WEEK 52 - SONG 52 - Bouncing Away (1987 - 2012)

WEEK 52 - SONG 52 - Bouncing Away (1987 - 2012) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

So here it is. My final song of the year. 

For this I used a recording of myself, at 7 years old, singing in the kitchen. Performing my first ever original composition, which was completely improvised and totally off the top of my disturbed little brain. My sister filmed this and there have been many years of laughing at the state of me bouncing away until my heart's content. 

I thought it was a cool way to end the year, but it's also very odd to remix my childhood self. 

The track has a lot of different styles and hopefully my 7 year old self would be most proud of how I bounced his voice to the beats yo!! 

Made with Ableton Live 8, Reason 5, Magical8bit plugin and some samples I downloaded from Looperman.com and Freesound.org

It's been a fun year!! Hope you enjoy this last sonic contribution to 2012!! 

Happy 2013!!! YEHA!!!!!!

WEEK 51 - SONG 51 - The Festive Conversion of Mr. Tinsel (feat. Martin McCullough)

WEEK 51 - SONG 51 - The Festive Conversion of Mr. Tinsel (feat. Martin McCullough) - DOWNLOAD FOR FREE @ Bandcamp

OPENING CHORUS

Make the yuletide gay

…aaaaah…

Bah Humbug I say

…oooooooh…

VERSE 1

You can keep your Christmas farce

And stuffing your hand in a turkey's arse

Brussel sprouts, fairy lights

Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ!!

Cracker jokes, they make me moan

Won't everyone just leave me alone?

BRIDGE

What does Father Christmas do when his elves misbehave?

He gives them the sack.

What do you give a dog for Christmas?

A mobile bone.

What’s brown and creeps around the house?

Mince spies.

VERSE 2

Hot mince pies and brandy butter

Panic buying, shops a'clutter 

Christmas trees and cranberry sauce

Jingle bells, I couldn't give a toss

Fairytale in New York? Not again, I say

Won't this winter wonderland ever go away?

BRIDGE 2 

Narrator: 

T'was the night before Christmas 

And he'd not given an inch

Mr. Tinsel was still complaining, 

Like an old grinch

Until a bright light, yon he did see

T'was the fairy Gaybreel atop his Christmas tree

CHORUS

Why you so like, anti-Christmas?

Has Santa never showered you with his sparkly festiveness

When he spread his good will all through the air

Were you never there to receive your share? Don't you care? 

Baby Jesus would cry

At the sight of your misery, Oh my!

Narrator: 

And with that Gaybreel waved his big wand

All at once Mr. Tinsel found he was quite fond

Of tinsel and pressies and festive cheer

He exclaimed, "Maybe this is my year!" 

 

CODA

Oh my goodness! Everyone was right

I have seen the sparkly light

Hark the herald! I lost my way

Maybe the yuletide should be gay

WEEK 50 - SONG 50 - The Journey of Sturdy Ron Chiclet (feat. Rachel Austin & Conor Barry)

WEEK 50 - SONG 50 - The Journey of Sturdy Ron Chiclet (feat. Rachel Austin & Conor Barry) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Words:

Jangle
Keynote
Assist
Shorten
Bowling
Farmer
Sinnew
Leisure
Syntax
Fanfare
Amen
Polar
Implore
Undo
Sender
Setdown
Undue
Convoy
Tenpin
Habit
Spindle
Offset
Setup
Recluse
Akron
Chiclet
Forcefeed
Table
Explore
Marvel
Tampon
Sturdy
Hormone
Ponder
Circle
Django
Shellac
Excuse
Scabbard
Rabies

Below is an image of the words that Rachel and Conor used for their vocal parts: 

WEEK 49 - SONG 49 - Parallel Lines (feat. Amidships & MENDER)

WEEK 49 - SONG 49 - Parallel Lines (feat. Amidships & MENDER) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp!

Parallel Lines

I took a lot of heat in the passenger seat,

I only had three minutes to speak.

Inhaled a few times, tried to clear the lines,

You know my pulse was at it's peak.

There is a parallel line, that decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

There is a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

I've only got four seconds, before I fall asleep.

We never really had a chance to weep.

It only took a second to measure the minute.

Then your face began to sleep.

You know a parallel line decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

There is a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

Cause there's a parallel line that decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

And there's a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

Because I took a lot of heat in the passenger seat,

I only had three minutes to speak.

I inhaled a few times, trying to clear the lines,

Because my pulse was at it's peak.

WEEK 48 - SONG 48 - VISUAL RESIDUAL (feat. Chris Allen, Paul J. Fox, Rory McCadden & Szever Peradi)

WEEK 48 - SONG 48 - VISUAL RESIDUAL (feat. Chris Allen, Paul J. Fox, Rory McCadden & Szever Peradi) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

I put out the feelers on Facebook and asked friends if they wanted to collaborate via the internet this week. 4 people got involved, sending me audio files via Dropbox throughout the week. 

Today I mashed all their offerings together into this ugly beast of a thing! It's pretty dark and menacing in places and it's a fairly abstract composition overall. 

I'm down with this shit. 

It's also got some seriously sexy upright bass playing from Chris Allen. Some lovely textural / pastoral sound scape stuff from Paul J. Fox, field recordings from the set of a film made by Rory McCadden and some guitar riffery by Szever Peradi. Chris also threw in some guitar stuff too (that massive crescendo stuff at the end was his). 

Hope y'all enjoy it. 

WEEK 47 - SONG 47 - IMMERWAHR (feat. Amy & Adam McCausland)

WEEK 47 - SONG 47 - IMMERWAHR (feat. Amy & Adam McCausland) - DOWNLOAD NOW FOR FREE AT BANDCAMP.

In chemistry these things are very clear to me 
I collect these poisons and store them safely 
Subservient to his ideals, 
Can't he see what will become of these things? 

The cloud of smoke advanced like a yellow wall, 
You were there when 6000 choked 
Nothing slowed you down when my heart tore 


In twelve years, your son follows my lead 
Suicide in the dark, like a poisonous cloud 
Hitler's scientists planted the seed 

Or the death of all you know and love 
My heart was pierced by your military pistol

WEEK 46 - SONG 46 - Bard's Sic Now

WEEK 46 - SONG 46 - Bard's Sic Now - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp 

WEEK 45 - SONG 45 - GOING TO CHURCH

WEEK 45 - SONG 45 - GOING TO CHURCH

WEEK 44 - SONG 44 - Basically Your Bass Is Basted

WEEK 44 - SONG 44 - Basically Your Bass Is Basted - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 43 - SONG 43 - Citrus Exhibitionist

WEEK 43 - SONG 43 - Citrus Exhibitionist - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 42 - SONG 42 - Aching Shark (Life, The Universe & Everything)

WEEK 42 - SONG 42 - Aching Shark (Life, The Universe & Everything) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 41 - SONG 41 - STILL SWEATIN'

WEEK 41 - SONG 41 - STILL SWEATIN' - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 40 - SONG 40 - Sunday Bus Sleep

WEEK 40 - SONG 40 - Sunday Bus Sleep - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 39 - SONG 39 - ANYWAY

WEEK 39 - SONG 39 - ANYWAY - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

LYRICS:

When you're young all you need

Is someone to come along 

And light a path through the trees

I recall the blackest nights

But sunny seashore days

Sand in shoes, torch in hand

CHORUS: Anyway

Home again, sun or rain

Left to fend for ourselves

In a way

Home alone, made me twice as strong 

For the world.

But when the world 

Far from here

Teaches you new codes

Teaches you to behave

All I feel is a lack of being prepared

And all the time it would save 

CHORUS: Anyway

Home again, sun or rain

Left to fend for ourselves

In a way

Home alone, made me twice as strong 

For the world.

Is it hard not to blame?

It's not a bad thing anyway

Trying instead to see the light

To get it right, brighter days

CHORUS: Anyway

Home again, sun or rain

Left to fend for ourselves

In a way

Home alone, made me twice as strong 

For the world.

WEEK 38 - SONG 38 - Employee of the Month

WEEK 38 - SONG 38 - Employee of the Month - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

LYRICS:

When you walk into the office

Realise you haven't pulled up

Your zip has exposed your modesty  

Must be quick to deflect the attention of your coworkers

You look around and beads of sweat are creeping out of your forehead  

Don't look down. Don't! 

Sneaked a peek now they see… 

Tried and failed to make it a dance

Employee of the month: No chance! 

Forever a fucking loser 

And now indecent exposure 

   

Bargaining 

Smile and shrug and shudder in shame

Fight or flight

Window or stairs?

Fire extinguisher, through the 5th floor window. 

So sad. 

Life is long beyond your own death 

Dry your eyes and take a deep breath

WEEK 37 - SONG 37 - Pocket Composting

WEEK 37 - SONG 37 - Pocket Composting - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Pocket Composting 

I like to smell new shoes all day

I like cafe au lait and hairspray

My spandex handbag has a leopard print

And I freshen up with bags of mince

A Hamsa shawl and a rugby tackle

Temper temper metro-sexual 

Continental breakfast and cancer stick

A real man knows how to suck … 

I close my eyes and pretend it's my wife

This tragic drama, this double life 

Oh my love you wouldn't understand

The virtues of man

I close my eyes and pretend it's my wife

This tragic drama, this double life 

I am a very petty man

I am a very petty man… 

WEEK 36 - SONG 36 - Three Five Six Seven (feat. Niall Kelly)

WEEK 36 - SONG 36 - Three Five Six Seven (feat. Niall Kelly) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 35 - SONG 35 - The Doors of the Cliffs

WEEK 35 - SONG 35 - The Doors of the Cliffs - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

LYRICS:

Come wild heresay

I'm a loner

Fold it up, fold away

When I'm older

If you could free their petty eyes

I don't know if I would 

I don't know if I could say "hey!"

Into the blue mould of the cold rain

I don't know what I mean

I don't know what I said before

And all that salt in the semen

It came from soy sauce

Please get me a glass of water

Amoured tanks roll into bedlam

I guess it saves them

I have a gun 

Pitfalls absorb the Earth for a while

For a while

Abyss turns inside out for a while

WEEK 34 - SONG 34 - DONKEY DERBY

WEEK 34 - SONG 34 - DONKEY DERBY - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

WEEK 33 - SONG 33 - APOPTOSIS

WEEK 33 - SONG 33 - APOPTOSIS - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP