Alternative Rock/Pop

For all your explosive drum and mechanical organ needs, industrial strength!

Cover art was done using an effect called slit-scan or time displacement, using software I wrote.

Purchase track at https://disconnectica.bandcamp.com/track/deviate

This 19th version has a replaced drum kit and other tweaks.

Lyrics:

It's a train wreck
It's a car crash
Don't stop to look
Go around

Stormy weather overhead
Pull my tether over the edge
Best you clear a path
Deviate

Building on fire
Comes crashing down
Nothing to see here
Move along

Avert your eyes
Avert your eyes
Avert your eyes
Avert your eyes
Avert your eyes
Avert your eyes

Deviate [version 19]

Somewhere Always is the first single from Disconnectica's upcoming debut album Eclectic Dystopia.  Reminiscent of Beatles, Bowie or early Pink Floyd, but also not quite like anything.  The track blends harp, sitar, chipmunk vocals and walkie-talkie sounds with more conventional instruments to create a mystical baroque pop concoction.  The vocal style and use of augmented fifths keep it a little unsettling.

Listeners were reminded of The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, ELO and Cat Stevens.

Official video: https://youtu.be/oEPCu8jG8h0
Purchase track: https://disconnectica.bandcamp.com/track/somewhere-always?action=buy

This 12th version is the final official release!  (I hope)

Lyrics:

When you go to work
When you come back home
When you're being social
And when you're on your own

You are somewhere that you've always been

When you find yourself
In stormy weather
When you reach the end
Of your tether

You are somewhere that you've always been

When you're giving up
When you can't go on
When you can't explain why
Everything is wrong

You are somewhere that you've always been
You are somewhere that you've always been

When you're at the end
When you're at the start
When you're falling over
And when you fall apart

You are somewhere that you've always been
You are somewhere that you've always been

Who is this?
Who is this?
Who is this?
Who is this?
Don't let it get to you  (Don't let it in)
Don't let it get to you
Don't let you get to you (Don't let you win)
Don't let you get to you

You are somewhere that you've always been
You are somewhere that you'll always be
Always

Somewhere Always

Somewhere Always [version 12 - official release!]

A deep combo of trombone, bass and drums is driving us forward like a semi-trailer rolling slowly through a candy-floss store. Mischievous indulgence awaits in this playful but potent brew, with a sinister Cookie Monster meets serial killer vibe. A guilty pleasure beckons. Sit back and have yourself a treat!

The lush hypnotic video has us staring down the bell of an infinite spiralling trombone, as various treats swirl inexorably inward towards the glutinous crooner.

https://youtu.be/dH8VJI0PdgQ

Lyrics:

Gonna have myself a treat
Gonna have myself a treat
Gonna have myself a treat
Gonna have myself a treat
Gonna spend my play money
Have myself a treat

I been a good boy
I done as I was told
Have myself a treat

Gonna have myself a treat
Gonna have myself a treat

I been a good boy
I bit my tongue
Have myself a treat

Gonna take what's mine
Gonna have myself a treat
Gonna take what I earnt
Gonna have myself a treat

I done my time
And I don't mean jail
Have myself a treat

I been a good boy
I done as I was told
Have myself a treat

I paid my dues
And I don't mean money

Treat

Treat [version 8, official release!]

Explicit version of my electric guitar-driven rock song attacking racism, sexism and homophobia. Inspired somewhat by The White Stripes.

Purchase track at https://disconnectica.bandcamp.com/track/white-noise

Lyrics:

Lowest common denominator

Well I'm white like you
But it doesn't mean what I wanna
do is denigrate people of colour
And I'm straight like you
But it doesn't mean what I wanna
do is judge people just for being themselves
And we're both men
But it doesn't mean that then
I wanna hear your thoughts about women in power
And we're the same age
But it doesn't mean I wanna hear you
Reminiscing all about the good old days
When men were men
And women were women
And whistling at the skirts
Would get your boys swimmin'
And they might owe you something
If you hold open doors
When women knew their place
But man I gotta tell ya
Someone really oughta to put you back in yours

I don't need to be your target to be offended by your claim
I don't need to be in your line of sight to be angered by your aim
And just because I look like you
Doesn't mean what I want to do is
Pick up a bow and arrow and
Join in your stupid game

Lowest common denominator

Background noise
Background noise
We're the background boys
Making background noise

White noise
Straight talkin'
Toxic masculinity

We're not gonna bond over what you think of women
We're not gonna bond over homophobia
We're not gonna bond over melanin deficiency
We're not gonna bond over ideology

We are not gonna bond over religion
We are not gonna bond over politics
We are not gonna bond over derision
We are not gonna bond just cos we both have dicks

What we have in common is not other people's differences

I hope I don't ever see the world in the way you do
I hope no one ever sees in me the things I see in you

Yeah I'm white like you
But it doesn't mean what I wanna
do is judge people based on where they were born
...or where their parents were born
...or where their great great great great great grandparents were born
Yeah I know you probably don't accept that it's true
But your ancestors are from Africa too
And we're both men
But it doesn't mean that then
I wanna split rights into his and hers
And we're the same age
But it doesn't mean I wanna hear you
Reminiscing all about the good old days
When men were men
And women were women
And there's a different box you put
Her or him in
And I don't want to join you in the
Boys club
Don't make assumptions
About our common ground
Over a friendly drink when we're down at the pub

I don't need to be your target to be offended by your claim
I don't need to be in your line of sight to be angered by your aim
And just because I look like you
Doesn't mean what I want to do is
Pick up a bow and arrow and
Join in your stupid game

I don't need to be your target to be offended by your claim
I don't need to be in your line of sight to be angered by your aim
And just because I look like you
Doesn't mean what I want to do is
Pick up a bow and arrow and
Join in your stupid game

You sexist racist homophobic misogynistic ...

You can take the boy out of the country
But you can't take the country out of the boy

You got nothing to say
And you say it loud!

Lowest common denominator

Eclectic Dystopia

White Noise

White Noise [version 12, official release]

Not a song you want to hear on your birthday! Kindest Regards is an alt-rock, art rock, prog rock, bat-shit crazy experiment in two halves, with an unconventional song structure and uncommon time signatures.

“Bonkers” - Johnny Normal, Big Satsuma Radio (UK)

The first half is psychobilly post-punk chaos, with a cacophonous chorus assulting our senses.

The second half is a complete departure. Baroque pop reminiscent of ELO or Beatles, with lush strings and richer harmonics.

“I haven't heard anything like it and I really like it... I think that it is a compositional success and I think that the production and mixing of it in general is nothing short of virtuosic. You've done an amazing job” - Other Joe (audio engineer & artist) - feedback at Playback

“Wow, it's a crazy song... It's so refined... It's like being at a circus show but every act is so perfectly choreographed together. So many things going on there, but each one feels really developed and in conversation with the next, even though it's constantly going in unpredictable directions... It's cooked to perfection... Uncritiquable... Faultless” - Anuraag (DJ) - feedback at Playback

The song structure was partly inspired by Frank Black's Los Angeles. Both tracks have a heavy abbrasive first half, and a more mellow harmonic second half.

Fun fact: that's Disconnectica's hand in the cover art, along with his cat!

Purchase track at https://disconnectica.bandcamp.com/track/kindest-regards

Lyrics:

I got you nothing for your birthday
I got you nothing for your birthday
I got you nothing for your birthday
I hope you don't enjoy your special day

No no no I didn't forget
No I wasn't stuck for something to get
No I was not feeling unwell
But if you are you can go to hell

I won't be getting you a birthday card
I won't be sending you my kindest regards
I hope you don't get any birthday cake
But if you do I hope you get a stom...ache

I got you nothing for your birthday
I got you nothing for your birthday
I got you nothing for your birthday
I hope you don't enjoy your special day

Happy birthday Mr Disconnectica

I heard a rumour on a vine of grapes
I heard a rumour made of nebulous shapes
I heard a rumour about you
I heard a rumour, I presume that it's true

Brrr brrr, brrr, brrr
Brrr brrr, brrr brrr
Please leave a message after the tone
I just called to let you know...

I got you nothing for your birthday
Ha ha ha ha ha ha nyah nyah nyah

It's a bad year to have a birthday
It's a bad year to have a birthday

Oh well, another year
Where does time go, I've got no idea
Oh well, another year
Where does time go, I've got no idea
Oh well, another year
Where does time go, I've got no idea

All dust swept under the rug
All dust swept under the rug
All dust swept under the rug

Kindest Regards

Kindest Regards [version 4, official release]

Welcome from Melbourne, Australia!  I recommend going to my playlists, as the track list is a bit of a mess.  I'm mostly focusing now on alternative rock/pop vocal tracks, but have a wide variety of genres.

Influences include Radiohead, The Beatles, Mike Oldfield, Silverchair, Pink Floyd, Grimes, White Stripes, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Throwing Muses, The Breeders, R.E.M., EMF, Talking Heads, David Byrne, David Bowie, Philip Glass, The Clouds, Beck, Queen, Godley & Creme, They Might Be Giants, Scott Joplin, and somehow the Coen Brothers!