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Out of View

from Recent Sounds by Extar

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I started off the recording session wanting to do a cover of Night of the Vampire. The song by Roky Erickson has already been covered by Entombed, and they played the song in C. I abandoned the cover when I got bored recording guitar parts and couldn't think what I could do to the song so it wouldn't just be another cover-of-a-cover.

The song probably sounds a lot like Portishead. What can I say, I've become a total cockrider for Third (2008). Yeah, another party I'm late to. There was a conscious effort to make the guitars sound kind of 'retro' with all the reverb and rotary effects I piled on. Another way I attempted to rip off the 'head were in saying 'fuck it' to song structure and sticking that completely different outro on the end. Success? Oh yeah, and I managed to incorporate the ukulele into something which wasn't a joke or a goat!

It's been ages since I wrote any of my own lyrics. I don't particularly like writing lyrics. They look alright at the time but afterwards just look lame. When combined with my own vocal delivery I end up with something I can barely stand to listen to. This is usually why I don't bother with my own lyrics. Maybe I'll soon come to regret these vocals as well. I think the last time I did any of my own lyrics was way back in 2009 on 'As The Omens Forecast' back when I thought I could write, play and record metal. The vocals probably sound like Morrissey or something.

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Acting on second thoughts,
Losing sense of right and lost,
The first to criticise,
Pulling down the wool,
Pulling out of view.

Meeting with fellow fools,
Kicking dust from the fallow earth,
Watching passively wash away say goodbye,
Pulling down the wool,
Pulling out of view.

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from Recent Sounds, released September 13, 2011

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