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ABERCROMBIE DREAMS


Scraping bark from an elm tree 


Videotapes of an icy creek


And in the dark of trailer parks


Shining with bonfires made of stars


Is there anything left to be?


Will we let the atoms breathe?


Is it coming for you and me?


 


We can dream all we want


But in the end, it’s an empty song


Streaming on a creek 


That has no shores for landing


We can be what we want to be


We were told that it’s worth it, in the end


But we’re floating onward


To a point where no return exists


(Don’t look back)


 


Writing numbers under rural bridges


Little trolls in their Abercrombie tees


Not just a memory.


And in the light of a city’s eye


Shining with mundanity, stardust moping


On a cinema screen


On a cinema screen


On a cinema screen


On a cinema screen


(Don’t look back)


 


We can dream all we want


But in the end, it’s an empty song


Playing on our cinema screens


That’s morphed with pseudo memories


We can’t be what we want to be


We were told that it’s worth it, in the end


But we’re floating onward


To a point where no return exists


 


Speaking tongues in our own religion


Not sure what we’re feeling, but it’s dawning


It’s getting closer.


It’s only around the corner.


(Don't look back)


And I will pray, that the beauty we made, never ends


Standing on the oak tree, full of poison ivy


But we’re floating onward


To a point where no return exists


We’re floating onward


To a point where we hope to find


A place to exist


 


It's getting closer,


It's only around the corner


Wear your Abercrombie tees


 


 


RA


Ghosts’ faces going through the fog


Sweat all over the floor, can barely stand up


Lasers cutting through the Earth


 


Ghosts’ faces going through the fog


Sweat all over the floor, can barely stand up


Lasers cutting through the Earth


(Lasers cutting through the dark)


 


Ghosts’ faces going through the fog


Sweat all over the floor, can barely stand up


Lasers cutting through the Earth


 


 


IN THE CORNER


Standing in the corner


Didn’t do a thing


Worn out, but not damaged


Making it the mission


Even when its muddled


Burnt out; vanishing


 


Learn from what you fail at


Learn from what you fail at


Lay out the anxiety


They’re burning all the witches


Bombing the lonely


Lay out the anxiety


 


Stuck in the corner


Homecoming


She’s up against me


You got your cheerleader


Bending herself over


Calling out for Crowley


 


Learn from what you fail at


(Forget who’s dick you sucked, bro?)


Lay out the anxiety


Summon all the witches


Straight from Babylon


Bring out the fire in me


 


In the midwest


before the fall of Rome


Blasting ‘Sexyback’


In the gymnasium


The girl I can’t remember 


I liked her just fine


But the jersey, your number


printed on your spine


Printed on my mind


The digits were your shrine


You’re on the field, I’m on the bleachers


Where does the spotlight shine?


Stereotype from 2009


Colorblind; nowhere to go, 


The corner is my bloodline


 


Bloodline, bloodline, bloodline…


 


Vandalized the corner


Couldn’t help myself


Torn up, and painted pink


Faking is the mission


Even when acknowledged


Worn out, and tumbling 


(Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling)


 


Learn from what you fail at


Learn from what you fail at


Lay out the anxiety


You delete all of your glitches


Drop the word on me


Fuck you and your hypocrisy


 


In the midwest


before the fall of Rome


Blasting ‘Sexyback’


In the gymnasium


The girl I can’t remember 


I liked her just fine


But the jersey, your number


printed on your spine


Printed on my mind


The digits were your shrine


You’re on the field, I’m on the bleachers


Where does the spotlight shine?


Stereotype from 2009


Colorblind; nowhere to go, 


The corner is my bloodline


 


Learn from what you fail at


Learn from what you fail at


Lay out the anxiety


Summon all the witches


Straight from Babylon


Bring out the faggot in me


 


AGNES OF AMERICA


It’s hard to deny when you’re feeling cracked


Another motherfucker gotta go and make you cry


If only there was a second try


But, game over


If only there was more time


 


Can’t believe the sky is ablaze


I can’t believe the preachers were right


It’s the end of times


 


But, babe, there’s you in the crowd with me


In a world covered in ash


Yeah, dude, you and me in the crowd


With nobody looking


 


It’s easy to fall overboard


Another motherfucker gotta make a bed to lie in


And lie about it


If only you were mine


(Oh, how I love the boring shit)


If only there was more time


(Oh, how I love the boring shit)


I can’t even see what’s outside lines


But if you would give me some time


 


 


LIGHTER FLUID


There was a dude underneath your plastic nails


Good to youth, making you a toxic shell


He’s good to you


Slamming booze, the Pied Piper who


Said he’d come through, no rules to follow


Stems buried with Apollo


 


And he stood by you


Even when changing mood, and he said


He’d drown for you, but you aren’t helping out


And he stood by you


Even when changing mood, and he says


He’s drowning for you, but you aren’t helping out 


Yourself


 


Peer review etched on porcelain


A rendezvous, out of truth


Tennis shows? Good for you


He’s good to you


Slamming booze, the Pied Piper who


Said he’d come through, no rules to follow


And he’s good to you


 


(And he stood by you,


even when changing mood


And he’d drown for you, but you aren’t helping out


Yourself


 


A rendezvous, out of truth


Tennis shows? Good for you


He’s good to you


 


(But you enjoy the hell


and he’s good to you


Good to youth


Making you a toxic shell)


 


Good to you


Making you a toxic shell


Mis-consrrrr-


But you enjoy the hell


And he’s good to you


Good to youth


Making you a toxic shell


Misconstrued


(But you enjoy the hell)


 


(The residue underneath your plastic nails


Glitter youth—)


And he stood by you


Even when changing mood


And he’d drown for you


But you aren’t helping out


And he stood by you


Even when changing mood


And he says he’s drowning for you


But you aren’t helping out


Yourself


 


Lighter fluid


Lighter fluid


Lighter fluid


Lighter fluid


 


 


TUMBLING


Entry through the sea


As we pull up our sleeves


Leave a reason to need


Someone else, like, we need to breathe


Like, we need to breathe


 


Give us space so we can be free


We just wanna be free


(Tumbling)


Free and healthy


(Tumbling)


 


Choices are ours to conceive


In your reflection


Behind all your notions


Of our conception


We are disaster incarnate


and we have been made for correction


Given our lessons by those who’d rather be


Speaking and teaching


We need to breathe


We need to breathe


 


Follow your inutuition


Consequences are in remission


And all of our time has been written by the stars


One thousand time and more


One thousand time and more


Swear that we settled the score


Hear all the masses uproar


We need know nothing more


 


Have you arrived at the same conclusion?


That there really is no solution


We are pollution, that’s just the way things will be


No one can agree


Fighting until the last tree


On that last hill comes tumbling


Tumbling


 


 


CLAYMATION


In the clay, in the clay of a smashed ashtray


The demons the take their hooves and bruise your face


In the backseat of a backbeat oasis


Wonka gotta stop before some pot and then he will rock


Another weekend 


Another weekend


Another weekend


The evil has their bracelets


On their wrists of clay


 


In the clay, in the clay of a smashed ashtray


The demons the take their hooves and bruise your face


In the backseat of a backbeat oasis


Wonka gotta stop before some pot and then he will rock


Another weekend 


Another weekend


Another weekend


The evil has their bracelets


On their wrists of clay


 


The demons the take their hooves and bruise your face


In the backseat of a backbeat oasis


Wonka gotta stop before he rock


Another weekend


Children of the dark


Don’t let yourself off


Violence in a shot


Lasers piercing hearts


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I really like your production style. It's pretty unique and twisted but one is being rewarded for taking time and listening.

My favourite track is "Ra", it's combining a lot of the album's strengths and showcases your beautiful voice the most.

Oh, and the cover is on point aswell!


Just do it. Just do it - don't wait!

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I really like your production style. It's pretty unique and twisted but one is being rewarded for taking time and listening.

My favourite track is "Ra", it's combining a lot of the album's strengths and showcases your beautiful voice the most.

Oh, and the cover is on point aswell!

 

Thank you so much! (Still working on my vocals, though - but in most of my music, I'm okay with serving them as glitch sound effects, too. lol

 

And I like "Ra", too, so I'm happy so many others do, too. :defeated:

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Abercrombie Dreams - my fear of the atom bomb; anxieties of a Trump America; nostalgic for the teen years in rural Ohio, where things felt freer.

 

Ra - based on the thoughts I had while going to my first gay club at age 20.

 

Interludes, In the Corner, Agnes of America, Lighter Fluid - about the relationship I had with a high school star athlete (while we were both in the closet). 

 

Tumbling - A metaphor of my heart being broken from the events above, but doubling for the Trump era anxieties of the atom bomb and climate change.

 

Claymation - After that experience, I felt it was the end of the world. But today, we're faced with this shadow over America... literally. I'm accepting there’s only going forward, and while it seems bleak, I’ll stay vigilant… and super gay, of course. 

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Hey y'all! Little Boy Velvet here! This is my official LB page, where I'll share any of my creative stuff I would like to share at any moment. 


 


I've made quite a bit of music, but have mostly stuck to these three (so far) "official" DIY albums. 


 


I'm also a filmmaker, currently having done 20 feature-length films since 2010, while also doing short films and video essays on the side. Not all of these are available to watch at the moment, but the ones that are have their titles hyperlinked to where you can watch them. The ones not up will be eventually over time, and I'll let you know via a response when they are, with the hyperlink in this OP. 


 


Would love to hear any feedback whatsoever if you get around to watching any. I already thank those on here who have supported my work in the past when I've shared it. You guys keep me going with your feedback and word.  :kiss:


 




 


MUSICK


ALBUMS


Abercombie Dreams (2018)


pseudoBALLAD (2018)


Untitled LBV3 Album (2019)


 


SINGLES


Abercrombie Dreams (2017)


Tumbling - feat. Hazel~T (2017)


In the Corner (2018)


Ra (2018)


VIPER (2019)


 

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(Abercrombie Dreams, single cover)

 



FILMZ

FEATURE-LENGTH


The Vaughn Sister (2010)


Cleaners (2011)


Lacey and James (2011)


Shakespeare's Pets (2011)


​Black Rain, White Rain (2012)


Pazuzu (2013)


Nikki, Alice, Nessa (2015)


Maysville (2015)


Concepts of Duality (2015)


Blue Guitar (2016)


Warwick (2016)


The Trash (2016)


Cincinnati Storm (2016)


Caity and Paul Get High (2017)


Migraine (2017)


Other Side (2017)


The Lonesome (2017)


Bag Lady (2017)


Pacific Angels (2018)


Metayouu (2019) [pre-production]


 


SHORTS/ESSAYS, etc.


The Grandson (2011)


WINTER (2011)


The Knock (2013)


The Music Video (2014)


American Artificiality: The Videography of Lana Del Rey (2016)


Eli (2016)


Blavatsky's Exodus (2018)


Bambi Eyes: A Visual/Aural Essay on Lindsay Lohan (2018)


 


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(Pacific Angels, 2018)

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