We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Electric Mammal

by Bob Hinrichs

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

1.
The story's all untold Dark histories unfold The patterns branded on your soul The things that made me lose control We never even knew I came alive that day You blew it all away, I would not buy into that scene, I dared to dream a stupid dream, A radical for sure, So give me a sign say Hey nonny nonny Yeah nonny nonny They worked me for a long long time They had me convinced I was out of my mind Till it exploded Hey nonny nonny Yeah nonny nonny It's wasted now but here I am When everything's hopeless you know where you stand Just lay you down to sleep, The gift is yours to keep, I took a calculated risk, I burned my heart upon that disc And time will be the judge And am I nonetheless A victim of my own success I saw the future crashing down Run for your life from this boomtown I know we will survive Famous last words, well
2.
Neutron Sun 03:59
Spark to flame and flame to fire Close your eyes and scratch the line Hide it away for our protection We all saw it moving through the night Everybody knows that we were sleeping Run through these halls of error and delight Everybody thinks the world is run by demons And makes a home in exile Here it comes Grab on tight You're moving through it like a shaft of light Don't hold back Shoot that gun Else it'll blind you like a neutron sun Like a neutron sun Over lights of your city Over stones that built the wall Glory glory heart of mercy Glory me, it had to fall Do you think the world is run by demons Can we make a home in exile Here it comes Grab on tight Moving through you like a shaft of light Come in close Turn it on Come the morning it will all be gone Send it up Say your prayers At that limit we will all be there Don't hold back Shoot that gun Else it'll blind you like a neutron sun Like a neutron sun
3.
Takeover 04:37
Well you know, well you know, That it's steady as we go That it's up and in the flow, Oh yeah Too loose, too tight, Well we always get it right Well it's fun to lose the fight Sometimes... We got the vibe so crunk That cha never wooda thunk Watcha doin with da funk Right now... No, No ya never wooda thought When the dj lost the plot Aw, well, yeah I guess that it's time To take over Take Over, Cha body, to the break now You got cha body break it to me Oh yeah, Take Over, cha booty to the break down oo cha get it, give it to me P-p-p-push it all around Shake it up, knock 'em down, M-m-m-make it hot, bot! Mm, yeah Up the pipe, out the hole It's all under control We want our rock n roll Right now We got the vibe so freak Taste a flavah of the week Pop your speakers in the tweak Right now And ya never wooda thought When the dj lost the plot Aw, well, now I guess that it's time To take over Take Over, Cha body, to the break now You got cha body break it to me Oh yeah, Take Over, cha booty to the break down oo cha get it, give it to me
4.
Dreamer,Dream See what your dreams reveal Dreamer, dream 'Till vision is real Look high Little dreamer Won't you look high Little dreamer? Now, Look high Little dreamer Won't you look high Little dreamer?
5.
Go Go Go 03:16
Fled the world, you uncurled in the heart of my head Made your place, took the space where I thought I was dead It's Down inside, down inside, down inside of me Go Down inside, down inside, down inside of me It's alright It's alright to go in the deep I just wanna see you, I only wanna see you I just wanna see you go, go, go I just wanna see you, I only have to see you I just wanna see you go, go, go Well Since it started you were fate and i already knew It's not a habit gotta have it It's insatiable too It's Down inside, down inside, down inside of me Go Down inside, down inside, down inside of me It's alright It's alright to go in the deep I just wanna see you, I only wanna see you I just wanna see you go, go, go I just came see you, I only have to see you I just need to see you go, go, go
6.
You came down A ray of sunshine Like a fruit that was picked off some heavenly vine. You came to this place Where things come and go Singing your song in a language that we'll never know. Oh, Oh, the way that you smile, Oh, Oh, the light in your eyes when you show your surprise When you turn it on I'm amazed every time. If ever trouble or fear comes one day These arms will hold you till it melts away. Just remember, when things seem all wrong That with love, the keys to the kingdom are yours all along And Oh, Oh, the way that you smile, Oh, Oh, that light in your eyes when you show your surprise When you turn it on I'm amazed every time. Run to me now, with arms open wide Or whisper your secrets to me as I lie by your side You know that I love you, come what may, And for now, you and me, this is our glory day. And Oh, Oh, the way that you smile, Oh, Oh, the light in your eyes when you say your goodbyes When you turn it on I'm amazed every time.
7.
Danger Night 02:31
Here come Freddy with the holy grail hey, ho, hey, ho A two-time-ticket ticket or a night in jail hey, ho, hey, ho does he got a hot poker or a pocket light hey ho hey ho guess we all came down cause it's danger night Freddy don't care that it's getting late gonna eat my potatoes off a dirty plate just keep your mouth shut and don't push your luck you might find yourself in line for just a hundred buck one o clock, two o clock, three o clock, boom posh totty's going back to the back of the room could be a game, could be a fight gotta get in line at the guinea pig night
8.
Electric mammal Touch to detonate Try to see through me Stand up and vacillate Give me your reasons Raise your left hand Put the tails in the bite And get with the pro jam Shot through the roof Step from transport Follow the beacon As the light turns blue Physics in majesty One-note reprise Your midnight approach In a monochrome disguise Sixteen Unto God Breathing so angrily, you reach for that microphone These mundane heuristics Of untouched amnesty! Oh baby oh baby, yeah! Rise up, everybody on the move, now! One more ascension The whole tainted feast Hail to your rival, You tricky tricky beast! You shout out your monotone In one orchestral noise Get up, We're waking to a black sunrise Your splendid device Writhing so desperately So safe and so comfortable We lay down the groove This moment of symmetry!
9.
Yeah ya bet I'm Comin Atchya Ya betta bet I'm gonna catchya Yah since the minute that I metchya Oh yeah, oh yeah, I'm comin atchya! MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMM, MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM, MM, MM Yeah all the hotties worldwide Betta run and hide Betta getchya move on Betta cause you've neva neva Had betta Yeah betta look smart Yeah betta set yourself apart Bring some sugar yeah Betta getchya beat on Ooh Yeah ya bet I'm Comin Atchya Ya betta bet I'm gonna catchya Yah since the minute that I metchya Oh yeah, oh yeah, I'm comin atchya! It's a competition Do you know how to play? Just put it on display Yeah you know how to work it Cause they all wanna come backstage If you got the winning hand Something in demand Mm, Well ya better play it soon Because by the next tune All the seats are taken All the booties shakin On the one, breakin I'm the one makin this jam Yo ho ho, And everywhere you go, Every time you turn around There I am again and again See, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm Comin Atchya Ya betta betta bet I'm gonna catchya Yah since the since the minute that I metchya Oh yeah, oh yeah, I'm comin atchya! MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMM, MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMMM, MMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM, MM, MM
10.
Won't You 05:05
there is a way that you capture me only you i can't explain did you know did you see that you're beautiful to me and I have loved you all this time so look to me my eyes will reach to yours come my way and i will turn to you when you're here while you stay let the rest just pass away as the sun breaks through to shine on me Wont you stay with me forever baby cause i don't know what i'd do without you won't you stay with me forever, baby, cause i don't think I could live without you a time will come when you must part from me but for now i'll hold you as you are i would fly and take you somewhere new where the sun can shine on us wont you stay with me forever baby cause I don't know what I'd do without you
11.
You could comb your hair the wrong way, Pretend you're on a talkshow. You can tape your mouth, Beat up your pillow. Run into the wall So existential, Give it your all Yeah, you got potential, baby. Work all day Stay up all night Believe in The Force Do what is right Do carry on The rain will fall down On the waves of the sea, yeah As the world spins round We're giving it all away There's nothing that you can say Maybe some other day We're giving it all away Isn't anything more to say, We're giving it all away She says, "How did we get from monocles to manacles? how can they dare to ridicule the radicals? just look at yourself in the mix of the mess! see the way that we came from sex to success!" So how did we get from Buffalo to buffaloed? How did we get from sitarists to satirists? How did we get from facial to farcical? How did we get from fashions to fascists? At the end of a dream Long after dark I saw through the eyes Of an ancient shark The wall of a cave In the seat of your soul Just go on believing Yeah, you got control, baby Work all day Stay up all night Believe in The Force Do what is right just look at yourself in the mix of the mess we've come all the way, yeah, from sex to success We're giving it all away Like nothing that you can say We're giving it all away We're giving it all away There's nothing that you can say, We're giving it all away

about

Songs exploring themes of dissolution, that embrace a wide range of styles and expression, sometimes munged all together into a new synthesis, that you will want to hear again.

These songs contain, within the music, artistic and personal struggles. We are made to dance, to ponder, to cry, to rejoice, but to lose, and ultimately to waste. These songs celebrate and demonstrate these dynamics.

Famous Last Words recreates the long-lost over-produced sound of the late seventies that never fails to create a nostalgic feeling and memories of space fantasies of the time. It is a dramatic story of striving in the course of failure.

Neutron Sun is a bridge, combining orchestral soundscapes and arching melody with a four-on-the-floor-based beatscape. It pushes the story further into despair, where love recedes to the horizon and hope is compressed into the realm of dream, but yet burns all the brighter in its compression.

TakeOver is a fantasy of good-natured power exercised on a dance floor. It gives in to the 4x4 beat, with melody taking a back seat to an evolving chemistry of patches, calculations and effects with sonic surprises.

Dreamer, Dream is a further stage of the journey, into a subconscious state, as even the vocals recede into not much more than instrumentation behind driving rhythms and collective tribal electronicism.

Go Go Go, the sounds of which emerge from the dream, is a flashback to the mid-80s in its sound. It is a fantasy spoken aloud to an object of lust, an expression of an intense but unfulfilled, entirely carnal, longing.

Amazed Every Time flips the record. This is a love song completely from the heart. This love is amazing, and contains within it the same bittersweet sadness that is found in snapshots of loved ones.

Danger Night carries the more organic sound for another run. This time it is the ill-conceived joyride in a smarmy, gritty atmosphere, infused with the knowledge that you will almost certainly regret it.

Electric Mammal; the puzzle, the conundrum, the contradiction, and the singularity. Make out what you can and fill in the blanks for yourself to get a reward.

Comin' Atchya is the mathematical equation of the sound of intrigue, and proves irrefutably that creepiness can be fun, until it gets scary.

Won't You: a love song meditation. The melodic lines are long and aching, to the point that they must loop over themselves in order to resolve.

Giving It All Away, the finale, showcases a gigantic 100-foot underwater piano with a chorus of robots, and puts it to use backing an upbeat ode to unrewarded toil and futility, delivered with a knowing, good-natured sneer.

Because convention was not followed, the influences are combined together seemingly chaotically. But it is all through a pop lens, and there is an underlying integrity of rhythm, melody, harmonic progression and style. In sound, some of the songs embrace the raw; some the mathematical. Intentional juxtaposition serves to define, clarify, and intensify. In short, the goal is to make something altogether new and therefore, worth giving your money so that you can own a copy.

credits

released March 1, 2013

All instruments and vocals by me. Music and lyrics by me. Original mix produced by me. Mastered by Studio PH of Lincoln, NE.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Bob Hinrichs Lincoln, Nebraska

Wow, thanks to you awesome people who reviewed my songs, I'd love to give you all a big hug!

I've made music all my life. I was so driven that I commandeered my dad's cassette tape deck and my grandfather's reel-to-reel, so that I could play over a recording and record the result, back-and-forth, until it was mostly white noise. But I kept going and am still at it!
... more

contact / help

Contact Bob Hinrichs

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Bob Hinrichs, you may also like: