Fieldwork

Rongwrong

The song initiated from an interesting chord I happened on while playing in a less common tuning. It developed musically first and I sang nonsensical words to it for some time, while it settled in. Some of the unintentional lyrics stuck - the part about Ms. Kubelik, which is a character from the Billy Wilder film, “The Apartment”. I started to realize that the slime-ball executive types portrayed in the movie very closely resembled our current climate of leadership, socially, politically, etc.. So the song thematically morphed into a surrealistic overlay of modern day onto Mr. Wilder’s archetypal flic. Only it’s 100 times worse now.

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David McFarlane is a singer-songwriter/visual artist who hails from Toronto, Canada, and has a passion for vibey, imagistic and atmospheric songs. His new album, “Fieldwork”, features sonically rich alt-folk / alt-rock, Canadiana-infused themes.

David McFarlane

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