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Administrative Leave

by J Channell

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    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

    You'll also get to experience the joy of giving an out-of-work nonbinary transfemme a bit of cash to eat.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes shipped in a sleeve with two bonus tracks from the "First Time's Not a Charm (Fourth One Doesn't Look Good Either)" single. Perfect for leaving in your car's stereo and forgetting about until you sell the car because you just use your phone for music.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Administrative Leave via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Overpriced 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Lathe cut on-demand in STEREO at 33rpm. Each copy is cut in real time and comes in a full-color sleeve. A perfect gift for everyone from sincere music fans that love to collect and enjoy vinyl to neckbeards who overvalue their record collection!

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  • Limited Edition Cassette (Dolby B - With Exclusive Bonus Tracks)
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Normal-bias cassette with Dolby B Noise Reduction on vintage Ampex 671 professional tape with classic style J-card. Dubbed in real-time by the artist themselves on a Nakamichi BX-100 in an edition of 10 copies. Each tape includes 2 exclusive bonus cover songs that will never be released on any other edition, a Keep Pittsburgh Uncool sticker, and a digital download card.

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1.
A-OK 02:36
Fuck off Today No Time No Way No hope No peace One day Of Relief That's all I need One Day I'll say Everything is A-OK But until That day I'll casually walk away To a place Where I don't Have to think about your face I'll say That day I don't care if you ever change It's A OK I don't care if you ever change It's your choice To make I don't care if you ever change
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Woke up 11:45 Once again, feel my brain Remember you're alive Remember all my pain This place is starting to stink Why the hell would I want to stay? What do you want? What do you see? Why don't you talk? What can I be? Contents under pressure Every goddamn day Don't tell me where I come from I got here my way Woke up, still alive Why do you act this way? Are you part of the hive? I feel nothing but dismay What do you want? What do you see? Why don't you talk? What can I be? Contents under pressure Every goddamn day Don't tell me where I come from I got here my way You don't care what I think You only care to get your way Take everything and the kitchen sink Why the hell would I wanna stay?
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One more time for the people who were not there No more time for the people who do not care Don't make excuses for your friends No wonder this cycle never ends There's a fire and we gotta put it out Who gives a shit about your clout? There's a fire and we gotta put it out We got no time for seeds of doubt One more time for the people who were not there No more time for the people who do not care Don't make excuses for your friends No wonder this cycle never ends Don't you hear what I say? Take a stand or go away Fix your heart, learn empathy No one owes you another day There's a fire and we gotta put it out Who gives a shit about your clout? There's a fire and we gotta put it out We got no time for seeds of doubt Saying "I'm sorry" ain't a thing When you just want me to go away If I get one more surprise today It better be a goddamn birthday cake
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It's a thing that I gotta think When I try to go about my day I constantly feel like I want to say How do you see me? Not just you but everybody It's all part of me finding me But I would be lying if I didn't say It makes me want to scream How am I supposed to be happy When it seems like every goddamn day Someone will say "what the fuck" to me Walking down my street How hard is it to give a compliment Instead of tearing down what they made When all they need is some acknowledgement Of how far they've came What's with the lack of sympathy? For someone who doesn't live your way Can't be a part of the colony So we must pay And how am I supposed to be happy When it seems like every goddamn day Someone will say "what the fuck" to me Walking down my street
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Beaten up and buttoned down Heading round to the underground Feeling good about what I found Fun times on the other side of town But they don't know No they can't know I can be like anyone else Because they can't read All of the chemistry That makes the life I lead I don't have to make it about me I can anything else Tell any tell that you want to see Keep all the bad stuff all to myself But they don't know No they can't know I can be like anyone else Because they can't read All of the chemistry That makes the life I lead If someone hated me in eighth grade I'd agree cuz I hated myself When you hate the life they made Pull a new one off of the shelf

about

8 tracks of indie noisy dance punk recorded by a nonbinary trans woman while she was laid off from their job. It's the first album I've released under my chosen name. Please check it out. I like it, but I'm biased.

credits

released April 14, 2023

J Channell - guitars, programming, bass, vocals, kitchen counter
Sir Roland Behringer VI - drums

All songs recorded in my apartment from March-April 2023 while I was laid off from work and put on "administrative leave" to get my severance pay. Entirely recorded and mixed on GarageBand for iOS.

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J Channell Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Regional Saint of the Uncool (she/her)

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