This was the turning point in the whole recording process. I'd set out to record another 5 track EP, and had set about writing the track listing, but this track didn't fit. It became the catalyst for me finally deciding to record an actual full length album, hence the title Bitten Bullet.

Beginnings

Bitten Bullet

There's a track on Mechanism called Nine-ish that was heavily inspired by Nine Inch Nails, one of my favourite bands of all time. This track is even moreso as I'd been re-listening to the Fragile a few weeks ago, hence the continuation of the NIN/nine/9 wordplay.

9:01

This is the extended and experimental version of Run It Back (intro).

73 Days

Run It Back (Intro - extended and experimental)

I don't do direct sequels to other tracks I've made, but this feels very close to Recollection from Beginnings, hence the nod to it in title. 

The kind of way I like to end my albums - in a reflective mood and drifting away, until the next time my music meets the listener's ears.

Recollected

Ey Cheeky! is another of those left-field kind of tracks that I created for this album. So far removed form anything else in my discography thus far.  

A cute, simple acoustic track. More to come, hopefully, in the future.

Ey Cheeky!

The 80s were a bloody great decade for music and one of my biggest inspirations. This has a few nods to it with some of the synth sounds I used. 

A full-on synthwave album is something I'd love to do in the future, so we'll see.

How About Now

The biggest track on the album.  Not so much in track length, but definitely in how stacked the track is. I tend to stay within the boundary of 8-16 tracks and Wash definitely pushed that. There's a mixture of 80s, shoegaze and ambient elements. 

This track took me longer to mix than any other on the album, and yet I still dont feel like I reached the lofty expectations I had in my mind.

Wash

Another of my favourite 3 tracks on the album. Tbf, I haven't ever really written many toe tappers, but this is one of those. My wife told me she loves how groovy it is. I purposely used the strings and horns to give it a 70s disco feel.

For A Good Time

The only track I created in the INTTW sessions without any acoustic drums. 

I wanted to go for a lofi kind of atmosphere on Gentle. Since it never felt like it was going to fit on INTTW, it felt like a fitting closing track for this EP. Probably one of the most relaxing tracks I've ever created.

Gentle

When I played this to my wife, it was probably a bad time to do so as she already had a headache and she told me that while she enjoyed the track, it actually made her headache worse. I took it as a compliment, hence me calling the track "Headache" as a homage.

I'm actually really gutted I couldn't find a place for it on INTTW as it features my absolute favourite drum beat I've ever made. Listen out for it at 0:15 in.

Headache

Possible was an odd one for me. 

I make my best music in the evening. However, the idea for Possible came at around 9:00 on a Monday morning. This one of another 1st for me as (if you've heard any of my music) you'll know I usually end my tracks with one of 2 instruments, but this track ends quite suddenly.

Possible

"Foot tapper" was the working title before I settled on Less Stress because of the almost reggae beat of the drums and bass. 

This was actually going to be track 2 on INTTW before I recorded Finally, which did make it to the album.

Less Stress (FKA "foot tapper")

Jangly was on INTTW until, pretty much, the 11th hour when I replaced it with Strictly Speaking. 

One of the 1st tracks I'd created for INTTW, and with the acoustic guitar being the main instruments made it another of those tracks that sounds absolutely nothing like anything I've created before.

Jangly

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