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Moody Balloon Baby

by Dog Chocolate

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1.
Simultaneous lavender leather! (on the brain) The whole gang wearing car seat pleather! Amateurs, amateurs forever, We love when 2 things happen together! Simultaneous lavender leather! (in the mind) The whole gang wearing car seat pleather! Amateurs, amateurs forever We love when 2 things happen together! I don't wanna be a professional I don't wanna be a professional I don't wanna be a professional I don't wanna be a professional Amateurs! Amateurs forever! Amateurs! Amateurs forever! Knocking down or sitting on fences (or) The whole gang loves coincidences The whole gang loves taking chances (or) The whole gang loves coincidances We do whatever or something clever (or) We do whatever or something clever (or) Amateurs, amateurs forever Amateurs, amateurs forever! I don't wanna be a professional I don't wanna be a professional I don't wanna be a professional I don't wanna be a professional Amateurs! Amateurs forever! Amateurs! Amateurs forever! [and then, dear listener, in the spirit of celebrating coincidence, the recording documents the results of the below lines, selected randomly, 2 at a time, from recorded performances of said lines by all members of the band] Simultaneous lavender leather! The whole gang wearing car seat pleather! Amateurs, amateurs forever, We love when 2 things happen together!
2.
Peruse the collection. Engage with the content. Functional objects in glass coffins - take a photo of the functional objects! Grab a latte. Use the hashtag. Look at the remnants of the ancient peoples - they're all dead now we collected their stuff! How can we destroy the museum? Understanding the variety of human experience, marveling at the beauty of worldwide ceramics - it's really nice, I just like it... As long as there's taxonomy there's always a "they". Singling out difference doesn't mean there's a "normal". If you're a dinosaur you don't have any rights. How can we destroy the museum?
3.
I wanted to wake up in Sicily And not remember where I'd been Not know where I was waking Wanted to be the baby, man! Baby! Baby Man! Dunno why I'm crying Volcano going off and I'm the Baby Man Baby! Baby Man! Dunno why I'm crying Volcano going off and I'm the Baby Man We drove up the volcano Wearing Valentina's coats It was cloudy, it was rainy Let me be the baby, baby! Baby! Baby Man! I wish you could pick me up Volcano going off and I'm the Baby Man Baby! Baby Man! I wish you could pick me up Volcano going off and I'm the Baby Man Valentina said she wasn't scared She understands Lady Etna She's to be respected as a mother But I'm just a baby, mumma! Baby! Baby Man! I only wanna eat ice cream Volcano going off and I'm the Baby Man Baby! Baby Man! I only wanna eat ice cream Volcano going off and I'm the Baby Man
4.
Gone Viral 01:23
Making waste and reproducing We're the only thing that causes pollution Building buildings and chopping trees Processed foods in factories And it's the fault of the superior frontal gyrus That you can't help but feel like you're a virus Stealing all the honey Killing all the bees Can't help but feel like a fucking disease Wasting time watching clips of cats Gone viral and I'm sick of that I think it started with screaming frogs shouting goats and funny dogs And it breaks your heart like Billy Ray Cyrus When you can't help but feel like you're a virus Piss away your life with so much ease Can't help but feel like a fucking disease Can't help but feel like a fucking disease Can't help but feel like a fucking disease I've got fire in my belly and I'm struggling to breathe And I can't help but feel like a fucking disease.
5.
Thought I might be sick Didn't go to work Now I'm eating veggie burger Sitting in the sun If I get burnt What will they say? Girl opposite me Has forgotten she got cake Guys on the other side Feeling cool in black and grey I feel weak in white Lets hear it again Thought I might be sick Didn't go to work Now I'm eating veggie burger Sitting in the sun If I get burnt What will they say? Girl opposite me Has forgotten she got cake Guys on the other side Feeling cool in black and grey I feel weak in white Here 's what I heard the girl say; Holly in my studio had to kill an eel, they were Gonna use it for a shoot Left it in the fridge to die They left it there overnight In the morning the fridge was unplugged They didn't know if it had died In the morning the fridge was turned off They couldn't tell if it was alive Then, she did a movement, that was the movement of the eel, that had not died, she said that her and Holly cried Didn't even use the eel So Holly took it home as a pet It wasn't the only time that they thought it Was dead This other time they had even dug a grave At the last minute, it wriggled again I guess they thought, enough is enough and Between then decided to cut it in half Animal don't give a shit about your art!
6.
I read a George Saunders story To Lou the other night It caught us by surprise At the end we both cried I can't remember what it was called Wouldn't like to describe it at all But you really should hear The way that it was told Thing is that it wasn't sad Or sentimental at all It just was so true it was the truth that made us cry Something so uniquely combining Its form and content You can't question it or pull it apart Like a geode in your palm
7.
First time I saw Dog Chocolate it was 1995 (do I get a documentary?) They were dressed in velvet, I was sick on my shoes, it changed my flippin life (reinforce my authenticity) Now I've got lower back pain and sciatica in my thigh (who are my talking heads gonna be?) I listen to Dog Chocolate in the gym while I calculate my BMI (heritage pop music industry) The image of Bubbles in a puffa is adopted by Puffa And by companies that make bubble liquid (when do I become the dog I meant to be?) Con Air is used for English language listening exams In Denmark and in Sweden (when do I become the dog I meant to be?) Supermalt publicly apologise for not getting Back about that sponsorship idea and the band get lifetime supply of the drink (when do I become the dog I meant to be?) Tony out of Tony's Umbrella gets a cult following And marries the girl of his dreams in an umbrella themed wedding (when do I become the dog I meant to be?) Turning over a hazelnut in the middle of your palm. Music is great but it's so much less than everything you are. Throw my guitar in the bin, bury my guitar in a deep damp hole, put my guitar on the bonfire, stop playing that stupid song!
8.
Looking for the place to start Gotta find out, what's the crux? Without the thing I won't get far Gotta work out, how it works. One object in this mess of a room Will solve the puzzle Unlock the chain to a piece of peace Clear away the rubble Coat-hanger, mayonnaise, LP, can of spray paint? Wots the crux? Receipt, garlic, headphones, old toilet roll tube? Wots the crux? Tiny branch, plasticine, train ticket, pile of zines? Wots the crux? Orange hat, birthday car, dead plant, rock, gloves? Wots the crux? Let the crux Show itself Watch as your Path aligns
9.
[fyi dear listener; only Andrew, who wrote the lyrics, knew the lyrics before the moment of recording. His track was then sung over by Jonathan, Matthew and Robert, who tried as best they could to keep up. Only the first takes were used. In fact, the music was created in a similar way, before the mixed thing was re-arranged] The CDRs won't last It's a farce I'm scared we're losing our grip on the past Put the CD in the player... arse! Those albums we made, we were still in class Oh shit, time moves so fast And the CDR is spinning so fast These songs might have played their last Nothing comes out but a mechanical rasp I hope this shit's on memory cards The CDRS won't last!
10.
Tesco Flag 03:33
A child waving a tiny, plastic union jack. It's got the flag on the front, it says "TESCO" on the back. He's grinning widely at a giant plasma screen, cheering the image of a pastel-coloured queen. England is spagetti that got dropped on the floor, got covered in dust and now we're boiling some more. It's a pair of pyjamas with a hole in the crotch, keeps it feet in the past while it's darning its socks. England is a pencil line drawn on the ground, each generation an eraser that is rubbing it out. Countries clipping their toenails. Countries squeezing their zits. Countries, to humans, are what heads are to nits. Racist boys of Royal Tunbridge Wells Take a good hard look at yourselves Do you really want us all to be just like you? Bored, bitter, stupid with nothing to do? What can I say after what you said - The words you used for a scarf over my head? You said take it down in respect for the troops What the fuck are you on about? Fuck you! I might have been too scared to fight, but you were too scared to talk. (Mr Punch: Ridley Walker's gone to show, Ridley Walker's on the go, don't go Riddley Walker's track, Drop John's riding on his back) I'm a nit, I'm a nit - I'm going down to Tescos I'm a nit, I'm a nit - do you want anything from the shops? I'm a nit, I'm a nit - Tesco Extra's really big I'm a nit, I'm a nit - they've got enough blood to go around I'm a nit I'm a nit I'm a nit I'm a nit
11.
I finished my sketchbook today Tropes and characters that created themselves Stack Bods, Actionmen, blobs with beaks The last page saw coloured fine-liners I explored the idea of duck sticks; Body of a stick, head of a duck That faced a page I'd done in the back In yellow highlighter I'd drawn and written In yellow highlighter I'd drawn and written In yellow highlighter I'd drawn and written; "Snakes and boulders in shallow waters" "Snakes and boulders in shallow waters" Snakes and boulders, snakes and boulders "Snakes and boulders in shallow waters" I flick through the middle of the book A4 and thick, a publisher's dummy A pile of shapes vaguely making a body A hat with a feather in it A bone bent into the shape of a knot Ladders propped up against various rocks Always the hill with the embellished top Description of a full back tattoo Description of a full back tattoo Description of a full back tattoo; "Tutankhamun with Pinocchio's nose" "Tutankhamun with Pinocchio's nose" Tutankhamun! Pinocchio's nose! On an oiled back, stripped of clothes These images come in a flash Non-specific logos and symbols Strange images as I woke The drag queen band lived at your house The were aggressive and impressive but broke It was a challenge to have them around Matching images as we slept; We both nearly bought red moccasin shoes! We both nearly bought red moccasin shoes! We both nearly bought red moccasin shoes! Snakes and boulders in shallow waters Snakes and boulders in shallow waters Snakes and boulders, snakes and boulders Snakes and boulders in shallow waters Snakes and boulders in shallow waters Snakes and boulders in shallow waters Snakes and boulders, snakes and boulders Snakes and boulders in shallow waters
12.
Fix Fings 02:25
Call me on the walkie talkie Tell me what the problem is I'll access the situation and Bring the relevant kit Any small damages Maybe bigger ones too, just Feed me in open-face sandwiches And I'll do whatever I can do You know the shower rail was broken, Hanging out the crumbling wall? I fixed it with my mic stand I don't need it after all It took over ten years to buy one, Fifteen years of weird punk rock And we never got in the position To decided if we should tell the NME to fuck off Wingnuts, cable ties, gaffer tape, Bondaweb Wingnuts, cable ties, gaffer tape, Bondaweb I, I, I I I I I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you Free me from (I (I)) Self indulgence (I wanna (I wanna)) I'll find myself (I wanna fix (wanna fix)) Helping others (I wanna fix fings) My future's as (I wanna fix fings that ) A Neanderthal (Need fixing I) My past is landing (Wanna fix everything) On the moon (For you) Free me from (I (I)) Self indulgence (I wanna (I wanna)) I'll find myself (I wanna fix (wanna fix)) Helping others (I wanna fix fings) My future's as (I wanna fix fings that ) A Neanderthal (Need fixing I) My past is landing (Wanna fix everything) On the moon (For you) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you I (I) I wanna (I wanna) I wanna fix (wanna fix) I wanna fix fings I wanna fix fings that Need fixing I Wanna fix everything For you

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Dog Chocolate's third album, in which the band expands their sound adding experiments (The CDR's Won't Last), field recordings (Volcano Baby Man), found sounds (Gone Viral) and overdubs (a bunch of stuff).

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released May 11, 2018

Dog Chocolate is:
Andrew Kerr (vocals, percussion)
Jonathan Allen (drums, guitar on "Volcano Baby Man")
Matthew Rains (guitar, vocals on "Gone Viral")
Robert Bidder (guitar, vocals, drums on "Volcano Baby Man", keyboard on "Snakes and Boulder in Shallow Waters")

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