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We also recorded the vocals through an old telephone headset which has given it an ace distorted effect.Īsh: This track needs to be turned up and shouted loud! What it does best: the noise, the grungy-feel, and the expression in the delivery. So, it’s about being stuck in a place where you’re struggling to write a song that you know will help you feel better about yourself, all because sometimes it’s hard to believe in yourself. But sometimes those emotions can be so intense, and although you’re driven to be creative you’re constantly fighting your inner demons which can make it hard to rise up out of the struggle. It took us ages to figure out how many times we should repeat the last choruses for the outro, ha ha!Įrin: Song writing is like therapy and allows you to transform emotions and feelings. This is a fun rocker with a definite nod to late ’70’s punk and new wave. In this song we are saying you can knock me down but don’t underestimate me as I’m going to keep on moving on regardless.Įrin: Some people on this planet disregard another’s way of living as it isn’t how they would choose to live life themselves, but we should all be living to the rule of ‘do what makes you happy’ and ‘stay true to yourself’, so why battle me when I’m just trying to be the best version of me? Surely the world would be a better place if we just accepted one another for who we are? We are supposed to be advanced beings and sometimes I feel embarrassed to be human.Įrin: When we were writing this song, I would find myself singing it in my head every Monday morning on my walk to work in a sleepy haze after a weekend of gigging! It has great rhythm that makes it a very danceable song!
Thank you WSGB for asking me to take part and inspiring me!Īsh: I love to play this track, it’s a particular favourite of mine.
I was sparked by their hooky bass lines that drive their songs, and wanted to try this out for myself in a Twitch style. We intentionally tried to contrast the clean, quieter verses with the distorted fuzzy chorus, the drums sound quite menacing in the bridge, it works really well.Īsh: I’ve always liked the dynamic of this track each of the parts are quite contrasting, it gives the song a lot of character.Įrin: A while back I stood in as the lead singer for The Wharf Street Galaxy Band, it was a fun experience and insightful to see how other bands form their material. Jay: It’s about not accepting people’s animosity towards you when you’re just trying to get on with life. I like how we’ve pared things down in the verses with just the bass and drums on this one. I guess we write about what we know, or who we know, and a character may crop up at work, we may meet them in a bar, or pass them on the street. Jay: We consider this song to be almost the sequel to our song ‘John Power’, from our second album.