Comments on: a perfect preservative

a perfect preservative

es_de_bah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:25:36 -0800

I pretty li'l ditty about jelly, pirates, and (of course) true love. still getting my bearings as far as recording in my new apartment. two guits and a glockenspiel for the win? words: he sun sank heavy in the west. we shuffled off our sunday best and spread our smiles on from ear to ear then every hour became, to me, a gem of worth and rarity to covet close so long as you are near yeah right here i want to be a perfect preservative fill me up with sugar and salt i'll hold everything I love while winter passes by harmless and without revealing fault so as not to let one ounce of sweetness be forgot one day when I have time enough, i'm getting off at every stop in every little town that boards a train I'll make friends with the local kids. they'll show me where the treasure's hid: those sacred spots that no one yet has named still unclaimed i want to be a pirate cartographer seawater and ink inside my veins to conceal in coded calligraphy that place where we buried our hearts so we can dig'em up again some fine day when it is safe to carry them in our chests

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:23:18 -0800

That glock is very tasteful.

I like how slurry and beaten-down the vocals are.

Man, the more I listen to it, the more I like those vocals. This is really cool.

By: escabeche

escabeche — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:18:22 -0800

I agree about the glock -- it does a lot without actually playing very many notes.

This reminds me a little of Bishop Allen (which is a good thing in my opinion) -- something about the sunny sound combined with the somewhat ambivalent words. And the glock.

By: robotot

robotot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:46:58 -0800

Not sure about the glock. Sounds a bit like your mic was picking up some wind chimes playing outside. Maybe just cut them out until the solo bit, they sound a bit random everywhere else.

Like the lyrics, nice imagery. not sure about the repetition of "still unclaimed".

Plus it ends on an odd note, sounds unresolved.

Sorry to be such a critic. I really do like your song. I'll look out for any do-overs.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:13:22 -0800

I had to come back and point out one of my favorite parts: the way you add a second syllable to the second "ear" in the first verse (0:29, about). For some reason, man, that one tiny touch is just so great.

By: roombythelake

roombythelake — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:55:27 -0800

Love the first three quarters of a second. The rest too, but it kicks off so oddly, but perfectly.

Love the change from "sweetness be forgot" as written to "this day be forgot" as sung--it's better. Course, maybe it's good the other way too. Shoot, now I can't decide.

awww... and I love the ending. In our chests, indeed. My favourite song of the day.

This song reminds me so much of some other act I love, and I can't put my finger on who...