Q and Not U was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., signed to Dischord Records. Members John Davis, Harris Klahr, Christopher Richards Christopher Richards (musician) , and Matt Borlik formed the band in 1998. After Borlik's departure following the release of their first album, the band went on to record two more critically lauded LPs as a three-piece, exploring aspects of dance-punk, and other disparate musical styles. Q and Not U... [read more] - We Heart Our Hive
it's a pleasure to reject.for pleasure, light all your cassettes on fire.it's a measure to protect this birthday present from distress.it's a pleasure to reject the hide-and-go-seekanonymity of public swimming...
- Nine Things Everybody Knows
congratulations!now put the knife back in the medicine cabinet.no contest(-ation).now put the knife back.didn't you read the one about the youth who ate theblue-black-lead-blue washington bullet?if this is the cream...
- Line In The Sand
the first time.the second time.let's stop this clock from starting.wrong, the time's spelled wrong.why won't you ever start?why won't you?time ticking spell it right.understand.it's 1974, '73, '72.cape tight fit on...
- Y Plus White Girl
since we breathe clock and telephone,basement fires keep us so alive.with confetti on the escalator steps, get set.phone calls.clock and tv sets.sense-***.type and file.i'm not paid enough to understandthat this...
- Little Sparkee
there's something in my pocketand you want to set me free.keep me another way.you and me and i've seen it in front of me.lies.the truth.these tracks they're running me.keep a straight line.collide.let's let these...
- And The Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight
inside the convex lens we all crash new jet planes tonight.and the sin is back in medicine.beltway goes around.monuments are thinking.beltway burns down.monuments are sinking.and it's on.everything's fine.we'll sleep...
- Sleeping The Terror Code
quiet mouths speak in quiet codes of the contagious headachesthat sent them home to empty tombs (or parents beds) with flashcardsto memorize their wounds.a quiet dance with quiet steps transpired in the...
- Kiss Distincltly American
we kiss goodnight with a firm handshakeand it's lights out for catholic computers.this is fantastic for you.i've been up at nights to paint the house ghost white.this is fantastic.
- Hooray For Humans
the way the hair framesyour face is like the way the lawn frames your home.drink H2O, breathe O2.left lane must turn left at signal.right lane must turn right at signal.d o w n and that's the way we get down.no...
- Fever Sleeves
it's the fashion self informed versus mr.navy-blue-and-black.it's the fashion we contract.avocado in the neckline of the swimsuit matched just rightwith the vitamins in the pocket of the swimming trunks.cold laundry,...
- More I Get, The More I Want
want to show you the new dance.but you'd be shocked by what was allowed.feel effects of progress.been the face in the crowd.killed for a song.long to forgive/forget.reset the blame.the interesting part's always caught...
- Recreation Myth
Hands up give in to modernism.The re-enactment's closing in.But we're past that now.Dip your head in the water.Hands up and over.Heads down in shame.Give in, give in.Is this the cup that's worth more than...
- Soft Pyramids
Soft pyramids evaporate at daylight.Internationally fashioned, like disease.Patterned always yes, (maybe no).This soft is bulding the softest buildings.This soft is raising the firmest ceilings.This soft is dimming...
- No Damage Nocturne
New air at night.It's like it happens for you, except it's all at night.It probably happens to you.They switch the air at night.They never leave a trace, breathe your air at night.No fingerprints. No damage.This air...
- When The Lines Go Down
Trees sent communiques to bed.Fingerprints found tampering, fiberoptic brambling.Instant messages sent to your bed.Pillowcase up in the trees.Press your face up in the trees.Press your face up in the pines.Text your...
- O'No
Slow down.It's in the skin of my knees.End up dead in some cypress grove.Tattoo the rind to my skin.Tattoo the sound in my lungs.Don't want to see what I've done no more.
- So Many Animal Calls
Everyday up at the hospital people go in and out animals in and out.They live together in the hospital.They share positions now.That's how they're living now.Everday up in the hospital people and animals all waiting...
- Meet Me In The Pocket
- Snow Patterns
Climes, they heat me with deceit.The weather has been hiding secret messages in snow.Little fortunes so well hidden in the snow.Just waiting in the snow.I will meet you at an airport, a local airport.It's busy all the...
- Air Conditions
Come on, where are you?Why do you tease me?Comma where are you?I'm pleased to meet you.What can you teach me?Black kites at night, they make me nervous.So very nervous.Comma where are you now?It's just to tease...
- Everybody Ruins
The clientele:Your kin and friends taking their bodies inand trading them for ends.We took our bodies and we put them upto fend against their bodies and the cycle never ends.Taste it! Taste it!What are we now?Two eyes...
- Black Plastic Bag
Who's paying your mortgage?Daddy's dying.Throw yourself on the body.Take out your sharp teeth.Line your lungs with noise then just sew it up.In and out is like this it's like a fist.You want the questions you got your...
- This Are Flashes
I sprout confused from atop my head.These ears as teeth between my legs.Who has the nerve to sing la la la?Tie down all the moves.Conceived released.Didn't drop or break.Focus in focus.En garde.Your line is lauded and...
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