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Hey You

by Liv Slingerland

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kaanvale i didn't believe in love at first sight until i got to see liv live on post malone's tour and immediately became obsessed, totally stole the show! Favorite track: An Entire Lifetime.
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Art Fin A timeless album that could have been released half a century ago or 50 years from now, full of catchy pop rock songs that sound like something you heard on the radio. Favorite track: Hey You.
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1.
It might be time To strike a balance To restore order In an otherwise disorganized mind It might be time For moderation I’m growing tired of This daily self-justification It might be time To listen to my former self She’s written many pages on What’s good and bad for my health
2.
Hey You 02:57
Hey you I hope you’re lovin’ all the little bits of my mind Keepin’ you company ‘stead of keepin’ me sane I hope you’ve given them a good home Wake up I know the flowers that I planted you are dyin’ You haven’t exactly been a breath of fresh air They’re holding places for the next ones ’Til they’re too rotten, you decide I hope that you love them The way that you loved me I hope that you love them The way you loved me away So I can have them back one day Time keeps tickin’ on by Our existences are splittin’ down the middle Yeah, my heart rips just a little every line My heart rips just a little every line I keep trickin’ myself Into thinking that I’m brilliant The next instant all my sanity is missing I’m sure you’re tired of telling me Listen up and don’t be stubborn Maybe now you’ll find the one To help you properly recover I hope that you love them The way that you loved me I hope that you love them the way I hope that you love them The way you loved me away The way you loved me away I hope that you love them The way that you loved me I hope that you love them the way I hope that you love them The way you loved me away The way you loved me away
3.
Bad Dreams 03:20
Let me out of this little house Set me free, I’ll never turn around I’ll meet my love somewhere down the hill We’ll chase the cars never standing still I wanna give you everything I wanna be your early morning hideaway Swim with me on the days you’d like to sink Take my hand, we’ll float along to sea When the sun goes down night is always listening Look in my eyes, tell me what you think I wanna give you everything I wanna be your early morning hideaway From all the bad dreams you’ve been having I want to get out but I don’t want to grow up I’ll find my way to another side Of the screen that I have been sitting here watching Please take me away Take me away I wanna give you everything I wanna be your early morning hideaway From all the bad dreams you’ve been having I wanna give you everything I wanna be your early morning hideaway From all the bad dreams you’ve been having I wanna give you everything I wanna be your early morning hideaway From all the bad dreams you’ve been having
4.
Break a sweat Take a sip Tie my shoe Bite my lip Sit up straight I’ll work on it I feel cool Skinny dip I’m running away from the party Say the wrong thing but she wants me Turn on my favorite station Just to stop all communication If you looked back and wanted someone else I would give it to myself Give it to myself Make a threat Don’t let it slip Just get through Another clip The sky is blue But I’m losing it I need a few Shots to forget Permanent stain like a sharpie I’m running away from the party Turn on my favorite station Just to stop all communication If you looked back and wanted someone else I would give it to myself Give it to myself Can’t let go of all the things that I regret I can’t sleep Blame the internet Turn on my favorite station Just to stop all communication If you looked back and wanted someone else I would give it to myself Give it to myself
5.
Clever 04:00
If I could be clever I would Say everything that I should To get you to love me And tell me the moment you felt it If I could get better I would Do anything that I could To get you to hold me And tell me the moment you missed me Baby if this is how things go Maybe you could’ve let me know Before I sent my love away For you to take, for you to break Sit right down and talk to me Tell me you don’t feel a thing And if you’d like to walk away Then be my guest, why did you say If I could be clever I would Say everything that I should To get you to love me And tell me the moment you felt it If I could get better I would Do anything that I could To get you to hold me And tell me the moment you missed me I’m staring up at the ceiling now Wishing my head wasn’t spinning around One week isn’t so long Until you called to tell me you’d be gone If I couldn’t say what you needed If I couldn’t stay when you asked If we could resume after sleeping If we could rewind before I packed If I could be clever I would Say everything that I should To get you to love me And tell me the moment you felt it If I could get better I would Do anything that I could To get you to hold me And tell me the moment you missed me
6.
How could you keep this from me For an entire lifetime I don’t understand the plan I don’t understand You admit nothing While I dream of good hands to hold me I’m looking for a loving grasp As I am falling fast Tell me lies, tell me sweet, tell me sweet little lies We must’ve listened to that song one thousand times Now I’m lying on the floor and I can’t open my eyes No I can’t open my eyes, no I can’t open my *Ooh-ahs* Mother may I pose a question you might have heard before I never did receive the answers I was looking for Don’t stay out too late, don’t run away You cannot hide forever In itsy bitsy spider nursery rhymes Tell me lies, tell me sweet, tell me sweet little lies We must’ve listened to that song one thousand times Now I’m lying on the floor and I can’t open my eyes No I can’t open my eyes, no I can’t open my *Ooh-ahs*
7.
God Forbid 04:17
Have you forgotten All of the times that you told me You could kiss me forever And life could never be better Was I mistaken I wanted to be by your side Every day, every night If you’d let me look into you’re crying eyes If you’d only let me God forbid You ever hear this song And it changes your mind From a maybe From a maybe to hatin’ me Sitting on the steps to your apartment We went to the same show tonight And you made it seem Like you were happy to see me But she’s never happy, she’s just great at acting God forbid You ever hear this song And it changes your mind From a maybe From a maybe to hatin’ me I’m just waitin’ for someone to tell me She’d like to come home I must be living in an alternate universe (I must be living in an alternate universe) I’m competing apparently I cannot claim to know the me That you complain is taking everything away Making every single day Too hard to get through I’m sick to my stomach just standing here I wanna cry, I wanna scream, tell everybody everything So you cannot pretend So you cannot pretend I’m no longer here I didn’t disappear God forbid You ever hear this song And it changes your mind From a maybe From a maybe to hatin’ me I’m just waitin’ for someone to tell me She’d like to come home
8.
I cannot stay away from you Even though I know I should I need to find something better I try when I can to give a little more To take a little less To always be there for you I hope you know I wish you cared I know you’re not concerned Ay ay, whatcha say I give a lot I get nothing in return I shouldn’t bother with you anymore Sometimes you leave me all alone I’m trying not to lose myself These holiday lights don’t really make things sweeter Because you can’t find the time to give a little love To take a little heat I’ve been trying to ignore these feelings As I sit in the dark at home Ay ay, whatcha say I give a lot I get nothing in return (I give a lot I get nothing) I shouldn’t bother with you anymore Ay ay, whatcha say I give a lot I get nothing in return (I give a lot I get nothing) I shouldn’t bother with you anymore If you could only see me now If you could only feel the pain that I feel somehow Is this all that I can give Is this all that can get Ay ay, whatcha say I give a lot I get nothing in return (I give a lot I get nothing) I shouldn’t bother with you anymore Ay ay, whatcha say I give a lot I get nothing in return (I give a lot I get nothing) I shouldn’t bother with you anymore Anymore
9.
I tried hard I dressed my best I looked far for a way to meet The expectations that were set You laid seemingly in front me You laid them all within my reach I’m a temporary letdown I promise I’ll be back to my old self in a moment But first, come with me I’ll let you see a secondary side of me An insecure, very unsure, particularly immature me Don’t you miss catching up On all the silly things inside of our heads Sometimes whispers would wake us up Babe, I’ve been having such bad dreams again I didn’t mean to hurt the one Who used to hold me close no matter what I, too, wanted more from myself I’m a temporary letdown I promise I’ll be back to my old self in a moment But first, come with me I’ll let you see a secondary side of me An insecure, very unsure, particularly immature me I can’t keep this together without you I’m not feeling any better without you I can’t keep this together without I’m a temporary letdown I promise I’ll be back to my old self in a moment
10.
I see things that I don’t want to I see you leaving me Leaving, leaving Don’t you see That I can’t forget you Won’t you stay I can’t be alone Come back to me, babe Come back to me, babe Come back to me, babe Why won’t you come back to me I can’t help myself The temptation’s too much I just need your love But you’re not around for me Even though I’m here for you What am I gonna do? If I can’t please you What do you want me to say I can’t be on my own Come to me, babe Come back to me, babe Come back to me, babe Why won’t you come back to me I wish I never really cared at all You make it hard for me To catch myself when I’m fallin’ It’s never easy, so they say You could make it easier If you weren’t the one Walkin’ away Why won’t you come back to me

about

When Liv Slingerland lost her beloved father in March 2020, the in-demand guitarist (Halsey, Olivia Rodrigo, Lauren Ruth Ward, Donna Missal) knew what she needed to do immediately: wrap Hey You, the solo album she’d spent the past few years honing in on. It was the least she could do — a heartfelt homage to her biggest fan.

“I’d been working on these songs for years,” explains Slingerland, “But I hadn’t truly given my own music a full push before. I felt that this was the best way to channel my grief while honoring what my dad had sacrificed to support me. I knew this was the time to refocus, the time to make something happen.”

The only problem? The pandemic, of course, although Slingerland wasn’t about to let a looming national lockdown get in the way of finishing her long overdue debut. Building on the myriad styles she’d mastered over the years — surf rock scorchers, Tom Petty tabs, the blues — and her recent studies in USC’s Popular Music program, Slingerland dove straight into decoding what she didn’t already know, between performing in Olivia Rodrigo’s band on SNL and in her ground-breaking Sour Prom. Mostly necessary evils like tricked-out production and engineering techniques required to drive her artistry forward in a much more self-reliant manner.

Before she knew it, surefire singles like “Bad Dreams” and “Clever” went from being rough, uncut diamonds to wild, synth-laced rave-ups, broken up by the occasional breather and traces of the tenacious musicians she’s long admired. Not to mention the moody films (Kill Bill, Blue is the Warmest Color) and modern art (Floria Sigismondi, mainly) that had been lingering in the back of her mind for months.

While Hey You was recorded in several LA studios, four tightly woven tracks (“Album Intro,” “Bad Dreams,” “Clever,” “Hey You”) were captured in Slingerland’s own apartment, bringing an intimate bent to deeply personal meditations on identity (“An Entire Lifetime”) and the unhealthy relationship that haunts many of her minor-keyed melodies and melancholic hooks (“Temporary Letdown,” “God Forbid,” “Hey You”).

“I hadn’t come out to my parents until after I graduated from college and was in my first queer relationship. Even though I knew they would be supportive, I was still fearful of their reaction, a feeling I know many experience. Finding community amongst other LGBTQ+ musicians and collaborators along the way has allowed me to fully embrace my queer identity without that fear, which was crucial for me to be able to write through the pain of that first heartbreak and ultimately to feel a sense of wholeness. These songs helped me work through the frustration I was feeling at that time and carve out my own path.”

It’s only fitting that the record has found a home at the “woman-informed, queer-happy” Righteous Babe Records, the label founded by fellow guitar slinger Ani DiFranco, and that Hey You is coming out while Slingerland is on tour with fellow queer pop artist Halsey.

As for her father’s role in all of this, she adds, “This record isn’t about him, but it is completely because of him that it exists. I can’t imagine finishing it without him.”

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released August 5, 2022

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Liv Slingerland Los Angeles, California

Guitarist/singer-songwriter Liv Slingerland (guitar for Halsey, Olivia Rodrigo, Lauren Ruth Ward, Donna Missal) makes her Righteous Babe debut from her forthcoming LP sharing the single "An Entire Lifetime," a bombastic, riff-heavy indie rock number that sees Slingerland explore a personal reckoning with identity. ... more

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