This one started life as a little melody/chords idea I recorded on my phone in December 2024. Not sure why it didn't surface in last year's FAWM - I guess it was pretty far down the spreadsheet!

With a new lyric idea, it got promoted... and here it is, song #2 for me this FAWM. Yes, I did have one Andrew in mind when I started, but I realise now there's another hard-partying Andrew this lyric could refer to!

Very rough recording - bass is programmed because that's generally how I compose these days, and I haven't bothered to rerecord it. Guitar was done after a few drinks last night, and the acoustic was so out of tune (about half a step sharp!) that I literally had to Melodyne it back into place. It's what the Beatles would have done if they could, right? Right?

Anyway, very rough recording. I did the vocal in about 20 minutes after a Costco run and before a school pickup run. Basic as. Wasn't sure it'd even work, but I think it does (or will, once recorded properly).

I also note I forgot to record the first chorus properly, so the lyrics here are slightly different to what's sung. I gotta get lazier and stop writing new words for each chorus.

#punk #poppunk #indie #grunge #protest #powerpop #weezer

Gear used: Danelectro '59 guitar through Orange Crush amp Takamine acoustic guitar Kontakt Prime bass Kontakt Beau Burchell drums Solina Strings Harmony vocal replacement - SoundID VoiceAI (ethically trained software, paid-for and artists compensated, run locally - and absolutely not generative AI - it's my own performance, replaced with a single voice in a three-part harmony. If you have a problem with that, that's your problem, not mine! Repeat: it is not generative AI. So don't @ me about it. Take it to the forums!). Shure Beta 58a, Rode NT1A mics

And plenty of processing plugins!

Feel free to download. For my proper, finished stuff: koshrecords.net

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