Turnstile
by @luxury
Liner Notes
#psychedelic #rock I posted this one last night, but upon reviewing this morning, for the first time in FAWM history I wanted to make a few edits to the track. Firstly I rerecorded the angelic choir part at the beginning now that it's daytime & I didn't have to sing so quietly. Secondly I wrote a new "bridge verse" in the middle after contemplating my dissatisfaction with how the prior version fit into the vibe I'm trying to channel which is alien, foreboding, but also information-dense, beautiful & interesting!
Lyrics
see my radiance, hear my magic song i'm an angel from andromeda
& if you want, you can go there but your mind has to fit you'll watch the wood grain flow there so many don't notice it but if you're loose from the quilt-square pattern like the rings of saturn on a record player tracing the grooves of the vibrations of your lifestyle, push through the turnstile, buy the ticket take the ride your eyes wide let your heart be your guide
the rest will never visit andromeda you'll buy a counterfeit andromeda lots of people paid to tell you it's legit andromeda you're so rational, unhaunted by the swarms of drosophila
glossy glossolalia cozy cationic posse lost-electron positivity on me like pickled carrot on banh mi i've got the sun shining through me & all the ice that flies by me evolves to comets exciting astonishment in the laity like a new form of piety but it looks more like gaiety dionysian society
the light it feels weighty & old as the hadean rocks
Comments
Whoaaaaaaa. Everything sounds so good, so lively, LOVE the percussion, and the slinky, greasy feel is just absolutely groooooving. The breathless rush of the second verse (or whatever part starts with "glossy glossolalia") swept me away!
Thank you!! 😇 I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I did get all the instruments sounding really tight! & yeah, I would call the glossy glossolalia part the second verse! I've developed an artistic interest in what I would call like, "endurance singing" or something like that, which can sometimes take the form of enunciating a lot of lyrics very quickly in a short timeframe without tripping over my tongue, which is kiiiind of what's going on there, but moreso in this case taking a big ol breath & singing without a pause to breathe for a surprisingly long time - especially when combined with the harmony & lyrics I feel that this lends an otherworldy feeling, while also accomplishing the "barrage of words" effect in that I can get more words out in the places where pauses for breath might have gone!
Barbershop harmonies - amazing! Hell yes on the somewhat sparse arrangement with the laid back percussion and easy bass. That allows the listener to really pay attention to these excellent lyrics. I left the track wanting more! Excellent work!
Kudos for the fruit fly reference and the use of "glossolalia." I love the vocal harmonies! And every song is better with a vibra-slap!
Thank you! Yeah I got this vibraslap just a month or so ago & it's really been the MVP for me this FAWM, I've been sticking it everywhere I can
Very cool! Great vibes, and interesting melodies and rhythms in the vocals. I especially love the choral intro!
Fun concept.. and I like that you can't go there if your mind doesn't fit. love how the you end "old as hadean rocks" after that wonderful image barrage. Creative lyrics as usual!