Time Bomb

Written, Performed and Produced by Sarah Paradise-Brown

This track is not yet mastered.. it may be a bit quiet... will do another mix before this becomes the final version.  This song will complete my album due for release on 22nd Sept (This year!) 🤪

Sometimes I feel nobody
But a stand-in for everybody
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

Love me when I am only
Too old and just sad and lonely
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

No matter if my world is falling down
My world is falling down
My world is falling down

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

Good Enough For You

I do love it when your brain just locks into an idea and it feels effortless to create something.  

I also like it when MY brain does that, too!  And that's what happened with "Quibble"--the latest Interbay track to drop exclusively here on SoundCloud.    

At 114bpm, it grooves instead of sprints.  The palette of sound colors is limited to just a few and the grind of repetition is a feature on this track, not a bug.  There is progression and there is acceleration, as the energy level of the song does built throughout the tracks length.  

And the lyrics construct a narrative that is about storytelling techniques and escaping a seemingly inevitable fate--"the magic of quibbles."  That sure feels like a worthy topic to make an Interbay song about!  

Is there at least a little bit of Rufus Du Sol influence here?  I think so.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

"Keep your eyes out for those sly quibbles."  

Heading into the weekend, this slightly dark but still worthy of an enthusiastic dance track feels perfectly timed.  Hopefully you'll give this one a listen, a like, a repost and share.  Add it to a groovy dance playlist.  Leave a comment.  

Most of all, please give this page a follow.  If you'll look, there's nearly 500 original tracks in the back catalog of Interbay here--and all of these have been posted one per day for nearly 500 consecutive days.  That means, so far, every day brings a new surprise present for you to open up and check out--of course, it's always the same...a new Interbay track...but, those tracks sure aren't going to sound the same as each other!  

Worth it?  I think it is...though some may quibble with that admittedly biased opinion.

You should make your own decision.  To do that, you need to listen...and you should follow!

"Quibble" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Running on water

Crypto Obsession

Mia Wray - Ghost In My Machine (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) (cover)

We are all gods

Amantis

The Bunker

(Perhaps numbers were down because of yesterday's holiday--but I think "Tryptophan", the Interbay track that dropped yesterday, deserves more ears.  So, give that a listen, please, if you haven't already.  If you like it, give it a like.  THEN come back here and check out this track!  Thanks!)  

You might not recognize this track because it FEELS busy...but this is one of the most minimal tracks that Interbay has ever made.  There are four instruments--a drum machine and three synths.  And there's one female vocalist, singing ethereally--but mostly repeating certain phrases.  

(I know that some of you like the songs where I manage to work in actually sung vocals, rather than the spoken words or dialogue snippets that I often use for a song's mandatory "vocal element."  Well, this is one of those!  Check it out!)  

At 116bpm, "How Does This Feel?" isn't slow...but it is slower than the vast majority of Interbay tracks (don't check my math on that--that's a guesstimate.)  The sound is digifunk--digital and digital sounding elements making funk music.  Or this old white man's approximation of funk--perhaps less George Clinton and more Bill Clinton?  (It's a fair cop.)  

Too fast to be chill, too slow to fill the big rooms--this track is more selective in its appeal.  You've got to like it when various effects are slapped onto the drums, giving it a technological psychedelic feel.  Like, what might the laptop computer equivalent to LSD?  Whatever THAT is...then that!  

The vocals are simple, direct, and heart breaking.  She can't find the way.  (What way?)  The way to describe how does this feel.  And, finally, at the end, she finds the perfect word to sum up how this DOES feel.  (Spoilers, sweetie!)  

I had another track in mind to drop today, but when I opened this up and found how close I'd been to finishing this track whenever it was when I'd put it aside, I knew that I had to get this one polished and off the lot.  Sometimes, you just get a certain "now" vibe from a track--and this one is that.  (Despite it being heavily rooted in some 80s vibes.)  

So--like yesterday's "Tryptophan"...I can only ask that you give "How Does This Feel? (Can't Find The Way)" a listen and a like, if you do.  If you want to, you could repost it or share it with a friend (or more.)  You could add it to a playlist that is missing some digifunk spark.  You could leave a comment--though, I will say, I much prefer the encouraging ones!  And, perhaps most importantly, consider giving this page a follow.  Did you know that a brand new Interbay track drops EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far!) and the only way to keep your head above this wave of musical content is to follow along as these tracks keep a-comin'.    

Thanks!  (You thought I'd given all the thanks I had yesterday?  Nope.  Always keep a supply of thanks on hand--because people have earned them.)

"How Does This Feel? (Can't Find the Way)" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

let me feel you this moment

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.