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Future Pretend

by Ben Rice

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1.
Everything Changes 04:13
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I don’t recognize my city Oh I must be aging I better do something Before everything changes I used to walk around all day Just to try to see The Strokes Settle for some Two Boots Didn’t know about Rosario’s Everything changes People get jaded Trying to make it Out of here alive Say they’ve seen it all a thousand times So what, can’t you smile? We’re only here for a little while Everything changes Isn’t it a pity We’re working so hard Is this everything you dream of Or a little more I used to walk around all day I used to have a little hope Tell me where the time goes Come on tell me where the time goes Everything changes People get jaded Trying to make it Out of here alive Say they’ve seen it all a thousand times So what, can’t you smile? We’re only here for a little while Everything changes Everything changes People get jaded Trying to make it Out of here alive Say they’ve seen it all a thousand times So what, can’t you smile? We’re only here for a little while Everything changes
2.
Taste Like Sugar 03:16
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Some nights I want to call you up Tell you I’m done with my bad luck You weren’t ever giving up And I sure wasn’t mad ‘bout that Every corner tells a story I remember that night Washington and 12th Street Froze the moment in time I can’t help the feeling I can’t help the feeling That you’re right for me So I’m sorry honey I can’t help the feeling I can’t help the feeling That you’re right for me You’re right Some nights I want to call you up Tell you I’m done with my bad luck You weren’t ever giving up And I sure wasn’t mad ‘bout that Cuz you taste like sugar You taste like sugar Just a sliver of silver lining In a reticent smile We can wander ‘round Gowanus ‘Til there’s nowhere left to hide I can’t help the feeling I can’t help the feeling That you’re right for me So I’m sorry honey I can’t help the feeling I can’t help the feeling That you’re right for me You’re right Some nights I want to call you up Tell you I’m done with my bad luck You weren’t ever giving up And I sure wasn’t mad ‘bout that Cuz you taste like sugar You taste like sugar Cuz you taste like sugar Oh Cuz you taste like sugar Yeah, eh, eh, eh, eh You taste like sugar
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Summer Rain 03:06
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I, I kinda like, like this, this new confusion I, I want it all of the time There’s a break there in the clouds, but you know what’s coming I might have to change your mind Find a little shade somewhere Storm can’t touch us there Honey all I wanted was you to stay Promise that I’ll keep the rain drops off your face Where are we going anyway? We can We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain Oh honey We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain I, I kinda like, like this, this new confusion I can’t you off of my mind Since you came along I’ve been feeling all right babe Hanging on your every smile Find a little space somewhere Noone can find us there Honey all I wanted was you to stay Promise that I’ll keep the rain drops off your face Where are we going anyway? We can We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain Oh honey We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain Honey all I wanted was you to stay Promise that I’ll keep the rain drops off your face Where are we going anyway? We can We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain Oh honey We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain Oh honey We can stand here, stand here in the summer rain
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From a Daydream 05:55
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Facing down his maker with a humble glow He said I’m not done yet, I’m still having fun We’re still here running ourselves into the ground Until we run out of time, until there’s no one around I, I get a little bit lost and then you cross my mind Time, was never really on anybody’s side It won’t start tonight When I think about someone I pick up the phone When I save it for later, it never gets known I’m a deep sea diver, just trying to get home I called you from a daydream, your number just rung I blame it on the doctors, they probably did their best How could they know? They're people just like us It made me think about God, it made me think about love I tried to stop wasting time, I tried to pick myself up I, I get a little bit lost and then you cross my mind Time, was never really on anybody’s side It won’t start tonight When I think about someone I pick up the phone When I save it for later, it never gets known I’m a deep sea diver, just trying to get home I called you from a daydream, your number just rung Here comes summer, we’d always catch a game Heading up to the Bronx, we planned our lives on that train But sooner or later, it came way to soon And now I’m standing in a parking lot with all your friends dressed in blue I, I get a little bit lost and then you cross my mind Time, was never really on anybody’s side It won’t start tonight When I think about someone I pick up the phone When I save it for later, it never gets known I’m a deep sea diver, just trying to get home I called you from a daydream, your number just rung
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The Hard Road 03:47
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Pour one for the departed and one for lost friends Take me back where we started, I want to see them again I want a life filled with good times, I hope we shine ‘til the end I get lost in the history, stressing ‘bout a future pretend I’d try to tell you, but you won’t understand Life on the outside when you’ve been looking in for so long So just hold on you know it’s coming I’ve taken the hard road Stripped out of the shell I’ve taken the hard road I know it so well Does life end in heartache, or do we just slip away? Can we forget our egos when we’re counting the days? I’d try to tell you, but you won’t understand Life on the outside when you’ve been looking in for so long So just hold on you know it’s coming I’ve taken the hard road Stripped out of the shell I’ve taken the hard road I know it so well I’ve taken the hard road Stripped out of the shell I’ve taken the hard road I know it so well I’ve taken the hard road Stripped out of the shell I’ve taken the hard road I know it so well I know it so well I know it so well Oh so well
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American 03:49
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She was a child of the 80s A real good kid, she had the love of her family She grew up well and she grew up fast Studied hard, she graduated as the market crashed Into the world at the bottom Now all her dreams are forgotten Watched them crumble into debt and dust She says These days I’m ashamed to be American Hope someday we get the good old days back again I was raised on those promises That we’d be alright, that we’d have a chance She found herself awake again last night Riddled with anxiety through the best years of her life NPR every morning As she swipes through men she never wanted Runs out the door afraid she missed the bus She says These days I’m ashamed to be American Hope someday we get the good old days back again I was raised on those promises That we’d be alright, that we’d have a chance These days I’m ashamed to be American Hope someday we get the good old days back again I was raised on those promises That we’d be alright, that we’d have a chance She’s up all night, trying to make it right, her whole life Waiting on a lie that won’t come true, that won’t come true She’s up all night, trying to make it right, her whole life Waiting on a lie that won’t come true, that won’t come true She says These days I’m ashamed to be American Hope someday we get the good old days back again I was raised on those promises That we’d be alright, that we’d have a chance She’s up all night, trying to make it right, her whole life Waiting on a lie that won’t come true, that won’t come true She’s up all night, trying to make it right, her whole life Waiting on a lie that won’t come true, that won’t come true
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Maybe I'm the Enemy 03:11
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It’s alright they can figure you out when it’s over Keeps getting closer You leave a map in your words, with the things that you’ve done And you know it I keep looking for ways, for answers, for change It’s inside of me, only I’ve been running for so long That I never took the time to stop and think that Maybe I’m the enemy As much as it hurts, maybe I’m the enemy You can fade out in a blur, you can burn out in a crash It can’t last Spend all the days that you're here glorifying your past Missed the chance Look around and I can always find people, places I can put my problems on Could be the government, lack of a trust fund Could be that label that signed me when I was young Maybe I’m the enemy As much as it hurts, maybe I’m the enemy I keep looking for ways, for answers, for change It’s inside of me, only I’ve been running for so long That I never took the time to stop and think that Maybe I’m the enemy As much as it hurts, maybe I’m the enemy As much as it hurts, maybe I’m the enemy Maybe I’m the enemy Maybe I’m the enemy Maybe I’m the enemy Maybe I’m the enemy
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One and Only 04:06
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Modern living can be such a drag It’s big city baby it’ll drive you mad Nobody warns you ‘bout the changing sky Leave you running in the rain trying to catch lost time Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only Let’s run away honey never look back We watched enough of those films to throw them off our tracks You said the South of France always seemed nice I got some money saved up for the simple life Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only
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Parade Ground 02:58
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If I get Sunday off we can take a walk Down by the Parade Ground When you hear the sound of the ump calling him out Does it feel like summer now? I spent most of my youth on sandlots here Dreamed of playing in pinstripes But I joined a rock and roll band, spent my twenties in a van And I got different dreams now If I get lucky girl it’ll rain on Monday and you might call in sick So we can just sit here and watch the clouds roll over Brooklyn Let me take you out on Cortelyou for a drink or two We’ll be home by ten and you can stay in Brooklyn It’s a long ride home up to West Harlem Especially at this time of night And it’s been on my mind for some time now I want to settle down and build a life Think I was on the bus outside of Aberdeen Talking with my friend Reno Said, “when I get back home, I’m gonna buy a ring Cuz I know that she’s the one” If I get lucky now things just might go my way and you might say alright So let’s just sit here and watch the clouds roll over Brooklyn Let’s go celebrate on Cortelyou for a drink or two We can stay out all night and stumble home in Brooklyn If we both grow let’s go take a walk Down by the Parade Ground We might hear the sound of the ump calling him out Remember all we’ve seen and done
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One and Only 04:06
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Modern living can be such a drag It’s big city baby it’ll drive you mad Nobody warns you ‘bout the changing sky Leave you running in the rain trying to catch lost time Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only Let’s run away honey never look back We watched enough of those films to throw them off our tracks You said the South of France always seemed nice I got some money saved up for the simple life Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only Everybody gets lonely I see it all around me I want to be your one only We can fall into it slowly Oh there’s nothing you can’t tell me Wake me up from a deep sleep Tell me one more secret I can keep I want to be your one and only

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released February 19, 2021

All songs written, produced, engineered and mixed by Ben Rice
Recorded at Degraw Sound, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

01. Everything Changes
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass, DX7, Juno, Mellotron, piano, harmonica, drum programming
Charlie Culbert - drums, drum programming
Gian Stone - Juno, vocal production, additional production

02. Taste Like Sugar
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Juno, Mellotron, drum programming, percussion
Charlie Culbert - drums
Gian Stone - Juno, Mellotron, drum programming, additional production

03. Summer Rain
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Mellotron, piano, drum programming, percussion
Charlie Culbert - drums
Greg Wieczorek - percussion
Harper James - engineering
Pete Remm - Wurlitzer

04. From a Daydream
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Juno
Abner James - piano
Greg Wieczorek - drums, percussion
Harper James - engineering
Pete Remm - Hammond organ

05. The Hard Road
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Juno, Mellotron, drum programming, percussion
Greg Wieczorek - drums, percussion
Harper James - engineering
Pete Remm - Hammond organ, piano

06. American
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, DX7, Juno, drum programming, percussion
Charlie Culbert - drums
Gian Stone - vocal production, additional production

07. Maybe I’m the Enemy
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Mellotron, drum programming, percussion
Charlie Culbert - drums
Gian Stone - additional production, drum programming

08. One and Only
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Juno, Mellotron, piano, drum programming, percussion
Charlie Culbert - drums
Gian Stone - vocal production

09. Parade Ground
Ben Rice - vocals, acoustic guitar, Mellotron, piano

Album artwork design by Sean Mosher-Smith
Photography by Drew Reynolds

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Ben Rice is a Brooklyn based producer, guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Norah Jones, Valerie June, Jonas Brothers and FLETCHER. As a performer, he has shared stages with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Band Of Skulls and Brendan Benson. On his recent singles Rice channels the sounds of Americana, Brit-pop, and psychedelia through his introspective songwriting and production. ... more

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