shut up and listen

• last track on the album, continuation of first track on the album
• very short
• same chords, same melody, same chorus lyric, same tempo
• strings open the track
• hi hat subtly enters with beat (drum machine snr?)
• vox, verbed
• fem vox join as harmony
• synth bass joins for chorus
• vox: male/fem call and response
• starts to fade out as soon as the chorus starts

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. last track on the album, continuation of first track on the album – bookend the album
2. same chords, same melody, same chorus lyric, same tempo but different feel

• intro; synth drone, kik, piano, four count
• drums, synth bass, synth keys, strings, ac gtr, fem vox
• rapid two note off beat highlight
• male bvs harmonies
• bridge: changes key, up 3 steps. ending returns to original key

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. bridge: changes key, up 3 steps. ending returns to original key
   <capo 3rd fret> C Am F C – Eb Cm (G bridging chord) – C Am F C
   I VIm V I  – (up 3 steps) I VIm  – bridging chord: III major (new key)/V major (old key) – (down 3 steps) I VIm V I
2. rapid two note off beat highlight

• ambient noise from previous track
• elc gtr picking, 3/4 time
• distant verbed hi hat
• vox
• bass, strings, piano
• staccato(?) violin – like ‘godfather’ italian drama
• perc, bass and beat drops out
• bass returns, re-establishing beat
• slowdown, decelerando ending

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. distant, verbed (warehouse) percussion against intimate vox – lonely feel
2. staccato(?) violin – like ‘godfather’ italian drama

• piano stabbing – Am (like church’s ‘all i know’)
• hi hat joins, vox enters
• kik, snr – tuplets?
• distant organ/synth
• bass, elc gtr enter after 2 lines of first verse
• elc gtr stabs match snr tuplets, big verbed sfx/stab every few bars, fem bv match snr too
• bridge: drums drop out except for 4 on the floor kik, synth bass reinforces bass line, synth keys build
• elc gtr stabs wait for first line of verse before entering
• middle (between 2nd verse and 1st chorus): single chord instrumental build
• chorus: ‘ooh, we used to wait’ repeated, multi vox
  drums, bass, synth keys,
• verse, bridge, chorus without build this time
• after chorus breakdown; bass, kik, synth strings, vox, all build ….
• final section is half a bar short
  1234 1234 1234 12
  AmC AmC F C D5
• sudden finish, piano stabbing, delayed, fades out
• ambient noise (train interior?) crosses into next track

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. elc gtr stabs match snr tuplets, big verbed sfx/stab every few bars, fem bv match snr too
2. middle (between 2nd verse and 1st chorus): single chord instrumental build

• 6/8 or 12/8 again
• ac gtr and drums, vox beginning
• delay on 4th snr
• piano and cellos/horns enter
• one note piano riff – on the snr beat – reminiscent of police’s ‘every breath’
• synth noises, synth/elc gtr sample? doing triplets (actually on the beat)
• chorus: elc gtr and strings enter
• cymbals splashes
• elc gtr – 2 note riff/solo

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. one note piano riff – on the snr beat – reminiscent of police’s ‘every breath’
2. elc gtr – 2 note riff/solo