Rainbow Theory, by Meeping

Rainbow Theory

by Meeping

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a leaf A well balanced and expertly produced album. Hits all the nostalgia powerpop notes with clear vocals, honeyed bass lines, intertwining melodies and tight rhythms. Guitars sit perfectly in the mix, with leads more swank than wank. 11 songs you wouldn't want to skip on a road trip. So really, buying this album could prevent many song skipping related automobile accidents each year. You owe it to yourself and your fellow travelers to buy this album. For safety. Favorite track: A Little More.

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1.	Mad at my Friend 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Never been so mad At someone like me But you’ve got the kind of hand That keeps hurting me Started freaking out In my living room And you threw my friends out I guess they’re used to it What it was before So tender Will I feel it more Next September You call me later on I can tell you want to ask What is wrong with me Will I ever forgive Like a friend who used to care I can hear it in your voice Holding back a fear That you’ve hurt me somehow What it was before So tender Will I feel it more Once I’ve left you I don’t really know what’s wrong What I’m doing Why it feels so wrong To be mad at you I don’t really know what’s wrong What I’m imagining Could be worse than all All I’ve lived through with you I don’t really know what’s wrong What I’m doing Why it feels so wrong To be mad at you I don’t really know what’s wrong What I’m imagining Could be worse than all All I’ve lived through All I’ve lived through All I’ve lived through with you
2.	I'm on Your Side 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Through open windows you hang out your torso To feel what it might mean to die These age-old questions they amuse your senses But still there’s no answer to why Take my hand, won’t you Please step back here where I can show you I see you and I see a circle of the truth Take my hand, I’ll show you where that circle lies in you Take my left or my right, they’ll align, ‘cause I see you And I’m on your side - I feel it too Well I know you Flat on your mattress below those high places You try to imagine the fall I visit you, lay my dry baby’s breath on your eyes Should it help you at all Take my hand, won’t you Please wake back up so I can show you I see you and I see a circle of the truth Take my hand, I’ll show you where that circle lies in you Take my left or my right, they’ll align, ‘cause I see you And I’m on your side - I feel it too Well I know you And I’m on your side Come back, there’s something more to know Up high and equally down below Please won’t you take my hand Please come back so I can show you I see you and I see a circle of the truth Take my hand, I’ll show you where that circle lies in you Take my left or my right, they’ll align, ‘cause I see you And I’m on your side - I feel it too Well I know you And I’m on your side Well I know you And I’m on your side I know you, I’m on your side I know you, I know you and I’m on your side I know you, I know you and I’m on your side I know you, I know you and I’m on your side I’m on your side
3.	Ultimatum 04:15	lyrics	buy track
I sent out an ultimatum To the ones I thought could use one I said what I wanted to Didn’t get much of a reaction I won’t follow your direction Unless you put down your arm I said what I wanted to Guess I gave the wrong impression I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand If you lay down your weapon of choice I’ll go I can tell you’re having fun Pointing once and watching me run But it doesn’t seem right to me To make it so easy It doesn’t seem right to me I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand I’ll go where you stand If you go I’ll go where you stand If you go I’ll go where you stand If you go I’ll go where you stand If you go and lay down your weapon of choice I’ll go
4.	You Can Do It Too 04:39	lyrics	buy track
Well I’m glad you said what you did You might be surprised how well I get it Yeah I’ve drowned this car to the core But despite the odds I opened the door And so can you Roll down the window of cold uncertainty that’s kept you up most every night I know how you feel, felt it right before I opened my passenger door for you Doesn’t matter what you do to drive out the last remaining hurt inside Just don’t be afraid, I believe in you and I know you can do it too You can do it too Well we’ve got the time that it takes To mend the parts that others can break So take the time to say how you feel You can sit beside me, I’ll take the wheel And show you how Wash away the blackened tar that covers up that open road we’re looking for I know it feels odd, giving up the thing that kept you from falling apart But don’t be afraid, all you’ve got to lose will only serve to mend your heart Just do what you can, give your little heart a hand and open up inside You can drive, you can drive it away You can drive, you can drive it away You can drive, you can drive it away Roll down the window of cold uncertainty that’s kept you up most every night I know how you feel, felt it right before I opened my passenger door for you Doesn’t matter what you do to drive out the last remaining hurt inside Just don’t be afraid, I believe in you and I know you can do it too Wash away the blackened tar that covers up that open road we’re looking for I know it feels odd, giving up the thing that kept you from falling apart But don’t be afraid, all you’ve got to lose will only serve to mend your heart Just do what you can, give your little heart a hand and open up the door
5.	Iris 03:02	lyrics	buy track
What’s that spinning sound I hear Propeller in my ear What can I do when I’m responding to the answers that you gave They’re all ridiculous I try to make excuses But I can’t shout over it Well I’ll give it to you, Iris I came down from outer space Started throwing all those paper plates What can I do when I’m responding to the only thing you said That I could not be understood That my arrangements were no good And why I should I should give it to you, Iris Well I’m not so good At making up with Iris Heard you place a silent bet That I would start to sing again What can I do when I’m responding to the snowy fields of flame I thought I timed it quite well You said it was hell I guess My manners are to blame Well I’ll give it to you, Iris Not sure what I would do with it I’ll give it to you, Iris No, I have no good use for it Here, take it with you, Iris I fear you’ll manage to regret When you go and live it, Iris
6.	Maps 03:09	lyrics	buy track
Uncovered a new way Of finding someone new And I found someone new Who turned into you A sign for a one-way Broke across my knee A silent little thing That turned into me Lost, I turned a darkened corner I saw her there, my unborn daughter She said something But you won’t take my word for it Wide awake in my bedsheets I feel you there, forever haunting Until I find A new place where I can be Out on my own Feeling out of control Coming into my own Tearing up what you made of me Out on my own Letting go what I know Even you cannot find me Without a map of me One dark part you knew how to find Closed my heart and my open mind But I can trace my way back again To a place where I To a place where I A new place I can be Out on my own Feeling out of control Coming into my own Tearing up what you made of me Out on my own Letting go all I know Even you cannot find me Without a map of me
7.	Did to Me 02:58	lyrics	buy track
I hang in the underground Lines getting longer all the time But I can trust the electric lights To make sure those around me cannot see What you did to me When I poured it out What you did it me When I poured it out I see a girl without a face Hanging in the windows that go by But I can trust the electric lights To help me find an empty car to ride So I can forget So I can forget So I can forget So I can forget What you did What you did to me When I poured it out What you did it me When I poured it out
8.	New Violence 06:23	lyrics	buy track
Stand where you are Might feel like nothing, but it’s more Let your hands fall I’ll put my hands up in place of yours New violence Talking about new violence New violence Talking about new violence Mm-hmm Mm-hmm Lay here and rest I’ll lay beside you and hold your hands Say all you can I want to listen to understand New violence Talking about new violence New violence Talking about new violence Mm-hmm Mm-hmm I want to, but I don’t love like I want to The things we let fall, we put up again And I want to, but I don’t love like I want to Though the time is a good time for trying If you have a single cause for trying And you are that single cause for trying Trying love Trying love New violence Talking about new violence New violence Talking about new violence Mm-hmm Mm-hmm
9.	Army 02:53	lyrics	buy track
I watch and wait While you build an army Out of all that you see Makes up me 'Cause I don’t know How to build an army To free the woman in me Without a trial All I know The size of everything Everything but my own The only thing that I’d kill to know But you can see This wasn’t what I wanted How I can’t be contained Now I know you understand me I close my eyes While you build an army I don't want to see what You see in me 'Cause all I know About an army Is what it does to what you want To hide away All I know This wasn’t what I wanted What I wanted to see A woman hidden inside of me And you don’t see The size of everything With the army you made You show instead that you understand I can see With your eyes on me There’s a way to fight this Live a life I can live with With your eyes on me With your eyes on me I can see it all Now I know you understand me
10.	Americream 02:29	lyrics	buy track
I stare, holding my side At pictures I capsized A strange and unholy island Materializes Late, when I’m up at night Saying things like I made it by myself Lucid and tenderized I tend to compare Myself to you - it’s my American dream That goddamn cream - it makes me want to go (make a break for it) Makes me want to go I animate the mirror that I hold on to Until there’s only me for me to answer to A nurse, a knock, they come in and make me talk Just in case I try another way of getting off ‘Cause late, when I’m up at night I only see things that make me hurt myself Lucid, and tenderized I tend to compare Myself to you - it’s my American dream That goddamn cream - it makes me want to go Makes me want to go
11.	A Little More 07:44	lyrics	buy track
Hold your hand out like a little star They’ll come up to you, size up what you are And I don’t really know too much Of what is happening But I don’t really care too much For what they’re doing to you Sizing up you Come with me and close up your little hands Please don’t let them size you up, Diane ‘Cause I don’t really know too much Of what is happening But I don’t really care too much For what they’re doing to you A little touch around your finger Gives them much more than what they paid for Everything they want, but they want more They want to size up a dying star Ooh a little more Ooh that little star reminds me of a girl I know Come with me and close up your little hands Please don’t let them size you up, Diane ‘Cause I don’t really know too much Of what is happening But I don’t really care too much For what they’re doing to you A little touch of what they paid for Then around your wrist, a little more Will those starry eyes do what they’re told Or will it be too much for you to hold Ooh a little more Ooh a little more Diane, more of what they want More Diane, more of what they want More Diane, more of what they want More Diane, more, a little more

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released December 4, 2020

Vocals, guitars, synth, violin, piano - Rachel Zakrasek
Lead guitar - Julia Mahncke
Bass - Jake Pettit
Drums - Daniel Baltazar

Recorded and mixed by Joey Binhammer at Pupilated Dials
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering

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Meeping Portland, Oregon

Meeping began in spring 2019 as a joint project between lead Rachel Zakrasek, bassist Jake Pettit and drummer Daniel Baltazar, before the group welcomed lead guitarist Julia Mahncke in fall 2019. Meeping's first album released December 2019, and they toured Japan in February 2020. ... more

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