shut up and listen

• fastest, noisiest rocker on the album
• noise intro – ‘1234’ vox count in
• distorted elc gtr, one chord intro
• drums, bass in from start too, vox enters
• lyric: ‘two thousand nine, two thousand ten, want to make a record of how i felt then’
• about three quarters in, organ does semitone (flattened) tonic, changing key

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. ‘1234’ vox count in – when track is clearly not an ensemble of players
2. about three quarters in, organ does semitone, flattened tonic

• picked elc gtr intro, verbed – Beatle-esque sound
• drums (toms), bass enter, ac gtr, distant solo elc gtr
• vox enter, bvs in chorus
• lyric: ‘And my old friends, I can remember when
  You cut your hair
  We never saw you again
  Now the cities we live in
  Could be distant stars
  And I search for you
  In every passing car’
• big middle: full drums, elc gtr, piano thumping
• big finish: new beat, tom based – faster?

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. picked elc gtr intro, verbed – Beatle-esque sound
2. pause then big finish: new beat, tom based – faster?

• hi string sustain from previous track
• synth bass pulse, kik, rattling maracca, string melody
• vox enters, all drop out except bass and kik
• big gtr chords
• breakdown:
• great synth pulse/delay

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. companion or sequel to previous track
2. great synth pulse/delay

• fades in
• strumming elc gtr, strings, synth bass, ac gtr, kik/tom, triangle?
• 1st verse: fem vox
• 2nd verse: male vox (fem vox double)
• cello/string section finale, doubled with indistinct vox
• high string sustains into next track

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. cello/string section finale, doubled with indistinct vox
   state melody first, then add vox but keep low in mix, lyrics unintelligible
2. accent with highest possible notes eg. triangle

• organ/strings continue from previous track
• elc gtr riff enters, bass follows precisely
• riffs on 2 chords, sliding from the tonic to the 4th and back
• handclaps (no snr) and kik
• chorus vox: fem harmonies, verbed

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. riffs on 2 chords, sliding from the tonic to the 4th and back
2. bass, gtr and kik/tom all on the riff