The Negative Twin is the debut single by Lee Switzer-Woolf. Lee is the singer-songwriter for Reading based bands Launch Control and The Seasons in Shorthand, but is now stepping out for the first time to release a debut album under his own name. Scientific Automatic Palmistry, coming February 7th 2022, is a ten track album written and recorded during lockdown in the first half of 2021. The aim was to create an album that came together organically, pairing stripped back lyric-focused songs, natural recordings, and on the majority of tracks simple electronic beats. The Negative Twin itself is a moody introspective slice of dark pop with a lo-fi pulsing heartbeat, examining our relationships with our other selves, our fears of death, and the ways they manifest themselves in our dreams.
lyrics
Sea salt in the wounds
Blood dripping from my teeth
Got menace in my heart
From the whiskey in my tea
Lice on my skin
Chalk on my hands
I'll outline my corpse
Mixtape in my bag
Dark energy, this inverse state
The talons in my back that carry me away
Man, I dream weird
When I'm this fevered
Sea salt in the eyes
Sand in my fists
Spitting violent slurs
As if God exists
Trouble in my veins
Ringing in my ears
Armed with bad advice
And pruning shears
Dark energy, this reversed state
The negative twin here to take my place
Man, I dream weird
When I'm this fractured
Gnawing at the bracelets on my wrists
Fighting hard against a captor I am still not sure exists
Death note in my shoe
No return address
Mandrake at my throat
Teeth marks in my neck
Stutter when I talk
Thomas guards the gates
Just another cold call
He says “all I hear are snakes”
L. Switzer
credits
from The Negative Twin,
released January 10, 2022
Written, performed and recorded by Lee Switzer-Woolf
Mixed and mastered by Aden Pearce
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