I alternate between really proud of the album and feeling like we could maybe have done it a bit better. Usually the latter is just when it's late and I feel all pessimistic. I do think we need to put a bit more thought into lyrics sometimes though. Like, say "frogs" which is a straight-up goofy song--intentionally--but really, that riff is damned good. If we had semi-serious lyrics for it, it would be a completely legit marketable song. The Heat is sort of the same way. I mean we were modeling it after Smells Like Teen Spirit obviously, but the thing is, the way SLTS works is that it talks about nothing while implying that it might, actually, be talking about something. Kind of like Backstabber, or Disintegrator.
Anyway, we're starting to move in different directions with our music now. We may start writing more things in the vein of Backstabber and Jellylegs, songs that rely much less heavily on gratuitously huge amounts of distortion. May even use an acoustic sometimes. GASP
In other news, I am officially having a love affair with Gretsch guitars. I love the twang you can pull out of a Corvette, and I don't know of any other guitar that plays as well as the Jet. Plus, the hollowbodies and the archtops... ohhhh.
Think I am going to write today. There is a Minus the Bear show, but it is probably already too late for me to get in with my CMJ pass.
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It has been
WAY
TOO
LONG
p.s. the "I'm not a robot" password is "reecter," which is like a combination of "reek" and "rectum" and "Rectory Parlor"
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