Tetherball

from ROACH by Miya Folick

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Roach is Miya Folick's clearest and most direct work yet, eschewing some of the lyrical and musical obfuscations she layered onto her 2018 debut album, Premonitions. With ear-worm melodies, heart-wrenching poetry, eclectic production and anchored by Folick's once-in-a-lifetime voice, Roach straddles a line between pop and something more experimental. She enlisted a team of collaborators who she trusted to bring out the grittier side of her artistry, including Gabe Wax (War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes), Mike Malchicoff (King Princess, Bo Burnham), Max Hershenow (MS MR) and a team of some of LA's best players. The result is an album that sounds as honest and intimate as the subject matter at hand, a candid snapshot of where she is now and what it took to get there. Matte Jacket, Printed Sleeve, Gatefold Insert.

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lyrics

I’m not careful enough
I keep tearing through love
Like a tetherball swinging til it’s all tangled up
Whipping through the air til I’m stuck

I go through life like an eight ball
Til the powder stains the table
And I can read the price tag but keep scraping off the label
Telling myself that I’m stable

Laugh it off
Say I’m fine
Cause it’s harder to get better than to lie lie lie

Drinking mexican coke
Sitting on the sidewalk to smoke
Cane sugar steadies me and tells me a joke
Is life everything that you hoped?

Laugh it off
Say I’m fine
Cause it’s harder to get better than to lie lie lie

Sitting in your car
Curled up like a roach in the dark
Telling you the truth as the curtain slowly parts
Asking for another start

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from ROACH, released May 26, 2023

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Miya Folick Los Angeles, California

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May 6

Wolverhampton Civic Hall

Wolverhampton, UK
May 8

Eventim Apollo

London, UK
May 9

Eventim Apollo

London, UK
May 10

Eventim Apollo

London, UK
May 12

Lafayette

London, UK
May 17

Grand Rex

Paris, France

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