Tag: indie rock
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Acceptance: Dismal
If Skeleton found us buried deep in the ground at the back of an abandoned cave, then Dismal brings with it the spirit of eager spelunkers on their first grand expedition. It was vitally important that the tone of this track carry itself with more of a carefree fresh air quality because lyrically, we’re still…
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Acceptance: Skeleton
Skeleton is probably the most emotionally heavy song on Acceptance, but its production is pretty bare bones and simple (like a skeleton!). It was originally written with the intention of it being only an acoustic guitar and vocal track but after experimenting with some vocal effects, I thought it was better served to incorporate some…
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Acceptance: To Be Loved
I nearly decided to keep To Be Loved as an acoustic-only production and it would have been the only one on the album that I gave that treatment for, but ultimately as you can hear on the record, of course I didn’t do that. As much as I enjoy playing this song stripped down on…
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Acceptance: Chemical Therapy
Chemical Therapy was a track that when I first recorded a demo of it acoustically, seemed to have this really dark and Earthy vibe to it. I wanted to capture that on the record so I kept the progression the same as when I first tried to run through it and then built some layers…
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Acceptance: Tapes
Tapes kicks off Acceptance with the sound of soft feedback before falling into an delicate picked acoustic guitar line before it’s wiped out by a grungy electric guitar and heavy bass, drums and an vocal line erring on aggressive enter the mix. I loved the idea of starting this record in this sort of dramatic…
Neither Could Dylan 