Swimmin
I think we were playing a melodica. Neat instrument. I didn’t realize when I bought it that it was often associated with dub, but it’s fun to play.
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Word Is Out
Another song we developed from a demo of mine, this one features us beating on the air ducts with sticks to make percussion loops.
Tellina Lie
This must be my third or fourth take on this song, now with an actual band. It’s certainly well-developed at this point.
Cover Me With Paint
Rejected pitch for Sherwin Williams. Assumed it would sell a lot of paint…
Electrick Eel
This song developed as it went, and gathered meaning in its abstract nature like a snowball rolling downhill. At an epic length of almost six minutes it was our longest track, it kept growing organically until some kind of bizarre feedback-drenched guitar solo came out the other end.
Taken
The political theme, and lines like “we are patriotic by design,” were surely rooted in the first term of George W. Bush. It was 2002; after all. This was a demo and I played many of the instruments myself, but Mike Squires pitched in with bass and lead guitar.
Forsake
I feel like we got about halfway through building this track, and both RC and I had added a bunch before it got left behind.
