Archive for January, 2012
- long ending: holding chord, bass line solo, snr/kik on beat, distorted elc gtr, bvs, whistling doubled
- snr doubled loosely; phasing? delayed to drift in and out of time?
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- snr doubled loosely; phasing? delayed to drift in and out of time?
- whistling, doubled
- vox harmonies, wordless, verbed
- gtr and brushed percussion join
- full vox verse – some slipping into falsetto
- melody line doubled by ac gtr
- chorus: ‘So many foreign worlds
So relatively fucked
So ready for us
So ready for us’
bass, ac gtr, snr on beat and harmonised falsetto vox
- ends suddenly – sort of – remainder is labelled a new track
next track continues performances, and harmonic content
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- begin with vox harmonies, wordless, verbed
- ends suddenly – sort of – remainder is labelled a new track
next track continues performances, and harmonic content
- keys or vox or sustained gtr chords cut in & backwards notes
- ac gtr strums (2 strings) on beat, with kik
- vox enter, doubled falsetto
- 2nd verse: drums join (kik snr only)
- vox: doubled and 2 part harmony
- middle: ‘would you really rush out’
strum/beat stops
- call & response: ‘for me now’
- ends with loops of backwards notes and plinky gtr
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- loops of backwards notes and plinky gtr; start and end
- middle: ‘would you really rush out’
strum/beat stops
call & response: ‘for me now’
- knocking gtr sounds
- single strums, on chord changes
- vox falsetto harmonies
- background sirens
- chorus: 2nd gtr strums on beat
‘what might have been lost’
complex overlap of 2 lines of melody/vox
- chaotic drums at the end – like fireworks
- act II: coda, refrain of song start
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- single gtr strums, on chord changes, on beat for chorus
- ‘what might have been lost’
‘don’t bother me’
complex overlap of 2 lines of melody/vox

- ac gtr, doubled – sounds kinda distant
- vox, doubled – switching from falsetto and full voice
- hand claps and minimal percussion (ie kik)
- ends with plinky gtr afterthoughts
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- double every part
- vox – switching from falsetto and full voice
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