“Look at you, don’t you look great? Shakin’ the juice”
Some Underworld records sound like they were made for dark, inside spaces. And some… some don’t.
Like the first wisps of daylight breaking the horizon, Toluca Stars is vast and wide-open, with a pervasive pulse and a poetry that speaks of odd days ahead.
“We started writing this in Mexico, in a hotel room on the outskirts of the City of Toluca. Everyone working in the place had this upbeat energy and we ended up recording a couple of our favourite Drift tracks there.” (K)
lyrics
Toluca Stars
Look at you
Don’t you look great?
Shakin’ the juice
Facing the sun
Talkin’
Are you ready for the sky?
Have you made your amends?
Sent messages?
(little STAR)
Home
Just in case
No weapons beyond this point
I
got everythin’
I
need
Don’t go walkin’
They got robbers
‘Don’t go walkin’
They got robbers
Down the dirt tracks’
Lights off
Ready
Figures fairly
Barely visible in shadow
Watched us drive past slow
Look at you
Don’t you look great
Shakin’ the juice
Facing the sun
Talkin’
Are you ready for the sky?
Have you
Made your amends?
Sent messages
Home
I
I got everything
I
Need
Don’t go walkin’
They got robbers
Down the dirt tracks
Parked cars
Lights off
Ready
Figures barely visible in shadows
Watched us
Drive
Look at you
Don’t you look great?
(ok)
credits
from DRIFT Episode 5: GAME,
released June 7, 2020
Produced by Rick Smith
Written and Performed by Rick Smith and Karl Hyde
Rick Smith & Karl Hyde are published by Mute Song Ltd. (PRS) for the world excluding the USA, Canada and Mexico and by Big Deal Beats (BMI) administered by Words & Music for USA, Canada and Mexico.
(p) & (c) 2019 Smith Hyde Productions.
Year of Recording 2018
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