Too Kind To Be Cruel

from Too Kind To Be Cruel (Single) by The Crystal Furs

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It's about time we started showing you what we've been working on in Portland, and brought out our new Pacific Northwest sound, so...here we are! It's the Crystal Furs, new and improved, rebooted and reborn. This new song is a melodic indie pop tune with lyrics that give you feels - so, yeah, still a Crystal Furs song through and through.

"Too Kind To Be Cruel" is a preview of the new sound we've been working on for our upcoming 2020 releases. We've got a lot more in store!

It's good to be back. <3

lyrics

Frightened or anxiety
An answer only you can see
Living in the framework of the factory
Holding on to something new

Fact or fiction or fantasy
Who's the person you present to me?
Rushing headlong into calamity
I hope your aim is true

So let the rain fall down on the trees that line the street
Let the world pass beneath your feet
Don't let people take the good in the things you do
You're too kind to be so cruel

Write the things you'll say to me
Engaging in so much hyperbole
So unsatisfactory
Keeping count of what you do

Fact or fiction or fantasy
What's the product they try to sell to me?
Rushing off to the festivities
Searching for what's true

So let the rain fall down on the trees that line the street
Let the world pass beneath your feet
Don't let people take the good in the things you do
You're too kind to be so cruel
You're too kind to be so cruel

So let the rain fall down on the trees that line the street
Let the world pass beneath your feet
Don't let people take the good in the things you do
You're too kind to be so cruel
You're too kind to be so cruel

You're too kind to be so cruel

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from Too Kind To Be Cruel (Single), released February 20, 2020
Produced and Arranged by The Crystal Furs: Steph Buchanan, Kara Buchanan, and Rowan Church

Written by Kara Buchanan and Steph Buchanan

Engineered by Rowan Church and Kara Buchanan

Mixed and Mastered by Rowan Church

The Crystal Furs are:

Steph Buchanan - electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals

Kara Buchanan - Vox organ, electric piano, vibraphone, drum programming, percussion, backing vocals

Rowan Church - bass guitar, drum programming, backing vocals

Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered in Portland, Oregon

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We're a queer indie band from Portland, OR, making tunes about architecture, anxiety, and lesbians.

We are Steph (she/her) + Kara (she/her) + Rowan (she/they).

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