I wanted this song to sound like a windy, autumn, downtown night. It took me an extremely long time to decide on the instrumentation. Didn't want to go too blues so the electric leads were extremely subdued. Didn't want it to go too jazz so I cut the hand-slaps from the upright bass and used a very sub-par, detuned piano with pitch-shifting. Didn't want it to be too spacey but needed the downtown atmosphere so I tried crazy ideas like sending the acoustic to a space echo and then warming up the EQ. Drums were done in one take.

Downtown Girl

I wanted to write a song about death but with a sense of wonder instead of sorrow. Lyrics:

Come heavens upon me
Rain ashes before me

I'm ready eyed in a cold sweat
Ghosts arise and I'm cold

Come carry my body
Through caverns of glory

I'm ready eyed in a cold sweat
Ghosts arise and I'm cold

VanRiss

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