From the album ‘Beneath The Brine’ (2014) • Pay what you want http://tndr.lv/fam-crest

Oh, young love of mine
She sleeps beneath the brine
And oh the sound, the tick
The weighty click of her heart against my spine

Now the dark is nigh
And she lays here at my side
But like a steady squall
Her arms they fall and her legs, they grasp me tight

Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you taken me in your fall?
All of my love, all of my life
Given to you, sacrificed

Oh my waking world
I leave you for a girl
Cast away into this blight
Swimming blindly through the night

Now my heart is bound
Like a plague upon this sound
And oh, it slips away, such soft decay
Then it grows

Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you taken me from the fall?
All of my love, and all of my life
Given to you, sacrificed

Stay clear of the wreckage
She goes down, down, down

And she burns like the sun
And it all falls away
Take your time and I'll take mine here today
But it cuts like a knife
And we're bound here as the night, it breaks away
And it all goes down

Oh, the sun!

Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you shaken me from the fall?
All of my life, all of my days
Given to you, cast away

Here's to the war
Here's to the night
All of my love, sacrificed

Soft and kind
Cold as ice
Hold yourself beneath the brine

Smooth as wine
Black as night
Hold yourself beneath the brine

The brainchild of frontman Liam McCormick, The Family Crest began as a recording project in 2009 with co-founder/bassist John Seeterlin. “We always liked making music with people—getting a bunch of people together and singing. So we put ads everywhere,” says McCormick. “We posted on Craigslist and emailed old friends from school.” The outcome was greater than the original duo imagined, with 80 people credited on the first recording the band produced. From that a seven-piece core band emerged, though the Crest boasts over 400 “Extended Family” members.

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The Family Crest - Beneath The Brine

how to mess everything up

inspiration

manotnee with Aeelow

january

Vocal Engineer: Sam
Mouth Trumpet: Psychedelic Revolution
Recorder: Psychedelic Revolution
Printer and Chair Sampling: Psychedelic Revolution


A standard 1-6-2-5 progression found often in R&B except I did a tritone substitution at the end for some progressions. Also did some half step distancing for the diminished chords sometimes. There is a gospel guitar rhythm for the hook. For lead, there is my new favorite scale the Hindu scale, Dorian b2, as well as Lydian #2. Also superimposed the organ for the first 2 chords of the hook. There is also a printer and chair sound being sampled. 

Here are the lyrics with a few annotations: Basically about a disgruntled office worker. 

Verse 1:
It’s the boat that rocks you slowly and the bills that drive you crazy and the all too many sleepless nights 
I roll over and kiss my wife and then I fix the eggs, maybe I’m dead inside
It’s the hope that kills you slowly it’s the will that drives you holy and when its all over, I pray that I’ll be alright
I pray that it’ll all end, paycheck comes often, cos’ only then do I feel alive 


Chorus:
Hallelujah
He loves his children       (Radiohead reference)
Rain down
On a dark night

Do ya see I that bleed when I hand in that report that’s due for six months and I might turn violent, if I don’t get my way 
Do ya see that I can’t just quit cos’ of my kids, and the presents that I need to give at Christmas
And you earn more than me don’t cha 
Wish that I could
Work
Harder
Run
Faster
And arrive
A little earlier 
Work
Harder
Run
Faster
And arrive
A little earlier 

Verse 2:

Don’t know if it’s just me or the neon lights but my varicose veins are starting to look pretty heavy
I check up on my doctor and he says you’ll be fine kid, take a couple of pills, drink a couple of beers and then you’ll be steady
In confines, collars that choke us, slowly losing focus, as the time runs out
It’s the hope that kills you slowly it’s the will that drives you holy and when its a’ll over, I pray that I’ll be alright
I pray that it’ll all end, my paycheck comes often, only then do I feel alive

Harder, Faster, Earlier (Demo)

INSIDE OUT

2 by H.E.R. Cover

sunshine (w/ Harry Nicholson)

hopefully I can get a music video and an official studio recording of this song. luv y'all 
haitian cowboy / young buck

INSIDE. Demo

Say You Love Me Demo Clip

Say You Love Me Demo Clip

Phanzé LaMuse