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Middle Name

by Ali Angel

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clashcity Great evolution by Ms. Angel. This is a great rock song - sounds a little like Amanda Marshall but a lot like a heavier, rockier Ali Angel. Fun to follow Ali's evolution.
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A middle name seems to me seem like an intimate piece of information about a person. I can’t say I know the middle names of many people in my life, and those that I do are those closest to me. It almost seems like a rite of passage to know that detail about somebody, you need to earn it.

“Middle Name” is about the obsessive, often disillusioned phase so many of us go through at the start of a new fling; the feelings of fear for heartbreak mixed with the simultaneous optimistic daydreams of what could be the start of a relationship. We imagine scenarios in our heads with these people that are so intimate and personal, yet we truly don’t even know these people yet nor if they’d even make us happy in the ways we’re imagining they will. We don’t even know their middle names.

I was inspired by, The Talking Heads, David Bowie and St. Vincent when making this song. I’m really happy with how dynamic, artsy and almost theatrical the song turned out to be with all of our production choices; its full of surprises and peaks and valleys and I think it’s overall a really fun ride.

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Don’t want my heart to break

I’ve seen the way it shakes people around

Hey mister, see you through my window

You’ve been saging your house


I make up situations like a sick poetry

In my head blossoming from nothing to acres

You take my mind, hot wire it can’t find the break

Oh, I’m caught up in your hold and I don’t even know


Your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name, yeah


The other night you came to me inside a dream

I had brought you to my cousin’s dinner party

Mmm you’re the beacon, give me something to believe in

Even if you’re just another passerby


Oh my god you’re electric

Feel it when I talk about you, ooh

Been praying in the daytime and I think I finally found you

So give me your moon sign your sun sign your venus sign

Oh you can prick into my skin and tattoo on it


Your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name

Oh I don’t even know your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name, yeah


Mmm, your middle name

Mmm, your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name

Oh cause I don’t even know your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name

Oh cause I don’t even know your middle name

I don’t even know your middle name

Don’t you know his don’t you know his name

Don’t you know her, don’t you know her name

I said don’t you know his, don’t you know his name

Don’t you know her don’t you know her name

Oh cause I don’t even know

credits

released April 8, 2022
Producer(s): Oliver Roman, Ali Angel
Songwriters: Ali Angel
Composers: Ali Angel, Oliver Roman, Evan Myaskovsky, Lucas Bidran
Vocals: Ali Angel
Guitar: Oliver Roman, Ali Angel
Clav: Taylor James
Bass Guitar: Evan Myaskovsky
Drums: Lucas Bidran
Mixing Engineer: Oliver Roman
Mastering Engineer: Cameron Marygold

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Ali Angel Los Angeles, California

LA-based musician Ali Angel uplifts and inspires listeners with the honesty and optimism she evokes through her songs. Her music is tinged with twangy soul, strong vibrato and gritty, bluesy rock riffs. With a little bit of retro-soul pop, a little bit of Americana and some humor, Ali has taken the best of many genres and intertwined them to curate a one-of-a-kind sound that is true to her. ... more

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