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Reward For Effort

by House Deposit

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    Hand dubbed by Spoilsport Records on normal-bias clear tapes.
    J-cards handcut and folded by the band and Spoilsport Records.

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  • *SECOND RUN* SSR007 - Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Second run of tapes! Now on aqua blue! Limited edition of 30.

    Hand dubbed by Spoilsport Records on normal-bias tapes.
    J-cards handcut and folded by the band and Spoilsport Records.

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  • *THIRD RUN* SSR007 - Limited Edition Cassette - Surprise Alternate Covers
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Third run! Duped on 'old computer' coloured tapes. Limited to 20.

    There will be multiple alternate covers for this one with different houses on the front.

    Hand dubbed by Spoilsport Records on normal-bias tapes.
    J-cards handcut and folded by the band and Spoilsport Records.

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1.
i sit in the front seat i take two pills for two separate reasons i remember your face i recollect the mess i created the moment you left me i sit in the front seat i take two pills for two separate reasons cause it feels like i'm on cruise control these feelings are so stretched they're wearing thin like an old t-shirt found in a discount bin go to the beach, to the park, see a film filling holes that shouldn't exist maybe if i talked better - then we wouldn't feel like this i just need more time to do the things that i wanna do things we used to do together now i'll do me, and you do you cause it feels like i'm on cruise control
2.
so unorganised can't seem to keep it straight why don't you pack me up so i am easy freight? a new diary, a new mug a desk lamp, a picture frame i've got this faux belief that it will help me sleep flat pack my life so it's easier to carry cause i'm ikea dreaming scatter my room with plants to add a splash of green it'll help me think as i neglect to clean coloured folders, a calendar a pen cup, some sticky notes more things that i can get that'll disappear like the rest flat pack my life so it's easier to carry cause i'm ikea dreaming
3.
i dunno, i dunno why i act this way disconnect from my life, disconnect from the games i play broken heart - got a job, got a tote that says "sell your car" all alone in the dark in my room playing your guitar "it's okay, it's alright - it's okay, you can leave me here" haze of pseudoephedrine's gonna pass, it'll be all clear i dunno, i dunno why i act this way called my mum, she just said "sometimes life, it gets in the way" sometimes, somehow - life gets in the way
4.
City Strain 02:26
i'm so weary all the time can't seem to get a rest life keeps getting in the way of what i like to do best living near the city completely takes its toll all this hustle and bustle feels like a constant tussle my bones are sore and my head hurts the constant sound of chattering feels my ears like glass shattering can somebody help me sleep? so burnt out i'm feeling weak try to live day to day caffeinated on lattes come live in the thick of it there's so much you can check out gigs and shows 24/7 it chewed me up and spat me out constant stimulation i can't seem to look away i can't close my eyes without the fear that i'm missing out all the lights and white noise have me wired so regularly i'm half man and half machine walking around like routine i go out almost every night i regret it every day i find it hard to stay in bed when i hear the buzz of my friends city that never sleeps has rubbed off on me i take more care of my plants than my own body come live in the thick of it there's so much you can check out gigs and shows 24/7 it chewed me up and spat me out maybe i'll move back home take a break from all of it but i know that it won't last until i end up back again
5.
my life is high-strung, up like powerlines my life is stagnant, like i sleep in slime in the morning the sun warms my face sometimes i don't feel it when it's there i go for a walk along the merri creek i sit and watch the sun climb so high i think things are good between us now i think that you don't feel the same at all
6.
Reptiles 03:29
7.
Stay Home 03:07
sit in the car, radio on wondering if i'll even go one more song, maybe two finish the album and then i'll choose one u-turn away from home fake sick - they'll never know shaky hands, beating chest is it the car or am i just stressed? because sometimes, you gotta know when to not go because sometimes, it's easy just to stay at home walk down johnston, walk down smith all these people that i kind of know fake a wave, say a hello the faster i walk the faster i get home take long strides over cracks head down and never look back cosy room, dim lit desk better to stay rather than force it because sometimes, you gotta know when to not go because sometimes, it's easy just to stay at home
8.
another day in bed, depressed - i'm not well yet i'm trying to find a job somewhere close to my home it hits four o'clock, medication knocks me flat asleep in an old chair relaxed? it's a luxury i'm so scared of the future in my head it gets better my neighbours they own four cars and a caravan two-storey house white inner-north family i'm so scared of the future in my head it gets better one day maybe i'll buy a house

about

House Deposit openly grapple with their affairs. Melbourne-via-Sunbury-via-Coffs Harbour - the group have a soft spot for honesty.

Deeply inspired by The Chills, The Feelies and Melbourne dolewave, Meaghan invited Sam over one day to write a couple songs. They decided they couldn't be a band without long-time friend Dylan. Two drummers later, House Deposit was born under a roof that three of the members had lived beneath at various stages of their lives.

On this, their debut tape, the band chronicle a turbulent year:

The end of multiple relationships. Extensive time spent in furniture stores. Moving house (again). Anxiety. Severe depression. Self-medication. Unemployment. The enjoyment of your own company. The uncertainty of the future.

And a fabricated tale that by unbelievable coincidence (slightly) came true.

Energy expended. Experience gained. Reward For Effort.

credits

released October 25, 2019

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Calum Newton
Coburg / Thornbury / Footscray / Anglesea, 2019
Additional recording by Dan Oke

All songs written and performed by House Deposit
Saxophone on 'City Strain' and 'House Deposit' by David Oke

Those involved in the creation of this album would like to acknowledge these tracks were produced upon the lands of the Wurundjeri and Wathaurong people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded and a treaty never signed.

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House Deposit Melbourne, Australia

art by bridget chilver


house deposit is meag sam dyl dany

(on indefinite hiatus)

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