Lately I've been delving into a post modern/rock (however less pretentious you like it) in the form of TV on the Radio, Cloud Cult, Wolf Parade, the like. Mostly TV on the radio because their writing style is better, and man, a voice like that delivers so well. Musically, however, they're like Interpol in that most of the variation comes in the forms of Drums and Guitars. However, they're also pretty organic - they take advantage of whistling, claps, doo wops, albeit not in the same happy twee manner as Suburban Kids wbn. It'a bit eerie, i think, and nice change of pace.
Not to say they're musically simple. They incorporate jazz themes - which I unfortunately learned in my tenure of my first quarter - just with very minimal work. But man, the lyrics and delivery. Two of the golden trinity of music. A bit dark, a bit tortured they're are. One of the songs i particularly fancy is Ambulance - the lyrics there are great. A good thing to do is always to feature opposite and contrasts, which Ambulance does.
I will be your accident if you will be my ambulance
I will be your screech and crash if you will be my crutch and cast
And I will be your one more time if you will be my one last chance
Oh look how dark and tortured is that. They may be isolating with their indie alternative post jazz modern whatever genre, but boy are their lyrics still about love. Maybe that's just how distant it is sometimes!
Thursday
Monday
A few samplings.
As we head into a better era of recording, i.e. a basement, MATWI has taken the liberty of actually trying to record vocals.
And that's our first problem, trying.
In any case, we had a lot of fun doing it ourselves, and I've taken the liberty to load up a few songs from a very impromptu jam session.
A Cruise
Nobody Does it Better
Cloudy Day
A Cruise is a new song where Ben heard the music in a dream. Exciting! He could expound on it if he likes. Anyway, it's a prelude to another song - Shipwreck - and because it's A Cruise, it features a tropical feel, because it's a cruise! It's a lovely song, very Belle and Sebastian like, which makes Jon very proud. His only lament is that we don't have Stuart Murdoch as a singer. The organ is a heaven sent, another funny story if ben doesn't mind adding. It's also a special song since it modulates alot - it goes through different keys in order to branch out from the regular 3 major chords in a scale.
I think there may be a problem with Nobody DOes it Better, which is unfortuante, seeing how it's a really lovely and hashed rendition of Carly Simon / Radiohead. It features vocal from a certain Meredith Morris. Although the lyrics toward the end become absent, who doesn't love James Bond? Ben and I switch johnny green wood parts, when I should've been Ed O'brien. However, both of us didn't shred toward the end...or twang out the guitar for the outro.
The latest Cloudy Day rendition features the solo and an outro, but it's energetic and thus a bit too fast. However, we had a lot of fun, and it was just invigorating. I botch up the solo again - I forgot the own structure, that I leave A note in the first part as a lead in. I had alot of fun improvising toward the end, which I'm glad Ben left. I also had a horrible time singing. I'm very sorry, i'll try to sing from a stomach and not my throat. Not my forte. The song is more developed, with a second melody coming along during the later verses. There are also new lyrics.
Ben's guitar amp was unfortunately on the other side of the amp, which is why his guitar is too soft. A shame. There are two more songs, but I'm embarrassed about one and the other is incomplete. That would be A Shipwreck, and there are new words added to that to round it out.
All in all, things are progressing. We now have a place to play in, and that means...room. These are our happy songs, so please, enjoy.
Oh yeah, we know it isn't the greatest quality, and we're (read: I'm) not the best singers, and these songs are very hashed out. Just remember, these are only a sign of what their final version would be like.
And that's our first problem, trying.
In any case, we had a lot of fun doing it ourselves, and I've taken the liberty to load up a few songs from a very impromptu jam session.
A Cruise
Nobody Does it Better
Cloudy Day
A Cruise is a new song where Ben heard the music in a dream. Exciting! He could expound on it if he likes. Anyway, it's a prelude to another song - Shipwreck - and because it's A Cruise, it features a tropical feel, because it's a cruise! It's a lovely song, very Belle and Sebastian like, which makes Jon very proud. His only lament is that we don't have Stuart Murdoch as a singer. The organ is a heaven sent, another funny story if ben doesn't mind adding. It's also a special song since it modulates alot - it goes through different keys in order to branch out from the regular 3 major chords in a scale.
I think there may be a problem with Nobody DOes it Better, which is unfortuante, seeing how it's a really lovely and hashed rendition of Carly Simon / Radiohead. It features vocal from a certain Meredith Morris. Although the lyrics toward the end become absent, who doesn't love James Bond? Ben and I switch johnny green wood parts, when I should've been Ed O'brien. However, both of us didn't shred toward the end...or twang out the guitar for the outro.
The latest Cloudy Day rendition features the solo and an outro, but it's energetic and thus a bit too fast. However, we had a lot of fun, and it was just invigorating. I botch up the solo again - I forgot the own structure, that I leave A note in the first part as a lead in. I had alot of fun improvising toward the end, which I'm glad Ben left. I also had a horrible time singing. I'm very sorry, i'll try to sing from a stomach and not my throat. Not my forte. The song is more developed, with a second melody coming along during the later verses. There are also new lyrics.
Ben's guitar amp was unfortunately on the other side of the amp, which is why his guitar is too soft. A shame. There are two more songs, but I'm embarrassed about one and the other is incomplete. That would be A Shipwreck, and there are new words added to that to round it out.
All in all, things are progressing. We now have a place to play in, and that means...room. These are our happy songs, so please, enjoy.
Oh yeah, we know it isn't the greatest quality, and we're (read: I'm) not the best singers, and these songs are very hashed out. Just remember, these are only a sign of what their final version would be like.
It was cold last night...
but I had my dog to kp m warm.
Also, it appars th lttr aftr d on my kyboard has suffrd a fatal blow from an unfortunat incidnt involving a small child rcklssly swinging drumsticks. It's amazing how many words us that lttr. Anyway, a fw rcordings cam out of that night as wll, so I'm lss irat than I would b othrwis.
Also, it appars th lttr aftr d on my kyboard has suffrd a fatal blow from an unfortunat incidnt involving a small child rcklssly swinging drumsticks. It's amazing how many words us that lttr. Anyway, a fw rcordings cam out of that night as wll, so I'm lss irat than I would b othrwis.
Sunday
Well, ain't the banner lovely?
The art is obviously, A Lesson is Learned inspired, but we've been harking to surrealism ever since our little feet had toes. Actually Ben has gotten his hands wet with a certain Wuthering Heights project. We've been trying to look for something surreal, yet simple. So a falling cloud - how illogical is that? Yet pleasant too. How could a cloud fall, even.
This is calling our old ambitions back to life. A lesson learned indeed!
This is calling our old ambitions back to life. A lesson learned indeed!
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