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Tensies (2020 Retrospective Edition) (EP)

by Parasite

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Tensies (2020 Retrospective) 03:31
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Tensies (2010 Original) 03:29
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I Remember the Credit Crunch 02:47
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Patrick Allen 03:04
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Tensies (2020 Instrumental) 03:31
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On 1st January 2010 we released the Tensies single/EP thing which looked forward to the 2010-2019 decade with some enthusiasm. Things didn't quite turn out as hoped and so ten years later we present this "Retrospective" edition for 2020 and beyond.

Included is the updated version of Tensies, along with the original three tracks from the 2010 release (slightly tweaked and remastered for various reasons, not least to remove the unnecessary swearing in "I Remember the Credit Crunch"), plus a bonus instrumental version of Tensies which you can recycle for all future decades.

Here are the updated lyrics for 2020:

Tensies, did we jeopardise the future in the tensies?
You can’t afford an education in the tensies,
Soundbites, memes and lies throughout the tensies,
The dates all had a “one” in the tensies.

I want to see the sun set on the mistakes the Tensies dumped upon us. X2

Tensies, older people set agendas in the tensies,
So my age remained relative in the tensies,
Certain people made some progress in the tensies,
We all fulfilled our purpose in the tensies.

I want to see the sun set on the mistakes the Tensies dumped upon us.
I want to see the sun set on the mistakes this decade dumped upon us.

Oh tensies, technology’s the devil in the tensies,
Big nostalgia for the old days in the tensies,
Yeah tensies, did everything go wrong thoughout the tensies?
No-one even called it tensies in the tensies.

credits

released January 1, 2020

All tracks written by Adam Scanlon with a modicum of input from Bob Williams. "Patrick Allen" written by Adam Scanlon.

All tracks performed, produced, mixed etc by Adam Scanlon, with Will Saunders on track 1.
Recorded late 2009 in Norwich.
Additional bits recorded for tracks 1 & 5 in December 2019 chez Scanlon.
Further additional vocals on track 1 performed by Will Saunders in December 2019 chez Saunders.
Thanks to JP for additional sampling.
This record features an Atari ST, a deodorant spray can, a vacuum flask thing, a melodica, a big poster tube, the lid of the pan I cook my chilli con carne in and a tambourine in addition to all the usual instruments. See if you can spot them all.

Original sleeve by Adam Scanlon, photos by Leon Brett.
Original sleeve available with the purchase of track 2.
The "remixed" sleeve is actually an outtake from 2009 with the text added.
Originally released as PRST022 on 1/1/10.
This edition is PRST032, released 1/1/20.

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