• conventional pop elements mixed with experimental electronica
  • low register vocals
  • simple, repeating lyrics

01 ‘Prologue’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. opening prologue states theme and lyric
  2. vox focus, minimal inst. backing (breath based inst ie harmonica, recorder etc)
  1. rattling drum chaos with melodic chords
  2. vox harmonies out of time with lead vox

03 ‘Weapons’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. dropped pitch vox as texture
  2. choral vox with shimmering volume effect

04 ‘Betray’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. half time beginning
  2. half time drums only, harmonic progression stays the same tempo

05 ‘Stay’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. piano line (verbed) hitting only key notes of the vocal melody as it is sung
  2. sung ‘stay’ sustained and morphed/merged into strings
  1. same vocal line repeated over the changing instrumental sections
  2. cymbal-less drums
  1. lonely vox (EQ effect)
  2. distortion sliding in and out – sounds like speaker distortion …
  1. rattling effected snare roll mirrored by tremelo effect on synth chords
  2. drum machine slows as a bridge into final section
09 ‘Stand’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. poly rhythms – 3/4 against 4/4
  2. operatic vox – typically lead inst as background harmony
10 ‘War’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. jittering strings enter, panning rapidly – serves as rhythm, instead of perc
  2. dbl and triple vox, hard panned – out of time with each other slightly

11 ‘Epilogue’ – At War With Walls And Mazes (2008) – Son Lux

  1. harmonica!
  2. processed vox as texture