Again

Again, but with electric slide guitar.

When I tried to feel alone again,
When I woke up next to my phone again,
Is that light reflecting off my phone?
Or is she finally trying to reach me?

I fucked up and I told a lie.
Can't just apologize and feel alright.
Can't you tell me I'm a good person?
And she'll tell me "I don't want to see you again."

When I tried to feel alone again,
When I woke up next to my phone again,
Is that light reflecting off my phone?
Or is she finally trying to reach me?

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posted by Corduroy (6 comments total)

An engaging melody, and sung well. Guitar part keeps the momentum up, I like the interplay of the eighth-note guitar vs the half-note+ vocals. Slide adds a lonely vibe that's keyed in well to the lyrics. Also enjoy the collapse-style ending.
posted by BlackPebble at 6:46 AM on July 27, 2016

Thanks BlackPebble, I really appreciate the slide guitar feedback, I spent a long time trying to figure out how exactly to add it. I'm not a slide expert by any means, so I think for me it's learning when not to add any slide, not overload the song.
posted by Corduroy at 12:30 PM on July 27, 2016

I know what you mean on the slide. I play mainly acoustic country blues (and fingerpicking folk), so you'd think my slide would be solid. But every time I pick one up I wrestle with it in frustration until I put it back down. I just keep picking it up and figure I'll dial it in someday.
posted by BlackPebble at 6:07 AM on July 28, 2016

Wow I love this. I really love it.
posted by chococat at 11:14 PM on July 28, 2016

Yeah, this evokes the structural and melodic feelings of the Velvet Underground, and the plaintive and home-made voices of the Red House Painters and lo-fi R Stevie Moore (but only at his best). Really beautiful and understated.
posted by not_on_display at 8:38 PM on August 4, 2016

This is ace, I love the echoey slide.

The very light rhythm really works, but I missed the rimshot sound on the fourth offbeat! It seems to regularly drop out on that beat and I want it! Just personal preference though :)
posted by greenish at 3:41 AM on August 12, 2016