Ultraklystron - Romance Language
All tracks written, performed, mixed, recorded and produced by Karl Olson, except for "shoujo n' shonen," which was written and performed by Karl Olson, Danielle Prokop and David Cheong, and was recorded, mixed and produced by Karl Olson and David Cheong.
Copyright 2007.
Romance Language tackles some different ground for nerdcore. The main focus of the disc is an 11 song arc about romance, love and various other things in that vein. Musically, everything from classic hiphop to crunk to grimecore to ambient/hiphop fusion is in play, likely much to dismay of perspective listeners. Meanwhile, the bonus tracks feature some remastered rarities from the RhymeTorrents compilations, some remixes (or perhaps rather premixes) of songs that'll be featured on Opensource Lyricist and some songs that ultimately didn't fit the flow of Opensource Lyricist or the arc nor of Romance Language. It clocks in 20 tracks officially, though there might be a few hidden tracks too ;). It's 8 bucks including S&H.

Critical Praise for Romance Language:
"Karl Olson weaves a complex web of sense images in his work [...] you won't be disappointed." - Z, Hipster Please!.

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Songs:
broken sutures - lyrics
girls with glasses - lyrics
cosplay-free saturday - lyrics
shoujo n' shonen (feat. nursehella & baddd spellah) - lyrics
hearts bangin - lyrics
well that's moe - lyrics
chocolat cay-kee - lyrics
amour - lyrics
sunlight - lyrics
home - lyrics
girls with glasses (reprise) - lyrics
front to the back (k-beam remix) - lyrics
so long kids (remix) - lyrics
scenester blues (remaster) - lyrics
opensource lyricist (remix) - lyrics
the mind explodes (remaster) - lyrics
cuteness (remix) - lyrics
gleam - lyrics
hit reply (remix) - lyrics
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Copyright 2007 Karl Olson
Sunlight
by Karl Olson

v1.
People say to me: "Karl Olson, you're biased"
I say unto them: "Why don't you try this:"
Talk to her about the things that we nerds enjoy
Disregard the fact that she also dates a boy
And talk about the Marvel Civil War and the Jedi
And then you might just have a glimpse of why
I count her as a confidant, inspite of her smoking
Normally I can't handle that, I end up choking
Some say I'm in love, but that cannot work
There are incongruencies between our quirks
And of course the cigarettes seem to ruin a kiss
So there's another reason I support this miss
And it's because she's quite nice - opened up her doors
Gave me extra blankets when I slept on her floor
If you knew her for real, you would get my logic
And it ain't got nothing to with the erotic

ch.
Ever since I have met her, I've been stunned
By her warmth, don't see why would one would shun
Such a lovely girl away, who loves cool anime
And who can be the sunlight on a cloudy day.
(x2)

v2.
But still people playa hate, and I can't tolerate
Besides I'd rather see those folks stand and create
I'd rather hear a new track from them / Instead to keep from attackin them
I sew my mouth shut with a hem / To stave off all the hatred stems
I try to write words positive and poetic
I try to rise above the base and make new aestetics
She might have rich tastes - Westwood and Versace
But understand, she's my number 1 tomodachi
You must comprehend, every moment that she lives
She defines life her own way, even tryin' to forgive
Though people won't let her, it's nauseating
I want to opt out from the whole scene, to stop creating
Just hide away with her and have a wonderful time
To have true innocence rather than the grime
Of pointless mudslinging that does nothing but stink
I want to save her like Zelda - to be her Link

br.
Meanwhile, the playa-haters can have the scene
They can have their compilations and bitter lean
I choose to opt out, now and forever
I'll I switch genres to something better

(ch.)x2