366 Songs: February EP

Now that March is winding to an end, I’m putting out my best of February EP from 366 Songs. I’ve remastered the songs, which makes this a good chance for you to catch up if you haven’t heard any of them yet.

You can download the entire EP here, or check out the individual tracks below. You can also check out the archive to find lyrics and guitar tabs for each song.

1: Breaking the Law This song was based on a walk I had around the University of Strathclyde campus one morning. As I was walking between the dorms, I noticed a large fox walking along the sidewalk with the students. About half of the students seemed to ignore the fact that the fox was there completely, but the others and I were a little shocked.

2: Mama’s Drinking Turpentine This song is a homage to children’s folk songs. The twisted control dynamics and threats of death in this song aren’t exactly strangers to that genre. There’s also an obvious tension between the lyrics and the melody that I tried to recreate in this song.

3: Du Du Du The day I recorded this Rachael and I were creating melodies and recording them one after another. She came up with this one, and I added lyrics and guitar work to it.

4: Psycho I fell asleep for several hours and needed to make a song within the space of about an hour after I woke up. This take is my second time playing the song, which I crafted as I sang it. Usually when I do that the song is pretty dry, but this one turned out better than most of my premeditated songs in February.

5: You’ve Been Wise I had written down parts of this narrative but my recording set up kept messing with me. It was a four minute song and I must of tried to get a demo down five times before I got frustrated and decided to wing it with my computer’s internal microphone. It became a very bizarre sprawling nine minute fiasco, that also managed to pick up the most plays that month by visitors.

6: Henri Matisse Yes, it’s not pronounced quite like it should be, but the speaker probably isn’t aware of that. Started out as a guitar riff, but then it evolved into a song about celebrity, hero worship, and mortality.