Brisbane’s well-favoured proto-pop princes Skinny Jean return from a year i… Read Full Bio ↴Brisbane’s well-favoured proto-pop princes Skinny Jean return from a year in the studio to give their city a sneak preview of their highly anticipated forthcoming album The Diving Saucer Returns from a World Where the Sun Never Shines.

In twelve months of deepening obscurity, Skinny Jean begot three children: a boy, a girl, and an album. In all the resplendent wankery the band admits to represent, they have chosen a title as elongated as it is indicative. The Diving Saucer Returns from a World Where the Sun Never Shines heralds the captivating return of the four-piece.
Contrasting analogue production with shiny new electronic appendages, they have slowly crafted a work that is both warm and slick. In typical Skinny Jean fashion, the album showcases songs that deeply contrast each other. After the nation-wide critical acclaim that their first album Dolce Doggerel generated, the band has sought to eclipse that full-length attempt from 2009.

They spent twelve long months in exotic Moorooka at Stephen Bartlett’s Docking Station studios. Amid the bleak metropolitan setting a diverse array of songs gestated. The songs were recorded directly to tape through analogue gear and mastered to vinyl. Using this production aesthetic, the band quickly discovered the positive effect recording to tape had on their sound and performances.
Skinny Jean will imminently be releasing the first 3 cuts from The Diving Saucer Returns from a World Where the Sun Never Shines online and marking the occasion with their comeback show on August 4, 2012 at the Visy Theatre, New Farm.

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Aliens
Skinny Jean Lyrics

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My world is ending, how about you?
I've got a million things to do
I've had coffee at the same old place
The sun is dipping into the depths of space

The aliens told me that I had a chance
(Take me up from a zoo in France)
They'd take me back to Planet Rave

I'd rather get crushed in a tidal wave... with you babe

We get bored, we buy skinny jeans
We get paralysed up to our knees
They don't have gold: we get xenophobic
We get high - addicted to aerobics

The aliens told me that I had a chance
(Take me up from a zoo in France... sound nice this time of year)
They'd take me back to Planet Rave
I'd rather get crushed in a tidal wave

The aliens told me that I had a chance
(Take me up from a zoo in France, Europe... I've never been there but you know they'd)
Take me back (to Planet Rave)
To wherever they came from
I dunno
A UFO
Oh, oh, oh
Great wailing mothers of the apocalypse
And Horsemen Four, no more!

Put me in a UFO, a ME-F-O
Oh no!

Overall Meaning

The song Aliens by Skinny Jean's features lyrics that depict an individual who feels as if their world is coming to an end, while simultaneously expressing their desire to be abducted by aliens and taken to Planet Rave. The track uses a variety of punchy metaphors to describe the singer's experiences and perceptions, such as the sun dipping into the depths of space and getting high on aerobics. While the concept of being abducted by aliens may seem absurd to some, the lyrics communicate a desire for escape from the mundanity of everyday life and an opportunity for adventure.

The chorus of the song, "The aliens told me that I had a chance, (take me up from a zoo in France), They'd take me back to Planet Rave, I'd rather get crushed in a tidal wave... with you babe," depicts the singer's conflicted emotions regarding their desire to be abducted. Although they are intrigued by the possibility of being taken to another world, they ultimately decide that they would rather face potential disaster with those they care about than be alone on an alien planet.

Line by Line Meaning

My world is ending, how about you?
I'm feeling depressed and hopeless. How about you? Do you feel the same way?

I've got a million things to do
I'm very busy and have a lot of tasks to complete.

I've had coffee at the same old place
I've been sticking to my usual routine, including going to the same coffee shop as always.

The sun is dipping into the depths of space
The sun is setting, indicating the end of the day and potentially reflecting my mood of things closing or ending.

The aliens told me that I had a chance
I had an encounter with aliens who offered me some kind of opportunity.

(Take me up from a zoo in France)
This was a specific offer to remove me from a particular location, a zoo in France.

They'd take me back to Planet Rave
The opportunity was to go back to an extraterrestrial place called Planet Rave.

I'd rather get crushed in a tidal wave... with you babe
Despite the offer, I have no interest in going and would rather face some kind of natural disaster with you, my romantic partner.

We get bored, we buy skinny jeans
When we are feeling uninspired, we often resort to shopping and consuming material goods like skinny jeans.

We get paralysed up to our knees
This overconsumption and focus on material goods can have a negative impact on us, leading to feeling stuck or helpless.

They don't have gold: we get xenophobic
When we don't have enough resources or feel threatened, we become fearful and hate those who are different from us, such as aliens.

We get high - addicted to aerobics
We also tend to turn to things like exercise or drugs to cope with these negative feelings, sometimes leading to unhealthy addictive behaviors.

To wherever they came from
The aliens offered to take me back to their home planet, wherever that may be.

I dunno
I'm uncertain about the situation or the offer I received from the aliens.

A UFO
The aliens' mode of transportation is a UFO, or unidentified flying object.

Great wailing mothers of the apocalypse
This is an exclamation of fear or shock, potentially about the events of the world ending mentioned earlier.

And Horsemen Four, no more!
This is a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, but implying a desire for them to stop or go away.

Put me in a UFO, a ME-F-O
Despite my uncertainty, I make a request to be put in the UFO, using a humorous and casual term for it in ME-F-O.

Oh no!
This is another expression of fear or uncertainty about the situation or the offer received from the aliens.

Contributed by Caden K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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