Cover art featuring a grainy twilight headshot of Jill outside facing away from the camera toward a house in the background where the sunset pokes out. The title "JILL MCCRACKEN DEPENDENTS" lines the bottom.

Single

2025
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a relentless, spooky and very daptone groove keeps you company throughout dependents– a haunting song channeling childhood fear and clawing the way to self-reliance. thank god we get to grow up and be in charge of our own lives.

Songlist

dynamic song count
3:28

Pairs with

howling your heart out
Doodle of a wolf's head in profile howling upward

Lyrics

waiting on the curb, waiting in the car

no way to find out where you are

tiny little hearts beat a mile a minute

still still as the ignition with the key still in it

depend, depend, depend on your dependents

the end, the end, the ending to your sentence

out of your mind, out of your sight

when you're gone, i bark all night

before you left home, you filled up my bowl

you keep your companions under control

depend, depend, depend on your dependents

the end, the end, the ending to your sentence

descend, descend, descend on your descendants

depend, descend, depend, descend, depend, descend, depend

driver's license and a way to get out

i depend on me now

curious what i'm about

i depend on me now

college degree and a way to make money

i depend on me now

i'm not laughing if it's not funny

i depend on me now

four hundred five hundred miles between us

i depend on me now

imagine our family if you could have seen us

i depend on me now

big strong lungs to scream and shout

i depend on me now

ALL FOR LOVE, NEVER FOR CLOUT

I DEPEND ON ME NOW

Credits

Written by
Jill McCracken
Tracking
Andrew Oedel
Ghost Hit Recording
Mix
Andrew Oedel
Ghost Hit Recording
Strings arrangement
Shane Dylan
Lead vocals, background vocals
Jill McCracken
Drums, percussion, background vocals
Justin Martinez
Guitar, background vocals
Jason Oberstein
Bass guitar
Jordan Rabinowitz
Violin
Jondren Hwang
Cello
Chris Cho
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