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tHE nEW nORMAL

by JAMES COOK

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pUpPeT 03:28
When she is sent away, she wants to be the perfect package Gift wrap and post her off, she will become the human gif fZip her up and bubble wrap her, hug her and vacuum pack her Inside she's all excited Stick the knife in, cut the wrap Pierce the plastic, wear that mask Hypnotise, it's your turn to terrorize The Man I'm a puppet in a plastic world She's a dolly with electric curls But a dolly's got to make her world So terrorize The Man Two faced and mealy mouthed, hollow and so sophisticated She worships my regime, we want to nurture fear and doubt When the bubble melts abruptly and there's nothing left around me Inside she's all excited Be a puppet in a plastic world, she's a puppet in a plastic world She's a puppet in a plastic world, she's a dolly with electric curls She's a puppet in a plastic world, I'm a puppet in plastic world But a dolly's got to make her world so terrorize The Man Terrorize your man
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LeGAcY 03:53
Correcting/rejecting. Logic is a powerful aid Courageous/dangerous. Culture the cusp of change Resistance/futile. Passing a terrible wave Venus in exile. Communicate in alien ways Correcting the legacy. Rejecting the legacy. Hybrid/profile. Reflecting a binary age. Playtime is over. Breathless in an oxygen haze The stateline is frozen. The sun is at an optimum place Going in circles just to let the option fade Correcting the legacy. Rejecting the legacy. Respecting the legacy. Protecting the legacy. My heads spinning and I don't know why (we're rejecting the legacy)
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Red light run through, dark dreams taint you 'White Light/White Heat' turns on the light in your mind Black hole haunts you, white noise trolls you 'Charlotte Sometimes' turns on the light in your mind I'm just an Underground Idiot An Underground Idiot waiting for the night I'm just a New Wave idiot, a Synth Pop idiot A Shoegaze idiot waiting for the night Red lines shape you, black heart hates you 'Blue Monday' turns on the light in your mind When sorrow takes you, music awaits you 'Sound and Vision' turns on the light in your mind I'm just an Underground Idiot An Underground Idiot waiting for the night I'm just a Goth Rock idiot, a Post Punk idiot An Indie Pop idiot waiting for the night This time they'll turn the volume down They want to bring you down This time they'll try to shut you out This time they'll take control of you (troll you, troll you)
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sLOWriSE 04:10
Need to be frightened Fears echo hostility A moment striking will fall into obscurity Dissolve our cares, resolve our errors Dissolve our cares Dissolve our cares to solve affairs Dissolve affairs Had enough lies, had enough life, had enough time Had enough life, had a lifetime to take a SlowRise Movement in silence, Allay your dreams, deep into super sea Annulled in asylum, there's no repair for reciprocity Dissolve our cares, resolve our errors Dissolve our cares Dissolve our cares to solve affairs Dissolve affairs Had enough lies, had enough life, had enough time Had enough life, had a lifetime to take a SlowRise To take a SlowRise
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dYSToPiAN 01:14
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gHOStATiON 04:08
Never there when you look Never see them with your eyes Never get out when you're lost In the tunnel you alight Are you zealous in the night? A death sentence in the dark The last message that you heard Was like a stabbing to your heart Our Ghostation The story of a story is the truth within the word The basis of a thought is when a story must be heard Our Ghostation The call of the void in the morning (Divide et Impera)
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aNDRoMEDiA 04:33
Mind over matter A chaos of wires High school apocalypse Gone to waste This is a journey as loud as a whisper Soon to be classifed information It's too late to fear inside the Andromedia Placed in your brain, a daily dose of Andromedia Dressed like a servant Mind of a victim Tone of a tragedy Gone to seed High on a mountain we are oxygenated Far from the traffic light occupation It's too late to fear inside the Andromedia Placed in your brain, a daily dose of Andromedia Unforgiven, unforgotten Andromedia Far away a screen kiss sunset staring at a satellite Undefeated we repeated all of our mistakes It's too late to fear with Andromedia
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LaShToPiA 03:39
Dystopia of nostalgia We are lonelier, we have lost our way Xenophobia in a glass room You throw stones at them, you asphyxiate Lashtopia we are lonelier Lashtopia A crowded room is a lonely place Hyperphobia is an open space Our neighbourhood of disturbances The suburbia in Arcadia Lashtopia we are lonelier Lashtopia Lashed out, crashed down
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WeSTFAiLURE 03:44
I, I tried to give you everything I didn't know where to begin With such a fragile mannequin I, I had a feeling all was lost I had to know just when to stop And when to process right from wrong And when the demons came to stare And there was pressure in the air There were no feelings left to save Along the way I, I tried to step into your world I tried to give what I was told And when the moment felt insane We could turn round and count to ten We failed, again I....

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tHE nEW nORMAL is the 5th studio album by James Cook. Elements of 80s new wave/electronica/90s indie guitar. This album was recorded in 2019 and released in 2020

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released April 27, 2020

All songs written/produced/recorded by James Cook

Vox/guitars/bass/synths/drums/percussion/programming: James Cook

Additional synth/production/recording/mixing Sebastian Lee Phillipp

Drum percussion (Ghostation/Slowrise): Siobhan O'Callaghan

Cello vocoder (Ghostation/Puppet): Richard Phillips

Backing vocals Christy Harrison

Mixing: Dave M. Allen, Laurence Hussey ('The Plank, Studio 7, London)

Mastering by Milan Adamik@Masterworks, London

Cover photo: Valquire Veljkovic

Layout: andrea-froehner.de

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James Cook made 3 albums between 2004/8 w/London indie electro outfit NEMO. 2010's' The Dollhouse' project preceded 5 solo albums. 'Arts and Sciences' (2012). 'Adventures in Ausland' (2014) 'Anti Love Songs' (2016). 'tHE nEW nORMAL' (2020). Compilations JAMES NEMO (vol one), JAMES COOK (vol one) plus two covers albums lead to a 5th solo studio album proper in 2024 ... more

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