Kodan Armada:Explanations

explanations- brent-wow, i cant believe im doing this again. this means we now have three records with our name on it. it still shocks me to this day and im still speechless about how lucky i am to have had this opportunity to share these songs with you the listener and my bandmates and loved ones. the meanings of these songs are pretty simple. cops (or whatever it ends up being called) is about a disturbing trend here in Louisville. it seems that over the past few years, its okay for the police to shoot first and ask questions later. several young african american males have been shot over the years all because of "self defense" issues. most of the times, when investigated, its obviously uncalled for and an attempt at non-lethal force was never considered. its a scary thing to know there are bigots, racists, and overall disgusting people put in charge of protecting citizens of a city. its a bad thing when you're scared more of those who are supposed to protect you than whatever else there may be. just because they wear a badge doesn't make them a savior or a better person. it just gives them something to hide behind. the song, death wears a necktie is about work. plain and simple, i hate my job. i hate waking up five days a week and realizing that im going to hate the next nine hours of my life. i hate being belittled by ego-centric managers who feel its their duty to call me names and cut me down because i dont see life eye to eye with them. i wish i didn't have to work, but i have to pay bills and live. and because of that i know i will have to continue working until i die. that's a depressing thought. im giving up a part of me to fit into the system of giving and very little taking. this is just my way of dealing with it. the last song is say something. this song started out as an improvised song as far as lyrics went. over time, a set of lyrics seemed to fit it better than the rest. they may not really go along with whatever everyone else is saying, but this is what it means to me. yeah, its the typical "whine whine, im fat and ugly' song, but to me it holds a lot of meaning. i have problems when it comes to myself. there are things i despise about myself and have never been able to get over. one being as petty as my own looks. for some reason i feel like i have to look a certain way and fit in with everyone else and how society wants us to look. its sick. there are times i look in the mirror and want to never eat again. i stress myself out with trying to figure out ways to not look the way i do and no matter what happens, im still brent woosley and i still look the way i do. this song was based partially on my relationship with my girlfriend and how she views me and how my ideas about myself conflict and sometimes get in the way of genuine compliments and expressions of love. i wish i could change that about myself. however, i know i have a lot of problems. some people know about, some people dont. again, this song is just another way i try to deal with myself on a daily basis.

anyways, thank you for supporting us again. i hope you enjoy this record. i know we are all excited to get this out and about. thanks to gospel for sharing this with us. they are so fucking amazing it hurts. dont be like me, be good to yourselves and actively love what you love and pursue what you find worthy of your attention. if anyone wants to discuss anything you see here, talk about yourselves, talk about me, talk about the weather, bands, whatever your heart desires, feel free to contact me at betterwearasweater@hotmail.com. or if you feel email is impersonal, write me and give me your phone number and i'll call you. xoxox brent.

adam- coppers: A man in Louisville named James Taylor was shot 14 in the back while and cuffed for possession of crack cocaine. A few months later, Michael Newby was shot while running away from an undercover police officer while under investigation for dealing drugs. None of the officers involved were held accountable for their actions, even after the community protested multiple times. A brick was thrown through the police station downtown even, and nobody in power has done anything for the people who are now dead because of irresponsible police work. This kind of thing happens all over the country, and the fucked up thing is, nobody really seems to give a shit about working towards some kind of drug rehabilitation for people addicted to drugs. The economy is in shitty shape if you aren't middle class and white, either. What are we supposed to do about it? If this happened in your community, would you sit back and watch or make your voice heard? death wears a neck tie: We have to work if we want to accomplish something. We work hard to make music, art, friendships, and love. However, we have to also pay the price of existance by working jobs we hate so we can make everything else in our life happen. Nobody likes working a shitty minimum wage job just to get by. Nobody likes having to pay ludicrous amounts of money for food and a roof over their head. Until we find solutions to these problems, all we can do is cherish the moments of freedom that we have through the things that make us happy. This song is an _expression of our hatred of minimum wage slavery say something!!!: Music soothes the soul. It makes you want to dance. It makes you want to cry, to sing. We've gotten so used to watching musicians be glorified through the media that sometimes we forget that musicians involved with punk rock are people just like us, making music for the sake of expressing themselves. There's no reason for a barrier between a band and an audience. If you want to scream, let it out and scream with us. If you want to say something, take the opportunity in whatever forum you have handy, be it a microphone at a show, a zine, or a band. Get involved and be active in creating things you love and expressing yourself. Take something away from punk rock and return it in the form of something you've made.

ryan-hey everyone this is ryan. I know that i have wasted alot of my life waiting for it to start. It's one of my greatest regrets. I wish I could have done so much more in the last 22 years but for some reason i was always a little to afraid of embarressing myself to experience much of anything . I know I love to sing and really stretch out my lungs. It's such a wonderfull feeling. Its like breathing with your whole body. I hope everyone who reads this at some point stretches out thier lungs. It doesnt matter what it sounds like or looks like. We could be sharing ourselves with each other but instead we compete with each other. We feel lesser or greater than one another. We waste so much time that we dont have to waste. In a nutshell we are going to die. We are going to fucking die one day and we are wasting time being embarressed and talking shit. I know I am guitly of both. We are wasting our time with jobs we despise because we think it is the responsible thing to do. We are wasting time and saying nothing........doing nothing. There are few things in this world that mean more to me than the experiences Iv shared with the rest of KA. For the first time in my life im not wasting my time im living out loud infront of my peers.I feel like such a fool. There are so many things i should have said to so many poeple..........from now on i plan on saying them. Thakyou so much for buying this record it means alot to us. We are in no way above you. Please talk to us.Please sing with us. we are not scary poeple. This is my email address (ryanswigart@mad.scientist.com) feel free to write me anytime. Good luck with what ever is important to you. Im sure there are alot of spelling errors in this but its ok im sure you get the jist of what im saying+im pretty tired at the moment and plan on going to bed. goodnight