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numb numbs

by Shane Tripp

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tektologist A timeless record full of soulful and self-reflective psychedelia. While there is plenty of metaphor being used here, the songs feel incredibly tangible and authentic. Anyone who has struggled to figure out why they're here, in this body and on this planet, will connect with how Shane works through these unanswerable thoughts lyrically and sonically.

Shane has a penchant for melodies that will stick in your head for days- his nasally delivery and buzzing guitars/synths are the perfect vehicle.
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RipperStudios Shane Tripp is Classic freak folk. An amazing artist both musically and lyrically.
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1.
I did a thing that I never imagined I would In the summer of twenty Made a call to the husband of my lover’s friend And put a sign out in the front of my house I guess I was ready to get what I could For my home of a decade Got the whole mess cleaned up and got rid of my stuff And I went down to North Carolina, so Kathleen and I could do something new I’m not looking back But I miss you We got a nice little place that ain’t falling apart And we’re taking it easy At the end of the day, I feel happy and safe I got a plan and my head’s feeling straight I admit it’s a little bit strange of a change But I say I’m a mountain man And I don’t have to waste anymore of my life I’ve got the time to make up for the past and get off of my ass and create something new I’m not looking back But I miss you
2.
It’s exhibition time We have a big surprise Somehow I got these eyes From David’s fathers side And now I have to crystalize Before this conversation dies And I’m off into the busy streets The echoes make them neat I pass the gallery Then I’m imagining An alarm that rings occasionally To remind me that I’m basically Fading out What do you think of love? It’s not my place to say Where do you get it from? It grows inside the brain It’s collecting where the sun don’t shine And it almost makes me run and hide But I won’t run and hide
3.
I fell asleep in a chair and the fog swept over me I’m never going anywhere but I live well in dreams Crawl across Ferraris and make some babies I get to do funny things to people who hate me drink a glass with a cat that’s a bassist in a band Take a bath in a class where the subject is math How do I taste in your mouth, am I sweet Do I ever turn sour, do I fuck up your teeth Am I making you cry, oh I’m sorry Tell me, cause there’s nothing you can say that will surprise me Get me out on the street, wake up and smell the gasoline Will you increase the speed, come on baby please I never thought that again, I’d feel so free My head cannot believe, what my machine is telling me I’m just out in the open, this is lovely but I’m starting to see, I’m just asleep too deep What the hell was that sound, did you hear that? Who among all these creeps, can be trusted? Do you think we’ll be found, if this ends bad? We’ve been seen by the queen, I think we’re busted! Never forgive me my love I lost you, I can never wake up[]=—\]]]]]
4.
Asskorpion 04:33
If you want to play All my favorite games In the yard all day All you’ve got to say to me is take me to the center We only have to venture to yesterday embracing in the sticks Hesitation kiss Every little part of this is busting down our egos We’re feeling love and killing baseless hate Shaking like a leaf Shaking tambourines Burning like a sun inside, you don’t have to hide my sadness It’s crazy but I think I may be sane Questions are the key Now it’s plain to see Technically it’s always been, and we’ve always been together We’ve only to remember why we bleed Introduced as friends I was meant to bend Even if we could be introduced as enemies, I’d love you You’d find a way to bring me to my knees If you want to play All my favorite games In the yard all day All you’ve got to say to me is take me to the center We only have to venture to yesterday
5.
Elephant Man 04:59
The elephant man with delicate hands putting his dad into a trance The elephant man is a sad son of a gun But there could only be one When I go to bed and into my head I think of the end and things that I said When I go to bed I’m as good as dead My spirit does not rise with the sun Do I know who I am am I who I know I am Is it time to change the plan Can I change my mind again Why don’t I feel bad And as I open my eyes up I lose everything I thought Even in the afterlife You will wander off alone So, why don’t we stay home I have a grenade and pink lemonade And half a rolaid to leave for the maid I’ll stay in the shade to preserve my shell I’m never gonna burn in no hell A little machine just dancing with me And making me see a love supreme It isn’t a dream cause I can’t go to sleep Or maybe I’m too senseless to tell Do I know who I am am I who I know I am Is it time to change the plan Can I change my mind again Why don’t I feel bad
6.
He’s got a baseball mitten on his hand And he probably can’t remove it He sleeps like a turtle in the sand In the morning, he gets his head checked By the elephant man ‘Cause he’s all about being cautious He’s got a million friends They all tell him that he’s the coolest He plays rhythm in a band They’re called Larry and thee Enthusiasts They don’t sound like anyone It’s the first of it’s kind of music He swings around While breaking ground He turns his head around To meet the crowd He says it don’t make a difference to him If anybody pays him attention He lives all of his days on a whim He invented imagination He’s got a million dollars in gold And he buries it in a mountain He picks up everybody’s trash You know everyone says they love him He swings around While breaking ground He turns his head around To meet the crowd
7.
Fire Snake 04:20
When I was the king I like to think I opened up somebody’s temple I wasn’t very mean to any queens. And if I cursed into your eyes, then I must apologize I should not have always said what’s in my head Tumbling away I see the place that gives the song a happy ending I’m rolling like a stone up to the mill Turning to the sky it starts to cry and then surprise you guys I’m raining It’s never time to go, don’t you know You cannot give up hope if you want to have a good time you cannot be in two different places at the same time Get a fucking clue you can’t undo a single thing, this is the real world And everything is changing always That’s what they all say, and I’ll admit it’s hard to argue with the truth I guess this isn’t all just a joke Firesnake did you ever plan on making yourself known Firesnake? Firesnake do you love me more than anybody else Firesnake?
8.
Agartha 03:36
I can’t survive these awful times without a little something special I’ve half the mind to go outside, but I’m safer in my castle What’s in the sink, I think something stinks It’s just the kind of thing I love I’ll have to shrink to get out the kinks I’ll have to shrink my rubber gloves But why do I care who dies? here come the bats they must attack. They know how long I’ve been resting. What type of text would they select if they were violently texting Don’t fuck this up. We’ve had enough. And we now how to take a hint. I’ll flick my wrist and blow a kiss and hope that someone gets a glimpse of it.
9.
Moon Rock 02:31
I won’t let her play Cause she just got spayed I know what she needs She needs quiet and peace She knows to calm down I’ll give her a treat now She ain’t got no fleas She’s the dog of my dreams and now it seems I gotta make it all right for the girl She’s my joy and pride in this world She’s getting so smart Always in my heart Yeah she knows a few tricks She loves chewing on sticks Sometimes she listens And sometimes her head spins I’m so glad she’s mine She’s the greatest canine of all time I’m gonna make it all right for the girl She’s my joy and my pride in this world
10.
Your brain has been infected you're not what we had hoped you're not what we expected you're not even close Now you've got to kill yourself you'd do well to kill yourself now you've got to kill yourself when love has been neglected and greed is all there is and you don't have a conscience you don't deserve to live now you've got to kill yourself you'd do well to kill yourself now you've got to kill yourselfYour brain has been infected you're not what we had hoped you're not what we expected you're not even close now you've got to kill yourself you'd do well to kill yourself now you've got to kill yourself I'd give him none of my blessings and I'd stab his face with steel and sapphire some men just can't be saved
11.
When I write a letter to my dream self There’s a little moment of clarity At the top of all those peaks I seek out There’s a premonition of blue and green Here we go again into my ugly heart Now I’ve got a craving for jealousy Someone look me in the eye and tell me how People can be happy and yet healthy When the tune goes up and out I’ll do it too, you’ll hear me shout I’m so big, I can’t fall down Moving my arms makes tornados If I ever have to choose my way to die I would do it just like my friend who got high I can memorize the first seventy-five Years of my life and the numbers of pi Have a little faith in space and fungi Leave a little room for digestive enzymes When the spores shoot to the sky It’ll be seen by the naked eye I’m all tucked in bed sometimes But I know my love flows through the night It took a lot of guts to be this fortunate. That’s why I wear my eyes on my sleeve and flaunt my shit around until the cows come home to get milked. This is a hell of a reason to be alive.

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released February 28, 2021

All songs written and produced by Shane Tripp
Kat Klemm- additional vocals on tracks 1, 3, and 7
Andrew Tamlyn- beats on track 7
Ben Weissenborn- drums on tracks 1, 5, and 6
mastered by Matt Ten Clay
mastered for vinyl by Cauliflower Audio

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Shane Tripp Grand Rapids, Michigan

Shane Tripp is a singer/songwriter from Grand Rapids, MI. Shane produces a special kind of freak/psychedelic folk that really entices the brain and makes it drip.

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