Obvious States

from If We Have a Future by LONE KODIAK

	/

Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Pressed on a special premium color blend of waxes, no two limited copies of our debut album "If We Have a Future" are the same. Inside is an insert with exclusive photos, lyrics, album credits, and other info.

Written and recorded between 2021 and 2023, this is the debut album from LA rock staples Lone Kodiak. Produced by Kyle Mangels, recorded at Big Bad Sound and Sleep as Time Travel in Los Angeles, "If We Have a Future" features contributions from Hunter Leigh Allen of Chase Petra (vocals), Emily Tooraen of Tchotchke (vocals), Chloe Fuller (vocals), Vanessa Eagerton (vocals), Chris Cribb (piano), and Kevin the dog (vocals).

The recording is modeled after the band's live performance which the vinyl format features prominently with very few breaks and one song often blending into the next.

The artwork features a scene shot my Sean Martin from singer/guitarist Dainéal Parker's wedding in the Scottish Highlands which the band attended. In fact, bassist Daniel Alden was the best man and drummer Josh Harris was the handfasting rope bearer.

Includes unlimited streaming of If We Have a Future via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more

ships out within 2 days

edition of 300

$25 USD or more
Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album
Team Kodiak

Join now to receive all the new music LONE KODIAK creates, including 9 back-catalog releases, delivered instantly to you via the Bandcamp app for iOS and Android. Learn more.

Join Now $5 USD/month or more

lyrics

The radio plays the radio
The TV shows notes what you should own
It's hard to make friends as you get old
The obvious states the obvious

It's hard to say when I lost my hope
It's not like I chose to let it go
It's hard to make plans when I don't know
If we have a future

The followers join the follower
The animals cage the animal
You shouldn't mix pills with alcohol
The obvious states the obvious

It's hard to say when I lost my hope
It's not like I chose to let it go
It's hard to make plans when I don't know
If we have a future

And vanity writes itself an ode
Jealousy digs a jealous hole
True love is never unconditional
The obvious states the obvious

It's hard to say when I lost my hope
It's not like I chose to let it go
It's hard to make plans when I don't know
If we have a future

credits

from If We Have a Future, released February 9, 2024
Written and performed by Lone Kodiak
Produced and mixed by Kyle Mangels
Engineered by Zach Fisher
Drum tech: Nate Van Fleet
Mastered by Harrison Tate at The Hit Lab
Lyrics by Dainéal Parker

license

about

LONE KODIAK Los Angeles, California

Lone Kodiak is an LA-based, unhinged rock band consisting of Daniel Alden (bass), Josh Harris (drums), Ben Palmer (guitar), and Dainéal Parker (vocals/guitar), and is following up their 2020 EP "Demo Tape" with their debut album "If We Have a Future" in 2024, which is on sale now. ... more

contact / help

Contact LONE KODIAK

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like LONE KODIAK, you may also like:

Uneasy Laughter
by MOANING

supported by 4 fans who also own “Obvious States”

Moaning have crafted a brilliantly focused, dissonantly beautiful, and a detachedly deep album. I often ask myself while listening to it, what if young Radiohead had made a post-punk record after The Bends instead of OK Computer? It's that good. Whatever genre this album belongs to, it transcends it and that is always the mark if a true artistic accomplishment. Andru A.
go to album
Always In Motion
by Mini Trees

supported by 4 fans who also own “Obvious States”

Excellent album. ncredibly underrated. A.
go to album
Last Splash (30th Anniversary Edition)
by The Breeders

The Breeders’ iconic “Last Splash” is now available on cassette, exclusively on Bandcamp. Bandcamp New & Notable May 3, 2024
go to album
Our Birth is but a Sleep and a Forgetting
by It’s Not Night: It’s Space

Infectious sludge finally arrives after four years of furtive jamming, out on Small Stone Recordings. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 23, 2016
go to album
Lemona and Swan Song (Remastered)
by Giant Drag

These remastered EPs are complicated vessels for understanding Giant Drag and its impetuous frontwoman, Annie Hardy. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 9, 2021
go to album
Strange, Strange Times
by The Ugly Kings

Combining crooned murder ballads with raw, angsty hard rock hooks, Melbourne's The Ugly Kings are a wrecking crew well worth watching. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 15, 2021
go to album
In Black And Gold
by Hey Colossus

This snarling 6-piece from London mixes heavy, guitar-driven doom with a punk edge and psych workouts. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 10, 2015
go to album