• spoken word samples as basis for lead vox and/or song structure
  • melodic yet down tempo, rather than emotively strident
  • ‘recitative’ – singing in rhythms of ordinary speech (Sprechgesang)
  • sometimes pitches are not emphasised (monotone or sprechstimme )

01 ‘A Little Longing Goes Away’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. artificial tremelo effect – like Butthole Surfers ‘The Hurdy Gurdy Man’
  2. stops suddenly

02 ‘Be Good To Them Always’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. spoken samples used as template for song structure
  2. kik – sounds like basketball bouncing
  3. great riff – call & response (possibly using delay)

03 ‘ Vogt Dig For Kloppervok’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. portamento (sliding between notes)
  2. tremelo vocal effect – like butthole surfers ‘hurdy gurdy man’
  3. ducking

04 ‘ Smells Like Content’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. a lot of words delivered very quickly
  2. 4 chord pattern in 7 bars
    1 / / 2 / / 3 / / 4 / /  / / /  / / /  :

05 ‘It Never Changes To Stop’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. voice breaks – keep a flaw/mistake, make it a central point of focus
  2. lyric: repeat a point but worded slightly differently – as i do in everyday speech

06 ‘An Animated Description of Mr. Maps’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. drum accents match spoken word accents from a certain point
  2. do the above with singing

07 ‘Venice’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. score an existing narrative – documentary? news story?
  2. music cuts right on the final word of narrative

08 ‘None But Shining Hours’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. gtr riff in 3s against a 4/4 rhythm
  2. ripping sfx beat, rhythmic atmos

09 ‘If Not Now, Whenever’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. layers of spoken word samples, overlapping
  2. switching from 3/4 to 4/4 and back again

10 ‘An Owl With Knees’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. plucking, delay, gtr rhythm
  2. chords and vox together, on 1s
11 ‘Twelve Fold Chain’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  1. shuffling background noise adds atmosphere – is it a loop?
  2. crackling ‘percussion’ – vinyl surface noise as rhythm