King of the Zoomers

from Taste Those Dreams by My Son The Doctor

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In August 2020, we rented a house in rural Pennsylvania to record a new EP. Our engineer Ian McNally loaded all his gear into a Town & Country minivan we got from our neighbor and we spent a week tracking the EP and eating corn.

King of the Zoomers came out of what has been a conscious attempt to make songs hit harder and faster. Over the past year and a half we have been really trying to write the kind of tunes that end leaving you wanting more.

The song is our ode to all the skate punks in tiny glasses and big pants, but also to Matt's recently discarded skinny jeans.

It stands out from the rest of the EP because it was the last thing we wrote before quarantine, right when we really started the "don't overstay your welcome" songwriting mantra, and right before all of our practices and shows took an abrupt halt.

King of the Zoomers is the first single off our upcoming EP "Taste Those Dreams," out Oct 8th. We hope it helps you add just a little bit of anticipation into these last few weeks of summer.

lyrics

People say he's a lucky kid when he goes away
And he don't mind feeling strange
And some just ask as he turns away and he looks ambivalent
So ambivalent, as he zooms those lanes
And I think you have the blame...

But do you have the style?
At home, people wanna croon and groan
Zoomer king points at them and says no no no
And now he's singing a song that goes la la la la la la la la la

And I want us to change
It's better when you don't, go so straight
And I was thinking we should dance dance dance dance dance
(Shake it out!) with a zoomer king in a cloudy trance
And I think you have the pants...

But do you have the style?
At home, people wanna croon and groan
Zoomer king points at them and says no no no
And now he's singing a song that goes la la la la la la la la la

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from Taste Those Dreams, track released August 27, 2021
Recorded by Ian McNally at Huntsville Road Studio

Mixed by Jake Cheriff at Paper Moon Records

Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA

Artwork by Noa West

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My Son The Doctor Brooklyn, New York

Brian Hemmert, MD: vocals
Joel Kalow, PhD: guitar
Matt Nitzberg, PhMD: bass
John Mason, MPhD: drums

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