Name: Some Boys
Duration: P00H02M44S
Description: “Some Boys” is a drum-and-bass ripper with 36 strings of electric mbira creating a massive wall of sound that reflects the formidable story of how some boys turned into men can’t leave their destructive acts of childhood behind, only to reflexively hurt the very people they love the most.

Some Boys

from Songs of S + D by Christina Wheeler

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“Some Boys” is a drum-and-bass ripper with 36 strings of electric mbira creating a massive wall of sound that reflects the formidable story of how some boys turned into men can’t leave their destructive acts of childhood behind, only to reflexively hurt the very people they love the most.

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Some Boys

Some boys like to play with snakes
Rip the wings off moths and smash
The blues eggs found in
Robins’ nests above

Some boys leave those days behind
While others find they cannot quell the
Urge that makes them
Want to hurt the very
Thing they love the most

You saw me bright and shiny
Fresh for plucking
For your fancy
And though you struggled hard, you
Couldn’t help but
Try to break me
Straight in two

Bit by bit, with every day, you
Picked and poked and
Dug and bit
Tried to bring me down
With each and every move

I crawled away with two drops left
Close to dead, but I refused to
Give up on the ghost, for
Even life keeps marching on…

So, now you’ll find me on a shelf
Safe and high above, where
Grubby hands can’t pull me down
And have a go

One day, I’ll venture down below
Armor locked in place, so
Angry foolish boys like you
Can't try to mess with me again

Oh no…

credits

from Songs of S + D, released March 25, 2022
Written and produced by Christina Wheeler
Mixed by Scotty Hard, Duro Studios, NYC
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper, Turtletone Studios, NYC

Christina Wheeler: voice, autoharp, effects
Marque Gilmore: drums, drum programming and production
Melvin Gibbs: bass
Joe McGinty: keyboards

Recorded by:
Christian Prommer: Red Bull Studios, Berlin
Chris Tabron and Evan Sutton: Red Bull Studios, New York

Louis McGuire: Production Editing
Simon Goff: Production Editing
JB Saboira: Production Editing

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Christina Wheeler Berlin, Germany

Christina Wheeler is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumental electronic musician, producer, and multimedia artist, who works solo and in collaboration with other artists.

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