This is my latest bands first recording. At the moment it's comprised of two guitarists and a singer...the equipment used was pretty limited - just a beat up 8 track recorder, fairly cheap mics, and small amp...but it somehow kinda suited the feel of the song we were going for. I wrote the words and music for this one (used an old poem i had for the basis), and i play the guitars in the center and right speaker of the recording. The other guitarist plays the guitars panned left, and the singer does all the vocals.

Aaaany feedback would be really appreciated.

Thanks.

Edit: If the player at the top isn't functioning for you, you can hear the song on our myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/meloncauliflowermusic

Could you post the lyrics?

Sure:

*radio*
Stained with coffee,
Warm, dizzy, drunk and beaten
The moon sits up high
Watching over winter streets
Where newspaper skin
Soaks to the bones of a
Yellow-eyed man
Awaiting.
Unforgiving of all this,
Accepting of all this,
Pale as the moon he crawls
To the beat of the snow fall
And, wilted, he counts down his days
And waltzes away…

Punctured and swollen,
Bruised but forever fighting
The moon is alone
Singing for everyone
(But) raising their glasses
Warm, dizzy, high and hopeful
Two lovers eloped
Away from it all.
An exception to this
The world spins on their axis
To the sound of a sparrow call
Or the beat that the snow falls
They lose themselves in gentle sway
And then waltz away

(But) The burning white embers
They help you to remember
That we are not alone in this
Spinning against the axis
à jamais, luttant comme la lune
Together in tune
We all waltz away...

Thanks. I'm going to listen to this again later while reading the lyrics.

Not bad. I like it. Um, although it sounds like chipmunks if you let it play instead of going to the myspace page.

Iceage! Awesome song man!

I'm sure your singer has been told a thousand times that his voice sounds exactly like Colin's from The Decemberists.

Love the lead guitar in this song and how it fills in where he's not singing. It came together really well. Very impressed.

Hey welaughindoors, thanks a lot

I love The Decemberists, but i don't think our singer's ever actually listened to them, ha. They're also not very big in England at all, so you're actually the first to make the comparison....i'll let him know though, i see it as a compliment.

Thanks for listening.