shut up and listen

• chirpy gtr solo opening
• bright breezy synth chords (quite a contrast to prev. trk)
• vox enters with strange percussion (firework? bursting balloon?)
• vox is emotive but monotonish – modulating around two or three notes)
• gtr solo returns as verbed out back ground
• bass and drums kick in with chorus
• chorus has harmonised vox
• 2nd verse features extra vox – doubles harmonies call + response
• v 3 backing fades out over time
• chorus: all back in again
• whole track fades out

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. monotone vox over rich chords
2. strange percussion – balloon bursting/fireworks

• siouxsie and the banshees sample – lead gtr loop + vox
• creates a party/crowd feel
• breakdown before merging into ‘glass table girls’
• transition is a funky repeat + pitch drop of vox
• 2nd half is a solo vox over a bass heavy pattern
  all melodic richness is gone
  lots of swearing

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. transition is a funky repeat + pitch drop of vox
2. stitch 2 songs together to make one

• processed vox loop
• lead vox starts with EQ & verb
• last line of chorus vox ends with delay

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. processed vox loop
2. last line of chorus vox ends with delay

• great intro – oscillating tremelo tone panning around
• drops out with arrival of watery submerged beat, and organ, vox
• beat is very verby as is vox
• beat filter sweeps up as intro to main beat
• main heavy beat, splashy slap ‘snr’ is wide stereo double
• vox delays

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. great intro – oscillating tremelo tone panning around
2. watery submerged beat

• melodic yet dark – vocal focused
• heavily produced – interesting beats & instrumentation
• concept/narrative album
• adult language and concepts