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Friend From The Internet

by Laryssa Okada

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katsumashi
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katsumashi most albums don't click with me instantly, this absolutely did. I don't even listen to electronic music that much but it was so hard to pick a favourite track because of how amazing they all are! also this album cover is really cool
I just wish the fork was at least like 6 minutes long?? it's TOO SHORT omg Favorite track: #FFBF00 (Friend from the Internet).
Alex Previty
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Alex Previty Such an incredible album that has simultaneously has one foot in early'00s nostalgia and another in the future. Everything on this LP really resonates with me, and there's so many amazing production and songwriting details that I'm still discovering on repeated listens. Amazing work! Favorite track: #FFBF00 (Friend from the Internet).
Vael
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Vael One of the best albums I've listened to in years. Insta-buy. Favorite track: Butt3rfly.
LORDFUCKPUPPY
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LORDFUCKPUPPY loading this up on my ipod nano and pretending im still young and stupid Favorite track: Butt3rfly.
niderqueen
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niderqueen a must-listen for anyone deeply formed by having lived online before social media standardized some of the aspects of how we use the internet today...its an absolute treat to listen to for dnb and indie jpop enjoyers! perfectly captures both the digital nostalgia of long-gone chatrooms and the vulnerable humanity we imprint there in those spaces Favorite track: Butt3rfly.
Carson Alexander Lewis
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Carson Alexander Lewis I had a great time grooving to this on the highway at night and I'd like you to also have the gift of that experience.

Also, I stan the chord hit at 1'06" in Penrose Favorite track: Penrose.
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1.
Bubble 01:01
2.
the scaffolding is quite old round here walk the rope city below, chin to the sky birds around take flight you and i leave it behind when push comes to shove i think i'm better on my own it's nothing personal before resentment festers i think last call has sung it's last song 自分自身を忘れていた (i had forgotten myself) not sure where to go from here 人生に圧倒される(overwhelmed by life) 真夜中の考えすぎで眠れなくなる (my midnight hour overthinking keeps me awake) when push comes to shove i think i'm better on my own it's nothing personal before resentment festers i think last call has sung it's last song dear future me what will we see? dear future me how will we grow from stone? living alone? lack thereof push to shove dear future
3.
Penrose 02:52
彼は窓のない石造りの家に住んでいる (he lives in a stone house with no windows) sick with a 惨めな振る舞い、それは同じように終わる (wretched behavior, it ends the same) cyclical stairs that cut away at your psyche victim menality spiking 臓器は自我にうんざりしている (body sick with ego) 実はね (you know actually) 自分がバカだといつ気付くの? (when will you realize you're the fool?) 起きろ! (wake up!) 自分がバカだといつ気付くの? (when will you realize you're the fool?) 重い過去, choices (heavy past choices) penrose, change isn't sweet but you'll see 彼女は通りの近くに住んでいる (she lives not far down the street) house made of ガラス天井、それは同じように終わる (glass ceiling, it ends the same) cyclical stairs that cut away at your psyche victim menality spiking 臓器は自我にうんざりしている (body sick with ego) 実はね (you know actually) 自分がバカだといつ気付くの? (when will you realize you're the fool?) 起きろ! (wake up!) 自分がバカだといつ気付くの? (when will you realize you're the fool?) 重い過去, choices (heavy past choices) penrose, change isn't sweet but you'll see [石造りの家に住んでいる] (live in a stone house) 実はね (you know actually) 自分がバカだといつ気付くの? (when will you realize you're the fool?) 起きろ! (wake up!) 自分がバカだといつ気付くの? (when will you realize you're the fool?) 重い過去, choices (heavy past choices) penrose, see, change can be sweet
4.
resin deceitful, you seem happy wish i could forgive you like a snake sheds skin, two different faces you played me for a fool (x2) on sight should have known better do i regret her? friend from the internet explains confusion, he doesn't know the memories recalled left in the dark it took me this long to learn two people add up to a fraud (x2) on sight should have known better do i regret her? friend from the internet end of the day it's written lay down in blades of grass and time when it has settled as designed i'll wish you goodbye (x2) on sight should have known better do i regret her? friend from the internet
5.
Butt3rfly 03:55
when the sirens come to play don't let them lead you astray close your eyes, my butterfly sing this little lullaby tu li meia kaiya le deya tu li meia kamut silata follow me tu li meia kaiya le deya tu li meia kamut silata
6.
six feet apart i'd rather we talk from afar the outside adds a tint hate the neighbors for looking in eyes that wander slowly do you think they know we're together feels like i'm running out of time to keep you all to myself sit back, relax take it slow breach of contact let's stay here at home alone together faded / fated falling fast will they ever know? 指切りげんまん ("yubi kiri genman) - this is an idiom うそ ついたら (if you tell a lie) 針千本 飲ます(drink 1000 needles) 指切きった。(and cut off my finger") been told before your secret is safe, rest assured so imagine my face when he tells me i fell from grace how i wanted to, wanted you / you never knew what it meant how it felt think it's simple babe you can never really tell leave your expectations behind (behind) sit back, relax take it slow breach of contact let's stay here at home alone together faded / fated falling fast will they ever know?
7.
Sometimes 03:43
sometimes i fade away to places i can't explain snow angels on a summers day sometimes i can't reply i'm sorry, there's no reason why beneath the ocean floor is where i'll hide there's long stretches of feeling just fine but now and then, i.... the way that things can change instantly baby please, remember me i don't mean to scare you, but sometimes, sometimes the fear, it takes it's hold there within won't let it win i'll be alright just give me some time, some time apathy like a winding road leading somewhere to hello stay with me it's just day trip, or is it? it's hard to know when you're in it i'll be on my way up to where you are sometimes things fall apart in time you'll learn to restart skipping stones across the lake with friends people, places, and things are all just delicate strings you've got to nuture those you love with grace there's long stretches of feeling just fine but now and then, i.... the way that things can change instantly baby please, remember me i don't mean to scare you, but sometimes, sometimes the fear, it takes it's hold there within won't let it win i'll be alright just give me some time it'll be alright
8.
The Fork 02:09
a river forks between two trees just past the brush hey it's best if we move on the cast that shades the garden hides what once was lost all of the feelings i couldn't say when did this place become so foreign? | when did your face become so foreign? overgrown things naturally changed i am not who i was on that day if we meet at the end of the fork i'll see you

about

i was a kid very much forged from growing up on the early days of the internet. i spent a lot of time socializing on aim, windows messenger, and online forums like neopets or gaia. i made lots of great connections, but definitely a few bad ones.

'friend from the internet' is a collective of different avatars and chatroom conversations, set to the backdrop of music inspired by my nostalgia.

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released April 20, 2023

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Composed, produced, and lyrics by Laryssa Okada
Guitars on Track 7 Sometimes: Alex Abraham
Mixing & Mastering: Nick Calapine (@ClamXtX)

Album artwork by @bubbltek

Special thanks to David, Nadia, ZW, & Llandis

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