Dawes - Someone Else’s Cafe / Doomscroller Tries To Relax (Official Performance Video)

The official performance for the new single from Dawes “Someone Else’s Cafe/ Doomscroller Tries To Relax”, off their new album ‘Misadventures Of Doomscroller’.

“The first half of this song could be about tyrants,” says Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. “But it could also be about anyone who thinks that a little more control is gonna make everything ok. The second half is a response to that developing reality of the first half. The world might be a scary place sometimes but, to some degree, I want to believe I can decide how I respond to it.” - Dawes

Listen to “Someone Else’s Cafe/ Doomscroller Tries To Relax”:

Starring Mike Hitchcock

Taylor Goldsmith – guitar, primary vocal
Wylie Gelber – handmade bass
Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion, background vocals
Lee Pardini – piano, organ, synthesizers, clavinet, Wurlitzer, guitar, background vocals

Additional musicians:
Trevor Menear – guitar
Luis Conte – percussion
Jonathan Wilson – second drum kit & percussion on “Ghost In The Machine”
Mike Viola – extra vocals on “Comes In Waves”

Film Crew
Caitlin Gerard - producer / Director
Vince Patin - DP
Robin Gonsalves - Editor
Jackie Bryan - 2nd camera op
Arjay Ancheta - Gaffer
Brandon Garmen - key grip
Jesse Mejia - Grip
YJ Gold - sound

Music Production
Produced by Jonathan Wilson
Mixed by Jonathan Wilson and Grant Milliken
Engineered by Grant Milliken

Special thanks to Keith Munson and Candice Stewart at East West Studios

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Lyrics
You can poison opposition
Find out which war to declare
You can polish up the prisons
And send all your critics there

You seem willing and able
And used to getting your way
But you’re still waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe

You can call yourself a living god
If it rallies up the troops
Reinstate the firing squad
Lace up your combat boots

Your vitals are stable
In your stupid beret
But you’re still waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe

You can make em call you Beelzebub
You can make em call you chief
Make some face paint out of baby blood
Wear a necklace made of teeth

You could be living a fable
In your one man parade
But you’re still waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe

From the rock of the cradle
Til we’re dead in our graves
We’re all waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe

So let’s enjoy each other’s company
On the brink of our despair
Does someone have a song to sing
Or a joke that they could share?

#Dawes #SomeoneElsesCafé/DoomscrollerTriesToRelax #MisadventuresOfDoomscroller #OfficialPerformance

[rackbrown]

This is by far the best Dawes to date and I love every song they've released. Masterful and killer progressive song writing and Jam. Musically gives me chills. This right here is what music is all about.

[MikeRathkeMusic]

I read somewhere that this song could be interpreted as being about tyranny and dictatorship. What I love about it is that taylor wrote lyrics that speak for the people living under that reality. It’s so easy to drive yourself crazy “doom scrolling” the latest headlines. But at the end of the day, these cycles have a way of playing themselves out. Our greatest need is to simply relax and try to live out the time we’ve been given and “relax” like the Doomscroller in the song.

Dawes is one of the most underrated bands in our generation. Taylor is a brilliant lyricist and I’m always amazed with every release!

[shawnzalewski]

Instant. Masterpiece.

it's rare to be blown away by a first listen of so many songs by the Same Artist. Over a decade.
"From a Window Seat" > "Things Happen" > (entire WAGD album) > "St. Augustine At Night" >
"Someone Else's Cafe/Doomscroller tries to relax"

bless you boys

[birdthompson]

love you guys...let's enjoy each other's company...another doomscroller prays for peace, love & great music!

[rjziebarth]

The bass line…. Ugggghhhh the bass line. Thank you Wylie

[willcookformusic]

Damn! Recording a live performance in a recording studio proved brilliant because this is engineered perfectly! It looks like you are all slinging Gelber and Sons instruments? It's hard to choose a standout performance here, but Wylie's tone takes the cake for me. Beautifully done.

[timothyhassett]

What a masterpiece. I'm without speech

[tinkercitymusic]

This is fantastic. Love to see y'all stretch out like this. Hearing massive Zappa "Watermelons In Easter Hay" vibes here. Killer!

[djmeadows]

Musical masterpiece - start to finish. Maybe the best song I’ve ever heard in my life

[mranwad]

Can't even begin to find the words for how good this is. Going to check back in 10 years, and I expect this to still be heavily in my rotation.

[tomchristopher]

They used that 1970s time machine again! Looking forward to hearing more tunes. Sounds like I need to put together a turntable with some great speakers and get the new record on vinyl.

[marcpamplin]

I watched the full 'In the Round' performance four times over the weekend and the album sounds magnificent. Definitely some strong Steely Dan vibes and having Jonathan Wilson as a producer appears to have added something extra to the band's sound. I just need them to come back to the UK and hear it live!

[noahneon]

Possibly new favorite Dawes song. Absolute master class in song writing

[mauriciolopez-mobilia]

Okay, how does this not have more views!? Amazing song, lyrics, vocals, music... wow... epic masterpiece!

[mauricewright]

Favorite song as of late. This is classic already 👌

[reillycassel]

I’m finding this album two years late. But it spoke to me. You guys are awesome and you lyrical and musical talent amazes me. It somehow radicalizing and deradicalizing me. Thank you for for forcing me to think more

I’m gonna practice guitar again so I can play like you guys. This motivates me to be better in every aspect

[greyzone]

Probs to the drummer. Outstanding job!

[markaidinovich]

New favorite Dawes song… keep the extended jams coming!!!

[talimedina]

I Love that song!!!! Grettings from México 🇲🇽 🙌🏻

[benfinkleman]

Absolutely killer tune … lee you are sounding freakin good!!!