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Rain Man 03:02
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Rain Man, Rain Man, Rain Man, Rain Man
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Day Three 01:53
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I Might Dynamite 02:39
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Title by Axel in a brilliant moment of late-nite rhyme.
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Squinting in the Soft Glare 02:16
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Swan Song 03:30
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Unexpected, economical, immediate, beautiful (we think)... BREAK//BREAK emerged from a blast of inspiration in two weeks during summer 2023 vacation.

BREAK//BREAK is about expressing yourself with a lot of inspiration and only what you have around. BREAK//BREAK is almost wholly instrumental and computer-generated. In this day and age, that's not saying a lot, of course... but as such it embodies both a rebuttal to the (over)hyping of pre-digital recording and strict analog setups as well as the modern, auto-tuned vocal slop drawing in today's listeners. LEXANILA figured it was more punk than ever to say "F-it," leave the vocals out, let the computers shine, and let the listener figure out what that all means.

Following this theme, LEXANILA experimented with a weird AI image-generator for the cover, to see how well AI could translate words into art. The result was a flawed image that encapsulated everything quirky about this EP, so we used it. AI could not help but reveal itself as non-human (note the blending of the headphones into the ear, the disappearing microphone, and uneven nose bridge on the glasses).

Did technology serve us well or poorly with BREAK//BREAK? You decide. Thanks for listening.

--Dan Diego, November 2023

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released December 15, 2023

All songs by C. Kimble (BMI).

Dan Diego: guitar, vocals, synths, drum programming.
Will Glass: break beats.

Recorded at Destro Sound International, Ocala, Florida, July 2023; additional recording: Destro Sound International, Lusaka, Zambia, June 2023. Recorded with an Akai Professional LPK25, iRig Keys I/O 25, a Yamaha No. 60 Nippon Gakki 1960s classical guitar, an SM-58 and an Audio Tecnica Pro 27.

Mixed by Danny Clifton and Mastered by Winston Goertz-Giffen at Pulp Arts in Gainesville, Florida.

All tracks contain break beat samples played by lifelong friend Will Glass (Lexiglass, Glass Breaks, The Octagon, Glassburns, Crackpot, etc, etc), from his two absolutely stellar "Glass Breaks" albums that you can find here on Bandcamp and a well-curated vinyl joint.

Cover and Layout: C. Kimble.

Thank you: First and foremost - Will Glass for inspired drum breaks that made these songs great; Danny Clifton for never letting us down; Winston Goetrz-Giffen; PulpArts in Gainesville; the entire Velez family; Alina, Axel and Danielle; Mike Leach; Chris Silkowski; Tyler W, Matt H, and Mike Kuz/Kuzbeats for inspiration.

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L E X A N I L A is international, genre-bending punk-spirit music. The only rule is that there are no rules.

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