News from the radio satelite in space tells us that FUTURE SELVES has reached #1 on the Specialty album charts this week!!! Good lord, what an overwhelming response. Not bad for Day One of existence. Take a look at the CHART, it's fun!!
xo,
~t r a n s f e r c o n t r o l~
So tomorrow is the first day of the FUTURE SELVES online release. In order to keep you all informed before the tidal wave swallows the shore, we impart to you the LAST SONGS FROM THE RECORD.
The first of the last is a fragile number that took it's place on the record. We weren't really sure where that place was but it founds it's spot as the album started to take shape and needed a short breath.
Note the intro. Reverse horns wound up sounding like an accordion. Sometimes accidents breed discovery in the recording studio.
LIKE A FUNERAL
THE POSSUM is the first song that we wrote for this record. It wound up being recorded and was considered to be first song on the album for a moment. I think we may have been excited because it was the first one finished but it turned out much better settled as a deep cut and one of the closing tracks on the album.
THE POSSUM
Finally we give you the last song from FUTURE SELVES. Oddly enough it has a root in the past. This was the only tune in this collection that was recorded to 2" tape. Analogue is such warm medium and we really thought that this one lended itself to that vibe and tonality. It's inspired by pride and abandonment.
DEERSKIN
And so, dear friends, this concludes the final installment of FUTURE SELVES. Thank you for your interest in our preview and we hope that once yours is nestled within your music catalog, you visit often. I've always said that it's not really fast food but more rotisserie gold so it might take a minute but is definitely worth the wait!
xo,
~t r a n s f e r c o n t r o l~
So now we must give you a flurry of a preview...
Since there are only 5 days that remain to count down the Album Release Show and only two days from the online release, we must bring our family the songs first. A little special treatment for the ones who have tuned in early.
The first of three that we impart to you, has been an exercise of experimentation. This song was inspired by long trips in our van, shuffling through the collection of blues and soul music that we all had a common appreciation for and never spoke of. It was somewhat of a discovery of common appreciation and a collective agreement that there is something about soul in music that you can't describe in words. It must be imparted as feeling. Stay tuned for the video for this one...(It's about impending demise).
GET SOME REST
WAKE TO SLEEP was a contribution from the cracks in Card's brain. The lyric explores that space between reality and lucid dreams that one can rarely distinguish while under its spell. I remember seeing a figure in my room as a young boy and then coming to and it being gone. I was confused as to whether it was a figment of my imagination or an apparition. "I was a lonely boy. Asleep, unhinged my mind would run". As I discovered through reading about sleep paralysis, it is very common that one may remember a space between conscious and unconsciousness quite vividly. I think I took comfort in this idea. Also because ghosts scared the shit out of me when I was a lad. It's our pirate chantey...check it out. (contributions from the San Diego Symphony Orchestra makes this one live in our hearts).
WAKE TO SLEEP
Finally, we bring you ENOJADO (eh-no-hatho) for all you yokels. :) just kidding. It means ANGRY in Spanish. We wrote this song when we were frustrated with eachother in the recording studio. Seems like an odd confession to let you all in on the interpersonal communication of the band, but when you work together day in and day out on a collective project, especially one that is collaboratively emotive in its creative process, it's hard to avoid head butts once in awhile. We all sat down, (pissed off), and came up with this little gem. We were going to call it 'Song We Wrote When Mad at Eachother' but there wasn't enough room on the album art, so we settled with angry in Spanish.
ENOJADO
ENJOY!!!!
look for the record unveiled and for sale world wide THIS TUESDAY!!!
xo,
~ t r a n s f e r c o n t r o l ~
Today, dear friends, we give you the next TWO installments from FUTURE SELVES
The first is MY SUSPICIONS. This was one of the first songs written for the record and somewhat set the tone for the next few weeks of our creative process. You might see some consistancy in a few of the tunes and i believe this is the one that put them to pace. A little Floydian introspection, if you will.
MY SUSPICIONS
The next song, LIKE IT USED TO BE is a bit furious in comparison. It's a little aggressive in nature but i guess that's the way it was meant to be. Listen to the lyrics and see why....
LIKE IT USED TO BE
until we lay the rest upon you..
xo,
~t r a n s f e r c o n t r o l~
Counting down the days until the album drops we thought we'd give it a slow drip...
The song TAKE YOUR MEDICINE is inspired by a society with an insatiable appetite for pharmaceutical relief. The cyclical process of medicating the ailments, both legitimate and fabricated, that rule our lives.
'A strong reaction is part condition and so, completes the plan'
so ladies and gents, we give unto you - TAKE YOUR MEDICINE
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