There aren’t any lyrics to this song on the internet, so in pursuit of enjoying this song further, I am going to attempt to transcribe the lyrics myself.

hewh!

we’re drivin’ the voice out
we’re drivin’ the voice out
we’re so tired we’re makin’
something for nothin’

and i can’t relieve them
???? and seein’ (???)
what’s joyless is joyless
is joyless is joyless

ahhhhhhhhh

we’re drivin’ the voice out
we’re drivin’ the ghosts out
we’re so tired of makin’
somethin’ for nothin’

you’re kicking and streaming
the feeling is breathin’
we’re so tired from beatin’ (???)
the captain is bleedin’

say it again
i give and i give
it’s joyless, joyless
the place we’re at (???)
it’s joyless, joyless
joyless, joyless (3x)

ba-ba-ba-da…

la-la-la-la…

say it again
beginning to end
it’s joyless, joyless
the place we’re in

joyless, joyless
the state we’re in
it’s joyless, joyless (2x)

joyless, joyless (3x)
the place we’re at

Well that was a gigantic pain in the ass and a waste of time. Some of the shit I can’t hear and I’ve marked that with (???) if I am unsure of it. If you care enough, chime in!

This is a cool song. This band has released a bunch of albums but I’ve only ever listened to this one. The album sounds low-fi, but it actually uses a lot of studio trickery and it’s really apparent at 1:29 where the sound that was occurring cuts out without any reverb and they break back into a verse… really bad mixing/editing or something.

I became hooked on this album back before I’d even discovered I was a hipster with a taste for noisy psychedelia (this was even before I discovered Olivia Tremor Control) and certainly before I had built up any sort of tolerance to loud high-pitched indie vocalists, so over time this album started to annoy me.

I consider Minus Story part of a “high pitched vocalists from 2004-05″ trifecta including Akron/Family’s self-titled and The Earlies These Were The Earlies.

I need to give these guys more love, so they’ll be going on my rapidly growing list of “albums and artists I used to listen to but need to revisit and rediscover”. Apparently no one listens to them and that’s unfortunate. Go forth, populace, and listen!