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Everything Is Awesome

by Unwoman

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Despite all my protests Its simplicity Calls me to its breast The comfort of normality What I want is to be a commodity From here it's just too easy Oh to be typical Just as selfish as To be pandered to like the middle class 'Cause there's too many stars Not enough sky Why should I even try? At the end of the day My eyes dry and red It's a simple balm To soothe my troubled head Media somewhat true I enjoy it because I'm told to Placated and satisfied By mass entertainment They grovel for me as I won't do for them again Living vicariously Through celebrity That is how we can be happy Oh to be typical Just as selfish as To be pandered to like the middle class 'Cause there's too many stars Not enough sky There's so much beauty, too few eyes What I want is to be a commodity Only then I will be free Placated and satisfied By mass entertainment They grovel for me as I won't do for them again 'Cause there's too many stars Not enough sky Why should I even try? What I want is to be a commodity From here it's just so easy

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Hello, I know that you're unhappy. I bring you love, and deeper understanding.

This is a fun little release with some dramatic reworkings. It's 75% covers, each with a fun Unwoman twist, of course.

Reworking "Everything Is Awesome" in minor was a special request from Tom Steiger. I mostly based it off the Garfunkel & Oates version, with the bridge taken from the original Lego Movie version (I think?)

"Deeper Understanding" is originally by Kate Bush, and I covered it on my first album Knowledge Scars in 2002. Badly. This is much better, much more mature. I wrote a glitched out verse, too, and slightly twisted it into a love letter to social media.

"I'm on a Roll" is built on the bones of my cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole" (on Uncovered Vols 4&5) and of course that song was written by Trent Reznor for Miley Cyrus to sing on Black Mirror's episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too."

"Commodity 2023" is a super fresh exclusive reworking of my 2005 song "Commodity" from Wildness and Artifice, which also made an appearance on Unremembered. I decided yesterday it would fit on this EP, so I completely redid it from either previous form.

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released February 3, 2023

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Unwoman San Francisco

Unwoman is a San Francisco-based cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and electronically arranged beats, her solo music is a futuristic homage to her classical training. Unwoman has been featured at steampunk, goth, and sci-fi-related events all over North America and has performed with Abney Park, Rasputina, Voltaire, Amanda Palmer, Stripmall Architecture... ... more

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