Cheekface - I Feel So Weird!

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Cheekface - "I Feel So Weird!" from the 2022 album Too Much To Ask on New Professor.

In times like we’ve been living through the past handful of years, humor has become more and more tantamount to survival. Cheekface understands that and displays it with aplomb. The Los Angeles-based band made up of Greg Katz, Amanda Tannen, Mark “Echo” Edwards channels Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, and Stephan Malkmus with their speak-singing but has plenty of wisdom behind their absurdist, critical, and, dare I say, cheeky lyricism.

Our Song of the Day “I Feel So Weird!,” off the band’s recently released third record Too Much To Ask, is an excellent example of Cheekface’s ability to make you spit-take with laughter at the same time as saying to yourself, “I feel that.” Over a mellow, bass-heavy rhythm Katz spews goofy statements like, “The difference between me and a dog is I am taller /Think about it, just think about it” before getting into a pretty great allegory for the feelings that anxiety often riddles upon a body, which is also an allusion towards dogs. Plus the Das Racist reference of “I'm at the combination Jamba Juice and therapist” makes it the gold standard of satirical lyricism.

While Cheekface isn’t big on music videos currently, watch the lyric video for other Too Much To Ask highlight “Featured Singer” and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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0:00.0	I met the Jamba Juice, I met the Therapist, I met the Combination, Jamba Juice and Therapist,
0:19.5	don't shoot your shot. Hey, are you got? Yeah, I'm tired.
0:27.5	Something familiar from every day starts to seem alien when you repeat it and repeat it and repeat it.
0:35.5	The difference between me and a dog is I am taller. Think about it. Just think about it.
0:43.5	Look, Bob, I'm trying. I've placed all my problems. Why do I feel so weak?
0:50.5	It's right under my nose, punching me in the face. Why do I feel so weak?
0:58.5	My brain is full of barking dogs. My gutcher, full of barking dogs.
1:02.5	My heart is full of barking dogs. My soul is full of barking dogs. Look, Bob, I'm trying.
1:09.5	I've watered all the plants. Why do I feel so weak?
1:15.5	Why do I feel so weak?
1:22.5	Oh, I already peed. I almost feel better. I am a slippy plant and I need carbonated water.
1:35.5	I could get so much done if I didn't have to sleep anymore, but then I would be tired.
1:42.5	It's hard to acknowledge something obvious when it's really obvious. I'm feeling good, but I'm sure it will pass.
1:50.5	It's the 10-year anniversary of everything from 10 years ago. Think about it. Just think about it.
1:59.5	Look, Bob, I'm trying. I've placed all my problems. Why do I feel so weak?
2:06.5	It's right under my nose, punching me in the face. Why do I feel so weak?
2:14.5	My brain is full of barking dogs. My gutcher, full of barking dogs. My heart is full of barking dogs. My soul is full of barking dogs.
2:22.5	Look, Bob, I'm trying. I've watered all the plants. Why do I feel so weak?

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