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Mall Goths

by Scarves

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cosmic_sheep it's not for everyone, but to me there's something beautifully raw and real to this music. unpolished, but nonetheless precise and deliberate, creating a satisfying self-driven aesthetic.
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glistener The guitar and lyrics are fun and nostalgic and wonderfully without affectation. The singer has a unique voice that is interesting enough to be complicated, but listenable enough to be catchy. A+ Favorite track: Crossroads (Reconcile).
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1.
Goddamit!
 I love horror films
 Goddamit! 
I love dying
In front of 
The camera

 In the first act
 I was cut into pieces
 In the second 
Layed across a steel table 
In the third
 I was poorly Put back together 

Later You came over Covered up In fake blood And then later We made out Through your makeup 

 It wouldn’t take A lightning strike To restart This stalled heart It would only take A small spark I like to keep the plots simple Simple Just a killer And her victim And her victim So let’s Keep this Simple
2.
Mall Goths 03:31
They’ve destroyed Every distraction We once held sacred So there is nowhere Romantic I can take you To cool off So meet me in a parking lot We can pretend That the pavement Is the ocean And the bright lights Are the stars So tell me Chelsea Why was your make up A mess? Did they Catch ya In a white lie Or a black dress?

 We’ve learned to speak their language Of complaints And disingenuous compliments 
I’m so sick of that talk So meet me in a parking garage And sing to me Let your discord Echo off The concrete So tell me Chelsea Why was your make up A mess? Did they Catch ya In a white lie Or a black dress?
3.
Trash Bags 03:40
Listen close through the thin walls And you can hear the crows Sing their sad songs in stereo But I prefer the orchestra Of my own home So when I get up It's to make sure that the windows Are closed 

First I was an architect Of my own isolation Then I was the king Of a castle that I built For myself 
 And okay, okay I’ll admit 
I’ve been spending too much time 
In my own head 
And okay, okay I’ll admit
 I should have taken you out More often than I did Cuz you were a trash bag Sturdy and strong Scented and pale And I was your trash Until you couldn’t carry me anymore And we split apart So this song is for the crows That came Circling in 

I do hate those duets That the crows do sing I do hate those duets That the crows do sing I do hate those duets That the crows do sing I do hate those duets That the crows do sing
4.
I kinda never Thought you’d get old And that we Would grow up So very different

 You found the Church I found the Crossroads You sold out But I 
I sold my soul 

And I’m embarrassed 
that I am afraid of you
 Did you ever expect To be ashamed of me? 

 You found the Church I found the Crossroads You sold out But I 
I sold my soul

 You’ve got your faith 
You know that I 
I have my hope
 I think they’re leading us To the same place

 Someday I’ll stare into your eyes And one day you’ll stare into mine And we will see each other as we once were Before we joined their ranks We will both be blank And you will be my brother again
5.
Interlude 01:42
6.
Jetsam 04:09
We were 2 AM Jetsam In a coastal town 
We left the bar In a stumble Until you fell and christened the ground With the skin from your left knee You looked up and said,
 “Could you help me please?” 
 You’ve always had my attention Ever since the moment I met ya And if I’ve never said so, Well I’m sorry
 You deserved to know

 There was stale blood on your new clothes When we got home I looked for a bandage While you took a shower You came out naked And the next few moments Were a motion blur
 You’ve always had my attention Ever since the moment I met ya And if I’ve never said so, Well I’m sorry
You deserved to know You’ve always had my attention Ever since the moment I met ya And if I’ve never said so, Well I’m sorry
 You’ve always meant a lot to me
7.
Off Script 02:25
So yeah I get it 
You were once a projectionist 
Long before the format Switched Everything changes Doesn't it?

 So could you meet me Somewhere where they haven’t Switched out the streetlights For LEDs just yet

 So yeah I know I was once a seamstress Your costumes gotta comfortable But I prefer to be Naked 
 So take your mask off And meet me someplace Where they wouldn’t know Our faces anyway You were the writer
 I was the actress So 
If you promise to be honest I’ll go off script For once
8.
Dissolve 02:40
She’s had an awful Afternoon So she broke down In the breakroom And said:

 “Let me dissolve
Let me blend in Let me dissolve Let me fade out” 

She bummed her first cigarette In months Thought it be a breath of fresh air But she just felt seasick 
 So she tossed it out the window And watched the ash explode 
And said a tiny prayer On the ride home “Let me dissolve
 Let me blend in Let me dissolve Let me fade out 
 Let me be the static on the stereo Let me drown in an ocean of white noise
 Let me be the sugar in this coffee Let me dissolve”
9.
I sold my soul To the surgeon In exchange She cut me open Took out a rib And formed it into someone In my own image Oh nurse, I’ve been feeling hollow Can’t you put me back together Like some sort of Deformed puzzle
10.
Passengers 03:57
Your mother
 Made me promise Not to waste the ink In the pen she gave me So we used it to tattoo A carousel into your skin We were only temporary Along for the ride We were only passengers Passing each other by

 Your father Was a firefighter You were an alarmist It’s no surprise you went off The last time That we talked 

 I can't believe how I came across In our last conversation I can’t defend my diction
I was a dick That’s something I’m sure of We were only messengers Messing Each other up

 We saw the same dead trees On the same damn journey Every other week We saw the same dead trees On the same damn journey Every other week

about

Mall Goths is an album comprised of ten vignettes depicting characters along the I-5 corridor between Bellingham, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Struggling against their reality, desperate for rebellion, yet inextricably stuck, they fall in love in one city and break up in the next, all over meticulously unhinged instrumentals.

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released February 17, 2017

Scarves are:
Nikolas Stathakopoulos - Guitar, Vocals
Cael Watts - Drums
Hector Manuel Rodriguez III - Bass

Orchestral arrangments and performances by Anna Elisabeth

Produced by Dylan Wall
Mastered by Ed Brooks

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