I’ve got a new song I’m dying for you to hear! It’ll definitely make the album, scheduled for release on August 4. Besides being a dark, catchy, and fun little tune, it may just be the purist expression of my “electronics + classical piano” signature yet. And I make fun of people who dress like vampires, so it’s a win-win.
You emerge
Your face drawn in black and white
Your corset laced up just right
A vampire in fishnets
“So,” I laugh
“What are you supposed to be?”
You smile but won’t answer me
Is this a trick or treat?
Master of the cheap disguise
Sometimes I can’t believe my eyes, I tell you
(You/I/We) sure know how to make a scene
It must be Halloween
Half asleep
We race home to beat the dawn
I cut through a corner lawn
And slice my head on a branch
“Hang on – I just need to catch my breath”
You say that I look like death
And toss back your head to laugh in revenge.
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Great to hear from you! I’m always curious about how my music is received in Russia, because I get Google Alerts to sites that have features or downloads of my album, and I see lots of retweets in Russian when I post new songs. Does that radio station have a web site? I’d be happy to send them some of my older material.
I couldn’t get your YouTube link to work. I would’ve edited your post to fix it if I could figure out where it’s supposed to go to, but I think we’re missing a good chunk of it.
Forgive for bad English I from Moscow
Cheerful and gloomy song, I from Russia and words up to the end don’t understand, but I hear music and voting I think if still such 2-3 songs and the group becomes popular, we in Russia have a radio where twist all synty-ror music there I and has heard this song, now I drive it a week, is simple good fellows 5 +++++
I and itself write such music listen http:// http://www.youtube.com/my_videos? feature=mhum
I pretty much fell in love with this at the 2:10-ish mark. That mix of sounds is awesome
Thanks! I’m not sure if anyone can tell through the lo-fi player, but I’ve touched up the mix since it was first posted. I’m not sure this is final, but it’s getting there.
love this beautiful tune, especially the piano.
I know that this is going to be stuck in my head all day and i really love the piano. Great job!!
That piano ensemble is off the charts. The placement of melodies and layering is stunning. Keep on rolling.
Put this on over oatmeal for Canyon this morning and he left the table to start dancing. =)
Nice Job Brian!!! Can’t wait for the Album!!!
A Beautiful CT classic. It reminds me some Freezepop tunes. Very similar console sounds. The only things I don’t like is that synth bass sound which is really too loud in the whole song mix …
Great to hear from you Torley! I appreciate the support.
I confess I had to Google Abby Sciuto and even NCIS (I don’t watch much TV), but now I see what you mean.
Thanks for passing on my name to Wave Alchemy! I’ve got my eye on their Drum Tools 01 sample set, but I’m trying to stick with my current tools at least through this album.
This is sooo catchy and delightfully written, Brian. For some reason I get an Abby Sciuto vibe from it (she’s the “happy goth from NCIS” who I think would be humored by the lyrics). The piano part is masterful and I like how it varies and progresses as you take the beats and bass in and out.
Also, you may be hearing from sample mavens Wave Alchemy ( http://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/ ) , they’re looking for writers for their blog and I recommended you because you’re great at sharing the processes behind what inspires you. Just wanted to let you know in advance!
Never seen one of those either, and I consider myself fortunate. It hasn’t been such a big hit down here.
Kind of nice to see you making a song just for amusement anyway. So much of your stuff is depressing (but that’s why I love it.)
Thanks again for the generous comments! Guy, you’ve analyzed this more deeply than I have
. I definitely wasn’t thinking of high school when I wrote the song, but Breye brought up high school in our Facebook discussion, so that’s how we shifted to that topic. I’m thinking more today with Twilight fanatics.
Catchy, it feels like warm romantic evening close to the fire somewhere on the beach of an ocean (the impression from music)… Thank You for this melody, this song lifts my mood up! Sunny notes! Oooohhhh and I loved the piano part a lot! Wanna listen and listen!!!!!! Good luck in Your creativity, Brian!
Really nice sound, my favorite was the mixed electronic and piano parts – though the changes are sharp and sudden at the start of it, it blends better as it goes on and I actually enjoyed it more than the lyrical part, though that sounds great too with the electronic sound. So maybe the “rough” entrance of the piano alternating with the electronica could stand as a nice expression of the characters in the song, two different worlds, clashing and briefly struggling then merging into one?
Unlike most of your other songs, I couldn’t figure out what this was supposed to be about very easily even though you told us. I think I sort of get now what story it’s telling, but I just never noticed that scene in high school.
Love it Brian – especially the unexpected chord changes and the delivery on the verses.
i cant wait for the album
I made some adjustments to the piano levels so they wouldn’t feel so overwhelmed by the rest of the arrangement at the start of the solo, and updated the mp3.
New and playful! I really like the lyrics, nice melody and great vocals. For me the piano-part is outstanding! Maybe you will always remembering as you worked on this song, when you’re out on the street at Halloween with your kids.
Thomas.
Thanks for the kind words and suggestions! I’m going to take a mental break from the song for awhile, but when I revisit it I’ll consider some changes. I struggled with the piano balance because I tend to mix it too loud. Maybe not this time. Yeah Curt, maybe I’ll omit the first electronic “interruption” and let the piano play solo for the first two measures. I’ll probably be too lazy to redo the harmonies, but you never know!
a great Song Brian
i will Hearted in T61!!! Greetings René 
Brian, nice electronics, nice piano parts, nice lyrics, nice everything , i just love the catchiness of the whole song, greath work!! I LOVE IT!
Cheers from Mexico!!
Brian,
It sounds great! No doubting its a keeper.
Keep rollin’ em out.
Nice! I love the harmonies. I would suggest adding harmony to the “corset” line in the beginning (just like “corner lawn”. After all, a corset “just right” is certainly an amazing thing.
I thought the telephone was ringing a few times. =) I LOVE the piano, and everything that happens after it comes in. Last refrain is spot on! I would love to hear more of the piano in the first half of the song. (Maybe in place of the telephone ringing?) The telephone ringing is great in the second half.
So excited about your album!
Fun song. Classic CT. I agree with Curt about the Harmonies. Ending is cooler than the beginning, and sounds too separate and detached from the rest of the song- especially since those elements are more interesting. The chorus I can hear a part that has some sorta string/pad/sweepishi cool sound that feels missing to me. I think this song could be a little more punchy with some groove that can add to the fun.
Nice and what fun! Very catchy. I love the bridge, and the piano solo section. The re-entrance of the vocal material is very cool too. If you’re looking for ideas on how to play with it, there were a couple of things that jumped out at me. The entrance of vocal harmony at “I cut through a corner lawn” was perfectly placed, but I found myself wishing that the harmonies ended differently at the end of the phrase – something more up than down I think. Same with the next vocal harmony phrase. And the piano solo section was cool enough that I think you can bring the electronica interruptions back in a bit later (or more subtly) than you do. It felt a little like it was competing with itself at the beginning and didn’t feature the coolness of the idea as much as it should have. But then afterward it started dovetailing nicely.
Cool ending, too.
Very good! I like the funny/gloomy lyrics. I thought the electronic sounds were maybe a bit too loud when they overlap with the beginning of the piano break, but the song is very catchy and that piano part is beautiful and works well with the rest. Bravo!
Mathieu
Badass Brian! Thanks for sharing!
Dying for you to hear? hehe.
Nice work. Great job on the melodies.
This really reminds me of 1981/1982 Depeche Mode and early Erasure more than anything I have heard from you…but, still sounds 100% Color Theory.
Monty
Thanks Brian,
Definitely very catchy. 3 plays and it’s stuck in my head already. Works well with the PacMan sounds.
Can’t wait for the new album : )
This song slightly like the lovechild of your NES and Sketches in Grey. And that, good sir, is a good thing
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