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Prodrome

by Ari Mason

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©ough©ool Oh my glob! This is quite the eclectic pop album. Absolutely phenomenal production from the bottom up. The vocals are synonymous with the charms of a siren. The lyrics hold an unpredictable & dangerous edge to the narrative. I am amazed & grateful for discovering this one woman show!
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Nick Jurista There's something about this album that brings me back to early 90s dance pop. I don't know what influenced this album specifically, but I Hate It seems to be the most obvious 90s-influenced track with the synth hits and claps. Am I wrong here?

Great album. It's a great meld of modern and throwback. Vocals are top-notch and the harmonies are awesome as usual.

Absolute top tracks for me: Doing Crimes, Borrowing Time, I Hate It, I'll Be Nice. Favorite track: Doing Crimes.
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1.
Doing Crimes 03:40
fuck you I’ll lock you up ‘cause you’re a monster lock you up yes, you’re the one, sir go ahead, look in the mirror I have bled, I have bled, I have bled this will hurt, the way you deserve tiptoeing so lightly that I’m floating in air have I had enough? had enough have I? I’ve been waiting so long to awaken my beast now I’m mad enough mad enough mad kill kill I trusted you and you will pay I’ll have your head upon a stake your heart served on a plate you will hurt, you will hurt, you will hurt those who violate will suffer tiptoeing so lightly that I’m floating in air have I had enough? had enough have I? I’ve been waiting so long to awaken my beast now I’m mad enough mad enough mad
2.
no one trust no one it's not like you'd come here to ease the pain it's not like we've got much for you to take I got nothing, but I'm down to be taken away just bring me up, come on and take me out this dead-end galaxy because I know no one can save me I'm fresh out of fallacies I can't say that I have believed in you in this world it's so hard to find the truth I trust no one, how about you? if I look, will I find you? I wanna dance just bring me up, come on and take me out this dead-end galaxy because I know no one can save me I'm fresh out of fallacies I just wanna know do you wanna go? I want you to know I just wanna go
3.
this is how I feel you'd never know I can't seem to fake it anymore try to see it looking from my point of view I'm on my back, so little power, nothing real to lose I can't sleep, now it's in my mind I feel myself decaying in my bed at night you don't have to worry, everything is fine you don't have to worry when you're borrowing time people don't know me they think they do saying, "bitch, I feel so close to you" would it really be too much for me to say I close my eyes in self-defense when I see the first light of day?
4.
Ambrosia 02:40
waiting for the one who’s gonna eat you alive why don’t you listen to reason? oh we can escalate, but don’t you want to play nice with the devil and the demons? and I’ll take my time, I’ll put up with you stop with the lies, you can’t hide the truth I know what you’d gain from me if I gave in today, hey come on, Ambrosia come on come along to nirvana you can walk away, but do you really want to? it will only take a minute misery is easy when your heaven awaits but do you think you will taste it? try to deny, it will bury you your own desire, a capricious muse even with all the games you play you always lose come on, Ambrosia come on come along to nirvana
5.
I Hate It 02:57
is everybody else as tired as me? I’m sick, I'm slipping into new disease I hate it, I hate it hate it and I'll break it I hate it and I'll break it hate it and I'll break it is everybody else as tired as me? I’m sick, I'm slipping into new disease I wanna dance, I wanna go but everything moves so slow I wanna run, I wanna fight going fast, can’t hang tight can’t live it up, it’s going down won’t have a head left for a crown dead walking, it hurts don’t you know? it gets worse I hate it, I hate it hate it and I’ll break it I hold it, control it mold it and console it I ate it, I save it quiet ‘til my grave, yeah believe it, conceive it I smile ‘til I bleed I smile ‘til I bleed I smile ‘til I bleed I smile ‘til I bleed fragile am I fragile are my insides yellow sun for yellow eyes my lungs whistle when I cry bitter is my blood within bitter is my medicine
6.
I don’t understand quite how my world shrunk down so It’s not in my head but I can see that harm will befall me I’m such a fool safe in my room I make promises that I can’t keep I want to, but I can’t leave in a thousand years, ask my bones it’s bad luck let’s stay home I’m such a fool safe in my room bad things happen when I leave my home I’ll feel better when I am alone bad things happen when I leave my home I’ll feel better when I’m on my own
7.
mea culpa 03:18
every inch I give, ten feet you take every word I say, ten commentaries don't look at me but hear me when I say this wounded body is not a thing with which you can play I will have my peace I will fill this space this weight is not massive this story is not tragic I'll write my name in stars and yours is for the ashes ashes to ashes ashes to ashes eyes as old as time gazing at my face how can I redeem this spy inside me? what business have you inside my head? I went out of my way to not invite you in I will have my peace I will fill this space this weight is not massive this story is not tragic I'll write my name in stars and yours is for the ashes I won't make myself small for you I won't make myself small for you won't crush my dreams so yours come true won't crush my dreams so yours come true this weight is not massive this story is not tragic I'll write my name in stars and yours is for the ashes
8.
you take up space you take up energy parasitic malady you will have no part of me I take back my ecstasy parasitic malady I have bled better watch your head I’ll be sweet when I am dead I’ll be nice when I am dead I’ve been burned I’m looking ahead I’ll be kind when I am dead I’ll be sweet when I am dead you take my time you creep around my life biohazard, I’m diseased under pressure on my knees crawling up the wall until you see I have bled better watch your head I’ll be sweet when I am dead I’ll be nice when I am dead I’ve been burned I’m looking ahead I’ll be kind when I am dead I’ll be sweet when I am dead I’ll be sweet, I'll be sweet I'll be sweet when I am dead you take, you take, and you take up space you take up energy and you take all my time

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released December 16, 2022

Written, produced, mixed, recorded, and sung by Ari Mason
Guitars on "Ambrosia" by Jon Monroe
Cover art by Ari Mason

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Ari Mason Los Angeles, California

Ari Mason is a Grammy-certified vocalist, viola da gamba player, and producer based in Los Angeles. Her unique musical perspective and distinctive vocal timbre have shaped a body of work ranging from ethereal pop music to multi-part vocal Renaissance motets. ... more

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