The Pressure Of Days

I always have songs cooped up inside my head. These past couple months, I met with a guitar instructor who made me share some of them with her. Now I'm going to share these songs with the world. 

Yep, I'm going to record some new music starting in January. In an actual studio. I'd like to make this project an EP. Call it "The Pressure Of Days." Here's the tracklist.

Hey! Let's Go Stargazing!

No

Existing In America

19

A Year

Musically, not too much going on outside of your standard guitars here. No drums. Lyrically, self-dread is the most common theme. 2020 has been a bad year for a lot of folks. I've been having a bad time since November 2019, to be exact. While I was writing these songs, my viewpoint on life was not any brighter. I hope not to spend too much money making this EP, because I secretly have a goal to make "a big fat album with good songs on it" some time in 2021. I hope that project has a wider variety of emotions. But for now, we're getting an EP titled after a really depressing Elliott Smith quote.

Hey! Let's Go Stargazing!

Some of you have already heard this song. I recorded it for free in some guy's basement in late October. It quickly became the most fully-played song on my Bandcamp account. No pessimism here, other than I must say, the main character has some issues with insecurity. He just wants to go stargazing with this girl. No friends allowed. 

No

This song has just as much in common with punk rock as it does with 60's R&B. Despite its upbeat tempo and clever rhyme schemes, the actual words themselves are overtly self-depreciative. It has a bass guitar solo. And I say a very bad word.

Existing In America

Titled after a blog post I wrote in August, this song is about merely existing as opposed to truly living. But at least you're existing in America. The numbness comes with colors. Prescription pills, pornography, underemployment, religion, the works. Has a cool guitar riff at the end. I'm still working on the bass fills.

19

I actually came up with this song over 10 years ago. When I was 19. It's a shameless Built To Spill rip-off. But it's my shameless Built To Spill rip-off. I imagine this taking a butt-load of time to record. Perhaps too layered for its own good with slightly different takes on the same chords being played. The only song here with a keyboard part.

A Year

My music instructor referred to this song as a "rambler." It's true. I start off singing and it kinda just turns into talking. Talking about having a bad year and being intimidated by girls I barely even know. This song is long, bleak and bare. But it ends with a soft flute solo. 

So yeah, these are the songs I'll be releasing. I hope people can relate to them. But not too much, because that probably implies you're going through a rough patch in life yourself. Hopefully my music reaches people out there. 

"The Pressure Of Days." Coming some time in 2021.