| Current mood: |  thoughtful |
| Current music: | Gridlock |
...Philosphies of a boy.
the website has been updated now with new details & a few new piccies including live shots. While we are waiting the release of the new CD I may as well give a bit of insight into the ideas behind 'mountebank & westerland'.
The title of the CD may seem a little left of centre but is actually very clear & makes a lot of sense to me....I would give details of it's meaning but at this point I quite like keeping an air of mystery as a few people have already asked me about it.
The album itself has a mixture of moods and meaning & I was thinking along similar lines with the songs 'Let it go' & 'the lighthouse' as well as several others which connects well as a theme & directly relates to aspects of my life and thought process at this time. At times I have given the vocals a clear run in an open soundscape in order to maximise it's clarity and effect which I feel has opened the songs up to the listener.
This is probably the first CD I have written with such a strong personal theme running throughout but one which can be related back to 'Battling my addiction' from the last album. Of course it isn't all as introspective with a variety of moods scattered throughout including the more dancefloor orientated fun moments such as 'Intoxicated land' & Superstate empire'
The one song that gave me particular bother & which perhaps sounds the strangest in many ways is 'Skybeat Euphoria' which literally took days & days of construction & thought, but it's theme is quite central to me. Of course there are a couple of nightime songs...the nervous moments when you are preparing for whats going to happen when you've left your home at night to venture into the unknown highlighted in 'Travelling' & Walk through the night'. Simple themes but highly evocative when you cross over to that other side.
Everything is really tied together on this CD and I find it easy to relate the songs together and hope the listener can find bits & pieces in all corners to gain an insight into ma thoughts :)
Paulx
TLH
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