fuck around and find out

by H₂O No!

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1.	never trust 02:09	lyrics	buy track
never trust their lies their crimes our expense
2.	fucking me over 01:43	lyrics	buy track
fucking me over fucking me again fucking me over fucking me once again i can really be part of the problem
3.	fuck off 02:09	lyrics	buy track
why you gotta be so up in my face im tryna post up and chill at my place oh no! would you look at the time time to fuck off why you gotta be so tired and true im tryna move on and forget about you oh no! would you look at the time time to fuck off
4.	interests of a cockroach 01:41	lyrics	buy track
i am a cockroach behind your toilet i am so ugly why cant i die! buggin' all around time flyin' into your mouth crushed by a shoe! drowned in the bath! sprayed in the face! now im on fire!!!! i am a cockroach im in your sandwich crawled in your shoe flew in your soup i am a cockroach behind your toilet i am so ugly why cant i die!!
5.	i don't wanna be young 03:25	lyrics	buy track
hard to see it through hard to keep it true i wanna see some gains i dont wanna feel the pain i dont wanna be young fuck ariel pink what you see is not my problem and i wont see you again
6.	a goblin's death 01:45	lyrics	buy track
woah (x8)
7.	insomniac 02:26	lyrics	buy track
breathe regret greed regress i cant sleep
8.	distant narcissist 02:06	lyrics	buy track
hes a distant narcissist im trying to process it if he goes one way then theyll look the other i try to intervene but he cant be bothered he tries to read the room but his mind is scattered he tosses me aside as if i dont matter ive gotta decide try and abide hes a distant narcissist im trying to process it
9.	sword fight 02:30	lyrics	buy track
i have nothing to say to you know your fucking place youre a fucking bitch you think youre right its just a fucking sword fight i have nothing to say to you youre a fucking bitch know your fucking place youre a bitch, fuck you, ahhh! sword fight you people make me fucking sick fuck you! ahhh! sword fight ahhh!
10.	stay out! 01:29	lyrics	buy track
stay out!
11.	bad ideas 02:43	lyrics	buy track
bad ideas ill add another one to the list another one to the list now im pissed and it goes on and on in my head it goes on and on till i see red bad ideas roaming in my head bad ideas carry them to bed bad ideas plague my daily thoughts bad ideas throughout the days ive wrought bad ideas
12.	Johnny Fly 02:43	lyrics	buy track
Johnny! Johnny Fly! hes caught your eye! keep flying Johnny around town Keep going Johnny hes comin' round yeah keep going Johnny! He flies He flies, yeah! Johnny Fly is hes comin' round yeah Johnny Fly is hes in the town yeah Johnny Fly is hes comin' round yeah Johnny Fly...

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H₂O No!'s debut album 'fuck around and find out' is an homage to the State College Asylum-era punk diy scene. The majority of these songs were written during the Fall of 2020 and Spring of 2021. As they performed at house and Webster's shows throughout Spring 2022, H₂O No! crafted their signature sound within the scene: crushing-distortion + delayed bass, talk-sung + throat-shredding vocals, and impeccably trad-gripped + earsplitting drum performances. These songs were slowly refined as H₂O No!'s live shows became more unhinged (highlights include the mosh-pit breaking the floor at Chump's + cops busting the band's first-ever set that pushed 30 min).

It's difficult to live in a college town full of boring upper-middle class white people who would suck dick to defend their platitude-laced university that is plagued by conservative administrators. 'fuck around and find out' is the anthem for the diy music scene's seemingly hopeless, yet endlessly unrelenting retaliation against crusty old white people who yearn to instill Christian fundamentalism and abhorrent capitalist practices in our institutions ("never trust," "fucking me over," "fuck off," i dont wanna be young," "insomniac", "stay out!").

"sword fight" is a performative highlight, as The Willard Building's guitarist Ryan Keating joins H₂O No! for a rapid-tempo protest song, culminating in an exhilarating guitar solo that blacks out from adrenaline by the end. "sword fight" functions as a euphemism for a dick-measuring contest, and pokes fun at elitist politicians who put all of their efforts into electoral politics instead of serving the struggling working class that voted for them.

fan favorite "interests of a cockroach" is a 90-second rager where lyricist Brody McElwain takes on the perspective of a cockroach in an effort to perceive his own mortality and life's purpose. Will we die peacefully or violently? Do our lives have any more meaning than an ugly, seemingly useless insect that emotes fear and disgust to those who encounter it? Or are we simply kidding ourselves...

"Johnny Fly" maintains that H₂O No! don't take themselves too seriously, as the song explores cartoonish character- and world-building through associated artwork and music videos (OG fans may also recall "Jimmy Bean" and "Danny Rock Cock").

credits

released August 5, 2022

H₂O No!
bass and vocals - Brody McElwain
drums - Sean Theoclitus

all songs written by Brody McElwain and Sean Theoclitus except "sword fight" by Anthony Orellana, Brody McElwain, Sean Theoclitus, and Ryan Keating

recorded in state college by Goodstone Records
sound engineered by Ryan Keating
mastered by Grant Cheung

additional guitar on "sword fight" by Ryan Keating
additional vocals on "Johnny Fly" by Eugene Ryoo
rat clown, cockroach, and fly by Allie Holler
album and logo art by Parkes Harman

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H₂O No! State College, Pennsylvania

Fueled by angst from central PA's working class struggle, State College's H₂O No! take their Drum and Bass setup and deliver noisy, energetic live performances. Their discography includes a vast roaster of characters, including aliens, cockroaches, flies, goblins, and rats. ... more

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