Delicate Stretch of the Seems

Musicians

Andy Miller – Drummer
Jody Whitesides – Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Synths
Andy Miller – BG Vocals
Jeff Scott Soto – BG Vocals
Andy Miller – Bass (How Do You Show)

Credits

Writer: Jody Whitesides
Producer: Jody Whitesides
Mixer: Jody Whitesides
Mastering on the Digital Version: George Leger III

Notes

Digital Art: John Michael Kane
Lettering: Kim Whitesides
Editing: John Michael Kane

I Don’t Blame:

Meaning: It’s time people start taking responsibility for their own actions and not blaming others.
Trivia bit #1: Written after seeing one too many talk shows.
Trivia bit #2: Was stylized after a King’s X tune.

Sex (Everybody ‘s Talkin’ ‘Bout):

Meaning: Sex is a natural thing, please stop covering it up.
Trivia bit #1: Overlapping vocals in the chorus have different lyrics.
Trivia bit #2: The guitar riff in the verse was possibly stolen by Filter in their song Take A Picture.

Politics:

Meaning: Politicians never use concrete ideas or words to get elected, when they do, they fail to deliver.
Trivia bit #1: The opening segment is a very large number of overdubs for the crowd that grows as it goes.
Trivia bit #2: Played on 7string guitar and the verse is a blues style riff in 5/4, disjointed, much like politicians.

See, Hear, Say:

Meaning: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil – nuff said.
Trivia bit #1: Dual guitar solos left and right over the outro.
Trivia bit #2: The vocals are treated with an interesting reverse reverb to get that ghost like vibe.

Smell The Rain:

Meaning: Being sad about splitting with someone you love.
Trivia bit #1: Somehow broke the bridge on a borrowed Taylor guitar 12string.
Trivia bit #2: First guitar solo of mine that I transcribed into notation and tab.

Breezes:

Meaning: Moves like the wind in musical form.
Trivia bit #1: Dig the drum groove Andy threw down.
Trivia bit #2: First song I ever used an E-Bow on.

…With You:

Meaning: Defining qualities of loyalty.
Trivia bit #1: When Jeff first heard this being pieced together during recording he stated: “This will never work” once finished, mixed and done he rescinded his remark by saying: “That’s is an extremely cool mix of different timings”.
Trivia bit #2: The bass is a very heavy melodic factor to the song.

Ties Are Truly Bound:

Meaning: Searching for success with friends but they leave you high and dry.
Trivia bit #1: Gravity vocal is treated to slowing the sample down to get the falling feature.
Trivia bit #2: I’m fond of the double time feel of the drums against the half time feel of the guitars in the verse.

How Do You Show:

Meaning: Communication issues between people in love.
Trivia bit #1: Oddly depressing song about love.
Trivia bit #2: Andy requested to play the bass on this song.

Barricades Of Hate:

Meaning: Wishes of getting rid of racism and war.
Trivia bit #1: The guitar parts that bounce back and forth were a pain in the ass to record at that time with my limited recording knowledge.
Trivia bit #2: Has a bit of a round robin vocal concept in the choruses.

Egoman:

Meaning: Geared at people have an Ego that their talents can’t match.
Trivia bit #1: Originally written for an actor, Patrick Muldoon, attempting to do a music career – when the album didn’t happen, I kept the tune.
Trivia bit #2: There are vocal harmonies that fade in in spots of the chorus that are very dissonant.

Coming Home:

Meaning: Everyone tends to like going home to where they grew up.
Trivia bit #1: Every single lyric line contains a title from a RUSH song.
Trivia bit #2: Try counting through this song – you win a prize if you can tell me all the time signatures used.

Spiral Event:

Meaning: What happens when you realize everything you work for isn’t going to last forever.
Trivia bit #1: The kick is a sample of a Harley Motorcycle kicking over on a startup.
Trivia bit #2: My first guitar solo that really wasn’t a flashy solo.

Beside The Lies:

Meaning: My disgust with people who lie to grand proportions.
Trivia bit #1: Opening segment has a lot of samples recorded on a micro cassette.
Trivia bit #2: Sonically backwards between verses being heavy and choruses being clean.

That’s What It Is:

Meaning: That special something that ties one person to another.
Trivia bit #1: Andy borrowed some bongos for this and rocked ’em.
Trivia bit #2: Likely the first pop style song in history to use a descending diminished chord run.