FAWM: "Fighting Fire With Ice"

Fighting Fire With Ice

3 weeks ago by @kembole

Liner Notes

#postpunk #rock #fullproduction

Stayed up all night making this before going to work, so yet again the lyrics turn to a story about procrastination and not sleeping. And generally a song about all the things someone wants to change but have little power about really changing it in the long run.

As always in previous years, I took a guitar, put in a new tuning and the song came out by itself. Just a basic drop-d tuning, but it did the trick for me.

Production was really fun. Made a few really messy signal chains for guitars, a few stereo rigs, fuzz, distortion, delays, reverbs and stuff put in weird places in the signal chain.

Guitars: TH-U, Neural DSP Tone King
Bass: Neural DSP Parallax
Drums: Steven Slate Drums 5.5
Synths: ANA2, LABS, NI Komplete,

Lyrics

7 AM, hope to fight it off again
the crippling feeling that fills you from within
you're out of something, it's hard to place your finger on it
you think you've got it, but just thinking won't help

You're too slow
you're too far below
not figuring out
that you're fighting fire with ice

here again, a stick in the mud, no new beginnings
stuck in a loop with no new rewrites
not one to complain, it's not real disdain, i'm just engaging,
rolling with the tides, waiting for a spark

Comments

@gfandme 2w

Great song, I love the wide sound of it!

@juiciusmaximus 2w

Introssa Eppu Normaali hengaili Egotripin kanssa, mutta säkeistöstä eteenpäin olikin Crash komppaamassa. Leppoisa, hyvin soljuva aloitus FAWM:iin.

@knobbyneggins815 2w

Love the full production on this! Great melody once it kicks in. That chorus is so reminiscent of something...I can't put my finger on it but that's a good thing! The double-layered vocals and everything, so great! Checking out your other stuff! Good luck this FAWM!

@jonnysmeby 2w

Good song, vocals and lyrics are my favorite part. Wait... You can put fire out with ice :)

@val 2w

Smashing guitars. Love that sound. Drums are rocking too. Big sounds. Those cymbals are super crisp. I like the theme. The idea of being in a loop resonates with me. Great tune you got here.

@jackketch 2w

This is cool, production is brilliant. Puts my shonky lo fi attempts to shame. Has a sort of late 90s feel to it to my ears.

@emplate 3w

Production here is amazing. Also your vocals are great and very atmospheric. At parts they make me think of Matt McNerney (Grave Pleasures/Beastmilk/Hexvessel etc.), although this is otherwise a bit poppier than the stuff he'd do. Nothing wrong with that, though! This is very catchy. Sounds like something I might really come back to.

@mctown 3w

a good one...

@nadine 3w

This has been worth staying up late. Such a good soundscape and good lyrics. Espeically the chorus has a good rhythm. Wow!

@leka 3w

Ihanaa. Sun melodiat ja sovitukset on tyylikkäitä.

Kertsissä hieno kielikuva. Jään seuraamaan ja tulen kuuntelemaan.

@hmorg 3w

Another classic Kemböle banger. I keep wondering why I don't hear your songs on the radio and then I remember I don't listen to radio. But anyway, I bet they'd play your songs if you sent them your songs.

@jinx 3w

Instantly so catchy, I was bopping along. Love the lyrical hook. (Looks like one line of the lyrics is missing here btw?)

@sapient 3w

LOVE the way this starts - so much goodness to listen to all layered up so well.
Like your voice on the chorus. Those harmonies are killer!
This is a proper good one to kick things off with 😀

@pumpkinhead 3w

Such interesting melody in the verse and than chorus with chorus power.
Great production as only you can make it with magic guitars and super drums.
I love it!