X-Slow Death

Cast of Characters:

Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – (?) electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Fender Precision Bass
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – synth and organ
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl -- vocals and lyrics
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson Custom T model electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering

This song began at the end of last summer, August of '24, when Tez sat down and composed it on his guitar. He shared it with us right away, and while everyone jumped on it immediately, it sat on the shelf for so long because we all felt we needed a singer for it. Fast forward a year, and lo and behold, we picked up Carl, who is down for whatever vocals a song needs. 
 
 We began construction on this by creating the rhythm section. Ken first adding his explosive drums, followed by Josh completing the rhythm section with his four string, fretted bass, which he used a plectrum to play.  JJ entered the fray next, adding his otherworldly synth and thickening organ. 
 
 Then is sat. And sat. And sat some more, until Carl found us, or we found him, and he was finally able to add the missing puzzle piece. But before we put it to bed, Stephen added some thrilling solo work with his axe, too. 
 
 Now that it was a completed song, we asked Stephen to mix it, even though it's really Tez's song, and that honor would usually go to him. However Tez was experiencing some technical difficulty, so the honor went to Stephen, who did his always professional production work on it. 
  
This is a straight rocker from Eclectic Collective, being in all of our wheelhouses. This one was all made in house, too, so it's a great representation of our rocking skills as a band. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Iron Dreaming (Eclectic Collective)

2nd track off Wheels in an Elsewhere, released 28/8/25.
Closer in and down to earth after the 1st track.

Mama I'm tired of the looks and the rush
The clamouring that goes on around me
Cameras glinting
Frontwards view
And see how close you can get
Mama cant you make them stop

Take me away
To a place on my own
Could be far away
Anywhere no one knows

Papa, that's a piece of my mind
That I gave when they told me
She's only
A young thing
Doubts and she's fake
Close-ups double takes
I bet she never made a mark
Papa can you show me out
Papa can you show me out

Take me away
To a place on my own
Could be far away
Anywhere no one knows

Look at the sky tonight
Look at the sky tonight
So far away from here
I could disappear


from the album Wheels in an Elsewhere, released August 28, 2025
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Prologue to a fantasy adventure

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Irresistible, open collab invitation from Paul:
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/timeless-floating-in-space-open-collab-offer
Paploviante: E-Bass, Music, Composing, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering 
I added a "fluegelhorn" solo with breath controller in one go - of course there are some "tweaks" regarding mix and post-mastering - stereo width, EQ, compression etc

Timeless Floating In Space / by Paploviante / remix

Written, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Kyle Bolan
Art by Kyle Bolan

Lyrics:
Everybody thinks like me
They've written and spoken my words
relentlessly

Heads hiding behind windows
Hiding in plain sight
Down eaves of windowsills
Feet in rocks, anthracite

Auto apartment structures
They build themselves
All the time
No necessity, no reason, no rhyme

Chipped in winter
Line drawings of the words
Freezing the moment sweet
Capturing things you've never seen

You know you should stay
Strangers leave such obvious
clues along the way

Heart has made sense
Voted least likely to succeed
at any expense

The day I exceed
Take the dry rot and blooms out
that we will not need
April 10, 2025

Least Likely To Succeed

#StartTheNextWave - New Wave. Post Punk. Art Pop Experimentor. New songs always in the works. Stay tuned.

Least Likely To Succeed

Kyle Bolan

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