Indie retro electro funky pop. This track has so many crossed genres in it its nuts.

Written by myself and Audiodile.
Saxophones by Ned Wilkinson

Get Chemical (feat. Audiodile)

Instrumental (unmastered) mix of Get Chemical.

Get Chemical - INSTRUMENTAL MIX

Cover of "Rocketeer" by Far East Movement. All parts arranged and performed by Travis R. as well as all mixing and mastering.

'Rocketeer' -- as originally by Far East Movement
Written by: Ray Romulus, Philip Lawrence, James Roh, Jonathan James Yip, Jeremy L Reeves, Peter Gene Hernandez, Verman Coquia, Kevin Nishimura, Jae Choung
Published by: Warner Chappell Music Publishing / Sony ATV Music Publishing / Music Of Windswept / EMI Music Publishing / Music Asset Management Inc / Roc Nation Music / Universal Music Publishing

Rocketeer (Far East Movement Cover)

Downloadable track linked from the music video on YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUtEKMQhtJc



Tonight (I'm Loving You)/Only Girl in the World Mashup

Cover of Rolling in the Deep available to view with a video online at YouTube:


Arrangement and performance of all instruments by Travis Ratledge.

Rolling In the Deep

I had originally planned this for my upcoming album but it becomes more apparent to me, as time passes, that this song would just stick out like a sore thumb because it's going to be *so* different from everything else on the CD. While you do want variety on an album, it still needs to be a coherent feel and idea to truly gel as a record, and the unfortunate thing is that this song would've really thrown a wrench in that, so I'm going to release it as a one-off instead.

Please pass this around if you enjoy it!

All instruments, performances, and mixing by myself
Mastering by Sage Audio

Quiet, Quiet

All music written and performed by Travis R., with the exception of gang vocals:

Justin P.
Bryan K.
Chris D.

Lyrics:

INTRO

have you met
my two best friends,
vicodin and percocet?
the girls get wet
when they get near
and all your cares
will disappear

VERSE

same time and place
next week?
should we meet up again?
I'd love to tell you
'bout the places that 
I've never been
but the list is such
that I don't know 
where to begin
but I'll bet that you
won't lead me astray
my friends

would you be all of my lover today?
would you leave me like 
all of my so-called "friends?"
would you be with me night and day?
and take their places
while we dress ourselves in sin


CHORUS

run home, run home
and tell your parents
that you've been a bad girl
bad girl, bad girl
run home, run home
and tell your parents
that you've been a bad boy
bad boy, bad boy
'cause good girls and boys
they get toys
for the sweetest candy
to melt on your tongue
(taste the rainbow, kids!)
when the numbness
overtakes your lips  and fingertips
would you fake it just this once

VERSE 2 (Faster)

I can tell from your eyes
you despise
the company I keep
close by
well you can just forget it
I can write my own demise
if I want
and I do
and you won't
be held responsible
and you don't have to feign surprise

BRIDGE

when I fly
when I launch 
to the sky
from a resting position
and watch all the colors
pass me by
pass me by
and while I'm floating by
with a shit-eating grin
that you would barely recognize
fall in
fall into line
and shut your trap
don't fucking judge me
I'm feeling fine

BREAKDOWN

you'll love this place I swear
it's the four seasons
of cardboard wear
it's, ah
well it's nice this time of year
and would you believe me
if I said
that I was happier half dead
and never left estranged
than when I had a level head

Sweetest Candy

Debut EP from Polite Fiction released on March 25, 2013. 

Arrow

Carry On (We'll Be Here When You Get Back)

Come a Little Closer

Perspective

Quiet Quiet

Suzerainty

Dance rock/electronica piece.

Guitars - Guitar Rig 4
Bass Guitar - NI Scarbee Bass Amped
Drums - Steven Slate Drums
Synths - NI FM8
Piano - NI New York Piano
Compressors/Mastering - Logic 9 Stock Plugins

Thank God You're Here, Captain Amazing

Still on the fence on whether or not I want to take this track and put it on the next album. I was really having a hard time coming up with any decent vocals and lyrics to this one, but I do like the instrumental. A little different and more funk-based than my other more indie-pop based instrumentals.

Instrumental - Unfinished

The only instrumental I'm going to upload from the Portrait EP (this was one of the Kickstarter rewards from the album, so).

Hope you guys enjoy this!

Polite Fiction

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