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Answer Machine

by Freddie & The Scenarios

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  • Limited First Edition Signed 180g Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    NOTE: Due to the international vinyl pressing market this ships in September 2023.
    MEXICO orders ship from MEXICO (not UK as listed) - choose MEXICO in shipping.
    All other orders ship from UK as listed.

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    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

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  • Limited Edition Signed Print
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    A unique poster by Scenarios animator Manuel Fermont for FATS show in Queretaro. Signed by Freddie. Edition of 50. Ships from MEXICO - if you live in MEXICO choose shipping there.

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Talkshow speeddating Didn’t know you were waiting Fill in the cracks of your desire Just when you think you couldn’t get any higher When you go to bed at night The futures never been so bright All you see is the snowstorm Lets blow away your every norm Ibiza Unicorn You’ve never seen them raise the bar like this Got your ticket Settle the score Their rocking and rolling So come on down Yours for a few dollars more Who’s the gang thats got the mic Play the game every night Slaughter on 10th Avenue The new Jim Jones revue Forget sound and vision Theres no need to listen And even in prison You’ll feel like you’ve risen Ibiza Unicorn You’ve never seen them raise the bar like this Got your ticket Settle the score They're locked and their loaded When life's got you down You can leave all your fears at the door Until the morning Until the morning Until the morning I’ll see you the morning
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A horse built by committee No stranger to scarcity Autonomous creation My prayer of separation God get me through this I’ll be the spiritual nudist Floating in space to try Commodify my mind but inside, I’m dying I me my me mine one day at a time Subscribe me to the lie I want everything thats prescribed So anywhere but here Anyone but me I’m going down to Self Pity City Sell me my peace of mind I’ll grab what I can find So dump me in Marina Del Rey It’s an honour to be on my way Helps me locate the pain The first step forever sustained Im trying I me my me mine one day at a time Can I try before I die Colonise my place in time Anywhere but here Anyone but me I’m going down to Self Pity City Sell you my peace of mind One more way to try Forgot my need to refine my mecca It helps me to flow better Until the punishment fits the crime I'll grab what I can find On to the next one On to the next one On to the next one On to the next one On to the next one On to the next one On to the next one On to the next one
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Help me understand Practice patience Then I won’t Break arrangements to myself An animal love by creation I’ll await remuneration Blame my former generation Guide me through what I’ve become Father to son Isn’t it strange we’re one Of the same There’s no shame in it And I’m just a ghost Perfecting my clothes Now it’s time to begin It’s time to begin, again Help me accept my limitations Whilst I patent my frustrations And diminish my temptation Turn me from inebriation Accept the augmentation Terminates imagination No surprise what I become Under the gun I know it’s hard to admit I wanna chase the hit I think there’s truth in it So hold your own No one’s better alone Now it’s time to begin It’s time to begin, again
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Above All 04:26
The futures come to take me for a ride Phoney ego mania Nowhere to hide Help me turn off Escape control and demand Living isn’t easy if I think there’s a chance I’ll be busy painting memories only others can see With four fingers pointing back at me Priest or playboy and in all honestly Yes I’m powerless with a capital P Coming down in front of Casablanca tonight Going down in history while my head eats me alive Special and different Just like everyone else Those who know they do not say My mistakes, I’ve earned them all Above all Help me to find Above all Get me in line Above all I’ll take care of myself better I’m not here to be crushed by pressure Above all Hold me in the middle Above all You never disappoint me Another soul, braving the mind Help me to find what I can’t define Above All Be with me forever in presence There is no end Just built in obsolesce Above All Above All Release the pressure I’m not afraid, we’re in this together
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Climbing 00:52
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John Wayne 03:28
Stop being John Wayne Calamity Jane Riding to the next frontier Pain and pleasure man you’ve got that here now What is she thinking? What is he thinking? Have I arrived yet? Let me out the future And I’ll bet Right now theres no-one in the world like me White light chase me White heat fix me White knight Are you my white knight? Or a trojan horse Par for the course How many ragas to a disco beat Swallow me incomplete It’s good to be free Just ask the victim next to me Now what was I drinking? What was I thinking? White knight Are you my white knight ? Or a trojan horse Wolves at the door What do I have to do to get out of here? What do I have to do to get out of here? What do I have to do to get out of here? What do I have to do? Get me out of here
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I go to hell for leather Let’s ride again together Find the way of liberation The ancient frustration There is no urgency Only In to me see Love will set you free Throw down my fear index There is a better text It doesn’t matter if you’re clever Find my way out together Find a way to let it be Thats it ultimately Love will set you free You and me Love will set you free Help me to see Easy as one two three We have eternity
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May 21st Call me a cab Eternal return Back on earth Another round Princess for sure Give me that instant cure Teach me what I need to learn About my time Another round We don’t have to try It’s not my place to Anything you ever wanted me to William Onyebor Get me that new age cure It’s my perceptions My disconnection Open me up Sonic Bloom I tried to make it up I only wanted to be loved We’re all obsessed with shame Some days I’m not the same In our beautiful home Where I felt so alone Holy Ignatius Give me some patience Open me up Sonic Bloom Open me up Sonic Bloom
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Icono-classic mistake Going full pace Not interested in the human race Military grade Orientate my restraint and forget this place I’m afraid they’re coming for me It’s comforting You can read me like a book Enjoy or endure An aloof icon I know what I’m doing The purpose of providing Fear is the root of all evil And I’m trying to Get it right this time This time I will Try to get it right This is my mistake It’s my misunderstanding Little miss I wish I’m on a mission Isn’t that what friends are for? In a wilderness of mirrors I want my place in history
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AVAILABLE 2 WEEKS BEFORE OTHER STREAMING PLATFORMS ON MARCH 9 2023

Freddie & The Scenarios is the new project from The Vaccines’ lead guitarist Freddie Cowan, created with the help of some of the best musicians of Mexico City’s incredible music scene.

Whilst visiting Mexico city in 2019, Freddie had a number of serendipitous encounters with some of the musicians living and working there, especially around the city’s Centro Historico neighbourhood - Diego Herrera from Mexico’s legendary Caifanes, legendary string and brass arranger Dan Zlotnik, and Moises Garcia, the trumpet player for Mexican hero, Juan Gabriel, among many others. These encounters inspired Answer Machine, a celebration of creative freedom and collaboration, life, growth and restoration.

Bonus track Only Human available exclusively on Bandcamp

Recorded in CDMX and Somerset with the musicians he’d met, old friends and iconic guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei.

credits

released March 9, 2023

All songs written by Freddie Cowan

Produced by Dom Monks

Recorded at Bert Jansch studios, Frome, Somerset
and
Topetitude Studios, Mexico City

The Scenarios are:
Alan D Boyd (production)
Pete Robertson (drums)
Tim Lanham (keys)
Nick Pini (bass)
Ethan Johns (percussion)
Izzie Yardley (backing vocals)
Delilah Johns (backing vocals)
Georgina Johns (backing vocals)
Diego Herrera (saxophone)
Dan Zlotnik (bass saxophone and flute)
Moises Garcia (trumpet)
Juan Lopez (saxophone)
Manuel Hernández (trombone)

Featuring Tomoyasu Hotei on ‘Sensei’

With
Luciana Herrera (visual director)
Manuel Fermont (animator)

Released by Ivy Recrods (UK) and WeRock (MX)
(p) 2023 Ivy RecRods/WeRock

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Freddie & The Scenarios is the new project from The Vaccines’ lead guitarist Freddie Cowan, created with the help of some of the best musicians of Mexico City’s incredible music scene.

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