shut up and listen

• spooky electronic ‘animal’ noises
• picking elc gtr riff, delayed hard left
• percussion; congas, bongos
• vox
• fast (staccato?) strings with gtrs enter, dramatic melody, then pull out
• shuddering, pitch dropping, white noise at a slower tempo
• cello line
• repeat whole structure?
• then violin enters
• character from previous song
• violin enters, bass drops out before final crescendo
• ends with percussion and elc animal noises only, fading out

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. spooky electronic ‘animal’ noises
2. shuddering, pitch dropping, white noise at a slower tempo

• bass and drums (snr is a little roll), elc rhythm gtr, accented
• piano; verbed, delayed moody sprinkles
• chord change: elc gtr howling and groaning
• 2 chord song – Am, F (Key of C)
• violin enters in latter stages
• howling at the end
• piano starts fast hammering
• everything drops out one by one

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. (snr is a little roll)
2. everything drops out one by one

• starts with bass, drums, piano, some horn flourishes
• wandering bass
• drums: toms and ride, handclaps
• piano chords, tumbling on the 1s
• vox enters
• horn riff builds
• section 2: horns out, violin riff enters, chord changes underneath
• horn riff re-enters
• section 3: back to start instrumentation, piano riff
• horn riff re enters
• snare enters as punctuation
• vox: call and response; delayed distant repeat of lead vox, line by line
• drums and bass drop out, leaving horn riff and hand claps
• structure: 4 sections
  1: Bbm riff
  2: Ab, Bbm, Ab, Bbm, Gb, Ab, Bbm,
  Ab, Bbm, Ab, Bbm, Ab, Gb, Ab, Bbm etc
  3. Bbm, Fm, Bbm, Fm
  4. return to Bbm riff

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. vox: call and response; delayed distant repeat of lead vox, line by line
2. section 2: horns out, violin riff enters, chord changes underneath

• all in from start; ac gtr, bass, drums,
• change of chord as vox enters
• verse lyric is prediction/fact, using two different ‘voices’;
  ‘there will be no rain / and there was no rain
  there will be no shame / and there was no shame
  all will be explained / and all was presently explained’ etc.
• chorus: multi vox
• ‘this road is my road, this road is your road, this road is …’ pause, all stop ‘our road’
  then all start again
• violin joins second verse
• middle: change gear to 3/4 time, heavy elc gtrs
• third verse: response bvs
  ‘there will be no remorse / and there was no remorse / [no remorse]
  ‘there will be no use of force / and there was no use of force / [use of force]

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. verse lyric is prediction/fact, using two different ‘voices’;
   ‘there will be no rain / and there was no rain
   there will be no shame / and there was no shame
   all will be explained / and all was presently explained’ etc.
2. middle: change gear to 3/4 time

• narrative, themed album
• use of different ‘voices’ for different characters and points of view
• atmospheric, unusual instrumentation