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Hand It Over

by Neck

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1.
Ecliptic 02:36
night life the only time fuck fuck the dead end sign shit-head father wait don’t go don’t go don’t go I’ll wait outside and talk and memorize and memorize a circle with no way out of here and never pass and never pass each other
2.
The birds call through the darkness and it reaches to my cell Keep fingering the pills out of their bottles till they’re gone We’re hollow-eyed in the dark halls with no windows to look out They’re watching all our mind-games and they’re writing them all down They laugh at how my mind knows that I’ve heard my mother’s call When my heaven is above me and it swindles the poor dawn Which shines so whitely without a cup of instant smile He’ll get his oh his blood in blood out for the cause I tremble while my mind aches but they tell me it does good The serum in my body unlike water moves me slow It holds me till I’m under its spell and its control And then I start to wonder why I can’t hear those birds no more
3.
Hold 04:28
It gets dark away from away away away away and more or less every day another nother nother nother night another nother night Mire in the holy water who’s laying on the alter? and my neck has not been carved of sacred wood made of flesh and ether neath the hanging sun lay still it gets dark across from there’s blood and dirt and grime and lust and song is one that I will keep another nother nother nother night another nother night check your every little thought leave it there for it to rot and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh to love and hold and hide to love and hold and hide love and hold and hold and hold and hate you will wait tie three knots moon is full moon is full grieved her heart spoke the words never hold never hold Mire in the holy water who’s laying on the alter? and my neck has not been carved of sacred wood made of flesh and ether neath the hanging sun
4.
Baited 05:54
In the hollow of the counter manifest a silent demand fell on the floor the rest forgotten pleasure stained his empty hand you feed the fast, the breath that’s baited its gone and travelled to some glass the brief motion, the hand moved under a gesture towards some other past you didn’t ask me what I came for I didn’t know which way to fold waited on by hands that lift up and grab and grab and feel too cold arrest these eyes that wander return them to your captor take a handful I will harm none your soft will is no other’s arrest these eyes that wander return them to your captor take a handful I will harm none your soft will is no other’s you didn't ask me for it you’d like to see me dying on the floor you didn’t ask me for it you’d like to see me dying on the floor you didn’t pay for it I’d like to see you dying on the floor
5.
Hand It Over 04:59
am I strong enough? am I ready for? is my hand enough? all the ways and the costs am I resolute? am I liable? hand it over hand it over will you warn me if I go? are the sunsets over now? and it appears in the window and I become every inch of in the graveyard tell me now either willing or forgotten and I can’t tell if the hum on the wall is bored or not and I can’t place it shaved my bones oh what’s enough feel it there both sides at once and days played out I’m sorry for the weight of all days on earth -Contains excepts from poetry written by William Clark-

about

Hand it Over is the debut of Boston-based duo Neck. Incorporating elements of alternative folk and electronic music, Neck breathes a crisp air of new life into the respective styles. In addition to effortless vocal control throughout the EP, Kira McSpice demonstrates a creative approach to guitar-driven composition, embellished by Bailey’s contrapuntal bass melodies and complementary synthesizer work. The group makes potent yet tasteful use of the oft-forgotten Suzuki Omnichord as well as ornately placed field recordings and samples. The addition of the duos strikingly airtight string arrangements forms a key musical signature throughout their work.

These songs each have their own deeply personal meanings to both members, elegant yet strung together by their grim subject matter. “Puzzle Factory” reflects on the experience of institutionalization and the issues of treatment and stigmas associated with mental health. Haunting echoes of footsteps and unfamiliar foley create the psychological landscape of an institutionalized patient, resolving with a peaceful yet uneasy melancholy of the ending looped phrase. “Baited” takes the perspective of being drugged without consent, slowly building & gradually decaying into a densely layered nightmare.

Recorded just a few months after the band’s formation, Hand it Over serves as an introduction to the group’s capabilities while also presenting a sense of musical maturity. 20% of proceeds from all album sales and 100% of proceeds from single “Puzzle Factory” will benefit the Brain & Behavior Foundation, an organization providing grants and resources to vital mental health research projects & advocacy programs.

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Kira on “Puzzle Factory”:

Uncle Jimmy was a patient in what he called the “puzzle factory” I asked him why he called it that, he told me in the last puzzle factory he stayed at one of the patients there had called it that. He said maybe it’s because we do a lot of puzzles there. Or maybe it’s because they are trying to put all the puzzle pieces together to figure out what it is we have. During my stay there I wrote down things other patients had said and put pieces of the quotes together to make this song. It ended up being a testament to the treatment we received.

The words recorded came from individuals with different diagnoses, different genes, different backgrounds, and different ways of thinking and coping. Medication was the main form of treatment we received while we were there, we were not allowed to go outside and there was no one-on-one therapy. We spent a majority of our time with each other.

We mostly talked about what the doctors thought our diagnoses were and how they were treating us. We talked about how our illnesses had ruined many of our relationships with our friends and families. We talked about how misunderstood we felt- even to each other and about how isolated each of us felt.

This song is dedicated to them and to all those who struggle with mental illness, the stigma surrounding it, and receiving treatment. Proceeds go to the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for grants to aid in the research of mental illness.

-Kira

credits

released April 18, 2018

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All Songs Written and Performed by Neck

Kira McSpice - Guitar, Vocals, Omnichord, Cello
Bailey Hein - Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synths, Samples, Violin

Recorded, Engineered, Mixed, & Produced by T.Skoglund
Mastered by The Fathers at JASS East

Artwork by Bailey Hein

Special thanks to: The Fathers at JASS, Benjamin, The Cloud Club, Kit Castagne, Tristan Allen, Will Clark, and everyone who has helped and supported us through this process

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