adams's fantastic 1972 novel, Watership Down.

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released July 14, 2017

Cover painted and photographed by Sonja Kronstedt

All lyrics, music, vocals and instruments by Jack Hubbell (that sound narcissistic enough?)

Featuring dream recollection voice memos and/or drunk voicemails from Chris Vincent, Jason Tyler, Charles Pfaff, David Gravagno, and myself.

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Telyscopes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Since 2012, Telyscopes has molted through one reinvention after another--shedding layers of lo-fi psychedelia, chamber pop, jazz, and electronica like cocoons as the project grows more legs, prettier wings, or sharper mandibles. The lifeblood remains the same: offbeat lyrics and striking melodies. Often ingenious--never typical."
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