Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
well, you had me with the description: "It's dystopian rock, but don't let it bring you down"

I like this a lot. You write interesting lyrics. Not everyone can write in cryptic terms and make it work. Most often it comes across as an exercise in lyrical awkwardness, but in this case your words create ethereal images to which the listener can reasonably apply his/her own interpretation. That's an art form in its own right. Once you're famous and talking heads start to analyze your songs, nobody will be able to agree on what they mean, because you've made them so open-ended.

The three of you work well together. All of your contributions are rock solid. Hats off to the entire team.

I like the way the song's intro draws me into what's to come. Very nice intro.

The clean guitar panned center was very interesting, except at times (on my setup) it seemed a bit loud in the mix... to the point of competing with the vocals. But I liked the recurring theme it added to the song. Haunting. Or maybe dystopian, to use your word.

I like the chord progression for this song, the repetition itself being a bit hypnotic.

Every time the cello enters the mix, I love it. Good job with that.



Pat,
First off- boy do you write awesome song reviews! I`m slightly dyslexic- it takes me 10 minutes to write 3 lines of legible English, but still- you listen carefully and take the time to express your whole impressions- a big Thank You for that.
Your comments on the vocal level vs Scott`s guitar led me to check the mix: this song has so many tracks and effects I found it bogged my puny laptop- couldn`t listen to the mix entire without rendering and at the end I`ve discovered some effects were checked out changing the balance.
Should be better now.
I`m glad you enjoyed our efforts to unsettle and entertain.

Robert