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18 Tons

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1.
18 Tons 03:30
Voice a cold filter I’m trying to sing But it’s empty, cos I’m empty I once walked to the very end, to a moss covered heaven I found a giant and tried to break him to teach ‘em a lesson Cos loss, sour hate, is the thing that I taste when I’ve run out of reason Summer’s so far and the sun slips along like a promise to return Voice a cold filter I’m trying to sing But it’s empty, cos I’m empty Everything I love has sunk to the bottom And it’s reaching out for you If I dance around questions, walk through walls, Start painting in blue Just know that I’m trying Know that I’m trying Know that I’m trying I’m trying I sense your hands on the back of my neck Like a promise to keep me I promise I’m happy I sense your hands on the back of my neck Like a promise to keep me Promise I’m happy
2.
Y Signal 03:03
How hard I try I have a tendency to shut up When things get tough When things get tough When things get tough I said goodbye I have a tendency to shut off When things get tough It’s just too much When things get tough Y Signal 18 Tons I have a fantasy You’re lying next to me in a pool of blood It’s my vengeance For all the hurt you’ve done And so I cried I have a tendency to shut up When things get tough I’m not enough When things get tough Dark Decembers Burning letters What you want, what I remember “How could god sell heaven to a guy like me” Shut up, I’m dumb You’re drunk, I’m easy Release me, you’re sad I’m sleeping, you’re grieving the loss of everything Do you see me on television Striking midnight I send you visions My ever-dividing heart Keep quiet, keep quiet My ever-dividing heart Keep quiet, keep quiet How hard I try I have a tendency to shut up

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“18 Tons” and “Y Signal” are featured as bonus tracks on the Japanese CD version of Smut’s 2022 Bayonet debut, How The Light Felt, and receive their first widespread release today.

Building on How The Light Felt’s exploration of grief, “18 Tons” uses swirling synths and crackling drum samples to score dark, bargaining feelings — “If I dance around questions, walk through walls // Start painting in blue // Just know that I’m trying” — before exploding into a cacophonous final chorus. “Y Signal” is just as cathartic, opening with the marimba-like high tones of a synth ringing out, leading into a gentle anthem for avoidant personality types. “I have a tendency to shut up // When things get tough,” Roebuck sings, sprinkling short fantasies of revenge and blame against a hopeful backdrop of sweeping synths. Together, the bonus tracks offer a thrilling continuation of Smut’s vast sonic palette, anchored by Roebuck’s ever-incisive songwriting.

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released September 13, 2023

Produced by: Andrew Min, Sam Ruschman, Tay Roebuck, Bell Cenower, Harold Bon
Recorded by: Harold Bon
Mixed by: Nick Adams
Mastered by: Heba Kadry

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