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Riff: Tobacco – “Gross Magik”

Nov 2, 2012

You and me melt away/Forever holding hands

from Gross Magik lyrics by Tobacco

This track is a good intro to Tobacco for the uninitiated. Tobacco uses Boards of Canada-style nostalgia infused with sludgy hip hop beats and off-the-wall lyrics (here they are pretty straightforward – “You and me, melt away forever, holding hands”) to make you feel “paranoid in a good way.”

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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