Advertisement - The Matador
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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2021
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Advertisement - "The Matador," a 2021 single on Fire Talk.
Hot off the heels of their 4-song EP, Freedom, that came out last month, Seattle quintet Advertisement share the new single "The Matador," a song they say is about “being perceived by others as something different than you perceive yourself.” True to the aesthetic they established on their 2020 debut album American Advertisement, band members Charlie Hoffman, Carl Marck, Ryan Mangione, Jesse Rosenthal, and TJ Main combine Fleet Foxes-esque harmonies with Laurel Canyon-inspired rock nostalgia, tapping into their love of "blues and grooves" along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:24.0 | Living in the wild, get me out and sell a reel |
| 0:28.0 | With a shoe or a ring, tap dance is trying to cut I deal |
| 0:33.0 | That's why I sit here on a plate like steel |
| 0:37.0 | And kill all of these hogs, run and do me lying |
| 0:41.0 | But I don't want to dance |
| 0:46.0 | You really don't even ever dance |
| 0:51.0 | And then we'll not have to go there |
| 0:57.0 | I was born a day ago, in the back of a GTO |
| 1:04.0 | The pharmacist with needles in it, I know it's yours |
| 1:11.0 | All said and done, it's a pretty good deal |
| 1:27.0 | Music |
| 1:54.0 | The role you want to learn in life, we do |
| 1:59.0 | And another Christian conservative |
| 2:03.0 | With your whole death, I have you |
| 2:08.0 | And find yourself with your recognize down there |
| 2:12.0 | But what a day |
| 2:17.0 | You really don't even ever dance |
| 2:22.0 | I would say it's a pretty good deal |
| 2:52.0 | Music |
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