Zine culture meets the pre-streaming era CD sleeve! Growing up in the 90s and early 00s, I remember what it was like to buy a CD and listen to the album front-to-back while reading the liner notes in the CD sleeve. I decided to combine my love for CD booklets with my fascination with zine-making to create a tangible experience to accompany the digital album IKOV.
I designed the 20-page 5.5 x 8.5 IKOV lyrics zine containing lyrics, images, and short reflective writing for every song on the album.
I hope you'll do like I used to do and listen to IKOV while reading the zine.
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Copies: 30
Size: 5.5" x 8.5" , 20 sides, Staple portrait .
Paper: 80lb. Text paper Uncoated .
Printing: Throughout: color.
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lyrics
I was getting to you
Through all the anybodies
I was getting to you
You were growing on me
I didn’t owe anybody anything
I was getting to you
Glue
Stuck together finally
Broken pieces
Climbing trees
Foraging
Poison ivy on my eyelids
Round and round my timepiece
I thank God that I found you
I know this feeling’s true
Because when I’m not with you I’m feeling like your blue jeans, baby
Even on our off days
When we think we lost it, look how far we’ve come now, baby
I spilled wine on my blue jeans
With my lips on your blue dream
I just want you to sing
I just want you to sing
He went to prom with her
She a Soprano. He a tenor.
She left a tip for the bartender
She left the bar tender
Caught a cab
Went home sad
She wrote a long letter
Sitting in her arm chair
Fainting spells
She had her mom’s hair
But she dyed it blonde
And he gave her long stare
She replied with an "au contraire, mon ami, don’t you know it’s me?"
Shook his head
Hit him back wit a "c’est la vie"
She stayed home watching Amelie
There he laid in the shade of her favorite palm tree
I was getting to you
Through all the anybodies
I was getting to you
You were growing on me
I didn’t owe anybody anything
I was getting to you
Glue
Stuck together finally
I know this feeling’s true
Because when I’m not with you I’m feeling like your blue jeans, baby
Even on our off days
When we think we lost it, look how far we’ve come now, baby
I spilled wine on my blue jeans
With my lips on your blue dream
I just want you to sing
I just want you to sing
I’m torn ( I was getting to you)
I’m ripped (I was getting to you)
I’m worn (I was getting to you)
I’m faded
I was getting to you
credits
from IKOV,
released June 5, 2020
Produced and mixed by CashOnly
Lyrics written by Faimkills
Performed by Faimkills and Thomas Jay
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