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So Medieval

by Blue Bendy

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1.
So Medieval 03:54
No sex No mess No second chance The ceremonial setting fire to my underpants If every lust is just a devils dance The floor is mine in religious trance Five things unlearnt the stomach burns her home in no sense of the word I never want to have this lesson learned In abandon all witches yearn Because Adam is evil I’m coming round, again Doesn’t the centre just kill your friends It’s like so medieval, I’m powdered again Promise me baby you just won’t bend What do they know about luck or air I fell from my broom, came up the stairs Hands up if you can tell me there’s an angel there Bugger my balloon in sweet despair Five things unlearnt my stomach fiend Her things or my sense of the world God knows I never want to have this lesson learned In abandon all witches burn It’s like so medieval, I’m coming round Promise me baby I’ll hit the ground You’re not going to heaven, I am I’m not going to heaven please sit down And it all goes faster No sex No mess No second chance The ceremonial setting to my underpants If every love is just a little dance The floor alights give peace a chance
2.
Then Oscar said something else you’d thought blue. I’ll call her your name if you want me to. And set aside that worldly fling. Well six years don’t have wings, but babe believe they flew. And yet it still feels mine. How could I ever want what was never fine. But now you won’t believe it’s true but.. A psychedelic kids extra, on Highbury Fields, thought of you. Joe pinch me, we’re in the hands of Zara’s styling team. The Macaulays are informing me on what fame really means. You still occupy everything. Cos since Weather, It hasn’t gotten any better. My 12 in Kennington can wait. We’re on the precipice of something bait. Well Joe, you know they’ll... They’ll never be the same as us. And if you ever hear this just go and think of us. Four boys died on that Beatles bus. Freckled, love is now a cold metal. Since Weather, It hasn’t gotten any better. My 12 in Kennington can wait We’re on the precipice of something great. We bring the bad weather. And I should’ve let, you crawl under my skin Lets begin again For the last time, Christ. La la la la la.. Could have been anything out of life It’s only now it stabs late at night. After 3 months call me just to say: Give back my favourite jeans. Take back what he said to me. Maybe it’s better alone. Give back my favourite jeans. Take back what he said to me. Why do we have to pretend? Let's begin again, begin again, begin again. I can handle being the 3rd best guitar band in London But baby just let me be first at something. And now you won’t believe it’s true, but... A psychedelic kids extra...
3.
Darp 02:47
I’m gonna blow Come on it’s getting dark Taking hold Come along to the swamp of DARP They can’t feel what i can Send it back with a prayer This thing could kill anyone Send it to hell, whence it’s from. Purge with me baby Get behind it Souls are escaping You didn’t mind it My hands are bleeding God prescribed it But, but I won’t come down It’s in vain But my tits are at the top Bolognese We mosh quiet so it’s fine The playground metaphor The hanging that’s semi-old Wouldn’t prescribe it for you What ever happened to that singer I did adore He beat me black and blue.
4.
Let me kill this time. If we’re falling off the face of the earth it’ll all be fine, again. Didn’t have you down as the meme lord type. It’s these things we parody that sustain our lives you said. You said. You said. It’s the car, it's the planet, it’s everything. Come along if you’re sad to be seen. In ferryhill there’s nothing I can believe Don’t make me beg. In the car it’s perfect apathy You tell me am I missing something When I wake up I know this isn’t the place Don’t make me beg. It’s the car, it's the planet, it’s everything. Come along if you’re sad to be seen. In ferryhill there’s nothing I can believe Don’t make me beg. It’s the car, it's the planet, it’s everything. Come along if you’re sad to be seen. In ferryhill there’s nothing I can believe Don’t make me beg. In the car it’s perfect apathy You tell me am I missing something When I wake up I know this isn’t the place Don’t make me beg. I can’t believe socks house meeting spat in your face You say I’m a distance from grace In the car it’s the planet it’s everything It’s the dream it’s the dream it’s the dream
5.
A shit load of blood spilled by my hand I’m just like every other man Something in me is bad Flicking through faith magazines Living in daddies TV It’s sacred don’t you see? Make it or you won’t forget her Arthur, make us better Break him or it won’t feel different Crawling in this river It’ll get better somehow But for now I’m just the boy You made feel like Kendal Roy, wow! Whistling now as he bleeds It’s catharsis don’t you see Now soho’s on spikes not me Make it or you won’t forget her Arthur, make us better! Break him or it won’t feel different It’s pouring, makes me queasy (Da da da da da da da da) A shit load of blood Spilled by my hands I’m just like any other man It’s simple, I ran.
6.
Bend for the fastest thing, the one And, join in these playful things done Oh my god, I’m beginning to think we’re gone I’m three planes down and the bright lights are getting long The milk of strife, the tears that flood the counter flee I’m sorry I said you’d died so that they’d let me fly for free I’m alone again, the nightmare too high for true care, it’s my last big pump for the feels the overzealous internet throbathon magic appeal. That finding your friends in the dark zeal Deaths in demand, face down in the sand No ones holding your hand, come on The cities burning down and I can’t make it end My baby she don’t want anything we’re all in pain we’re all in pain you got it Oh no I can’t feel anything We’re all in pain we’re all in pain we’re all in pain we’re all in pain We’re all in Spain We’re all in Spain We’re all in Spain We’re all in Spain La Di da… Kitchen knife Early night God give me a little life These hot streets, I’m cold Four star halloumi, you’re serving it raw There is no forever There is no forever No there’s no forever Please, bendy beats me better Yeah yeah yeah yeah
7.
The word is, I do it too much Can somebody please, give me something to suck Alone on the continent and it’s still looking up The death behind the shitpost saga of no idea Aphrodite’s boozy trauma, deaf on the other line and it’s still getting harder Listen up, it’s a crime I’ll be fine Dying at twenty five It’s just the room that we were at the start The last lived elastic parts I’m a boy of the arts The studs guide to unnatural power From superman to John superman in a couple of hours Deaf on the other line, now Satan’s my father. Listen up, call it love it’s a crime Dying at twenty five It’s just a room that it was at the start The last lived elastic parts We’re all bound for the earth, so come around baby I’m waiting to dig around in the dirt I should text her
8.
Sunny 01:46
Da da do da da di Supersonic man Da da do da da di Supersonic man Please don’t come visiting Supersonic man Send my love, houses clean Supersonic man Humberside yesterday Collapsing is the fall Spanish fly on the seine Government will fall Da da do da da di Supersonic man Supersonic man, always Supersonic man Supersonic man Supersonic man Supersonic man Supersonic man Supersonic man Say goodbye visibly Supersonic man Please don’t come visiting Supersonic man La da do la da di Always
9.
Cloudy 06:20
This is the end Ten out of ten In exploration of a clucking hen Tonight was tight But we aren’t friends Well I know it’s melodrama But it’s how I feel and you can tell that to them “Say hi to me from sobriety” (She says) I’m spinning out, unravelling I’m the boss boy racer And the audiobook’s Lauda This could be Rodin to Italy Just do something with me We’ve been struggling for miles Where are my memetic flowers I’ve got beef with a monkey account Can I make you proud? Crying out Sound the genie alarm Give it clean, give me crisp, we need calm Ban the bubblegum champ I’ve got half a mind to set fire to the bar I’ve got a big fat house And I know exactly what I’m gonna do with it I waited three years to drive And in a second our ride Could be engorged from boot to bumper Spilling too much and just like us God stopped at the humber I know if it’s real I wanna know if it cares anymore We’ve been spinning for miles Where are my memetic flowers I’ve got beef with a monkey account Can I make you proud? Stood, crying.out loud Oh, what a night to be found And what a night to be John Superman And we burn down the motorway A wild rocket couldn’t stop it We’re going back to Spain Yeah, this is a we could be in a film kinda thing The big screen adaptation that you just won’t ring And I hear you’re gonna quit for the band But you can’t hold it together without it holding your hand But please for me don’t cry I made it all the way to the microphone didn’t I? I’ve done it now Until I get it right Until I get it right Write a song Write a song Write a song To drive to Write a song Write a song Write a song To drive to Write a song Write a song Write a song To drive to Write a song Write a song Write a song…
10.
Ketamine Creaming hat over scarf type No I don’t drive Oh god, don’t try The only man allowed that tattoo in all of life Believe I cried Oh godsake don’t sigh It’s funny who we bump into sometimes Believe I tried, oh god I tried It’s riding the bison at eleven am time Oh please don’t cry Ketamine creamy hat over scarf type No I don’t fucking drive and I don’t wanna die Hat over scarf time Creaming so don’t drive Oh believe I tried and it’s all gonna bend and I know you’re still mine Hopelessly tried Sweet dreams Bobby goodnight

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Blue Bendy's highly anticipated debut album ‘So Medieval’ is being released via The state51 Conspiracy on 12 April

Expressing their sound over the course of a full record for the first time, the album is an explosive mix of genre, atmosphere and emotions. The end result is something rare for a new band: a debut album which is as experimental as it is confident and assured, as tender as it is visceral, as quiet as it is loud, as bloody as it is teary.

Pitchfork ★★★★ 8.0 "Beneath the thick veneer of droll affectation, this London-via-Scunthorpe band writes with uncommon poignancy about the nature of art, ambition, and success”

★★★★ "surprises at every turn" - NME

Clash Magazine ★★★★ "glorious inversion of guitar pop”
★★★★★ "genius" - Overblown

★★★★ "a pleasingly unpredictable and singular debut" - Uncut

The Guardian "the most underrated band in London"

★★★★“like an audiobook during a car crash” - Line of Best Fit

DIY Magazine ★★★★ “Keeps the listener on their toes at every turn”

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released April 12, 2024

Lyrics: Arthur Nolan
Vocals: Arthur Nolan
Drums: Oscar Tebbutt
Acoustic Guitar: Harrison Charles
Electric Guitar: Joseph Nash
Synths and Keys: Olivia Morgan
Bass Guitar: Oliver Nolan

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nathan Ridley at Hermitage Works Studios 2023.

℗ 2023 Blue Bendy under exclusive licence to The state51 Conspiracy Ltd
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