All but one of the ten songs to be taken into the studio with Chris now have a full set of lyrics. R'N'R was surprisingly SUPER hard to write, as the lyrics are essentially absolute nonsense from start to finish. Believe it or not it's actually insanely hard to write completely nonsensical lyrics. Somehow a linear commentary is maintained beneath the madness, but quite what that message is i'll have you figure out for yourself. The first draft of the lyrics had 'bitches' rhyme with 'ditches' and then 'ditches' rhyme with 'stitches' (...obviously). Insane Clown Posse are quaking in their boots right now, i'm sure. Alas, i'm saddened to say that said lyric has not found it's way to the finished draft.
I tried to channel The Lemonheads at their most stupid (Rockin' Stroll), The Drips and straight-up Poison Idea (Just To Get Away) to help me nail this unexpectedly complicated beast, and i hope that i've done the influences justice.
Only the last song on the record currently has no lyrics, or even a final working title for that matter, it's changed from The Plastic Stays Yellow Forever (which i thought possibly sounded a bit too Twilight Sad) to I Had A Dream in the last couple of days, but to be honest i think it will be called something else entirely again by the time we get into the studio with it. So yeah, nine of the ten songs are ready to go. Or...
It could be nine of the eleven that are ready to go.
I wrote another song just yesterday evening. It's short, fast and super catchy. I don't know if i have the patience to wait until another session comes along in a couple of months before we record it! However, obviously the other boys haven't even heard a second of it yet, and learning a new song from scratch combined with getting the other ten songs completely musically and vocally tight for recording, in two weeks, may just be too much of an ask. Probably will be, if i'm being honest.
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