FAWM: "Car Brain"

Car Brain

Liner Notes

I was driving home yesterday and as usual, saw so much dumbass driving, and the phrase 'car brain! da-da-da-da car brain! da-da-da-da' popped into my head, complete with drum fills. It wasn't much of an idea - a single note, lol - but I thought to myself, 'When I get home, I'm gonna find two or three other notes to go with it and make a song.'

So I did! Really rough demo - just DI the guitars, program everything else, quick vocal on my work break today. Had the idea to stack these harmonies, but it's easier to just vocode them in, isn't it?

#punk #poppunk #indie #grunge #protest #powerpop #newwave

Gear used: Guitar: Artist 'Grungemaster' through Paradise Guitar Studio Bass: Kontakt Prime Drums: EZX 'Underground' Synths: UAD Minimoog Vocals: Shure Beta 58a mic, Replika, Ovox

And plenty of processing plugins! Abbey Road, UAD stuff mostly.

Feel free to download. For my proper, finished stuff: koshrecords.net

Lyrics

car brain, car brain are you insane? or have you got car brain, car brain malignant case of fatal car brain, car brain can't understand that we can't share lanes without pain

car brain, car brain, car brain

car brain, car brain park on the footpath 'cause you got car brain, car brain always complain, council got car brain, car brain can't comprehend that others don't want the fast lane

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Comments

@anthonykapfer 1d

this is a fun one. car brain is definitely a thing here in la too. this is real catchy. you’re on fire this year

@mattwdunn 2d

Awesome. Catchy. A proper driving rock tune (See what I did there). It always impresses me so much how you find inspiration for lyrics around you. That hair gel song you started this year with for example. It wouldn’t even cross my mind to write a song about it. Guess I’ll be shouting ‘Car Brain’ at bad drivers from now on. Nice work

@nahlej381 2d

A dude in a Tesla just about rear ended my as I was parking to go into work…he was doing like 30mph in a parking lot glued to his phone and came across 2 empty rows to almost hit me…I was the only thing in the lot… Point being this one is really speaking to me right now. I yelled and he sped off looking very flustered. Thanks for this song.

@danxduran 2d

These days it's perfectly legal to hate on Tesla owners whether they're driving bad or not 🤣

@nahlej381 2d

Amen

@sheslin 2d

This is so relatable - I think we all feel like we are going to battle when we drive. Love the punk rock vibe - so much energy and just fun! I am going to be thinking car brain from now on when I am driving!!

@danxduran 2d

I hope it isn't malignant! 😂

@freshspotlessyouth 2d

You've really said it all--damn, haven't we all seen some car brain, when we're not suffering from it ourselves. This is quite a tour de force, a catchy freeway anthem. I'm expecting massive success once this gets out there

@danxduran 2d

Thanks! I usually write at least one 'I hate cars, but have to use one' song each FAWM, and here's this year's...