Name: Monsters
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: "I have had a Casio VL-1 keyboard/calculator for about 20 years, and had long been determined to write a song around it. This is that song." - Huw.

Monsters

from Poets' Day by The Chickpea Darlings

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

"I have had a Casio VL-1 keyboard/calculator for about 20 years, and had long been determined to write a song around it. This is that song." - Huw.

lyrics

Words:

The children of the rich are monsters
Often the children of the poor are monsters too
Now there’s something growing inside me that feels monstrous
And I’m starting to wonder about you

Monsters just can’t hear the difference vinyl makes
Monsters cannot change their tone of voice
Monsters are far too fond of football
Monsters have really got no choice
Monsters need fun, clean air and exercise
Monsters have their own monster religion
Monsters have got great legal people
Monsters can always be forgiven

Monsters know the value of good product
Monsters know how to work a look
Monsters know where to get the good shit
Monsters prefer their meat uncooked
Monsters have firm and hairless genitals
Monsters like to be the best at sex
Monsters like to blow all of the candles out
Monsters just can’t keep it in their kecks

Monsters have quite expensive problems
Monsters are more complex than you think
Monsters have issues they can’t talk about
Monsters have a weakness for the drink
Monsters walk the streets at all hours
Monsters like to watch you while you sleep
Monsters will have our sort for breakfast
Monsters will be the death of me

They’ll be the death of me

credits

from Poets' Day, released June 6, 2017
Written by Huw Darling.

license

about

The Chickpea Darlings Letchworth Garden City, UK

'Riot' has OFFICIALLY left the building. Thanks, Darrin.

The Darlings: Middle-aged bedroom miserablists with C86-ish tendencies, The Chickpea Darlings have seen the future and don't care for the cut of its jib. Their dry-as-a-biscuit pop vignettes provide the perfect soundtrack for speculating on the madness to come. Viva Donald Trump, global warming & the death of democracy. Viva the Darlings. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Chickpea Darlings

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Chickpea Darlings, you may also like:

SANTA BAIL ME OUT
by Swansea Sound

Swansea Sound celebrate the joys of being broke at Christmas plus a touching tune in sung entirely in Welsh on their annual holiday single. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2023
go to album
MUSIC LOVER EP
by Swansea Sound

Just in time for the holidays, Swansea Sound take a stand against faux music loving technocrats with a punchy pop rock anthem. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 1, 2022
go to album
IV
by Letting Up Despite Great Faults

On their latest LP, the Austin group peel away the synth and distortion to highlight the jangly melodies at the core of their songs. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 9, 2022
go to album
deadbeat effervescent
by No Monster Club

Upbeat DIY pop with shades of twee, disco, and alternative from this Irish group. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 1, 2022
go to album
Deflated
by Orange Dots

Hazy, jangly, a little bit mournful—Bay Area indie pop one-man-band Orange Dots channels the spirit of Sarah Records on his latest. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2022
go to album
LIVE AT THE RUM PUNCHEON
by Swansea Sound

A lockdown band formed by three indie pop legends takes an acidic perspective on modern politics and sell-out bands. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 20, 2021
go to album
Assuaged
by BOYRACER

The fourteenth full-length album from indie punk act Boyracer is both reflective and urgent. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 24, 2021
go to album