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Maxed Out

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1.
I used to beg for it, now I'm asking it to leave No use to wait up for anybody to see Feels good, feels certain words are just sounds, to make to pass time those verbs and nouns, all sitting on the sidelines didn't think that grind could sustain what I need so I'll keep dreaaaaaaming
2.
game 01:39
cycled through some phases you forgot got tired. burned out for what? fell asleep at parties, so I stayed in. the good feel sure took a second there, a couple days. got bored of boring scenes so I dipped out from walls fortified to keep it down who cares, why care when it's all a game? i'll keep it simple, keep it plain
3.
TLC 01:44
I need t l c what's it even mean? drench the parchment now how sleep in bathrobe staying at home totally innocuous. sentiments have been expressed vapid, vacuous abyss ⁃ black hole and shards of what's left?
4.
anger is a symptom of not know how to handle disappointment. been appointed "pointed-at, around-for-laughs" and thought I had to like it. simple comfort is a blanket when the air around you stagnates all. easy to appreciate the acts more than the person they come from. it’s hard to know it or even see it though why would i show it? especially when systematic categorization left me alone in a crowd of thousands, understanding smallness made me pine for home not for lack of effort, a little weary, weathered at last gust in sails replaced with a cool breeze, and trading tension for a laugh
5.
now out searching for some tighter vibes inside my dome feeling so weak, and I don't even know but you could ask me why and the police are in my brain again and if the time's not now, I don't know when and waiting for it to keep happening have I arrived? if I could see through my eyes, I could arrive
6.
figure 01:38
gotta figure it out calling my shots, patching the bow everyone knows what it's all about i've held it together, but look at me now gotta figure it out, give it a name everyone knows that it's just a game that I won't play the air in my lungs, wrinkles in brow throught it'd be better by now sometimes these things time can't allow
7.
swan 02:00
still the same old duckling that pennsylvania shaped like a swan without its feathers disfigured by the weight everyone around me says i could do alright but take a day in webbed feet and see then where you lie lurking under the surface i wanna sing what i can't say don't believe in purpose i've got a point yet left to make been dragging my feathers through the torrential rain and when the sun comes out my home is just a muddy lake
8.
buckled in against my will pillared, backing up the hill in my head a billion strong out of body not for long where do the days go? riding the same road passage is narrow down the same sinkhole runnin from somethin i hope only i know found myself wondering where to wander now, how to get away? taught me not worth the weight. need it now, it's known to me. not physical, but here to stay.
9.
morning sum 01:54
impossible happened, barely could understand here you are back in my room after of all this time again smiled at my own reflection, think i saw him wink right back held you to my chest just like i'd never see another chance should've thought it all over, who's at fault? i'd say trust and desire a little spill. a little lost in the process. a tiny piece, not soon enough to forget. where's it? when's it coming to me? does it really matter now? morning summing funny habits, revel in the passing out. construct, raze it, for a kick and need there be another now? want it, do not NEED a thing, so find me tucked in, tuckered out.
10.
kool 02:21
all i thought i left behind, turns out it was just 'round the bend waiting for an unsuspecting moment, weaving through the lanes to get ahead calibrate my thoughts, and keep it kool don't think i forgot what made it bad drag it through the mud, shake it till it's tired tie it to a post, beat it till it's red never coming home, never coming down
11.
snuff 01:28
once was a boy with the fire in his heart, wanting to throw it all to the dogs. an older man now, searching for the spark, terrified that it's snuffed out. and all that fire wasted while we're young. fucked up and racing in all directions, and wanting the world inside of each of our palms. or maybe just this one. kissing and piss drunk. tapped out and pissed off. listing our missed marks. can't sing along to a dishonest thought, but i could be wrong biding my time till it could hit the spot. change in the jar sure has saved me from some wantsssssssss
12.
ride 02:21
closed my lids. time, it flew. open, wondering where to turn to. tell myself that it’s not true, i’ll believe in it when i do. caught off guard, hook from the side casual backseat, along for the ride. buried deep, then it bloomed - now it's pollinating my room. wake early agan, too soon. didn't recognize myself, new.
13.
see it out 03:41
think you're in some deep shit? you haven't seen the half of it. rolling over at night, turbo dreams, enjoy the ride. i'll tell you about the hard part; it's really gonna break your heart. time to change up the game, no excuses, it's getting late. sure do remember the reasons why you came trying to conjure a reason you should stay walk's feeling tired old tracks tried and true try to walk a wire when the tide stares straight at you know you're in a pinch, man. nobody's gonna hold your hand. we're in some ways, the same, make each other forget our names and every time you let go, it feels almost impossible. I can be there to help, but you only can see it out.

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released September 30, 2016

maxed out

art by mary clemens
mastered by dave downham @ gradwell house
written, played, and mixed by seth engel (www.sethengel.org)
instruments recorded by seth engel and matt kissinger at the owlery
vocals recorded by seth engel and matt kissinger at pallet sound

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