New song that I wrote in the middle of night.  Finished up vocals  today and ready show to others.  Messed with my vocals to make them not sound like, well, me.  I just think it works for this style of music in general.  

Had a weird day dream of what it would be like if someone had found a body in the forest, taken over by nature. What were those person's last thoughts?  Did they leave for a good reason?

Time stopped, Waters calm
Landscapes still where her heart lies
Still unknown, Her body hidden.

Body seized, by vines and roots
New lives start wrapped around flesh
Decomposed, by bugs that hunger

Tranquil thoughts, Fading in and out,
Tranquil thoughts.

Tranquil thoughts made by man,
Fading in and out of consciousness,
She left with inner peace, with faith left in the world.

Tranquil Thoughts

heroin for hangover

"Leaving Your Body" from "Animalistic" by Menteur, 2014
http://menteur.bandcamp.com/album/animalistic

Featuring: 
Luke Murray - Drums 
Ogede Ode - Nylon String Guitar, Ableton Live, Trombone 
Trevor Overman - Computer, Ambient Percussives, Vocals 
Jason Wolonick - Trumpet, Percussion, Vocals 
Sam Brown - Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Synths, Trumpet, Vocals 
Corey Bax - Electric Guitar 
Carter Fourqurean - Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Steel String Guitar, Korg Monotron Delay Synth, 4 Track Cassette Deck, Auxiliary Percussion, Looping, Vocals 

Recorded and Mixed Binaurally via Frank Head and Carter Fourqurean, with special thanks to Jesse Moorefield and Mark Robinson in the creation of Frank. 

Produced by Carter Fourqurean

This album is very important to me. I feel like most of the work in this project was not really "music", but more like tonal sound. I feel like with this album, we have finally merged into music, while still keeping some of the stripped down elemental noise that the previous work has.

This album was recorded live in one take, in very dark lighting, in a very hot room, at very high volumes. The only lights were spinning multicolored LED lights (which have mysteriously gone missing in the packing up process after the album was recorded), and the room was sealed off from the rest of the house. It was as if we entered a void when we went in. 

This album is entitled "Animalistic" because, for me at least, I felt like I transformed during the recording process. The vocals are visceral and the music reaches almost ritualistic feelings. It felt like we had all become animals locked in a sound chamber. 

Largely the point of these albums is the experience that occurs in the creation. Just the fact that the people that played together at the same time in the same place is somewhat magical. And then to force them all to push their comfort zones and see what happens is even more of a phenomenon. 

Since the album was designed as a unique experience for the musicians, is was recorded binaurally, like most of our other material, to enable a unique experience for the listener. Binaural recording enables the listener to hear a true field of hearing, such as in front of them and behind them, creating an almost 3D sound field. Basically, we live mixed our space effects in realistic surround sound, so if you wear headphones, it feels like you were standing in that dark sweaty room with us. 

Thank you for listening. Thank you for your support. I love you. We all love you. 
-Carter
www.carterfourqurean.com

"Leaving Your Body" (BINAURAL) - Menteur

a song based on a dream I had way back around 2011 (I think). Written then too.

a few bum notes and that here and there, but that's rock n roll baby

Pretty Vicious

"I can see a lot in you
Maybe it's my point of view

It breaks my heart to know you noticed too
I'd never fall back on words I have said to you
and I know

I was making
out to be what I've been faking
Shaken, shaking
While I've stumbled 
You've been waiting"

Director's Commentary:

I recently went through a breakup and have been reevaluating a lot of things about myself. Basically, I'm trying to write the most stereotypical college songs there ever were.

I wrote about four songs for this album. The rules were that each song had to be a pop song so I tried to write catchy hooks, which ended up being difficult because I liked two of the songs too much and wanted to record them for the next Bobey album. The other song I wrote for the album was not universal enough to be a pop song because of an odd time signature and weird hook. 

This page has started gaining more momentum than I ever thought it would, and some of the artists in the group have been putting out some amazing work. For these reasons, I didn't just want to put out a song that "wasn't good enough to put out on a Bobey album". I really wanted to write something that I was proud of and would show people that I take the collective and other artist's work seriously.

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