Name: Olivia Rainmaker
Duration: P00H03M17S
Description: Meet Olivia Rainmaker: the first single from The Mike Benign Compulsion's fifth album, "Bygones." Shiny, lush, big and bouncy with a twinge of melancholy. Fans of artists like XTC, Crowded House, Jellyfish, Squeeze and a certain four Liverpudlians will feel right at home.

Olivia Rainmaker

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Meet Olivia Rainmaker: the first single from The Mike Benign Compulsion's fifth album, "Bygones." Shiny, lush, big and bouncy with a twinge of melancholy. Fans of artists like XTC, Crowded House, Jellyfish, Squeeze and a certain four Liverpudlians will feel right at home.

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OLIVIA RAINMAKER
She says “I’ve got to think you’ve seen this enough
To know what was coming next”
But it’s someone else’s tragedy until it’s yours

Olivia Rainmaker you sold me
Olivia Rainmaker you soaked me
It’s the end of the road
And I don’t have a clue what to do with you

I say “I’ve got a bag of time tested tricks
Sit down, let me walk you through
All the battlefields and all the ones who moved along
I can take a beating or so I’ve proven
I can bite my tongue and hold my breath
I’ve got tricks and techniques you haven’t seen yet”

Words and Music by Mike Benign
©2019 Varicose Music (BMI)
All rights reserved

Mike Benign – Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Piano
Joe Vent – Guitar, Vocals
Paul Biemann – Bass, Vocals, Guitar, Autoharp, Piano, Percussion
Michael Koch – Drums, Vocals
Kevan Oberdorf - Trumpet

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released August 29, 2019

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The Mike Benign Compulsion Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Mike Benign Compulsion:

Four pop rock vets from Milwaukee, Wisconsin with pretty decent musical pedigrees who know their way around a song.

mikebenigncompulsion.com

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Bygones

Sep 2019
Olivia Rainmaker

Aug 2019
Kid

May 2017
The Best Years of Our Lives

Jul 2016
Here's How It Works

Mar 2014
Haley Daley

Feb 2014
Bombs Away, Broomhilda

Dec 2013
Martha

Feb 2012
Parade

Sep 2012
My Michelle

May 2011
All The Married People

Mar 2011

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