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The Lust or Obedience EP

by Professional Person

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Funk-a-saurus Shake that tail for us. Funk-a-saurus Ain’t nobody bad in the forest! Free that dinosaur so your ass can follow! There once was a egg like you’ve ever seen Astro day-glow shell and everything in between Rolling, shaking, on the way to be born Taking a first peek out with diamond on its horn Once he grew, they moved him to find his own scene A paddock of his own where he could do his thing. While other dinos roared and hollered, Funkasaurus had his own sound He opened his jaws and let it rip just like James Brown. Chorus Funk-a-saurus Shake that tail for us. Funk-a-saurus Ain’t nobody bad in the forest! Didn’t take him long to outgrow his park enclosure Funkasaurus needed a bigger scene with more fan exposure. This theropod has moves not seen in 65 million years But don’t get too close now, he’s not as docile as he appears When he’s laying the boogie down, the pretenders have to cower. No one can stop Funkasaurus when he unleashes his genetic power. Now he’s funking in your backyard to the zookeeper’s dismay This groovy dino is free because life finds a way Funk-a-saurus Shake that tail for us. Funk-a-saurus Ain’t nobody bad in the forest! Free that dinosaur so your ass can follow!
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Slut Energy 03:26
What a strange question she asked of me And I might be the wrong man It’s a countenance that I always try to understand I’m the wrong interlocutor if you’re looking for shame And I if get turned it, it’s how you play the game. She wants to know She wants to know She wants to know If she has slut energy. Practice no restraint with your meal Sweetly savor each drop Your hunger isn’t something you ever need conceal You can lick up all the sauces as they run Answer the important question when you’re done You want to know You want to know You want to know Do you have slut energy? Share with me all your stories don’t tell no lies There’s nothing you can say That would raise my eyes Share with me all your stories don’t tell no lies There’s nothing you can say That would raise my eyes You want to know You want to know You want to know if you have slut energy
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Obedience 02:46
Obedience
4.
Stumbling through my old neighborhood The sidewalks always feel the same Old houses still line up as they should The master's voice you must obey I was born into another time I was living someone else's life Leaving the scene of the crime I was living on the edge of a knife City streets are rivers running deep You buried secrets that won't stay In catacombs where lovesick lovers sleep The place where all your ghosts remain I was born into another time I was living someone else's life Leaving the scene of the crime I was living on the edge of a knife
5.
Well, I may have started to shiver As I saw you contact my eye I knew that I wasn’t ready To hold your hand or graze your thigh Y’see, I’m just a little fucked up now But I’m sure you’d be a treat But I don’t have time to get all tangled beside you So I’m going to have to keep my own beat One foot in front of the other Something new there to discover One foot in front of the other It’s all good solo or lover I’m looking for a new day of thawing When the days can burn a little hot I’ve been so cold and alone now There’s some things I could stand to be taught Such as how to open up my heart now To one as lovely as you Because I’m still as they say just a little fucked up now But I know that won’t always be true One foot in front of the other Something new there to discover One foot in front of the other It’s all good solo or lover

about

This project began with a set of songs that didn’t fit easily into the style of our first album. Our inspiration was the funky, electronic, and groove-based music that we collectively loved but didn’t always play. Factor in a teenage obsession with the TV-movie In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (way before Netflix and Paramount+ made it trendy), and you have The Lust or Obedience EP. You’ll hear various sonic homages to some of our favorite groups, and that’s all part of the fun.


Josh would like to thank my parents for buying me both The Time’s Pandemonium and Prince’s Graffiti Bridge when I was probably too young to be listening to them. The line between dubious and excellent parenting can be fuzzy. Miss you both. Thank you to everyone who helped me get my groove back over the past year, including Andrea, Diane, Thea, Dustin, Josh, Anne, Tovah, Bobby, Kimi, Nicole, Don and Judy, Aunt Kelly, Uncle Rick, and too many more to mention. If you’d like to help as well, please leave your number on the table by my data bank.

Darius thanks LRG and Stevland Judkins.

Brandon thanks The History of the Future, The Born-Oppenheimer Breakdown, and Ziggy Modeliste.

credits

released December 30, 2023

Professional Person:

Darius Goebel: guitar, vocals
Eric Johnson: keyboards, vocals
Brandon Mills: bass, vocals
Josh Moon: guitar, vocals

Additional instruments:

Darius Goebel - Bass (4), keyboards (4), drum programming (4).
Brandon Mills - Drums (1, 3), guitar (2, 5), keyboards (3)
Josh Moon - Bass (2), keyboards (1, 2, 5), drum programming (1, 2)
Tovah Steffen - Vocals (1)

All songs arranged, performed, recorded, and produced by Professional Person at their home studios in Michigan, Missouri, and Colorado except as noted. Mixed and mastered by Darius Goebel and Professional Person.

Album design by Josh Moon.

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Professional Person Kalamazoo, Michigan

Five of us first gathered to make music more than two decades ago in Southwest Michigan under the name The Empty Handed Painters. Eventually, that came to an end. With the loss of our friend/drummer/founder Glenn and geographic dispersion, we now make music together online as "Professional Person." ... more

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