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Chewing on Styrofoam

by Four Dollar Piece

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Chewing on Styrofoam is about the intersection and co-existence of anxiety and tinnitus, and how symptoms from one accentuate the other, letting them snowball into catastrophe; the burning sensation in your skull, the spins from the ringing in your ears, leading to the climax and panic that we tried to illustrate in the ending moments of the song.

Instead of taking a whole EP to tell a story, we figured we tell a series of stories this time instead. This is the first one, we hope you enjoy.

-FDP

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Slowly creeping in
Drown me out with static
Soft, but permanent
Pulses full of panic
Hold me hostage 'til
Morning, noon or midnight
Rinse, repeat the ruse
'Til i see the white light

I feel your silence inside me
Burning a hole in my skull
Spin from the deafening quiet
It’s like chewing on styrofoam
I feel your silence inside me
Burning a hole in my skull
Spin from the deafening quiet
It’s like chewing on styrofoam

Nonsense remedies
Fuel frustration fires
Feed me therapy
Hook me to your wires
Read the regret room
Troubled tales of trauma
Beat the drum of doom
Or spare me all the drama

I feel your silence inside me
Burning a hole in my skull
Spin from the deafening quiet
It’s like chewing on styrofoam
I feel your silence inside me
Burning a hole in my skull
Spin from the deafening quiet
It’s like chewing on styrofoam

I feel your silence inside me
Burning a hole in my skull
Spin from the deafening quiet
It’s like chewing on styrofoam
I feel your silence inside me
Burning a hole in my skull
Spin from the deafening quiet
It’s like chewing on styrofoam

credits

released June 8, 2022
Written by Paul MacMichael, Peter Koza and Tyler Thompson
Recorded between February and May 2021 in Rockaway, NJ
Produced by Tyler Thompson and Four Dollar Piece
Engineered by Paul MacMichael, Tyler Thompson and Peter Koza
Mixed and mastered by Tyler Thompson

Four Dollar Piece is:
Paul MacMichael - vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, bass, percussion
Peter Koza - guitars, keyboards, vocals

Artwork by Sophia Zucker

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Four Dollar Piece Rockaway, New Jersey

Taking their name from an uncirculated American gold coin from 1879, Four Dollar Piece (Paul MacMichael and Peter Koza) combine elements of alternative and garage rock with distorted drum machines and synthesizers. The duo's mantra of "big riff energy" permeates through its poignant but heavy rock songs. ... more

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