It Ain't Good to Be in Love with You

from Outlaw the Dead by E.G. Phillips

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This is the first single of a new EP songwriter and frontman for the infamous fake band “Ducks With Pants” E.G. Phillips will be releasing in the fall of 2023. It’s the second project he has recorded at Wally’s HydeOut in Hyde Street Studios of San Francisco. He’s accompanied by members of the RnB and psych rock outfit Seal Party, who are also former members of the progressive punk band Griddle.

Although it leads with a slyly and subversively distorted guitar, with its soulful B3 organ, lushly stacked horns, and a powerful tenor sax solo that really “digs in,” this track feels like a throwback to the big band era.

The inspiration for this track was the orange apocalyptic veil San Francisco found itself under a few years back, something the East Coast recently experienced as well. (E.G. had nothing to do with that — it was in no way a promotional gimmick for this track and E.G. was no near Canada when those fires started)

"The weirdness of that experience was what got this song started and as I was writing the first verse the phrase 'the last words that I heard from your lips' was just one of those things that seems to come out of nowhere, but immediately feels right and tells you were the song needs to go, with an implicit question that needs to be answered before it's over."
- E.G.

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The suffocating sky
Won’t yield no light
The hazy hue hides
All sun and shine

It’s been an all day eclipse
With hints of apocalypse
It’s the last words
I heard from your lips

It Ain’t Good To Be In Love With You
It Ain’t Good To Be In Love With You

I was standing up on stage
With so many thanks to say
When I came to your name
I saw you walk away

Was it a slip of my tongue?
Was your praise better unsung?
Something about your departure
Really stung

It Ain’t Good To Be In Love With You
It Ain’t Good To Be In Love With You

I tried to apologize
In case you thought it a slight
But it didn’t quite feel right
When you smiled and said good night

A mistake taken as disrespect?
Or case of my benign neglect?
Maybe you didn’t know
You had that kind of effect

It Ain’t Good To Be In Love With You
It Ain’t Good To Be In Love With You

credits

from Outlaw the Dead, track released July 14, 2023
Written by E.G. Phillips
Recorded at Wally's HydeOut, Hyde Street Studio C in San Francisco

Recorded by Gary Hobish
Mixed by Chris McGrew and Jaimeson Durr
Mastered by Gary Hobish, A. Hammer Mastering

Produced by Chris McGrew

Featuring:
E.G. Phillips — vocals
Ethan Levitt — tenor sax
Christopher Fortier — guitar, electric bass
Kevin Seal — keys
Chris McGrew — percussion

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E.G. Phillips San Francisco, California

E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence.

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