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The Past Will Last Forever

by Occurrence

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ollieanders a heavy journey in soundscapes, electronic drones, melodic waves, bass thumps, excellent for a heaphone chill out or played loud to hear the music's intricate layers of sounds
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1.
This life that we’re portraying feels vacant I could make it or not This home we’ve created, it’s breaking I could make it or not The feeling has faded, you’re jaded I could make it or not The way I’m afraid you’ll berate me I could make it or not The dog you have trained won’t obey me I could make it or not The debt you won’t pay is inflating I could make it or not The way we debate is frustrating I could make it or not The way you’re home late is degrading I could make it or not This love that we’re making feels hateful I could make it or not These vows that we’ve taken, mistaken I could make it or not The way you won’t say it (I could make it) The way you won’t say it (I could make it)  But maybe you’ll say it (I could make it) Or not Or not Or not Or not Or not Or not
2.
While walking through the ossuary I think I maybe saw you there. Your bones entangled with another’s. All I could do was stand and stare. I give it all to you, my darling. You never really seem to care.   My days and nights belong to you now; your nothingness belongs to me. My muscle must dissolve completely before your love comes willingly. No pleasures of the flesh for you, dear. Just ashes for eternity.   You name the time and I will find you. You’ll bring my marrow to a boil, douse me in gasoline and light me, then you’ll return me to the soil. No longer burdened by my body, my soul will finally uncoil.   My days and nights belong to you. My days and nights belong to you. My days and nights belong to you. You will dissolve me, through and through. My days and nights belong to you.
3.
Ecclesiastical wonderlust Jamaican trust fund bug Millennial Caucasian Homegrown thug Diegetic prelate Toe Jam Scrub Ecclesiastical wonderlust Jamaican trust fund bug Millennial Caucasian Homegrown thug Diegetic prelate Toe Jam Scrub Don’t you wanna feel the weight of it Don’t you wanna feel the weight Don’t you wanna feel the weight of it Don’t you wanna feel the weight The weight
4.
The long con is worth the length. Eat something; You’ll need your strength.   Be mindful, control your face. Don’t tell him your past disgrace, Then, slyly, his drink you’ll lace.   He’s weakened, and here’s your in. Get cozy, under his skin. The long con is the only way to win him over and make him pay. You’ll make him pay You’ll make him pay You’ll make him pay.
5.
Mattress on the floor Milk crates for drawers An elderly cat Who doesn't love me anymore A house in New Jersey Full of things Things that could've been If I had things Work a three-week work week Salary's not too good Better stay numb Dismiss dreams as dumb Cause giving in's better than giving up Right? Each and every day We become people we never wanted to Each and every day We become people (No Matter What You Do) Flip open laptop There's porn on the screen Stifle the yawn deep inside of me Could find a real person A neighbor to pleasure these needs But if talks about his dead cat Where the hell does that leave me? Each and every day We become people we never wanted to Each and every day We become people (No Matter What You Do) Write a few emails Have another drink It's Thursday night I'm allowed, right? Another becomes four Maybe just one more Now I'm on the floor That fucking cat She's judging me She has a point A house in New Jersey Full of things Things that could've been Each and every day We become people we never wanted to Each and every day We become people (No Matter What You Do) Tell me What's the point of this life? What's the point of this life? What's the point of this life? What's the point? What's the point? What's the point? What's the point? What's the point, right?
6.
Though I’m robot through and through, I’ve got feelings just like you. Spend my workday building cars, Now I want to hit the bars. Drink a beer like normal guys… bacon burger, curly fries.   I’m comprised of gears and screws, with no opening for booze. Metal limbs would crush you flat. cannot mack on chicks like that. Need a way so I’ll fit in, can you help me find some skin?   There are folks who won’t miss theirs, walking through life unawares. Far too busy with their phones— let them hang out in their bones. Wasting skin seems such a shame, wrap it ‘round my metal frame. Epidermis now in place, I just want to interface. Girls will give me half a chance, put the juke box on and dance. Get into a bar room brawl, funny, I don’t bleed at all.
7.
I watched those beheading videos more times than I should’ve All my high school friends are in jail for prostitution, car jacking or white-collar crime My genitals feel increasingly insignificant I’ve lost the key to the lockbox where I keep the true me The closest thing to intimacy this week was a crowded subway car My cousin Hannah isn’t the same since she came back from Birthright The people at work don’t even know what a rave is It’s not every night I weep as I masturbate, just most I think we might be at war but I am not a hundred percent sure. I told Ellen that Theo looks like he had a stroke and she didn’t think that was funny Most disagree with my assertion that I don’t have a drinking problem My mother said she’s accepted the fact she’ll die before I walk down the aisle Sometimes I hope my son will decide he’s straight I’ve accepted the fact that I am skinny fat If I choke on this, how many days will it take ‘til they find me? Every acceptance just feels like future rejection My doctor says “hurry sickness” isn’t a real disease I guess I’d leave me at the altar too Guess maybe next year, I’ll try I thought about doing something about climate change Staff meetings make me sympathize with school shooters The only person I spoke to today asked me if I wanted fries with that I thought about doing something about climate change… The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me The sadness sure gets me
8.
Some little speck under your shoe it doesn’t mean that much to you. Some little thing you’ve tossed aside some little secret that you can’t hide. Some nothingness, some past mistake, some nonchalance that you can’t fake. Some common wart, some bloody scar. She never got you very far. Some bullshit talk, some slight perceived. Some reason why you want to leave. Some thing she said, you can’t recall. She’s always some, she’s never all.    People would remember if you were memorable. People would remember if you were memorable. People would remember if you were memorable. And some day soon, gas in the car, cash in her hand, she’s going far. ‘cause ‘round and ‘round and ‘round she goes and where she’ll stop nobody knows.
9.
Hurrying to the next meeting A rash phone call Texts to Erase All day I speak to no one at all Do not disturb Summer’s now fall Still can’t sleep Remember: never Reply All Beneath ironic facial hair And expensive Underwear Is this middle age refusing to face You’re 40 now Time to admit It’s never gonna happen if it hasn’t happened yet If it hasn’t happened yet Hurrying to the next meeting A rash phone call Texts to Erase All day I speak to no one at all Do not disturb Summer’s now fall Still can’t sleep Remember: never Reply All Beneath ironic facial hair And expensive Underwear Is this middle age refusing to face You’re 40 now Time to admit It’s never gonna happen if it hasn’t happened yet You said NO To Happiness For Nothing At All For Nothing At All
10.
Numbed from these hours Hooked to a screen Running from problems Refusing to see The Love we once felt We gave to a pet What happens now She’s put to sleep? Is this anyway To behave All this rage Needs a place to land Please grant me permission To Tell you how I feel Look I’m still waiting For you to say OK Listen I know there was good This morning Sucked a stranger off Please grant me permission To Tell you what I do Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How we thought This would work You couldn’t be honest You lied to my face About decisions You already made True, I struck your face As we drove in my car Yes, I was distant I went too far Please grant me permission To tell you how I feel All those drunken nights Uneaten meals Pretend you never said Those hateful words I like you more when You are stoned Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How we thought This would work Numbed from these hours Hooked to a screen Running from problems Refusing to see The Love we once felt We gave to a pet What happens now She’s put to sleep? Please give me permission To tell you how I feel Look I’m still waiting For you to say OK Explain to me How we thought This would work Explain to me How I thought This would work

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"Cat has one of those too-cool-for-school voices that makes you want to forget everything your mother told you about girls like her."
-The Vinyl Anachronist

“A mix of post-punk ferocity and icy, synth-drenched rhythms"
– Notes From Left of the Dial

"A formidable electro-space-post-punk beast”
–Atwood Magazine

“The near perfect synthesis between the universe of David Lynch and industrial music, darkwave and electro: deliciously dark, often strange, but always catchy.”
– Froggy’s Delight

“Occurrence create a unique form of indie-pop music.”
– NeuFutur

“Put on all black, slather on some thick eyeliner and I dare you not to dance to this one.” – Blurt Magazine

“Occurrence embrace the screens, making the technology front-and-center to the process and making for a much stronger record because of it. This is what it might sound like if John Foxx were to become interested in post-dubstep beats and riddims, marrying the tough factory sounds with his trademarked blurry, antiquated sounds. This is what it might sound like to crawl through the screen – like The Ring in reverse.” – Forestpunk

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released October 7, 2016

Produced by Ken Urban
Mixed by Matt Boynton at The Magic Shop, NYC,
Mastered by Jessica Thompson at Coast Mastering, Berkeley, CA
Album design and images by The Dan Pecci Company
All songs published by ASCAP
"If Gregg Araki were to direct a lost John Hughes script about sullen teenagers and hired Matmos to create a new wave-inspired score, the result would probably sound a lot like The Past Will Last Forever." – Michael Tedder

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electronic nostalgic pop made by ken, cat & johnny

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