We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Executive Toys

by Executive Toys

supported by
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £6 GBP  or more

     

  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Virtually 100% handmade coloured cassette with white case back. Only 40 copies available

    Includes unlimited streaming of Executive Toys via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 40 
    Purchasable with gift card

      £6 GBP or more 

     

1.
Hiawatha 04:00
Hiawatha I cant see passed the pine trees, the river's getting wild Feelling cold as rain, dripping into my brain Mission sqzxyfor raecompany, surfing by the light of the moon I am the great peacemaker, cuyugas, oneidas, cenecas Paint myself w beetle juice, venoms part of me Oh what a cartoon skit, ill have to make it fit Stopping for supplies, i guess in gonna have to tell some lies now. Hear noises in the dark, this is a national park! Hiawatha, higher higher hiawatha The squaws are circling round my canoe Eyes dead as bark, a mohawk in the dark. Mission for company surfing by the light of the moon. I am the great peacemaker Cuyugas, Oneidas, Cenecas Meet my sisters downstream, i tighten up my bow They spoil my flow, its time to go go go Cant see past the waterfall, the rivers out of control, feeling cold as rain, dripping into my brain Hiawatha, higher higher hiawatha
2.
Tecumseh 03:21
Tecumseh Tenskwatawa, brother of Tecumseh lived with the Shawnee band in Kansas. He preached that Americans great white Americans grew from the scum of the great water. Angry and correct he knew how to call it but never came through had a grave outcome. Oh territory that is the story the plains and the glory and the gattling gun. Tecumseh x 8 Oh Little Turtle who defeated Haman in 1790 and then St Claire. Sneered at Tecumseh brother of Tenskwatawah he had a haircut like a 70s cop. But not the kudos cos what he thought was that they would unite and live in harmony. Oh territory that is the story tye flames and the glory and the gattling gun. Tecumseh x8 Tenskwatawa, brother of Tecumseh lived with the Shawnee band in Kansas. He preached that Americans great white Americans grew from the scum of the great water. Tecumseh x 8
3.
Don't Point That Quill At Me The only thing I ever really wanted to own was the stage. Id happily swap the home of the rich for the home of the brave Pre-chorus But age has worn me thin I caught myself like a king surveying gardens of mine with a grin Verse A bard on horse back road into town Like a big headed bird Jumped over my fence with an axe Bashed his brains into curd Pre-chorus Its never too late to change Nothing cant be rearranged Never to early to fall Nothings undestroyable Chorus Dont point that quill at me Dont point that quill at me Dont you point that quill in my direction Ooh ooh ooh ooh Verse When i was a nipper gods in the music paper seemed to welcome Me into brand new worlds With the ragged promise of debasement Pre chorus But as i look at the television screen My trousers grow with the thought of my bank balance, look at tye television screen Trying to think but its too obscene Chorus Dont point that quill at me Dont point that quill at me Dont you point that quill in my direction Ooh ooh ooh ooh Verse Territory gaining, map is changing, old ideas are erroding, memory is fading, im becoming a giant, cant see my feet, when your trying to sit down, im removing your seat. Pre-chorus But age has worn me thin I caught myself like a king surveying gardens of mine with a grin Verse A bard on horse back road into town Like a big headed bird Jumped over my fence with an ace Bashed his brains into curd Pre chorus Its never too late to change Nothing cant be rearranged Never to early to fall Nothings undestroyable Chorus Dont point that quill at me Dont point that quill at me Dont you point that quill in my direction Ooh ooh ooh ooh
4.
Mink Toupee 04:35
Mink Toupee Sock it to me Verse Woke up on the beach I washed up on last night when all hope was lost Cook the angel fish that is dead in the sand i just take a bite Crunchy on my belly flopped lips It come back to me, the wizard. Line up tasks in the frenzied wood Petrified Chorus When the sandy beach it burns Its so exciting, ooh ooh When the sandy beach it burns (CUT!) Its so exciting, ooh ooh Its so exciting Verse Through the transparent flame i watch Things moving in the wrong direct- ion, I release rock to the eye Im alive not the other guy And a big ol swell starts to build Strings and bows beat me into shape Must have words with the composer Cos this is ridiculous Chorus When the sandy beach it burns Its so exciting, ooh ooh When the sandy beach it burns (CUT!) Its so exciting, ooh ooh Its so exciting Verse Woke up on the beach I washed up on last night when all hope was lost Cook the angel fish that is dead in the sand i just take a bite Crunchy on my belly flopped lips It come back to me, the wizard. Line up tasks in the frenzied wood Petrified
5.
Sunken Crate 04:58
Sunken Crate Verse I had a notion Just the other day And then I thought yes And then I thought no Saw a sunken crate through a crimson gate It was on fire Then it went out Read a book Its so good Im inside it Then i wake up Chorus I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things Wanna take you to the right place Wanna take you to the right place Wanna take you to the right place Wanna take you to the right place Verse I had a notion Just the other day And then I thought yes And then I thought no Saw a sunken crate through a crimson gate It was on fire Then it went out Getting off the plain Gravel up my nose Then im back on my toes Is this really how it goes Chorus I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things I wanna do the right things Wanna take you to the right place Wanna take you to the right place Wanna take you to the right place Wanna take you to the right place
6.
Didn't Do 04:56
Didn't Do You didnt quite do, what you were supposed to. Verse I tried at a belligerent age To turn the screw, Embrace the rage It didnt work It didnt work I attempted to burn my bridge To fill the hole To learn from the best It didnt work It didnt work To look at me then i was an absolute wreck I was above the law I had written the check but It didnt work It didnt work Chorus Locked in the bedroom Im locked outside in the rain Im trying to find you laughing at the seat of your romance Romance Two bodies of work I had almost complete Took to the printers but I lost the sheets It didnt work It didnt work When i found out It went up in smoke I cried real tears but i could see the joke It didnt work It didnt work When i heard there had been a fire I got great thoughts about a funeral pire and It didnt work It didnt work Chorus Locked in the bedroom Im locked outside in the rain Im trying to find you laughing at the seat of your romance Romance Im going to try, in this particular game, in this particular game, in this particular game, in this particular game Wooh! You didnt quite do, what you were supposed to. Chorus Locked in the bedroom Im locked outside in the rain Im trying to find you laughing at the seat of your romance.
7.
Object De Vertu Lyrics by Tom Hindley
8.
The Weather (part 1) I saw a clipper off the shore of the beach I saw it lurking through the weather Tawa had warned me and so had the cheif I saw the cannons shining in the water Took two moments to regain my step I made my path back to the elders They smoked their pipes some with heavy hearts, they said we strike cos they're not believers. Chorus Spider Give me a dream Well im sorry daddy She's back on the scene C'mon Spider Give me a dream Well im sorry daddy She back on the scene A young squaw she came up to me Asked of me what was the story I said i had to go back to the pen Id not received my special training yet She said your more than ready and i'll show you how Then she put my hand on her belly I felt the force of the sun and the moon Had the thought id be on my knees soon And i was there was no one around We lost the plot in the long grass then we were found. Turned out id lost my virginity To a member of a holy trinity Id been fucked by the spider girl She grabbed my throat and whispered something Ill remember til the end of my days When i look at the sun, the endless (rays) Chorus Give me a dream Well im sorry daddy She's back on the scene C'mon Spider Give me a dream Well im sorry daddy She back on the scene
9.
Films 03:59
Films Verse Gone r the days when things were bigger than u, you no longer have to care if any of it's actually true. It's not like any gods are gazing down or a Stalinist colonel is peering down his nose with a frown. Chorus Films that I've been in, Films with cowboys in. Films that I'm seeing, Films with nazis in. Verse You've gone to the dogs but you bet on a winner so everyone's coming to bed. It's clear as a sickly sweet medicine rain, this pain in my belly got to force it out into your armoured and delicate face. I'm sorry but where else can it go? Chorus Films that I've been in, Films with cowboys in. Films that I'm seeing, Films with nazis in. Chorus Fall from the bottom all the way to the top, but all I could feel was the drop. same little smiles. I'm welcomed right into the flock. But at what expense have I prevailed, o who cares I've never been but let's go along to the sales? Chorus Films that I've been in, Films with cowboys in. Films that I'm seeing, Films with nazis in. Outakes: (Gone the days,of those melancholy ways and bad food. U no longer care, if the bible is actuslly true. It isnt like those norse gods r gazing down. Or stalin is giving u his eye and giving u his frown. Rolling in front of my eyes)
10.
Town Centre 03:40
Town Centre Lyrics by Tom Hindley

about

Released on Nice Nights Records Aug 2017

All lyrics by Ross Bicknell except track 7&10 by Tom Hindley. Additional lyrics on track 6 by Clodagh Alderfelt

credits

released August 25, 2017

Leila Roster - Vocals/Synth
Ross Bicknell - Vocals/Guitar
William Errington - Guitar
Tom Hindley - Bass/Vocals
Simin Inkpen - Drums

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Executive Toys London, UK

Tick, tock, tick, squawk..
From the scum of the great water, after the dredge, shiny happy little toys did remain.
Many years passed. ..
Disguised as just another plaything, the toys arrived, sweet little glittery pills, sparkling, addictive.. A chorus from a Boston séance, a boxcar shampoo hook, cold Wire synth washes, sprinkles, jabs and prefab lilts sprouting. Decidedly New Wave.
... more

contact / help

Contact Executive Toys

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Executive Toys, you may also like: