tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9842741830926395912024-03-05T16:35:40.976-05:00DAYS RUN AWAYWELCOME HOMESeamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-75430152167137795352014-12-14T19:45:00.002-05:002014-12-14T19:45:45.752-05:00Robins & Cardinals<br />
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This is probably the best new song that I've written (this or the title song, which is included on ADDA II) out of all of my new tracks. Robins and Cardinals is, like the other songs posted, a song built from the ashes of the songs that I tried to write during my year or two struggle with writer's block.<br />
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The vocals are far more clear in this one and the chorus, for what may be the first time in my music (at least to me), has something of a catchy hook. The vocals and lyrics are simple and the samples are much more rhythmic than they often are. It layers and builds upon itself rather nicely and, as I said before, I'm super proud of how it rounds out.<br />
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Here are the lyrics:<br />
<i>"In a matter of months</i><br />
<i>we’ll wipe the slate clean</i><br />
<i>All those bitter lows will be</i><br />
<i>ancient history</i><br />
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<i>There are robins and cardinals</i><br />
<i>on the branch outside</i><br />
<i>The weather’s getting cooler</i><br />
<i>and it’s a full moon tonight</i><br />
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<i>We’re moving up</i><br />
<i>We’re moving on</i><br />
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<i>The leaves are changing</i><br />
<i>they’ll glow and die</i><br />
<i>The rivers freeze and make new paths</i><br />
<i>and trails for us to find</i><br />
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<i>There are robins and cardinals</i><br />
<i>on the branch outside</i><br />
<i>The weather’s getting cooler</i><br />
<i>and it’s a full moon tonight</i><br />
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<i>We’re moving up</i><br />
<i>We’re moving on"</i><br />
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And here is the link to download the album:</div>
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/oo709sv7z9i0eai/A_Darker,_Deeper_Alley_I.zip">http://www.mediafire.com/download/oo709sv7z9i0eai/A_Darker,_Deeper_Alley_I.zip</a></div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">A Deeper Darker Alley I (2014 31 Minutes)</i></div>
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<li>One Town Over</li>
<li>Robins and Cardinals</li>
<li>Mystery Gate</li>
<li>Lost Keys</li>
<li>Rainbow Catcher</li>
<li>Two Towns Over</li>
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Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-9440055995419183832014-12-08T22:30:00.000-05:002014-12-08T22:37:02.836-05:00New song. <div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">'<em>Lost Keys</em>' is the first song with vocals and lyrics from my new album "<strong><em>A Darker, Deeper Alley I</em></strong>". It's genesis is similar to most of the tracks on <strong><em>ADDA I</em></strong><em> </em>in that it came from a series of other songs produced during writer's block that never really had a chance. I put them through post, the sausage grinder if you will, until they came out as something completely unlike the original. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Keys is, like many of my other vocal songs, lyrically very simple. To not muddle up this post, I've placed the lyrics <strong><em><a data-mce-href="http://seamusmstimpson.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-song.html" href="http://seamusmstimpson.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-song.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong>. Sonically, there's a very minimalist and shimmery sort of texture to it. The drums are some of my most simple and, in my humble opinion, most effective. There's a nice stereo quality to the whole piece and my vocals are, very intentionally, somewhat hushed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope you enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The lyrics are below.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">wade into the bog</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">with me in your arms</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">carry me high</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and dry through the swamps</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">to the path beyond</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">where the danger was</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">to a new home</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and a clean start</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">it won’t get better until I help myself</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">sometimes I just don’t care enough</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">set me down if you must</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and if I weight too much</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">you have done enough</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">just to help me up</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know I ask a lot</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">what with the things Ive done</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I have hurt you again</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and again. I know.</span></i></div>
Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-59968861380818032892013-07-15T18:01:00.000-04:002013-07-15T18:01:05.520-04:00I have had the worst writer's block in the world and I haven't updated a thing. Creatively, and personally, things have been rough as of late. My apologies for my absence. I hope to get into the swing of things but I'll be damned if I can see any kind of creative light at the end of the tunnel.<br />
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Though I've never been able to put my finger on what my "muse" may be, it seems that someone took a hit out on it because I am coming up dry.Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-70857706133356671812012-05-04T21:22:00.001-04:002012-05-04T21:22:45.644-04:00A bunch of new songs from Ghostwater that I forgot to post here.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been really awful when it comes to updating these. I'm sure you know this. Blogger keeps changing and I keep getting busy with either work, the actual writing of songs or my masonic lodge meetings that I keep ignoring this. I shouldn't.<br />
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So here are some songs that I've uploaded on tindeck and forgot to post here. I love each of them equally and I'll spare you the lyrics. They differ sonically and I hope you can decipher the vocals.<br />
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By clicking on the part of the player that says tindeck, you'll be sent to where you can download the track.<br />
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"<b><i>In Flannel</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"</span></b><br />
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"<b><i>January</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"</span></b><br />
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<br />Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com252tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-3726122234459652052012-03-18T21:17:00.002-04:002012-03-18T21:23:16.191-04:00DIAL L-O-V-E (I am so bad to you, blogger, I really am)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7LgYvEvV5FfPzaJkAHYmEM1ZbqUWS7hd0XEGLh-mFts8kf6idpSXTQVR-x0j8vGsLEUQZkd7g7fN30AW-k79tpGfeY3lat9oPURld4v2S5KxpKCatGJj5dbBBgBRoyeCBsAFPpWDJjBz/s1600/tumblr_lzvovbOq3X1qzn0kbo1_cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7LgYvEvV5FfPzaJkAHYmEM1ZbqUWS7hd0XEGLh-mFts8kf6idpSXTQVR-x0j8vGsLEUQZkd7g7fN30AW-k79tpGfeY3lat9oPURld4v2S5KxpKCatGJj5dbBBgBRoyeCBsAFPpWDJjBz/s320/tumblr_lzvovbOq3X1qzn0kbo1_cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721412334991381698" /></a><p><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qmzt"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qmzt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object></p><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/dl/qmzt">"</a><em><a href="http://tindeck.com/dl/qmzt">Dial L-O-V-E</a></em><a href="http://tindeck.com/dl/qmzt">" - </a><strong><a href="http://tindeck.com/dl/qmzt">Swimmingpool The Band</a></strong></p><p>As I'm sure many of you have figured out, I rarely write direct love songs. Often they're coded and semi-modest. Well, considering valentine's day has recently passed and the birthday of a certain someone (who I wont name if only to avoid embarrassment) is coming up, I figured I'd post this.</p><p>I'm skipping ahead in my recently completed discography as this is not on the album that I've featured in the last few posts ('Ghostwater'). It's the first off of the 'Ghostwater' follow-up entitled 'House Of Beauty'. </p><p>As always, I provide all of the vocals and play all of the instruments (largely acoustic guitar and keyboards). </p><p>The song itself is structured, crisp and heavily acoustic. It retains many of the staples of my previous tracks (shimmering reverb, keyboards and a coda of drone), but is more cohesive in a good way. It's almost more directly pop and though the lyrics can be fluffy, they're also very sincere. I hope you like it. The lyrics are below and the download link is at the top. </p><blockquote><p>'<em>…You've got a limp when you walk</em><br /><em>and you stutter and sigh.</em><br /><em>Your bones ache in the cold</em><br /><em>and you're still afraid of the night. </em></p><p><em>There is nothing out there</em><br /><em>but here, my arms are for you. </em><br /><em>These arms will work themselves raw</em><br /><em>and I'll do whatever I have to. </em></p><p><em>Dial L-O-V-E- </em><br /><em>Love. </em><br /><em>Don't hang up.</em><br /><em>Don't leave me hung up. </em></p><p><em>When I have my dips,</em><br /><em>or when I stumble and trip,</em><br /><em>I know I can count </em><br /><em>on your tenderness. </em></p><p><em>Sometimes I feel</em><br /><em>like it's the only steady thing. </em><br /><em>Aside from the nightmares</em><br /><em>and the fears in me…</em>'</p><br /></blockquote>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-33219186062251143602011-12-14T17:21:00.002-05:002011-12-14T17:25:24.643-05:00House On Fire (I really really need to stop ignoring my blogspot)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9T_Xqr4vqWIUBabywNxfRkvoPhc93gEabU9bnqyBIdozJWXXHKAbyF0tKyaG-r65PdwSq3l9ZdZ5G6H4Bw-obzLdrzEAL2nX8hZ3m1hXSTKsWmNHhTCAmzJLwO_-QMGqIOe5Gx-aBrRt/s1600/Moorman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9T_Xqr4vqWIUBabywNxfRkvoPhc93gEabU9bnqyBIdozJWXXHKAbyF0tKyaG-r65PdwSq3l9ZdZ5G6H4Bw-obzLdrzEAL2nX8hZ3m1hXSTKsWmNHhTCAmzJLwO_-QMGqIOe5Gx-aBrRt/s320/Moorman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686113637515013234" /></a><br /><object width="366" height="95"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=clsz"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=clsz" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br><br /><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/clsz">Download: <b>"Houses On Fire"</b></a><br /><br /><br />“House on fire” is the first track off of my next album ‘Ghostwater’. It’s texturally a departure from some of the album and a lot of my previous songs. It consists of heavily looped vocals, with keyboards/synth, piano and clarinets layered over them.<br /><br />It invokes, I hope, something haunted. I wont go into it too much. I love it a lot and I hope you do too. The lyrics are below. The link to download is above. <br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">"…Darling, wasn’t this our dream?<br />To live in a haunted house, on the cliffs, overlooking the sea. <br />Well everyday, the coastline is shrinking. <br />While you and me are growing farther apart.<br />I used to think the dream was ours…"</span></blockquote>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-52113316646579011892011-10-10T21:30:00.004-04:002011-10-10T21:37:06.866-04:00Milagros: A Full album. I forgot to post most of it in the past two months, my apologies.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NFZMkiPqNhkAdGj-tDh_wMgBx6YpSGicZrcmHGuaEnPitEFUn16-SvOfA5ewm8i-64pC2Jkc2AoRBCWL_ChK_58SuwLTzQ2OXdqwiEV61ApW7jqsvLjCKt7Rz0tsYenUrAFBd8STicaa/s1600/milargos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NFZMkiPqNhkAdGj-tDh_wMgBx6YpSGicZrcmHGuaEnPitEFUn16-SvOfA5ewm8i-64pC2Jkc2AoRBCWL_ChK_58SuwLTzQ2OXdqwiEV61ApW7jqsvLjCKt7Rz0tsYenUrAFBd8STicaa/s400/milargos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662042481012996242" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qrrx"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qrrx" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Upload MP3s">Upload MP3s</a> using <a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Free MP3 hosting">free MP3 hosting</a> from Tindeck.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/d6dd980d0fe77e04d4d08b4aec20eba7/qrrx/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Sunscreen.mp3">“<em>Sunscreen</em>” - <strong>Swimmingpool The Band</strong></a></p><br /><blockquote><br /><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6gg9rmm9v6xod6h">Download the Album, Milagros, here: </a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6gg9rmm9v6xod6h">http://www.mediafire.com/?6gg9rmm9v6xod6h</a></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>In the hard stretches of one of the many heat-waves this summer, I wrote Sunscreen. It remains one of my favorites as it’s somewhat punchier/more accessible than some of my other work on the album. </p><br /><p>It was also the first song I recorded with found-sound sampled beats (mostly me kicking things, hitting things or clapping). The lyrics are simple and very straight forward. Beyond that, it’s all interwoven guitars and vocals. I play everything on this song (as well as the whole album). </p><br /><p>Milagros grew out of a frustrated period of writer’s block and, though five songs long, as a running length of a short LP (30+ minutes). I consider it to be a full album in its pacing, structure and pieces. I am very happy with the end result and I hope that you enjoy it as well. </p><br /><p>Let me know what you think!</p><br /><p>A special thanks again to <a href="http://divespell.tumblr.com/">divespell</a> who helped me come up with the album title. Go follow him. </p><br /><p><br /><p>The tracklisting (with links to the previous songs) is below:</p><br /><ol><br /><li><strong><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/7785400559/witnesses-swimmingpool-the-band-so-far-the">Witnesses</a></strong></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/9237421743/chocolate-swimmingpool-the-band-chocolate-is">Chocolate</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/9838578641/stephen-swimmingpool-the-band-of-the-songs">Stephen</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/8286047790/halloween-swimmingpool-the-band-heres-my">Halloween</a></li><br /><li>Sunscreen</li><br /></ol><br /><p>As for my other recent releases (click to download each album):</p><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/c6356faw1tyr6qs/Physical.zip">Physical</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/p3tlpzvvpzp00ag/Sex%20Worries.zip">Sex Worries</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqyonv59xkcvx7i/Cabletow.zip">Cabeltow</a></li><br /></ul><br /></p><br /><p>The Lyrics are below. </p><br /><blockquote><br /><p><strong>“come over tonight<br /></strong><strong>it’s too hot outside<br /></strong><strong>in the day it’s too bright<br /></strong><strong>the sidewalks are full<br /></strong><strong>of strangers<br /></strong><strong>And I feel small <br /></strong><strong>I feel like I’m being watched</strong><strong> </strong></p><br /><p><strong>It gets hard<br />to wake up in the morning<br />I don’t want to be alone<br /></strong><strong>with my dreams<br /></strong><strong>they get hard for me”</strong></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p> </p><br /><ul><br /></ul>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-23295100213776156152011-08-29T16:34:00.001-04:002011-08-29T16:36:52.287-04:00CHOCOLATE (heavier guitars, loads of feedback)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2ZpEo67N0688NsNRDIDn9cfFp-Ie5EpHcunHSsWV44CxBWIq8Hk_yWoffl7Xt1W4SQG43QRDikFdzAWWAextd5mzBiEmyolKNPe13uvfM3D8z0jcQSRjR0kUF-yTVeEng94sXHbqVe-_/s1600/milargos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2ZpEo67N0688NsNRDIDn9cfFp-Ie5EpHcunHSsWV44CxBWIq8Hk_yWoffl7Xt1W4SQG43QRDikFdzAWWAextd5mzBiEmyolKNPe13uvfM3D8z0jcQSRjR0kUF-yTVeEng94sXHbqVe-_/s400/milargos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646379612959473922" /></a>
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<br /><p>Chocolate is the second song off of Milargos (I've already posted two, Witnesses and Halloween, from the album already). It's heavier sonically than my previous few releases. The guitars crunch, which is something they don't typically do in my music. </p>
<br /><p>Dynamically, I suppose, it carries the heavier post-rock influence with a bit more feedback and distortion. I've been told by a friend that the piece is very fitting for summer. His words were that it "melts" with summer. If this is true, I figured it's fitting to post it now before it gets cooler (wishful thinking). Lyrically, I find myself reaching back to previous drama in other (not current) relationships. Similarly, this also fits the thematic concept of "summer". </p>
<br /><p>Here for you, fair tumblrites, is a lot of guitars, drums, feedback and melodrama, served up the only way I know how. </p>
<br /><p>The lyrics are below. To download the song, click the linked title above. </p>
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<br /><p>…burned ever book I had<br />and every picture of me<br />in the trail that lead to the woods<br />on a pile on an abandoned box spring</p>
<br /><p>the trains rolled on<br />the kids stayed out too late<br />and I waited like I used to<br />on sandlewood and it started to rain</p>
<br /><p>I tried to make a real end<br />to the trails on route one that we left</p>
<br /><p>on the beach, in my bed<br />I tried to burry it…</p>
<br /></blockquote>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-91579607042832777932011-07-17T11:51:00.002-04:002011-07-17T11:55:03.221-04:00New, Full Free Album, Physical<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobMfIbT0uWlXJ8Q7uMN1mqERTw0hWdcpv0U1IQpEfE_j7GsjMhl16NdyvapBFGy4nL1IjdKMhc2UQKhAvyifUYbampS73Bjr09sQP-8Nc8MUiRANEAQI3c3hlOdjCQarbKgvpf011GmjM/s1600/268108_2015616785126_1085010004_32217866_272716_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobMfIbT0uWlXJ8Q7uMN1mqERTw0hWdcpv0U1IQpEfE_j7GsjMhl16NdyvapBFGy4nL1IjdKMhc2UQKhAvyifUYbampS73Bjr09sQP-8Nc8MUiRANEAQI3c3hlOdjCQarbKgvpf011GmjM/s400/268108_2015616785126_1085010004_32217866_272716_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630350358455989202" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qzsj"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qzsj" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Upload MP3s">Upload MP3s</a> using <a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Free MP3 hosting">free MP3 hosting</a> from Tindeck.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/2dc7b728b491c2211bbe68f10785e59c/qzsj/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20The%20Bad%20Year.mp3">"The Bad Year" - Swimmingpool The Band</a></p><br /><p>To download the album <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/c6356faw1tyr6qs/Physical.zip">"Physical", click here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/c6356faw1tyr6qs/Physical.zip</a></p><br /><p>The Bad Year is the last song off of my album "Physical". Sonically, it's the sort of track where everything blankets, rather than shifts. The guitars layer over each other until climaxing in a shimmering wave of drone, reverb and vocals. Towards the end of the track is a rhythmic chop up of the harmonic vocals (fuses together to make something of a loop/beat). </p><br /><p>Lyrically, and I won't go too into it at the risk of forcing a point of view, this is one of my more political numbers. Utilizing the narrative of someone talking themselves through rationalizing/burying a crime, it's a meditation on the art of strategic amnesia. Consider the concept of "selective hearing". My parents used to tell me I'd hear only what I wanted to. When ordered "clean your room and maybe we'll go to the video store" I'd not really clean my room, but I would eagerly await the semi-promised trip to the store. I heard what I wanted to. Similarly, on a wide scope, especially with foreign policy, many choose to forget what they want to (in the hopes of being remembered for the few successes in their administration). I can only imagine the process of ignoring decades of failed wars, proxy wars and foreign administration policies must involve a bit of psyching up and denial. A sense of false hope blocking out the anchoring fear and guilt of one's destructive policies. "It happened and everything else will eventually be okay." How this country hasn't learnt a thing after Vietnam (other than the fact that our nation is, as a civilian population, quick to heel or hate depending on the hand of fate) still makes the mind reel with anger and confusion. </p><br /><p>Anyway, the lyrics are below. Below that is the tracklist to the album, as well as links to my previous two (the link to the new album is above, directly underneath the song title). I hope you enjoy the song/album. As always, let me know what you think and enjoy. </p><br /><p>Also, feel free to share the album with whoever. It's free for a reason!</p><br /><blockquote><br /><p><em>"don't get lost</em><br /><em>on your way to the park</em><br /><em>don't forget the evidence</em><br /><em>bury it</em><br /><em>under a </em><br /><em>statue of </em><br /><em>a dead president</em><br /><em>and move on</em><br /><em>cross the border</em><br /><em>don't call anyone</em><br /><em>don't stop</em><br /><em>from here on out</em><br /><em>the world you knew was lost"</em></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>The tracklist is as follows (to listen to the songs, click on the titles):</p><br /><ol><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/6497974691/from-a-mountain-swimmingpool-the-band-from">From A Mountain [6:12]</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/6301892394/physical-swimmingpool-the-band-well-here-it">Physical [7:12]</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/6965251198/straw-bird-chrome-casket-swimmingpool-the">Straw Bird (Chrome Casket) [7:10]</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/6878740134/new-years-underground-swimmingpool-the-band">New Years (Underground) [2:24]</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/7207806214/these-memories-are-fake-swimmingpool-the-band">These Memories Are Fake [6:50]</a></li><br /><li>The Bad Year [5:12]</li><br /></ol><br /><p>The Bad Year is, again, the last song off of the album and the one I'll be posting sometime soon (along with the full album). </p><br /><p>My two previous full length albums can be downloaded, for free, here:</p><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/p3tlpzvvpzp00ag/Sex%20Worries.zip">Sex Worries: http://www.mediafire.com/file/p3tlpzvvpzp00ag/Sex%20Worries.zip</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqyonv59xkcvx7i/Cabletow.zip">Cabletow: <br />http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqyonv59xkcvx7i/Cabletow.zip</a></li><br /></ul>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-72742880464618917282011-06-13T16:48:00.001-04:002011-06-13T16:50:17.753-04:00From A Mountain: New Song.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7wmVOmVWrAe3MeOxLhUOoTy-JJfPKipSkTBbT02PuWwK0ukuUQ2Iuq5NPEifFCzGE8gIK0sw1_kcXgEp9shydaJBmIzmrvB3E20IOwMvUzQDmGRqrTIPr15kTBC-NyPTbLn-7MqfHFTP/s1600/physical.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7wmVOmVWrAe3MeOxLhUOoTy-JJfPKipSkTBbT02PuWwK0ukuUQ2Iuq5NPEifFCzGE8gIK0sw1_kcXgEp9shydaJBmIzmrvB3E20IOwMvUzQDmGRqrTIPr15kTBC-NyPTbLn-7MqfHFTP/s400/physical.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617809543282137170" /></a><br /><br /><object width="266" height="95"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=flyw"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=flyw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br><br /><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/dea586d67535ca6c90972f4679ccb99b/flyw/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20From%20A%20Mountain.mp3"><em><strong>"From A Mountain"</strong></em></a><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/dea586d67535ca6c90972f4679ccb99b/flyw/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20From%20A%20Mountain.mp3"> - Swimmingpool The Band</a></p><br /><p>"From A Mountain" fits into my pieces of structured pop songs. This one, sonically, as well as lyrically, is a bit more personal (maybe even dark, I won't go too heavily into the influences of it) than some of the others. The guitars and key, building around a simple driving beat, are a bit more lyrical and dramatic. They're also more bass heavy, which I think gives the song more of a grip.</p><br /><p>Blanket of drone build along the lead guitars and layered vocals in the end. I am incredibly happy with the end result.</p>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-87562308565175710882011-06-05T15:32:00.001-04:002011-06-05T15:34:12.618-04:00Dreamy And Dense: A Breath On The Neck<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0u-ZkkHQsQ_gzlKgYIDB3heXEhzQUG95Hdk12GO6KVUfr5mWjpvOxOjg9D4W5X8tpnNvGQ4-H9MjGfTj3ZKqFZ09GNc9wdliwoA8TpSIlr2WH9g1nox1F4Uwwo-5o_LeN-uV9QCWy65kf/s1600/the+morning.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0u-ZkkHQsQ_gzlKgYIDB3heXEhzQUG95Hdk12GO6KVUfr5mWjpvOxOjg9D4W5X8tpnNvGQ4-H9MjGfTj3ZKqFZ09GNc9wdliwoA8TpSIlr2WH9g1nox1F4Uwwo-5o_LeN-uV9QCWy65kf/s400/the+morning.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614821243162694178" /></a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/78515de5a0269bd63efa3a21dd712556/zkqk/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20A%20Breath%20On%20The%20Neck.mp3">'A Breath On The Neck' - Swimmingpool The Band</a></p><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=zkqk"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=zkqk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /><br /><p>'A Breath On The Neck" is the first off of my collection entitled "Morning Songs". It's a dense, guitar heavy track that features previously recorded drums, five layers of vocals and eight layers (or more) of guitars (+ keys).</p> <p>The lyrics and voice are simple and are much more instrumental than they are heavily featured piece of a pop-song. </p> <p>I've been told it's "Dreamy", which is a way I hadn't thought to describe it, but is fitting. </p><p>After a lot of writer's block, this song kind of came out of nowhere and manifested itself as a sweet and simple number. I'm ultimately very very happy with it. I hope you enjoy it too. </p>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-11275370096134538882011-05-16T10:33:00.003-04:002011-05-16T10:39:58.970-04:00Sunset Blonde (New Song W/Vocals)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAxjCQwN-u4ZdFwN2fDcffk-GUGBdbsFTsfsQzidyqTDALoOuRDswyuNuBmSDT6eiJfGYsGnBWBIS-5M7iRPW9imQLIKUXqnqYJoM2KHzLHx5KWRe5CTNt8QWjEQA1CmrSyDD1jWuCOgE/s1600/ea.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAxjCQwN-u4ZdFwN2fDcffk-GUGBdbsFTsfsQzidyqTDALoOuRDswyuNuBmSDT6eiJfGYsGnBWBIS-5M7iRPW9imQLIKUXqnqYJoM2KHzLHx5KWRe5CTNt8QWjEQA1CmrSyDD1jWuCOgE/s400/ea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607322805174800514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=jobr"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=jobr" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Upload MP3s">Upload MP3s</a> using <a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Free MP3 hosting">free MP3 hosting</a> from Tindeck.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/425f6bda0c5e526ec3c7a965157e7e40/jobr/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Sunset%20Blonde.mp3">'Sunset Blonde'</a><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/425f6bda0c5e526ec3c7a965157e7e40/jobr/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Sunset%20Blonde.mp3"> - Swimmingpool The Band</a></p><br /><p>In a strange way this new track's unique for me. Set in waltz time, it's a bit slower than my other vocal songs and veers on the fine line of ballad (while not being acoustic, like the others that do the same). </p><br /><p>The lyrics are, surprisingly, somewhat straightforward and not as cryptic. In their simplicity, and transparency, I'll post them and not go too deep into it. </p><br /><p>Before I do, the remaining instrumentation features sampled drums (sampled from my playing), keys and lots of guitars. </p><br /><p>The Lyrics are as follows:</p><br /><blockquote><br /><p><em>Blonde at night</em><br /><em>like it was</em><br /><em>in the summer</em><br /><em>when I was young</em><br /><em>and you still drank wine.</em><br /><br /><em>I wouldn't swim</em><br /><em>I wouldn't show my legs</em><br /><em>Even when the sun set</em><br /><em>nobody could see.</em><br /><br /><em>Tuck me in</em><br /><em>I am</em><br /><em>so tired. </em> </p><br /></blockquote>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-2672997906672381452011-05-08T16:25:00.002-04:002011-05-08T16:28:19.042-04:00Easter. Two Songs.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJBw5NUATFnDVOYEXT0G5ooQjZ1q8QOIuFYZqz1A24GSzVaD3dlh7a2BslxtYe_I-CHSVBLYmySbyJ9Ugr5Wq1m0Vsltb4FfaiIK9WFq8iosx4yzffiXGuyBAoS_YL1Aw0p4cKX9HM459/s1600/ea.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJBw5NUATFnDVOYEXT0G5ooQjZ1q8QOIuFYZqz1A24GSzVaD3dlh7a2BslxtYe_I-CHSVBLYmySbyJ9Ugr5Wq1m0Vsltb4FfaiIK9WFq8iosx4yzffiXGuyBAoS_YL1Aw0p4cKX9HM459/s400/ea.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604444808755565746" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=wsep"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=wsep" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Upload MP3s"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Upload MP3s</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> using </span><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Free MP3 hosting"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">free MP3 hosting</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> from Tindeck.<br /><br /></span><p><em><strong><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/dea586d67535ca6c90972f4679ccb99b/wsep/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Redwing%20Dakota.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"Redwing Dakota"</span></a><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/dea586d67535ca6c90972f4679ccb99b/wsep/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Redwing%20Dakota.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> - Swimmingpool The Band</span></a></strong></em></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">In the vein of previous outings like </span><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2913061449/telephone-swimmingpool-the-band-this-is-the"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"Telephone"</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> and </span><a href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2630781423/electrica-swimmingpool-the-band-okay-so-this"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"Electrica"</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, "Redwing Dakota" is a more "conventional" (in structure) song, featuring rhythmic guitars, keys, drums and even vocals. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The lyrics are hidden in the many layers of guitars and concern rather straightforwardly (not like my previously cryptic lyrics) various events back home. I'll not go into much detail about them as I hope one can pull their own conclusions/feelings out of it.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">There's actually a drum part to this one. It's taken from a series of recordings I made in CT with my drum-set to sample when I moved out. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">It, like Telephone and Electrica, builds in density and reverb, falling out and collapsing into waves of drone. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I hope you like it (click the title to download). </span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=zjvi"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=zjvi" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Upload MP3s"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Upload MP3s</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> using </span><a href="http://tindeck.com/" target="_blank" title="Free MP3 hosting"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">free MP3 hosting</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> from Tindeck.<br /></span><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/d6dd980d0fe77e04d4d08b4aec20eba7/zjvi/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20India,%20November,%20Romeo,%20India.mp3">'India, November, Romeo, India' - Swimmingpool The Band</a></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"India, November, Romeo, India" is the first song off of "Easter". Both titles invoke religious imagery that comes as mostly titular and personal. The actual song itself contains nothing out and out (or alienating in concept) religious. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The Observant listener would notice that the title uses the fascinating </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">NATO phonetic alphabet</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> to spell out I.N.R.I. The literal translation of I.N.R.I. is meant to mock the crucified christ (here is jesus, king of the jews), but has deeper, and even less specifically christian, meanings. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The most famous of which is the rosicrucian translation of the mysterious letters. </span></p><blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">IGNE NATURA RENOVATUR INTEGRA</span></p></blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Which means "By fire, nature is restored and made new". </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I came to the idea of the title through the found sounds that you'll hear between the dense layers of feedack, keys and clarinet. I used clips of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Spy/Numbers station</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> (found largely at the CONET PROJECT) to break up/add atmosphere to the song itself. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This system of coding is somewhat similar to the Rosicrucian (and sometimes Masonic) search for symbolic meaning/representation in what can seemingly be so superficially strange or simple. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I.N.R.I.</span></p>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-28560785941743586382011-04-04T19:47:00.004-04:002011-04-04T19:53:19.061-04:00Perfect Dogs: Two new songs from the collection "Perfect Bijon"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTagdlo302EEUttXJOrimoau4u7cG3r4z0QoJPO92xWUYJ8NK_Kb4gmMHaYVRG7oEngX_KhCqRchEjUz2dE_n_IrB-GsUjQdHsp3e27xrd0V4fAQK9elvWrzpiv0kktRYHxWsilkjrIxEX/s1600/PERFECT.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTagdlo302EEUttXJOrimoau4u7cG3r4z0QoJPO92xWUYJ8NK_Kb4gmMHaYVRG7oEngX_KhCqRchEjUz2dE_n_IrB-GsUjQdHsp3e27xrd0V4fAQK9elvWrzpiv0kktRYHxWsilkjrIxEX/s400/PERFECT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591880458068772578" /></a><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=huqi" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="95"></embed></div><div></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/2c78ed878cf03a1e72e7b8563058f525/huqi/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Perfect%20Bijon.mp3">'Perfect Bijon' - Swimmingpool The Band</a></p></div><div><p>There's not much to go into about the title here. Phonetically and visually, the concept of the perfect Bijon is a docile, if not pleasant one. It's warm, personable and all together pleasing as I hope the song will be.</p></div><div><p>The song is another textured and flickering wash of guitars, keys, production and clarinet. It's the title track of my 169th collection of songs (album, ep, mini-album or whatever).</p></div><div><p>There's a softness to this one that's been absent from the previous few postings. I hope you enjoy it.</p></div><div><p>As always, feel free to download or reblogg it. All of my music is/always will be (unless someone commissions something like an OST, but you get what I'm saying)!</p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p><object width="400" height="95"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=zqyv"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=zqyv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="95"></embed><br /></object><br /></p><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/b5a4c32b3acf9b45ced84f67887549aa/zqyv/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Perfect%20Dachshund.mp3">'Perfect Dachshund'</a><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/b5a4c32b3acf9b45ced84f67887549aa/zqyv/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Perfect%20Dachshund.mp3"> - Swimmingpool The Band</a></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p>"Perfect Dachshund" is the second song off of 'Perfect Bijon'. It is, in a way, warmer, more textured and far more rhythmic than the previous track. It features an anchoring rhythm which started as a manually played electric piano part that I played for two measures and looped (subsequently processing and editing throughout the duration of the song). </p></div><div><p>Backing this is a repetitive (slowly building) clarinet part (three or four in all) and a processed guitar improv. The song, in an aesthetic way similar to the previous one, attempts to find a warm and pleasant, all the while still emotionally engaging, atmosphere. Nostalgic escapism. Or just a smile. </p></div></div>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-89629786145832236472011-03-14T17:37:00.003-04:002011-03-14T17:41:14.155-04:00Vita Evanui Amo Ferrum (also from Umbra)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WfuZJy6tK1U_s1tPVTdo1AzMxg15Rk8Ve84Tfm_ZfhG1sEvRt1KFv4WGIVmBS30RM54ox9mItJGUNFahPtBztcCw9IfdyDXWOHM-ZlKMYPsG-f5nHX4PEIgk8jNW_UBh3OWx-o-veoDR/s1600/UMBRA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WfuZJy6tK1U_s1tPVTdo1AzMxg15Rk8Ve84Tfm_ZfhG1sEvRt1KFv4WGIVmBS30RM54ox9mItJGUNFahPtBztcCw9IfdyDXWOHM-ZlKMYPsG-f5nHX4PEIgk8jNW_UBh3OWx-o-veoDR/s400/UMBRA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584053786808465474" /></a><br /><p><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=txbd"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=txbd" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/b5a4c32b3acf9b45ced84f67887549aa/txbd/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Vita%20Evanui%20Amo%20Ferrum.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">'Vita Evanui Amo Ferrum' - Swimmingpool The Band</span></a></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">In ''Vita Evanui Amo Ferrum' I continue in a similar vein to the previous three songs posted. Here, crackling and disconnected whisper through blankets of keys and faint melodies. Even farther in the background are heavily processed guitars and a return to (albeit almost unrecognizably so) the violin. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The voices here are similarly found sounds, many of which were inaudible even before they were processed. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The piano part was initially more cohesive. In light of the feedback and chopped voices, I decided to break up the once steady piano part (much to my liking).</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">I'm happy with the end results and I really hope you like it too. The Title is latin for "Life Disappears Like Horses", a play on the title of the poem that inspired my long work of diary-esq songs (Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills by Charles Bukowski).</span></p>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-73864867194797495842011-03-07T17:15:00.002-05:002011-03-07T17:20:09.115-05:00MEMOR NOS: FROM UMBRAS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBRAUeS2DFyhKpcYI2lC8-rJZHuKAfecmyhRXUFBd_Phg62G8Nvrd6kSsbZL-_v3m-nPt7WOoN19WYPX-csRx_oA7pCd3YblLzkWl_Jbz1Xvw3_h0RqMC4GzPNCntGJKNnsZO7wTM0d-S/s1600/UMBRA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBRAUeS2DFyhKpcYI2lC8-rJZHuKAfecmyhRXUFBd_Phg62G8Nvrd6kSsbZL-_v3m-nPt7WOoN19WYPX-csRx_oA7pCd3YblLzkWl_Jbz1Xvw3_h0RqMC4GzPNCntGJKNnsZO7wTM0d-S/s400/UMBRA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581465705611328882" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=sqxh"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=sqxh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><p color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/b5a4c32b3acf9b45ced84f67887549aa/sqxh/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Memor%20Nos.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Memor Nos”</span></a><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/b5a4c32b3acf9b45ced84f67887549aa/sqxh/[tindeck.com]%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Memor%20Nos.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - Swimmingpool The Band</span></a></p><p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">‘Memor Nos’ is the first song off of ‘Umbra’ and is texturally and dramatically quite similar to Sea Of Trees. This, however, was not necessarily intentional as I had hoped to stray elsewhere on my new collection. As fate has it this number comes off almost as a sister song to ‘Trees’. </span></p><p color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It is, in a way, sadder and less creepy than the found-sound layered brother track. Similarly, it’s based off of an initial improvised clarinet part, followed by densely distorted/manipulated guitars. It’s also similar in how it’s touched off with a flickering piano part that is in many ways just as somber as the other.</span></p><p color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Umbras, the name of the record, is latin for Shadows. It comes from one of my favorite phrases often associated with suicide:</span></span></p><blockquote style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-left: 15px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); "><p color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Vita fugit, sicut umbra”<br />(Life passes like the shadow.) </span></p></blockquote><p color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The title of the song is also latin for “Remember Us”.</span></p></span>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-11810770953301311232011-03-01T11:39:00.002-05:002011-03-01T11:42:05.526-05:00Two Songs from Cathedral (Ourang Medan & Sea of Trees)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjle4uJd_iOTW7541FH1OGMmuhenUFbY9ZHILp3VcAqCzbYFGFwf-qYt62zw9L7v9o1iyeYA8V2j8RrBh9iYO4KLMlSmJb86YHI0cvX70iFwUI6NEbiMeiEowGsx0pvVbB8EKvff7QuFsP/s1600/cathidul.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjle4uJd_iOTW7541FH1OGMmuhenUFbY9ZHILp3VcAqCzbYFGFwf-qYt62zw9L7v9o1iyeYA8V2j8RrBh9iYO4KLMlSmJb86YHI0cvX70iFwUI6NEbiMeiEowGsx0pvVbB8EKvff7QuFsP/s400/cathidul.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579152582360899266" /></a><br />Two new drone heavy (as well as being bass heavy) songs for you. Use headphones if you have them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/vfhy">Click here for "SEA OF TREES"</a><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=vfhy"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=vfhy" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:BARKERSVILLE;font-size:10px;"><div class="audio" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><p>“See of Trees” is a dense, moody and honestly fairly heavy track off of “Cathedral”. It’s based around an initial improvised series of parts all in the same key (one guitar, one clarinet, one keyboard). Following this, layered over that, is a piano part and found sounds. </p><p>The Found sounds consist of Audio taken from people’s voice mails (one’s posted online, all of them your average “creepy-wrong number” kind of call). The ultimate effect has become something long, drone-heavy, dark and somewhat cinematic. I play the guitar, clarinet and keys on this one. </p><p>The title comes from the english translation for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; ">Aokigahara</a>. For those unfamiliar with Aokigahara, it’s a woods frequented by those seeking to commit suicide in Japan. It’s incredibly tragic and haunting and has resonated with me since I first heard about it. </p><p></p></div><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3570646640/sea-of-trees-swimmingpool-the-band-see-of" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3570646640/sea-of-trees-swimmingpool-the-band-see-of" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3570646640/sea-of-trees-swimmingpool-the-band-see-of" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/hffh">Click Here for OURANG MEDAN</a><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=hffh"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=hffh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:BARKERSVILLE;font-size:10px;"><div class="audio" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><p>I love ghost stories. Anyone who knows me knows this. Of the stories I’ve heard, one of the only one’s that stuck with me has been that of the <strong><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ourang_Medan" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; ">Ourang Medan</a></em></strong>. In his densely atmospheric (and bass heavy, <strong><em>so use headphones if you can</em></strong>) track, I feel I’ve captured, in a way, that fog heavy ghost-ship song that lingers around the telling of any good scary story. One that, though haunting, is unthreatening and almost exciting in its own churning way. </p><p>For those who haven’t heard the story, I’ve posted a brief summary from the excellent list of <a href="http://listverse.com/2011/01/02/top-10-ghost-ships/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; ">“top ten ghost-ships” from listverse</a>:</p><p><span></span></p><blockquote><p><em><br /><br /><br />In June, 1947, frantic Morse Code messages were received from the Dutch freighter Ourang Medan. The message was received by many ships and several responded. The message reported ‘All officers including captain are dead lying in chartroom and bridge. Possibly whole crew dead.’ A second message was received shortly after, this time a voice over the radio simply stating ‘I die’. Dutch and British listening posts were able to triangulate the position and vector a rescue attempt to the Ourang Medan. After several hours the Silver Star the arrived on scene. After failed attempts to hail the vessel using whistle signals and flashing lights. they assembled a small team and boarded the apparently undamaged Ourang Medan. They first ventured to the bridge where a radio was playing, several members of the Ships’ Company, including the Captain, were found dead, more corpses were discovered on the Cargo Deck including a dog standing on all four legs, frozen and snarling into thin air.</em></p><p><em>No survivors were found on board, but what was most disturbing was the nature of the bodies, all frozen in place looking up towards the sun, their arms outstretched, mouths gaping, and a look of immense horror on all their faces. A trip to the communications room revealed the author of the SOS messages, also dead, his hand still on the Morse sending key, eyes wide open and teeth bared. Strangely, there was no sign of wounds or injuries on any of the bodies. The crew of the Silver Star attempted to enter the Cargo Bay but a small explosion from an unknown source soon resulted in an uncontrollable inferno. Beaten back, they were forced to abandon the vessel and return to the safety of the Silver Star. Within minutes the vessel sank to the depths of the ocean floor.</em></p><p><em>Although there are no clear records of a ship by the name Ourang Medan existing, many conspiracy theorists believe the vessel was acting under a false name and was transporting something that ‘officially’ did not exist.</em></p><p><em>The fate of the Ourang Medan and her crew remain a mystery. Speculation has been made that pirates killed the crew and sabotaged the ship, although this doesn’t explain the peculiar grimaces and lack of injuries on the corpses. Others have claimed that clouds of methane or other noxious natural gases could have bubbled up from fissures on the sea bed and engulfed the ship. Even more fantastical theories involving aliens and ghosts abound.<br /><br /><br /></em></p></blockquote><p>Anyway, I hope you like it. It’s a slower, albeit in my view, almost more dramatic for it, number and I’m incredibly proud of it. </p><div><br /></div><p></p></div><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3555482509/ourang-medan-swimmingpool-the-band-i-love" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3555482509/ourang-medan-swimmingpool-the-band-i-love" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3555482509/ourang-medan-swimmingpool-the-band-i-love" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></div>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-81237906207896323582011-02-12T17:54:00.002-05:002011-02-12T17:55:43.354-05:00Hand From Coffin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3g6OzHFoUtl1iVEuisGpY3wToiISOKoxsz5c4r0x_tQMnV5Xp9L11jZkpBsna7sbBz7gYfpFtjo9yon4TqG5D7kR7TunjBSi1V_lS3y_8nb4orxARDjN5Cywa4C2T4_H6btNUIym6Nmr/s1600/SILENT+ALARMS+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3g6OzHFoUtl1iVEuisGpY3wToiISOKoxsz5c4r0x_tQMnV5Xp9L11jZkpBsna7sbBz7gYfpFtjo9yon4TqG5D7kR7TunjBSi1V_lS3y_8nb4orxARDjN5Cywa4C2T4_H6btNUIym6Nmr/s400/SILENT+ALARMS+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572940456919174962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=znpt"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=znpt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><p style="text-align: justify;outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/b5a4c32b3acf9b45ced84f67887549aa/znpt/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Hand%20From%20Coffin.mp3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">‘Hand From Coffin’ - Swimmingpool The Band</span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">More flickering melodies flushed out with feedback and keys. “Hand From Coffin” is named after the single creepiest term of “mutual destruction” ever thought of by the soviets during the cold war. It’s one of the alternate names for their </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_war)" target="_blank" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Dead Hand</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> system (which may still be in place). </span></span></p><blockquote style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-left: 15px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); "><p style="text-align: justify;outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color:initial;"><em style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">“Dead Hand (Russian: Система Периметр, Systema Perimetr) (known also as Perimeter, and Hand from Coffin) is purportedly a Cold-War-era nuclear-control system used by the Soviet Union and in use in Russia. An example of fail-deadly deterrence, it purportedly can automatically trigger the launch of the Russian ICBMs if a nuclear strike is detected by seismic, light, radioactivity and overpressure sensors. By most accounts, it is normally switched off and is supposed to be activated during dangerous crises only. “</span></span></em></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The song itself is textural, and though moody, not nearly as doom ridden as the title may imply. It’s a play on nostalgic fuzz, growing up right at the end of the cold war and loving halloween (were I younger, I’d find that term not terrifying, but I’d ignore the ramifications and think it was totally spooky and awesome). </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline- margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Anyway, lots of heavily produced whooshing feedback, guitars and keys. I hope you like it, I really do!</span></span></p></span>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-72172532768835020122011-02-07T10:19:00.003-05:002011-02-07T10:24:57.831-05:00New Songs/Album (CABLETOW)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPelNx0pTA8oFhp_cQpgM5SgvIhXRMlE8HUun_-b5XhcxjVHtz_oRPKFOsZxGNazBYeOxuPKcY6jLm65b2nWzBUIu-YIJ3fkF-T227LAsSdaFAUoD0SHVUAUnsXQ9CapwKeRnn6dwlNYK/s1600/CABLETOW.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPelNx0pTA8oFhp_cQpgM5SgvIhXRMlE8HUun_-b5XhcxjVHtz_oRPKFOsZxGNazBYeOxuPKcY6jLm65b2nWzBUIu-YIJ3fkF-T227LAsSdaFAUoD0SHVUAUnsXQ9CapwKeRnn6dwlNYK/s400/CABLETOW.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570968977668337458" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:BARKERSVILLE;font-size:10px;"><div class="photo" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">So it seemed that many of you had really liked my previously posted ‘vocal’ or ‘rock’ songs, which, to be honest, very much surprised me. As such, I’ve decided to compile the most recent of these into one full, and easier to access, album. It’s called “Cabletow”, a term that my masonic tumblr brethren will understand the heavy importance of. It’s ten songs long and over an hour in running time. The album art is the image above.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">To download the album, click here: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?aqyonv59xkcvx7i" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?aqyonv59xkcvx7i" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.mediafire.com/?aqyonv59xkcvx7i</a></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?aqyonv59xkcvx7i" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">I’ll likely repost this a few times over the week incase people miss it. As always, it’s totally free and all for you, so enjoy (I hope). </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:BARKERSVILLE;font-size:10px;"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div class="photo" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><ol><li>Electrica (Track 1 off of Electrica) </li><li>Water, Blood & Lead (Track 2 off of Tears) </li><li>Cabletow (Track 1 off of Holidays)</li><li>Croix (Track 3 off of Holidays)</li><li>Marrow Diamonds INRJ (Track 3 off of Protection)</li><li>Part Two (Track 3 off of Electrica)</li><li>Telephone (Track 4 off of Malibu)</li><li>Everglades (Track 3 off of Malibu)</li><li>Ash Palet (Track 1 off of Mewtwo)</li><li>Memory No. 2 (Track 2 off of Cardigans)</li></ol><p>I play all of the instruments on the album, as well as the vocals. </p><div><br /></div><p></p></div><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3025834715/so-it-seemed-that-many-of-you-had-really-liked-my" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3025834715/so-it-seemed-that-many-of-you-had-really-liked-my" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/3025834715/so-it-seemed-that-many-of-you-had-really-liked-my" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span><p></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Here are some songs from it (and other albums from which it was compiled):</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div></span><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=osgp"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=osgp" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:BARKERSVILLE;"><div class="audio" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/dea586d67535ca6c90972f4679ccb99b/osgp/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Telephone.mp3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">‘Telephone’ - Swimmingpool The Band</span></a></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This is the final track off of Malibu. Like Everglades and Electrica before it, it’s another example of my experiments in the realm of more structured, near rock (or, post-rock a la appleseed cast) and I like this one even more than Everglades. There’s a subtle drum beat that crescendos with the rest of the song. Layers of guitars and keys are dumped over each other and it builds into a dénouement of drone and ambience. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I really hope you like it. This one kind of came out of the blue. Some of the touches towards the end with the more ethereal vocals dug into the far background make me quite proud of it. </span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><p></p></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2913061449/telephone-swimmingpool-the-band-this-is-the" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2913061449/telephone-swimmingpool-the-band-this-is-the" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2913061449/telephone-swimmingpool-the-band-this-is-the" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /><br /><br /></span><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=ybpr"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=ybpr" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:BARKERSVILLE;font-size:10px;"><div class="audio" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><p><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/2c78ed878cf03a1e72e7b8563058f525/ybpr/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20Everglades%20(Swamp%20Light).mp3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">“Everglades (Swamp Light)” - Swimmingpool The Band</span></a></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This is similar in a way to the recently posted Electrica (and Part Two) in that it has, at times, clear guitars, structure and vocals. It is, however, denser, and as a result of this, it ultimately makes it sound cloudier at times. It flushes and, I guess, flexes as a large and heavy song (not deep heavy, but if you wanna take it that way, be my guest, I just wont tout it as one).</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">There are only two vocal tracks that loop over each other as if to imply a larger chorus of voices. The rest is guitars, keys and a small bit of heavily processed violin. The vocals took a while to perfect (I kept missing cues and going out of rhythms or tune). </span></p><div><br /></div><p></p></div><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2883483147/everglades-swamp-light-swimmingpool-the" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></span><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2883483147/everglades-swamp-light-swimmingpool-the" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a><a class="perma" href="http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/2883483147/everglades-swamp-light-swimmingpool-the" style="color: rgb(128, 90, 143); text-decoration: none; "></a></div>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-49752463047147347682011-01-22T20:43:00.003-05:002011-01-22T20:51:05.241-05:00Electrica. Two songs + remember, gang, I now work a fulltime job so that means, while I'm recording as many, if not more, songs, I just don't<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV5eWTc4Ld5QZlBH4eksF9qLi1hyFfO4t_uJqyeKwREiyEvvYXHrumL1Ij2vTvqxuOlGxrTOLoeX7aVqoi2KdWQR2otlNreamNyrtGKE7cPhoVabsD_AnC7dg7sgfZiPJIf3atjuXz61c/s1600/Electrica.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV5eWTc4Ld5QZlBH4eksF9qLi1hyFfO4t_uJqyeKwREiyEvvYXHrumL1Ij2vTvqxuOlGxrTOLoeX7aVqoi2KdWQR2otlNreamNyrtGKE7cPhoVabsD_AnC7dg7sgfZiPJIf3atjuXz61c/s400/Electrica.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565192679914865106" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">……get around to posting them as much. Pictured above is the artwork for Electrica. 161.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=hexu"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=hexu" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/hexu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">‘Electrica’</span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">okay, so this one here is almost a throwback to my earlier non-ambient days. The song is not only rhythmic and structured, but based around predominantly non-reverb drenched guitars.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And I mean a lot of guitars layered over a lot of guitars. It’s the closest thing to a ‘rock’ song you’ll likely hear me put out. My fingers hurt. I need to keep on my guitar playing to keep this from happening.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anyway, I guess I’ll call this one another bold little shot in the dark. It’s builds and builds and layers and layers with voice, keys and guitar (on guitar on guitar). It’s the title track off of album 161 and I hope you like it.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=titj"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=titj" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/titj"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">“Part Two”</span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/titj"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">‘Part Two’ is very much what it literally sounds like. It’s the continuation of the title track of my 161st album “Electrica”. It has more vocals and reverb, building similarly (with structure) to Electrica, but without the guitars, without the density of that one (replaced by a different density).</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It’s actually track three off of the album. I don’t mean to build it up since, well, Electrica’s proven to have some of the best feedback that I’ve ever gotten. I do love it, as it’s own piece but works well in the idea of Electrica</span></span></span></div>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-7323397810263683482010-12-13T17:20:00.003-05:002010-12-13T17:26:49.792-05:00From Morning And Protection (Three New Songs from Two Albums)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIz-Fp2AahI3ZY0wclqb_78jj3B1u0Dsg4piAiomhyphenhyphentSKu7VJhx8q1Zl6CaJzEc9XVQuSMkuDdtlp9RiAGGQHMRwH3gveGVrt7E6g_QxcSbXQl9EjYdRhmA_ISAtnoqibGBqJoKkWUMkU/s1600/PROTECT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIz-Fp2AahI3ZY0wclqb_78jj3B1u0Dsg4piAiomhyphenhyphentSKu7VJhx8q1Zl6CaJzEc9XVQuSMkuDdtlp9RiAGGQHMRwH3gveGVrt7E6g_QxcSbXQl9EjYdRhmA_ISAtnoqibGBqJoKkWUMkU/s400/PROTECT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550296919736636690" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">THE FOLLOWING three songs are from two albums, 155 (protection) & 156 (morning). The album art for Protection is posted above. The album art for Morning will come with the next post from that album. Stream here, download through the link and let me know what you all think. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">‘Girl Flower’ is probably one of my ‘loosest’ songs. Built mostly around a subtle and flickering loop of keys and guitar, the song folds, unfolds and folds again into something of a nice coda. It’s a soft, quiet, less than dramatic song which is not typical on reflection (as my songs typically seem to pray on melodrama).</span></p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/kspm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Click here to Download</span></a><b><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/kspm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> Girl Flower</span></a></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/kspm"></a></span></b><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=kspm"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=kspm" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br />So this one’s strange as it’s essentially part two of a song that has a part one on the previous album (Train Station no. 1 is on Protection, my 155th album). This song is an attempt at experimenting with an older method of chop and paste wherein I take a full length track, this one had consisted mostly of violins and clarinets, and rearranging them into a rhythm and structure.<br /><br />If for any reason the streaming file isn’t working, click the title and it’ll bring you to tindeck where the song is hosted. Sometimes, tumblr’s an ass. Tonight, as an example, the version remains ‘too large’ to upload (being longer than, oh, 8 minutes). When posting a link to stream by, it sometimes dies out so again, if you have any real problems, click on the title and let me know.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/zrpu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Click here to listen to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">02 Train Station New Jersey.mp3</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><object width="466" height="105"></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="audio" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Here’s yet another new acoustic guitar/lyric/vocal (hell arguably more structured) song. I’ve actually included the lyrics and they’re in a lot of ways more audible than normal. The album its off of is 155, which has been finished for a week I just forgot to post this one.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I’m very proud of the pre-reverb towards the songs climax (along with the looping in the coda). I actually don’t mind the lyrics, which is rare as I’m often quite insecure about that.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I really hope you enjoy! The lyrics are posted below. To download the song, click the title above. </span></p><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><i></i></span></b></p><blockquote><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Use anchors to catch storms<br />speak in flags and braile<br />marry only orphans or widows</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Laugh only with widows<br />and fast on odd numbered days<br />Perfect personal prayer<br /></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">surgical prayers</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">learn about protection (repeat)</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Collect young lover’s hair<br />collect the marrow and diamonds<br />and break and make it all<br />into circles on your bed</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Bend the road to fit the route<br />Read by moonlight and sleep<br />only when the stars hide </span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">stars hide in diamonds and veils<br />marrow and hair<br />the skin on your face</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">learn about protection (repeat)</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">save yourself</span></i></b></p></blockquote></div></span></div><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/qpum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Click here to listen to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">03 Marrow-Diamonds (I.N.R.J.).mp3</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /><br /></span><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qpum"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=qpum" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-34108735155955594582010-12-04T21:55:00.002-05:002010-12-04T22:00:21.288-05:00I am the worst at updating this<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcb3iKAcs4yWnJ5vk8VpeyHnQltqotqywFDsS6VrEVSAgvvRPiQiHncBM1AJsMfSPCodeAVrO6WBQvj7nsCbkU2iztal8uhIkF6ULDYxSCFTN9tmdII-0g-3Vd19ZSKlWPMyDzTWnhy3ng/s1600/TEARS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcb3iKAcs4yWnJ5vk8VpeyHnQltqotqywFDsS6VrEVSAgvvRPiQiHncBM1AJsMfSPCodeAVrO6WBQvj7nsCbkU2iztal8uhIkF6ULDYxSCFTN9tmdII-0g-3Vd19ZSKlWPMyDzTWnhy3ng/s400/TEARS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547027554063732754" /></a><br /><br /><br />again, it's the whole 'full time job' bag. Anyway, here are a bunch of new songs from albums 154 & 155.<br /><br />I've in no way slowed down. Posted above is the album art for "TEARS", which is my 154th album. Experimentation ranges herein between violins, woodwinds and a vocal song.<br />I hope you enjoy and remember to keep up with me at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/facebook.com/pages/Swimmingpool-The-Band/383899140556">facebook, here: facebook.com/pages/Swimmingpool-The-Band/383899140556</a><br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=czje"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=czje" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=awvt"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=awvt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=dzlp"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=dzlp" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=gttv"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=gttv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-41956158232616683782010-11-10T21:12:00.002-05:002010-11-10T21:14:10.201-05:00THE GREAT BEAST: DEFEAT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zEUcwUqQ-uYwJlDdyU2Zi07jEHXrc1IX78ydrLkM2jvZnM1dmkgSYMp-adFvzTpDoAdrGPBb0Nf111X0GrwXRWT8c7TlvK2kuVWcNFbpiK6f-TQWmxW4yWbAXhyGyQyetw24bTkWRWnS/s1600/Picture+20.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zEUcwUqQ-uYwJlDdyU2Zi07jEHXrc1IX78ydrLkM2jvZnM1dmkgSYMp-adFvzTpDoAdrGPBb0Nf111X0GrwXRWT8c7TlvK2kuVWcNFbpiK6f-TQWmxW4yWbAXhyGyQyetw24bTkWRWnS/s400/Picture+20.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538109689644691186" /></a><br /><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=huej"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=huej" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/huej">Click Here To Download<b>"The Great Beast (Defeat)"</b></a><br /><br />'The Great Beast (Defeat)' is the first track off of my 153d album “The Spirit Of The Staircase”. <br /><br />This track is based around a slow and churning rhythmic keyboard part (heavily manipulated) and is reinforced by a Clarinet melody (a few) which are actually more structured than my typical part.<br /><br />The album art, download link and streaming song are all posted above.Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-13736925015226315852010-10-24T21:20:00.002-04:002010-10-24T21:24:36.267-04:00DAYS RUN AWAY 151: MEWTWO 'With An Empty Heart And A Half-Full Pokédex (He Straddles His Starmie And Sufs Into The Abyss)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6E8lhZ2l-Y1CnB9SGCfiR7QNXtNISl88STzIVwDSfAwvNls5Fw-DSAmIEKloZmY19xCdrDB1zULLNHRRUjGCRQ4lkSmUESwV35P76F9JEOA8fJim_HvTHBizSh0HNDilFd8l_VTBF8al/s1600/MEWTWO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6E8lhZ2l-Y1CnB9SGCfiR7QNXtNISl88STzIVwDSfAwvNls5Fw-DSAmIEKloZmY19xCdrDB1zULLNHRRUjGCRQ4lkSmUESwV35P76F9JEOA8fJim_HvTHBizSh0HNDilFd8l_VTBF8al/s400/MEWTWO.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531788410740301714" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/pukr">Click here to download<b> 'With An Empty Heart And A Half-Full Pokédex (He Straddles His Starmie And Surfs Into The Abyss).mp3</b></a><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=pukr"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=pukr" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><div class="post_content" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; "><div class="post_body" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 10px; "><p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/2c78ed878cf03a1e72e7b8563058f525/pukr/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20With%20An%20Empty%20Heart%20And%20A%20Half-Full%20Pokedex%20(He%20Straddles%20His%20Starmie%20And%20Sufs%20Into%20The%20Abyss).mp3" target="_blank" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-top: 0px !important; "><em style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘With An Empty Heart And A Half-Full Pokédex (He Straddles His Starmie And Sufs Into The Abyss)’</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tindeck.com/download/2c78ed878cf03a1e72e7b8563058f525/pukr/%5Btindeck.com%5D%20-%20Swimmingpool%20The%20Band%20-%20With%20An%20Empty%20Heart%20And%20A%20Half-Full%20Pokedex%20(He%20Straddles%20His%20Starmie%20And%20Sufs%20Into%20The%20Abyss).mp3" target="_blank" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-bottom: 0px !important; "></a></span></span></p><p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://havinghorns.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Havinghorns</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> noted the other weak that once I reach album 151, I should call it “MEWTWO”, after the 150th Pokémon. Now at that album, I’ve not only taken the advice, but ultimately taken the album a conceptual step further. True, the titles have little to do with the pocket monster in question and more with our hero, Mr. Ketchum, but I believe the tragic element of the Widow’s Son hunting wild beasts and using them to battle in the place of his fellow man works in a similar vein. Mewtwo has an air of tragedy to it, and I’ve tried to tie that in to the truly sad figure of Ash. Though on the outset, he seems happy, driven & content with his life on the road, but one can’t help but wonder the toll it takes on a man to constantly see those he loves the most, those little monsters, often beaten towards the brink of blacking out (often, if not more traumatizing, beating other little beasts to that very limit). </span></span></p><p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The reason I chose Starmie as the aquatic pokémon in the title is simply due to the fact that it’s always been my favorite. </span></span></p><p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here is the third song off of the album, the longest song. It’s mournful clarinets mix with some guitars and atmosphere and is heavily improvised and edited in post. I hope you enjoy! Download the song by clicking on the title. </span></span></p><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="clear" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; clear: both; height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></span></div>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984274183092639591.post-67097681829741499612010-10-15T20:54:00.003-04:002010-10-15T21:03:34.444-04:00New Songs From Days Run Away CL: Calvary (or, Mew)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dsZWPwsYTuVamKDOqrHsnTA771n-6ABCZfQ8BjAHhZ-izB1ZRKUZna8n26Y48mBlqaWKaDOdxLAAZXc9hN61pmtp4NmJJyRYJwUE1krvCNxbs-UCbk7TTB-WoH1RWKvtFWWRqHoev1L9/s1600/MEW.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dsZWPwsYTuVamKDOqrHsnTA771n-6ABCZfQ8BjAHhZ-izB1ZRKUZna8n26Y48mBlqaWKaDOdxLAAZXc9hN61pmtp4NmJJyRYJwUE1krvCNxbs-UCbk7TTB-WoH1RWKvtFWWRqHoev1L9/s400/MEW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528443263774414658" /></a><br /><br />Three songs in, here are two of the tracks of what's ultimately turning out to be my most atmospheric album yet. It's almost kind of creepy. The album title has two meanings. Calvary is one of the two names for Golgotha, the place of the skull, where christ was crucified. And mew, as I’m sure many of you know, is the name of the 150th pokémon (thanking my better half for that part of the title). <br />The songs are posted below, and the art is posted above:<br /><br /><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/liiy">Click here to listen to <b>02 Jogging With Wife (At The Foot Of Golgotha).mp3</b></a><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=vlmg"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=vlmg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object><br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://tindeck.com/listen/vlmg">Click here to listen to <b>03 Blonde Wife (No. 1 China & The Crypts Of The Mountain).mp3</b></a><br /><object width="466" height="105"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=vlmg"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><embed src="http://tindeck.com/player/v1/player.swf?trackid=vlmg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="466" height="105"></embed><br /></object>Seamus Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942408236033074899noreply@blogger.com0