One day, I sat down at the piano and played the first thing that my fingers went to. It was all white keys and sounded really nice. I thought, “Well since I can easily play the voicing in this key, I’ll move it up a half step to unfamiliar territory so I can actually pick apart what is going on.” After that, I decided to play each note one at a time to discover the melodic possibilities. That turned into the repeating ostinato figure played by guitar and piano. The song starts in 7 because that voicing had seven notes. The odd time signature isn’t an intellectual exercise, but rather the melodic development of a natural harmonic shape. The solo section comes from an impromptu jam session right before heading off to the pool.
Described as “an ecological history of humanity,” this sparse, tense suite of songs perfectly balances melody and chaos. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2018