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Amsterdam EP

by Bad Self Portraits

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    Artwork by Abigail E. Penner.

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1.
Cover 03:50
It’s absurd, what you’re asking me to do Clean up, after an adult like you 'Cause I don’t want to hold your hair 'Cause only a child would tell me who I can and cannot talk to Only a psycho would hold my head down Only a child would tell me just think dirty Only a psycho would say, say, say, say You’re a kid, you’re dirty You’re a kid, get dirty You’re kid, you’re dirty Well I feel dirty, dirty Ted Danson, got it right Ted Danson, got it right Ted Danson, got it right Ted Danson, got it right 'Cause only a child would tell me who I can and cannot talk to Only a psycho would hold my head down 'Cause only a child would tell me who I can and cannot talk to Only a psycho would hold my head down Only a child would tell me just think dirty Only a psycho would say, say, say, say You’re a kid, you’re dirty You’re a kid, get dirty You’re a kid, you’re dirty Well I feel dirty, dirty
2.
Lavi & coconut on my skin I hear your deep breathe, to take it in But don’t let me know So close to letting me know You come in pulling me for your affection Roll to your side, I meet your eyes You’ve lost all attention I got used to you Like you got used to me And I’m not waiting for it Again, again, again, again, again While I feel it falling Long nights, tortured love Neither one of us willing to give it up But don’t let me know So close to letting me know Confusion taking up all this momentum Roll to your side, I roll to mine We call it a night I got used to you Like you got used to me And I’m not waiting for it Again, again, again, again, again While I feel it falling Don’t let me know Cause you never, never let me know Don’t let me know Cause you never, never let me know You come in pulling me for your affection Roll to your side, I meet your eyes You’ve lost all attention I got used to you Like you got used to me And I’m not waiting for it Again, again, again, again, again While I feel it falling
3.
I’ve got courage, for just one moment Hopefully long enough to last through putting The right pieces of myself out here So I might forget his face But that’s not what I needed I guess, I still need it If all we have in common is coffee Well that’s not enough to keep me grounded You might keep me awake for a little while longer But that’s not what I needed Some sleep is what I needed My life, has been up in the air Might’ve felt a bit more together if he called And now, I realize I needed you To leave me be But that night was what I needed To see that you’re not what I needed He was what I needed And that’s not what I needed
4.
Permanence 04:21
Don't tell me that you tried It's simple, you didn't You would've woken up in time To sit and listen To my official goodbye Nothing too permanent I can't say I didn't cry In a cafe that afternoon While I internalized What I thought I meant to you A little below permanence I didn't think it too much to ask That you would let me in on what you might want When I get back So you arranged for snow to fall And covered the tracks of Your footsteps down the hall The wrong hallway, at best Those won't be too permanent I didn't think it too much to ask That you would let me in on What you might want When I get back I didn't think it too much to ask That you would wake up And come here like we planned Ask me all the wrong questions Don't hear what I answer I'm living like a guest, in this place I do remember And I can't be the one to get you where you wanted We both know you're gonna leave I'd like to know when it's happening I didn't think it too much to ask That you would let me in on what you might want When I get back I didn't think it too much to ask That you would wake up And come here like we planned I didn't think it too much to ask That you would let me in on What you might want when I get back
5.
Pete 04:14
Isn't it enough, that I'm always here Readily available, should I be harder to find Make myself scarce and wait For you to change your mind What a strange thing to be so proud of I'll fix you up for some other woman to love you Peter Peter's out of his mind Peter petered out just in time And I heard from Lisa When she whisper-yelled to you That Peter checked out last night At least you came back, I'll call that some effort Fleetingly flawless by frenetic designers I see the way you walk in a strangled line What would I get, if I looked you up online Cause you walk up an escalator going down The kind of extra that keeps me around And what a strange thing to be so proud of I'll fix you up for some other woman to love you Peter Peter's out of his mind Peter petered out just in time And I heard from Lisa When she whisper-yelled to you That Peter checked out last night I'm not cutting it I don't know your definition Peter, Peter, Peter, oh Peter You're so jealous when I'm reckless I had a friend cut the pattern out Peter Peter's out of his mind Peter petered out just in time And I heard from Lisa When she whisper-yelled to you That Peter checked out last night Was I ever gonna be enough? Am I ever gonna be enough? 'Cause you were never gonna be enough Peter

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released December 1, 2023

Engineered by Bad Self Portraits at UNO Studio 381 (& at home)
Mixed by Jeremy Wurst at B-24 Studios
Mastered by Don Gunn
Album Art by Abigail E. Penner

Vocals: Ingrid Howell, Jesse White
Guitar: Cole Kempcke, Connor Paintin
Bass: Ingrid Howell
Drums: Jesse White
Keyboards: Connor Paintin

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Bad Self Portraits Omaha, Nebraska

A product of high school and college friendships, Bad Self Portraits write indie-rock songs that tackle the unpredictability of growing up and finding stability. Unapologetic, honest lyrics live at the forefront of their guitar-driven tracks, and serve as an ode to learning how to (sometimes unsuccessfully) navigate change as a twenty-something. ... more

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