ʚ♬CHIRP demo♬ɞ
The year was 2018, I’m pretty sure. We were living in this groovy apartment (est. 1969) with ///bold diagonal architectural angles that made interior decorating a challenge (complimentary). Vintage avocado green appliances in the kitchen and a vintage air conditioning wall unit like in a hotel. Framed fold-out poster from a Wings Greatest Hits record on the wall and an burnt orange pull-out sofa bed.
Anyway, this is completely anomalous for us and there was a reason for it1, but we wrote and recorded “Chirp” in one day. A lot of songs on Bobo II had early iterations that sounded markedly different than the finished album versions, but this is the only one that had a fully-formed, albeit brief, pre-mortal existence. ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚
While listening ୭ for the first time in years, I felt a strong compulsion to rerecord the vocals2 and remix the whole thing (not to formally release it, just to share it with you) but I’m trying to keep my insane and obsessive tendencies on a short leash.3 Eyes on the horizon.
There are some nice things about “Chirp,”4 but I think “Laughing Place,” its final destination, is musically better and has something more interesting to say. What is it saying? Gun to my head I’m sure I could come up with something, but it’s no longer any of my beeswax.
👤 I’ll keep it mysterious because it’s boring to explain.
🎤 Performance psychology and talent/skill variables aside, at the time I was still using our old condenser mic that picked up a lot of room in the mix and did nothing for me vocally. It must have been shortly after recording this that we bought a Shure sm7b because Jared did some research on good mics for thin voices, lol, and found out Michael Jackson used one on Thriller.
🐩 This is just me actionably procrastinating writing new songs. I’ll go off-leash again once the new album is ready to actually produce and mix and stuff.
🎸Jared’s guitar solo is the part.