Beth: I wanted to know, do you wanna play a game? The first round goes like this: Everything I say, you say it back. Do you wanna play?
Daiana: Beth, I really would like to play.
Beth: Glad you're so enthusiastic.
Daiana: But I can't promise that I can keep up, when I don't know how to play and sing at the top...time...
Beth: You're overthinking this, Daiana.
Daiana: I don't know what I'm saying!
Beth: Here's how it goes. Here's how the game goes. Anything I say to you...
Daiana: Oh.
Beth: You say it back to me. That's round one.
Daiana: Ok.
Beth: Do you want to try it?
Daiana: Ok. ...Ok.
Beth: There was a dog and a hog next to each other on a farm in Nebraska. Go ahead.
Daiana: A dog in the barn in the mrssnabrsss of braska.
Beth: Pretty good for the first try. But let's try again. I want to explain something back to you.
Daiana: Oh.
Beth: Now this is a game, pretty simple, what I say you repeat, you just say the exact same thing I just said. Do you want to try again?
Daiana: Yeah!
Beth: I double A, triple A, quadruple A batteries, nothing worked on my new remote control hamster.
Daiana: Oh...I double A, triple A, powderay, pattabay, on my butter hamster magic.
Beth: I think you got the hang of it. Let's start a real game now, ok? I think you have the hang of it. Are you ready?
Daiana: Ok.
Beth: Let me just say, the game goes like this...
Daiana: Oh.
Beth: I say something, you say it right back at me.
Daiana: Ok.
Beth: Here we go. Ready? I'm going to sing this one.
Daiana: Ok.
Beth: Doo doo doo doo doo, a little quicker boys. Doo doo doo...
Daiana: Oh my god, this is so long.
Beth: I packed up your suitcase. I didn't want your things around the house no more.
Daiana: To the left, to the left, everybody to the left, everybody to the right, to the right, to the right.
Beth: Yeah... The only thing I kept were the socks. I used them to clean out my shoes.
Daiana: Everybody to the left, to the left, to the right, to the right, to the left, to the left, to the right, to the right, to the left, to the left.
Beth: Um. Ok. Here's how the game goes: In round one I say something to you, you say it back at me. And then in round two, I'm going to say it back at you, and then you say it back at me, and then I say it back at you, and then you say it back at me. Do you get the game? Can we start now?
Daiana: No, Beth. Beth... Beth, this game is over.
Beth: I think so.
Daiana (to the band): Shut up. ............I said shut up.
On a laid-back solo debut, Matt Lamkin, formerly of San Diego’s The Soft Pack, augments hooky melodies with far out sounds & clever lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 30, 2016