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Both the Before Times & the After Times

by The Das Kaput

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Subtweets Pt.2 I'mma keep my mouth shut on this one . . . Because reasons
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Failed State Failed state - living in a failed state Do you mind if we dance with your dates? Living in a failed state Living in a failed state If the time arises, just eat off of a broken plate Living in this failed state Uh yup - mmhmm We are not built to last Living in this failed state Living in this failed state On paper, to some, it kinda looks great. On paper, to some, it kinda looks great. Yeah - yeah - yeah Uh yup - mmhmm Living in this failed state Living in this failed state Crumbling or getting flooded or burning Crumbling or getting flooded or burning Crumbling or getting flooded or burning Crumbling or getting flooded or burning Totes Living in this failed state Living in this failed state Our house is slipping down the hill a scooch in this failed state Our house is slipping down the hill a scooch in this failed state Don't mind me, hoss, you'll be OK. Don't mind me, hoss, you'll be OK. You'll be OK
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Student of the Danse The shit is going down. The shit is going down. Totentanz. Totentanz. Now dance while ye may. It's time to practice that Running Man. You'll need your glutes, your quads & your calves and hammies tight, nice. Dance now. Dance now. Dance now. Dance now. The shit is going down. Totentanz. The shit is going down. The shit is going down. Quench the Weltschmerz thirst right now. The shit is going down. Totentanz. Totentanz. Totentanz. Dance now because you won't be later. Now dance because you won't be later. Dance now now now now. Totentanz. Now dance while ye may. It's time to practice that Running Man. You'll need your glutes, your quads & your calves and hammies tight. Dance now. Now dance. Dance now. Now dance. Totentanz. Totentanz.
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Get the Picture Up She wouldn't hang. She wouldn't hang my picture. She wouldn't hang my picture in the embassy. OK, she's in charge of the embassy. She wouldn't hang it. It took, like, a year and a half for her to get the picture up. Get the picture up. Get the picture up. She said bad things about me, and she wouldn't defend me. She said bad things about me, and she wouldn't defend me. And I have the right to change an ambassador. And I have the right to change an ambassador. And I have the right to change an ambassador. Rudy didn't say good things, but he wasn't crazy about it, ya know. It wasn't like a major topic. But I have the right to change. But I have the right to change. She wouldn't hang my picture in the embassy. She wouldn't hang my picture in the embassy. She said bad things about me. She said bad things about me. She wouldn't hang it - get the picture up! She wouldn't hang it - get the picture up! She wouldn't hang it - get the picture up! She wouldn't hang it - get the picture up! This was an Obama person: wouldn't didn't wanna hang my picture in the embassy. It's standard: you put the President of the United States' picture in the embassy. This was not an angel, this woman, OK? And there are a lot of things she did that I didn't like. And there are a lot of things she did that I didn't like. And there are a lot of things she did that I didn't like.
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“Seize Them” Addendum I told my guards to seize them. Because I want answers. Power on, Selecticon. Feel the beams of energy. I got you in my sights. Boss made sure it was fingerprint-proof. Get your education on. There's gonna be some corpses. Power on, Selecticon. Feel the beams of energy. I got you in my sights. Boss made sure it was fingerprint-proof. A chalice full of Beaujolais. I'm thinking like Caligula. Unbroken & conscious. Twice as brutal, but 10x as cheap. We will be armed to the teeth. So you tell my guards to seize them. Power on, Selecticon. Feel the beams of energy. I got you in my sights. Boss made sure it was fingerprint-proof. I'm fucking shit up.
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“Wild Speculation” Addendum I was hired, now I'm wired. Over us, under us & around us. Now I'm wired. Don't be tired. Under us, over us & around us. Sliced to ribbons in the Consulate. Fingers first while still alive. Our best excuse is rogue killers. If you don't like it, you can stick it. Fill the bucket with bleach out the spigot. Our forensics specialists come cheap, But bonesaw complicit, that's the ticket to riches. We've got two thousand pieces for you to sleep tonight. I was hired, now I'm wired. I'm a monster.
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Concussion Tent Stick me in the concussion tent tonight. Stick me in the concussion tent alright. I just wanna pay a separate fee When I double my order for free tonight. So stick me in the concussion tent tonight. Stick me in the concussion tent alright – alright – tonight. On Route 22 when I drive through Cemetery Curve I seldom get the vertigo & white knuckle grip the steering wheel. Every time my doctor tells me to shut the fuck up When I ask her, one by one, if all those drugs are right for me. Coach, I'm kinda wobbly. Yo coach, I'm feeling kinda wobbly. Ten thousand blows to the head. Leading with the crown of the helmet – 15 yard penalty. Please lead me to the concussion tent on the sideline. Ya gotta stick me in the concussion tent. The concussion tent – alright alright. I just wanna pay a separate fee When I double my order for free tonight alright. Every time my doctor tells me to shut the fuck up When I ask her, one by one, if all those drugs are right for me. On Route 22 when I drive through Cemetery Curve I seldom get the vertigo & white knuckle grip the steering wheel. Well, not really vertigo, but something a bit vertigoey, And LOL, just kidding, I don't really have a doctor. Hey coach – hey coach Hey coach, I'm feeling kinda wobbly. Wobbly wobbly. Ten thousand blows to the head. Leading with the crown of the helmet – 15 yard penalty. 15 yards . . . 15 yards . . .
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FUBAR F . . . U . . . B . . . A . . . R . . . Pull a muscle – Pull a muscle – an involuntary muscle Beside the white eye sockets. F . . . U . . . B . . . A . . . R . . . You know what I'm talking about, The shit is FUBAR. What the fuck are we supposed to do now? Pull a muscle – Pull a muscle – an involuntary muscle Beside the white eye sockets. Cataclysmic shit happening right here in the U.S. Cataclysmic shit made right here in the USA (talk about a backdrop for all this FUBAR). Sure – all waterwheels with spikes. Sure – all waterwheels with spikes. Holy Spirit . . . Wash through me now . . .
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The New Regime Gorged on glazed ham and the metaphorical blood of the vanquished, “You don't put the palace in a blind trust; the palace is the whole point, And it's very photogenic. Did I mention the marble columns seemed at one point a little dated? How you like me now?” The new regime The new regime . . . R-U-I-N the artificial warmth is thin with frostbite gin; Did I mention your kith and kin? Go, fight, win, here comes the blight again A low, tight grin requires some discipline R-U-I-N come and smite me with violence Go, fight, win, here comes the blight again Here comes the blight again “How you like me now?” The new regime Loser Loser Loser I'll take things that are super white for two thousand, Alex. What are golf balls? What are tiny hands? What are tiny minds? What is pure as the driven snow? What is the new regime?
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Like A Magnet Hammer square pegs through round holes. Collect the saw dust created via the aforementioned process. As tinder, light it to get the pillars ablaze For the lulz, for the fucking lulz. Call me old, but I don't like it raining frogs. Pepe frogs and swastikas I don't think are a very good look for anything anywhere. And yet here we are – like a magnet.
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Rubin & Ed success! real estate! success! real estate! you've got to bring a friend to get into my seminar Rubin, you should go with Ed. I've got the secrets they don't want you to know I've got the secrets they don't want you to know success! real estate! success! real estate! I'll teach you things about equity no one else even knows but you've got to bring a friend to get into my seminar but you've got to bring a friend to get into my seminar success! real estate! success! real estate! BREAK AAAAAAAHHH AAAAAAAHHH you've got to bring a friend to get into my seminar Rubin, you should go with Ed. I've got the secrets they don't want you to know I've got the secrets they don't want you to know just wait until you see my podium I'm not giving anything away about that other than it will be a seminar first in hi-def 3D live tell your friends they've never seen anything like it because you've got to bring at least one to get into my seminar you've got to bring at least one friend to get into my seminar
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Subtweets You know those subtweets harsh my mellow. Just wanna lounge under a beach umbrella. But no, instead, I'll install FL Studio; I never use that DAW, but the updates are free, ya know? Probably rather just play guitar Even though the strings are so new from far. Did you see that? I switched up the diction. So now it's new. New from far does not equal far from new, Or far from you. What do I do? You know those subtweets harsh my mellow.

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12 personal favs, remixed a bit & remastered. there were others we wanted to include, but there's only so much space & there are music videos on youtube for those

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released June 11, 2022

J. Kaput & Ivana Kaput

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The Das Kaput Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

The Das Kaput are a Post Wave, Post Punk/Synth Punk, Electro duo from Bethlehem, PA .
Hard & softwares, stompboxes & plugins. Leftists J. Kaput & Ivana Kaput.

J. also does/was with: Wet Dentist (where Ivana will pop up here & there), We Are In Envelopes, Spokes (listed as Xspokes on BC, & fronted by Ivana), Das Mister, Scatterfilter, James Frank Jim Frank Jimmy Frank, RONG Button, Little Lippi.
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