Once again, I find myself cursing the almighty algorithms.  (Please take a moment to listen to yesterday's track, the slow gothy post-punk drum pounder known as "You're Not Around."  For whatever reason, it has--so far--received far fewer listens than the average Interbay track.  I don't know why this happens, but it does seem to happen regularly to tracks that I'm especially proud of...the tracks I want to be heard by MORE people, not fewer!)  

OK--I assume you were willing to help me out by listening to "You're Not Around" (and you might as well go ahead and follow this page, since you are exactly the kind of person who I make music for), NOW, let's talk about TODAY'S track.  

It's a harder than you'd expect piece of digifunk cyberpunk, telling the story of a woman who is tired of accepting crumbs and scraps and is finally putting her foot down to demand what she deserves.  It's got some dubsteb bass, lots of synths (including one that sounds like a guitar), spoken word and, making their third appearance on an Interbay song...a trio of backing singers that aren't sampled, but were recorded live at Phantom Laboratories West.

The title "Just Enough", in addition to reminding any 80s fan of the Depeche Mode Song, "Just Can't Get Enough"--specifically was inspired by a far less well known song from the same era--a song I was so glad I took a chance on the 6-track ep it came out...because they immediately vanished without a trace.  The band who did that song, named "Just Enough," was Illustrated Man (after the classic Ray Bradbury tale.)   They were a supergroup of sorts, as it featured Hugo Burnham from Gang of Four, Rob Dean from Japan (the band, not the country), Rob Mason who was a tour musician for Gary Numan, and Phillip Foxman who had been in the glam rock band Supernaut...and they were said to be an excellent live band, and many thought they'd be the next big thing.  

They were brought from the UK over to New York...and promptly disbanded.  

Many of the songs on that 6 track mini-LP, including "Just Enough," were secret weapons that I put on so many mixtapes.  They had a Simple Minds, Japan, Duran Duran, The Fixx sound and deserved better.  

Their song "Just Enough" is, lyrically, the polar opposite of this, the new Interbay track.  While the singer for Illustrated Man wanted just enough love to get them by, the Interbay track wants you to know that just enough isn't good enough anymore.  

The phrase was something my late wife would  share with our kid, to motivate them into wanting to do extra credit, to do their best in class with everything, and not to take the easiest path.   

Had she stuck around longer, I bet she'd have made it stick--but I think both the kid and I are too often settling for "just enough."  Perhaps this song can serve as motivation for me, then?

I don't want to condemn this song to the minimal listens by saying that I like this particular track...(but...well, I think you can guess and not bring down the wrath of whatever from high a top the thing, if you happened to guess correctly...)  

As always, the best way to help this Interbay music project out is by listening to Interbay tracks, giving them a like, reposting them, sharing them, commenting on them, adding them to a playlist...and to follow this page for more.  This is the 356th original Interbay song posted over the course of the last 356 days--one new track every day (so far!)  Getting close to a year!  

"Just Enough (Isn't Good Enough)" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

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.