Scholar's Mate b​/​w C​+​L (Live & Dangerous at El Cid)

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Scholar's Mate 04:38
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Checkmated on the grassy knoll Beneath the shadow of the campus cathedral Scholars mate in such peculiar ways Balloon release and a Carolina moon Shared a few laughs at the end of Platoon Cruel mother, so we just kept trying to touch Postcard to a friend of a friend Was it your way of extending a hand? Or was it just hot memory in a bottle of Lambrusco? I’m still chasing you down a telephone line Tryna hear your song in the whisper of a wire Can’t we just reverse on into that next week tomorrow? And the bass cuts out again your pitch is perfect, no perception I wanna feel you now Maryland concrete, lakeshore apt The wine fills the glass and then it wanes Sick references, the tyranny of cool Coordinated clothing and a pool of ridicule A bar tab duplicating in a chain of Ribbons Heavy chest, your notes in Paradise A blue Gatorade kissing cubes of ice You were sick so I just tried to help Two coffee cups shaking in the dash Black bubbles spilling on a birthday sash Opera House carpet floor blues no crescendo
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C + L (Live & Dangerous at El Cid) 03:37
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These songs were recorded in Marina del Rey + Silver Lake, Los Angeles during the now-legendary Phoned In LP3 session. Fueled by 100s of Modelos, CBD edibles, health food, organic fair trade Colombian coffee crystals, and some of that sweet SOCAL HERB, Phoned In laid down 7-8 tracks in the span of 9 days + 8 nights. According to representatives of the band, it was an exhausting, grueling affair—but not without its magic. Days were spent cutting tracks, sipping makeshift cocktails, and cycling to the Pacific. Nights were spent boozing to depths unrivaled on the sketchy shores of Venice Beach and carousing at the alt-kid hangout El Cid. If you happened to be in LA during March 2022 you might have seen the Phoned In men stumbling across Sunset or buying 30 racks at the Pavilions off Glencoe and Mindanao looking worse than ever, most likely.

In true Phoned In fashion, 5/8 songs from the session were lost at sea while the tapes were being sent to Europe for mastering. The only tracks to survive the shipwreck are the tongue-in-cheek pop-punk number, "Olivia” from 2022, a live rendition of “C + L,” and "Scholar's Mate.” The live cut here gives fans a retrospective window into the Phoned In concert experience, which was often ramshackle, sloppy, and raucous. “Scholar’s Mate,” however, is quite the opposite. It’s a gentle but oblique country ballad filled with silky guitars, epic piano, and winking wordplay—all wrapped in Phoned In’s signature sound that can be described best as … phoned in. It is their strongest effort in the songwriting dept., and it points toward what could have been if the boys put down the Modelos and picked up the metronomes. The current whereabouts of Phoned In are unknown but legend has it that their ghosts still haunt the bar rooms and dancehalls of Silver Lake when the clock strikes midnight, pestering patrons with useless trivia and tales of debauchery.

- Lennay Kekua, Hawaiian Times

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released December 23, 2023

Emmett "Bid Daddy Texas" Newton - Guitars, Piano, Drums, Songwriting Production
Ryan Ricks - Guitars, Vocals, Production, Lyrics, Songwriting,
Jack Haley - Guitars, Production
Chris Cappello - Vocals, Encouragement

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2018 - 2023

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