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Soap Opera

by Blimp Rock

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    Artisanal soap with a laminated download code of "Soap Opera" inside. Ingredients: coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, avocado oil, castor oil, essential oils of orange, grapefruit, and litsea cubeba. Made by Andy Swan. www.andysshave.com

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1.
Key of B (for blimp) How many people can you fit aboard? What do you mean no more than twenty four? Where will the music gear be stored? You make me wonder what all this is for? And if this so called plan Is really going to pan out Or is this just a scheme to promote your band? Nah Why of all places on a blimp? How will you ever get insurance? Why not just write some better tunes? Why not settle for a hot air balloon? I don't need your rolodex To keep track of my contacts Bla bla bla bla Hindenberg Blimp Rock Blimp Rock is going live by the lake In 2060 or 75 Blimp Rock Blimp Rock is two grand in the hole or now closer than ever before? Heard you tried to sue the Jays? What a sad desperate attempt at fame Blimp Rock is a terrible name Blimp Rock should get sued by the Jays I hope that Joey Bats makes your blimp go flatter than flat Then he will take its blimp corpse and flip it in the air Well: you can Do whatever you want with life Be it baseball or making wine We can try to have concerts in the sky Even if it's just to try Blimp Rock Blimp Rock is going live by the lake In 2060 or 75 Blimp Rock Blimp Rock is two grand in the hole or now closer than ever before?
2.
This wet hot Canadian summer I left the city with my lover Swapped our kicks in for water shoes Went to a place where dogs ride in canoes Water was cold but we didn't mind This wet hot Canadian summer Night fell and we roasted lumber Fire on the sand by the water with the wind blowing strong and making it harder to light Up a match but we didn't mind My mind Is wired to find stress all the time But it can't find no stress when there is No stress to find, there is no stress to find This wet hot Canadian summer I gave into such a comfort Said I'd like a cottage by the lake Toronto boy, Toronto boy that's just what you say (sung by others) Oh that's right well maybe never mind This wet hot Canadian summer The greatest lake gave us supper Fire on the sand by the water with the wind blowing strong a making it harder to light Up the grill but we didn't mind My mind Is wired to find dark all of the time But it can't cast no shade when there is no shade to find there was no shade to find Right in the thick of the summer I shot a rifle with a hunter Right at a drone doh doh doh doh doh doh doh doh Doh doh doh doh doh doh doh doh Our time Is often pulled some other guys but we don't trade off just to get by when we do what we want, ah whenever we want My mind Is wired to find stress all the time But it can't find no stress when there is No stress to find, there was no stress to find
3.
Dear Science 04:02
Dear Science How do you explain My horoscope and the way it gets me to a T? Dear Peter it’s science You know I worry about confirmation bias How we only check cases that verify to us those things that we’d like to believe Dear science How do you explain My haunted room and the way the plates fly off the shelves Dear Peter Though that’s hard to prove in beakers Studies have shown most poltergeist scenes Are cruel jokes played by teens There is no such thing as a fact we believe we want it's simple as that What does that mean? Sounds like bullshit Things can be proven just ask Darwin Dear science How do you explain Placebo and the brain is that not mind over matter? Dear Peter If the mind is what the brain does And the brain’s made of cells and synaptic structures Isn’t mind over matter really just matter over matter? Okay well then science How do you surmise What people see when the die and come right back to life? Well Peter A brief review of recent research Suggests that quantum information forms your soul and leaves your brain and when you well then you see the light There is no such thing as the truth We make our own truth It's as simple as that Peter then how, are you on the ground? it's cause gravity is weighing you down Science my friend You have made a good case But I still believe in mysterious ways Peter that's up To you my old pal I've enjoyed our debate Now let's get some chow
4.
Satan and I were just hanging in my living room and he said "hey peter" and I said "hey satan" satan laid out a deal: you can play the A.C.C. sweet, but what is it you want from me? I want your soul to burn mmmmmm, that makes me feel concern Satan and I were just drinking beer in my backyard and he said "hey peter" and I said "hey satan" satan laid out a deal: you can open for the cure sure, but what is it you want in return I want your soul to keep mmmm, that really gives me the creeps Satan and I were just at the devils and leafs game and he said "hey peter" and I said "hey satan" satan laid out a deal: i'll buy anything you like right, but can't we just enjoy our night? you could have a blimp Satan, look Every time we hang out, it starts off good but then you come up with these deals and it makes me feel like you’re only hanging out with me because you want my soul but it's okay cause **Band comes in** I think that God guy really messed you up When he made you perfect then got mad cause your perfection went to your head you got kicked out of heaven by your dad Now you're showing up and all like "666" making crooked deals for people’s souls well my devil friend I think it's not your fault and I'm sorry that's it’s been a rough go So Pleased to meet you, can I keep my soul? then Satan would be like: “So… do you want the blimp?”
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Key of B Acoustics in Drop D Intro: B Bb A E F F# Verse 1: B can't see the cosmos, lock your compost A see the shape of that new condo? G Gb D G G# A E housing bubble, many puddles, G drink in parks but keep it subtle G Gb D G A Chorus: Gb E feel the pulse of the frustration, as the streetcar leaves the station Gb E driver thanks you for your patience, but a short turn will be taken B Bb A E F F# DO THE RACCOON NATION B Bb A E F F# Do the raccoon nation Verse 2: B falling glass, sailing masts A Look you found a metropass! G Gb D G G# A E winter hating, smog is fading G people are still rollerblading G Gb D G A Chorus: Gb Planners make recommendations E Councillors please populations Gb Suburbs get a subway station E Downtown blames amalgamation B Bb A E F F# Do the raccoon nation B Bb A E F F# Do the raccoon nation B Bb A E F F# King of adaptation B Bb A E F F# Do the raccoon nation Dance Breakdown: B (A A# B D) first you make two peace signs A (D D# E A) then you put them to your eyes B (A A# B D) hunch your back, stick out your bum A B A move your feet to the bass drum B A Outro: B Bb A E F F# (for rest of song) thats the raccoon nation do the raccoon nation hey building groundskeeper meet your chimney sweeper black and silver creeper hail the rubbish reeper! step aside dear beaver squirrel meet your leader bird meet your stealer Frog meet your eater do the raccoon nation
8.
Key of Am Verse 1: Am If you live in an urban place C D So dense, high pace Am You might find comfort in a place C D That’s called the paint Chorus: F I’m not speaking of Monet C G F Meet me at the school lot C G Am We’ll shoot the shit and take shots C D I’ve got the gall, to heed the call F E Am Of basketball Verse 2: Am Have you seen the crowd on hockey night? C D Same colour as the ice Am But b-ball is a time when different groups C D Share the same hoop F And the dream of alley-oops Chorus 2: C G F No pads just socks and shoes C G Am Not body checks just cool moves C D Lend a haul, when someone falls F E Am In basketball Solo: Am C D F E (x2) Bridge (G): G D A G When the Raptors made the playoffs D A Bm I was going through a break-up D E You were a reason not to bawl G F# G Basketball D A G And when I saw Drizzy sittin’ courtside D A Bm Lint rollin’ with those sad eyes D A I knew we both found a soap called G F# Bm Basketball Outro: Bm D E G F# (x2) Oh, basketball
9.
1 Come to terms with your faults Realize they're your faults Though they're probably not my fault Come to terms with your faults 2 I was born with shoddy pitch Choir tossed me in the ditch Only child to be kicked out of choir at age 6 3 Family did not join in bands nor play instruments with hands some tried hard and thought it damned knew music was not for them 4 I played trumpet in grade school but my friends thought it uncool so we just had spit valve duels girls were right to say boys drooled 5 At my high school talent night I tried out and sung sublime judges politely declined all the others got in fine 7 I tried solos on back put up several myspace tracks forced my friends to give feedback get a new singer perhaps? 8 Open mic at Molly Blooms Such a full supportive room First time I played my own tunes They gave up on me real soon 9 But I did not give in then Made a record with my friends First review 6 out of 10 “Sounds like music for children”

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The first record ever released inside bars of soap!

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released June 16, 2017

MAIN INGREDIENTS:
Peter Demakos - vocals, backup vocals, acoustic guitar
Tyson Brinacombe - electric guitar, synths, wurly, piano, backup vocals
Andrew Kinoshita - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Heather Kirby - bass guitar
James Bunton - drums, percussion, synths

SPECIAL INGREDIENTS:
Drew Jamieson - vocals on “Dear Science”
Mathias Kom - vocals on “Duet With The Devil”
Wax Mannequin - vocals on “Oh, Basketball”

ADDITIONAL ARTISANS:
Produced, mixed and engineered James Bunton.
Additional engineering by John Dinsmore at the Lincoln Country Social Club in Toronto, ON.
Mastered by Andy Magoffin at The House of Miracles in Preston, ON.
Artwork and layout by LJ Robinson.
Soap handmade by Andy Swan.

All songs written by Peter Demakos (SOCAN), except “Dear Science” was written by Peter Demakos (SOCAN) and Drew Jamieson (SOCAN).

Buds who helped this sud:
Emma Tollefsen, Jessie Marchildon, Robyn Letson, Stephen Callahan, Claire Whitehead, Chris Hilbrecht, Vish Khanna, Michael Thomas, Doug Hoyer, Jenny Mitchell, William Morrison

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Toronto band with one simple task: raise $700K for a concert in a blimp over Lake Ontario.

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