in our vision of this world these guys live out in the foothills and are threatened not by floodwater, as in Gormenghast, but by landslides, as in The Control of Nature (John McPhee).
I keep dipping into your stuff (I'm very fond of Gormenghast as well, I've even got some songs knocking around somewhere that are directly inspired by it), but this is the first one I've listened to closely...
You guys are growing on me - you've got something that makes me keep coming back, and it's not just Mr Peake!
Faved :-)
Original working title was something like, "And after six years I finally understood why they sing in the streets here, and could go home." It's sort of about anonymity in the modern city. If that sounds pretentious, that's because it is.
(they were armed cars -- though it's a post-peak oil world somehow i still have everyone driving cars everywhere. so much for concept album, geez al. also, the lyric was intended to be "two armed cars", but it's funny to picture "two-armed cars". they might also be, as xkcd would have it, "sweet ass-cars").
It's funny you should say that; I realized during recording that I subconsciously ripped the main motif from "In Limbo". Most of the melodies are based on 12-tone contrapuntal transformations of the first 4 notes, and I think that's also how most of the melodies in "In Limbo" were developed, so a bunch of fragments in this song end up matching fragments in that one...
For some reason I remembered this song saying "on your side" and not "online", and wanted to cover it in really bombastic (maybe sort of Weezer-esque) fashion if I ever (magically) became competent at guitar and drums (without practicing).
This song came to mind upon hearing about the extremely small Christian population in Japan. In a recent poll, only 30 percent of the Japanese population claim a religious affiliation, and only one percent, Christian.
Just a simple mix, and the…
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1. Chicago's L announcement guy is the best, the Minneapolis chick is just average.
3. Do they do crazy things on the Hiawatha line like on the L? I mean, like, decorated trains for the holidays (they have a whole "Santa's Sleigh" train, which is awesome). Also, drivers that say weird creepy stuff over the intercom on Valentine's Day (that one may not have been an officially sanctioned program).
2. Cool song, nice groove.
(is your username a dark tower reference or is cuthbert your name or something?) the transition into the non-beat-y section of this feels really familiar, i don't know why. anyhow, it sounds really nice!
Random thoughts on your album.
1. For a while I kept reading the title of this album/song as "tunesight" and I thought "that sounds like it might be full of synths and drum machines", and I didn't listen to it for a while, sort of because I was busy but also sort of because of the title, which wasn't actually its title.
2. When I picture you making music I picture you in a room with at least one whole side and maybe part of the ceiling made of window, with sun pouring in, but somehow there isn't glare anywhere and you don't have to wear sunglasses inside, because, seriously. Anyway, my point is that this room is warm, and not because the heater is on. And you pull down a trusty sun-faded uke from the wall and start playing into an invisible microphone connected to an invisible MacBook running Linux. Or maybe BSD. NetBSD. *Invisible* NetBSD.
3. So it's natural, then, that you're in LA. Is it cheating to do a February music challenge in LA?
Ha, I just faved three straight tracks on your album. This one because I like the tune, and it somehow sounds like a cross between lots of bands I like.
Comments on Al's left hand's stuff
I can't believe you changed your name *again* lol
I love the drums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup, its damn fine man
Love the energy on this. Very infectious.
i love how literate you guys are.
great, reminds me of u.s. maple!
intently crafted orchestral opera
anachronism is my favorite tone, and you guys are masters at conveying non contemporization.
nice one
Great track! Love the music, need to see the lyrics....
I keep dipping into your stuff (I'm very fond of Gormenghast as well, I've even got some songs knocking around somewhere that are directly inspired by it), but this is the first one I've listened to closely... You guys are growing on me - you've got something that makes me keep coming back, and it's not just Mr Peake! Faved :-)
Very full and most interesting track indeed!
Good song! Poor Jess, feel better soon.
great sound youve got here
this rules! cool.
WOW This one was awesome...has that good old rock n roll sound...to me anyway! Joan
An excellent album.....i will check out the rest
(they were armed cars -- though it's a post-peak oil world somehow i still have everyone driving cars everywhere. so much for concept album, geez al. also, the lyric was intended to be "two armed cars", but it's funny to picture "two-armed cars". they might also be, as xkcd would have it, "sweet ass-cars").
I really like this. Her voice is great for this song.
Brilliant love that organ
Comments made by Al's left hand
@fudgetusk Sort of -- I imagine we got to the weirdness similar ways (i.e. naturally by being weird people).
Widow/kiddo is the best rhyme I've heard in an RPM album this year and it's not close.
Vocal sound is flat-out badass!
I heard the first couple bars of this and thought, "What dark magic is this?" Then hit the "about" tab. Harmonic minor harmonica! Brilliant!
I want to write an arrangement of this for the choir at my church. Are those diminished chords near the end?
It's funny you should say that; I realized during recording that I subconsciously ripped the main motif from "In Limbo". Most of the melodies are based on 12-tone contrapuntal transformations of the first 4 notes, and I think that's also how most of the melodies in "In Limbo" were developed, so a bunch of fragments in this song end up matching fragments in that one...
At the beginning I thought, "The over-indulgence really isn't as grotesque as all that." Then the middle came.
For some reason I remembered this song saying "on your side" and not "online", and wanted to cover it in really bombastic (maybe sort of Weezer-esque) fashion if I ever (magically) became competent at guitar and drums (without practicing).
Regarding this song's description -- If we only look for what is missing, we will often miss what is.
The sound and words and playing and singing style all work together really well here.
This is hi-larious.
hehe.
Nice guitar playing, keeps the beat going without being simplistic, and some really great moments vocally!
1. Chicago's L announcement guy is the best, the Minneapolis chick is just average. 3. Do they do crazy things on the Hiawatha line like on the L? I mean, like, decorated trains for the holidays (they have a whole "Santa's Sleigh" train, which is awesome). Also, drivers that say weird creepy stuff over the intercom on Valentine's Day (that one may not have been an officially sanctioned program). 2. Cool song, nice groove.
Yay, some single-reeds! Also, you did more singing than usual (on the album generally)! Cool!
(is your username a dark tower reference or is cuthbert your name or something?) the transition into the non-beat-y section of this feels really familiar, i don't know why. anyhow, it sounds really nice!
Moar like SEXUAL congress time is sexy time, amirite?
Random thoughts on your album. 1. For a while I kept reading the title of this album/song as "tunesight" and I thought "that sounds like it might be full of synths and drum machines", and I didn't listen to it for a while, sort of because I was busy but also sort of because of the title, which wasn't actually its title. 2. When I picture you making music I picture you in a room with at least one whole side and maybe part of the ceiling made of window, with sun pouring in, but somehow there isn't glare anywhere and you don't have to wear sunglasses inside, because, seriously. Anyway, my point is that this room is warm, and not because the heater is on. And you pull down a trusty sun-faded uke from the wall and start playing into an invisible microphone connected to an invisible MacBook running Linux. Or maybe BSD. NetBSD. *Invisible* NetBSD. 3. So it's natural, then, that you're in LA. Is it cheating to do a February music challenge in LA?
This would be perfect music for a Brad Neely short, in every way.
Ha, I just faved three straight tracks on your album. This one because I like the tune, and it somehow sounds like a cross between lots of bands I like.