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Countercultural Savior

by Safer

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Throbbing bass, machine-like drums, and overdriven keyboards provide the musical background for Safer’s satirical takedown of the ‘rock ‘n’ roll mystique.’ “As teens we build up these figures as gods, and canonize their names” says Safer, “but looking at it with a bit of perspective I just see a bunch of sad men Pied Piper-ing their fans into self-destructive behavior and consumerism in the name of profit.”

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We’re all living off nostalgia, the promise of a future undelivered
There ain’t no tracking number for that one
I am your maker, I am your maker, I am your maker and I’m soon to be your taker
I only came for your money, not your sympathy

I am your countercultural savior
I am your teenage dream
The inspiration for your worst behavior
Hear my siren scream (ow!)

Here have a sniff (ow!) here have a spliff (oh!) just pass it here and watch me fade away
There ain’t no nothing in the world more important than me, nah
Pay no attention to the voice behind the mirror, just get distracted watch me disappear
The polish of a golden ring that’s tarnished into brass

I am your countercultural savior, oh I am your teenage dream
The tastemaker of your worst behavior, the reason you can’t sleep
I am your countercultural savior, Oh I am the Jesus/Mary of your teenage dream
I always keep you on your worst behavior, hear my siren scream (ow!)

I think I lost my mind in a teenage dream
I think I lost my mind and I don’t ever want to sleep again
I think I lost my mind in a waking nightmare
I think I lost my mind and I don’t think I’ll ever sleep again

Countercultural savior, I am the father figure of your teenage dream
The tastemaker of your worst behavior, the reason you can’t sleep
Your countercultural savior, I am the Jesus/Mary of your teenage dream
I always keep you on your worst behavior, hear my siren scream (ow!)

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released November 13, 2019
Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Percussion-Mattie Safer 

Drums-Prince Terrence



Recorded by Mattie Safer and Vito Roccoforte 

Mixed by Mattie Safer and Jonathan Kreinik 

Mastered by Noel Summerville

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Safer Brooklyn, New York

Safer is the new creative vehicle from Mattie Safer, vocalist and bassist of Poolside and The Rapture.

The music returns to the sound he's best known for – his energetic, driving bass lines and distinctive vocal were a bedrock of The Rapture's first two albums – while incorporating a powerful, soulful vocal delivery and a well honed pop sensibility that reflects his growth over the past decade.
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