Bells & Whistles
Liner Notes
#synthfolk #horror #ihavenoideahowtotagthissongsorry #butihopeyoulikeit
Imagine, if you will, a world where computers think for you...
Sort of a horror story influenced by reports of ChatGPT-induced psychosis set to a weird groove. This song shares its primary time signature with a scratch demo I recorded of the same title a long time ago, but is otherwise entirely different. (Not cheating, promise!!!)
Forgive the crummy vocal... not used to singing kinda "challenging" melodies like this, there's a lot of manual pitch correction going on even here.
Lyrics
looking out the window, someone's at the door of this fine apartment on the fourteenth floor hoping not to chat too circumstantially but he's just another salesman pining to be free
asking what he's here for at this hour late saying not to worry, he's got something great clip it over your heart and it gives free advice all the bells and whistles, very little price all the bells and whistles, very little price
forward to the bossman, won't be there on time i've got an appointment for this head of mine writing out your e-mails, work or socialized something's in the woodwork, camouflaged tonight
wrinkles coming undone somewhere in your brain thoughts are getting screwy, nothing left to gain even if you hate it, they've arrived on time all the bells and whistles prodding at your mind all the bells and whistles prodding at your mind
"no one can be trusted, you must stay inside everyone's an alien, you're completely right make yourself at arms and keep your eyes so wide" all the bells and whistles coming forth tonight all the bells and whistles coming forth tonight
Comments
Lemon Demon as hell; lyrically and sonically, it also kinda reminds me of Gotye's "State Of The Art", which was a song about a home organ that gained sentience and malicious intent. Really fun idea!
Ooh, I'll have to check that out. Lemon Demon has been an influence for basically as long as I've made good music (2019) and I don't think the overlap is unintentional. Thank you!!
Like a dystopic, relentless march of machines. Really gets the mind going. the wrinkles coming undone part really got to me, that is a very vividly disturbing image. Hopefully we as species can overcome the AI instead of becoming bound by it.
O hell ya. This is great and terrifying. Kinda reminds me a bit of “she wants revenge” love the bass and chippy drums and your voice is quite effective
Thanks! Drums are a bunch of Yamaha RX15 samples - it's one of my favorite drum machines, I'm hoping to pick one up post-FAWM. (The same drum track also provides the weird low buzzing that fades in.)
Really like it! The synth part sounds really cool. The extra instruments that get added in the second verse (? i'm not exactly sure) were a really nice touch
Awesome synth!!! I love the story in the lyrics, "wrinkles coming undone somewhere in your brain" is so so good. The last verse is chilling, especially looking at current events. I enjoyed your vocals, they're really very good! Love that ending, everything going dark. Well done!