Wage Slave

by Psychic Shakes

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For 2020, Psychic Shakes will be releasing his second EP, and longest release to date ‘Unsaid.’ The EP is conversational; McLellan is speaking to himself or to others throughout. ‘Unsaid’ is a cathartic monologue, an attempt to unlock the internal conversations people have with themselves. It’s a 5 track EP, with most songs acting as a conversation between McLellan or someone else. He speaks to his girlfriend, himself, and people he’ll never speak to again. Ultimately it’s a release, but it’s not mournful one- it’s transgressive in a positive way.

On 'Wage Slave' McLellan laments the monotony and boredom of doing a low paid hospitality job in your early twenties. It’s a light-hearted, humorous song about unemployment, and the reluctance to be part of the grind. It’s also a nod to some of the surf-driven pop of Psychic Shakes' earlier releases.

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Girl I didn't make it in today
I woke and had to call my work to say
I'm ill, I need another stoney day alone

God another fifty years of this
Will I be rich enough to reminisce upon
The days we couldn't pay our way in life

I'm just a wage slave
Short on my rent again
Stuck in my early twenties
Hey but I can't complain
I'm just a wage slave
Calling in sick again
I'm just a wage slave
Call me a wage slave

Work is tied up to the main inside I guess
But baby know I really tried to find
The kind of job to make you proud tonight

Drunk and scrolling through indeed today
There's only kitchen work and shitty pay
I don't just wanna end up poor when I turn grey

I'm just a wage slave
Short on my rent again
Stuck in my early twenties
Hey but I can't complain
I'm just a wage slave
Calling in sick again
I'm just a wage slave
Call me a wage slave
(x3)

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released June 5, 2020

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Psychic Shakes Plymouth, UK

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Forever Now

Nov 2023
Kings II

Nov 2022
Unsaid

Oct 2020
Suddenly

Jul 2020
Wage Slave

Jun 2020
Nightplay

Jun 2019
Bored of Me

Apr 2019
Wasting Time

Oct 2016
Psychic EP

Jul 2016

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