Horchata

Music by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio / Lyrics by Ezra Koenig / Produced by Rostam Batmanglij

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  • Horchata
  • Horchata/Shots/Everlasting Arms
  • Horchata → New Dorp (Evil Parks)
  • Horchata → New Dorp
  • Lyrics

    In December, drinking horchata

    I’d look psychotic in a balaclava

    Winter’s cold is too much to handle

    Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals

    In December, drinking horchata

    Look down your glasses at that Aranciata

    With lips and teeth to ask how my day went

    Boots and fists to pound on the pavement

    Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten

    Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on

    You’d remember drinking horchata

    You’d still enjoy it with your foot on Masada

    Winter’s cold is too much to handle

    Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals

    Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten

    Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on

    Oh you had it but oh no you lost it

    Looking back you shouldn't have fought it

    In December, drinking horchata

    I’d look psychotic in a balaclava

    But winter’s cold is 2 much 2 handle

    Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals

    Years go by and hearts start to harden

    Those palms and firs that grew in your garden

    Are falling down and nearing the rosebeds

    The roots are shooting up through the tool shed

    Those lips and teeth that asked how my day went

    Are shouting up through cracks in the pavement

    Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten

    Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on

    Oh you had it but oh no you lost it

    You understood so you shouldn’t have fought it

    37 live recordings

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    7

    2020

    Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival

    Okeechobee, Florida, USA

    Jan

    9

    2020

    Enmore Theatre

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Dec

    4

    2019

    Radio 104.5 Movember Gala

    Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA

    Nov

    25

    2019

    La Riviera

    Madrid, Spain

    Nov

    19

    2019

    AFAS Live

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Nov

    16

    2019

    Le Zénith

    Paris, France

    Nov

    8

    2019

    Victoria Warehouse

    Manchester, England, UK

    Oct

    22

    2019

    Teatro Metropolitan

    Mexico City, Mexico

    Oct

    9

    2019

    Red Rocks Amphitheatre

    Morrison, Colorado, USA

    Sep

    15

    2019

    Music Midtown

    Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Sep

    4

    2019

    Mann Center for the Performing Arts

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Aug

    29

    2019

    Merriweather Post Pavilion

    Columbia, Maryland, USA

    Jul

    3

    2019

    Open’er Festival

    Gdynia, Poland

    Jun

    30

    2019

    Glastonbury Festival

    Glastonbury, England, UK

    Jun

    23

    2019

    Firefly Festival

    Dover, Delaware, USA

    Jun

    22

    2019

    Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre

    Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Jun

    16

    2019

    Huntingon Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Jun

    9

    2019

    The Armory

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    May

    5

    2019

    Webster Hall

    New York, New York, USA

    Mar

    21

    2019

    Earth

    London, England, UK

    Aug

    4

    2018

    Lollapalozza

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Jul

    29

    2018

    Fuji Rock

    Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan

    Jul

    21

    2018

    Splendour in the Grass

    Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

    Jan

    25

    2013

    Big Day Out Adelaide

    Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Jan

    18

    2013

    Big Day Out Sydney

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Oct

    6

    2012

    New Yorker Festival

    New York, New York, USA

    Jul

    15

    2012

    Pitchfork Music Festival

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Sep

    2

    2010

    In the Venue

    Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Jun

    25

    2010

    Glastonbury Festival

    Somerset, England, UK

    May

    23

    2010

    Radio 1’s Big Weekend

    Bangor, Wales, UK

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    25

    2010

    L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix

    Paris, France

    Jan

    7

    2010

    KCRW

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    Jan

    21

    2010

    Barnes & Noble Union Square

    New York, New York, USA

    Jan

    6

    2010

    Juan’s Basement

    Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Nov

    21

    2009

    Oxford Art Factory

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Oct

    23

    2009

    Soirée de Poche #12

    Paris, France

    Oct

    21

    2009

    Album de la Semaine

    Paris, France