song # 8 – now titled Wherever You Are Tonight – is now complete and ready for your listening pleasure. just click the song title below and a little player will pop up where you can choose to stream or download the mp3. enjoy!
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a brief diversion – we played our first live show in a long time 2 weeks ago and we were lucky enough to have the sound engineer record our set. Stand and Deliver was a standout so we decided to post the live recording for those of you who weren’t able to be there 
The lineup was James Hall (vocals, guitar), David Bos (guitar, vocals), Rob Sharp (bass) and Chris Campbell (drums, vocals), recorded August 21 at Mars Bar in Seattle as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. Special thanks to Mary at the Mars Bar for recording our set.
and so – finally – here is song # 4, Stand and Deliver -
(click above to access streaming audio and download link)
this is the first song on the record to feature SSA guitarist David Bos and – as usual – his guitar work elevated the song to another level.
download it, share it, let us know what you think of it!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of recording some amazing guitar parts for this song by David Bos – safe to say you’ll notice some major improvements in the next and hopefully final mix of Stand and Deliver, which will hopefully appear within a day or two.
13
May
stand and deliver
song # 4 is proving to be a difficult one to finish off. we now have lyrics and a working title and something approaching a finished arrangement. I’m still not completely happy with the lyrics but I’ll just let this one sit for a day or two and see if I get any better ideas. If YOU have any ideas let’s hear ‘em!
04
May
song # 4 progress
here’s a new rough mix of song # 4:
as you can see no title yet. no vocals yet either but musically it’s starting to take shape. I’m thinking this is more of a “kitchen sink” mix where everything’s on the table – eventually I’ll probably try and condense it a little but that’ll be a lot easier once the vocals are in place. as always, I welcome your comments and ideas!
30
Apr
slow progress
I’ve been laid low with a cold this week so not much progress to report on song # 4 – hopefully I’ll be able to post some updates this weekend. I’ve added a guitar and mellotron overdub but it’s still basically the same as the initial demo below.
I also wanted to clarify what I meant when I talked about the “indifference to climate change” theme I’m using to try and tie these songs together, lest anyone fear things were going to get a bit preachy. If you take a listen to songs like Get It Together, Draw the Line or You Don’t Care from the Sunny Days Ahead record, those songs all have an element of social comment without it being too overt. That’s the sort of thing I’m shooting for in terms of lyrical content – something with a message that’s still ambiguous enough that it can be interpreted in a variety of ways.
24
Apr
song # 4 – first demo
onto song # 4 . . . .
so far this one just has some bass guitar, drums and a scat vocal. no title or lyrics yet. it’s a pretty funky little thing click the link below to check it out.
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