FAWM: "Juliet's Slumber (Soulmate in a Coma)"

Juliet's Slumber (Soulmate in a Coma)

Liner Notes

Another chapter in the concept album. I should really nail down the plot, but it's honestly quite confusing to explain, so I won't!

Anyway, this one came out of a nice chord progression I had which seemed to work well finger-picked - but my finger-picking is second in its ineptitude only to my palm-muting, so I resorted to programming it using Kontakt.

The mix is a bit messy - just getting those ideas down, can strip it back a bit later.

Drums: VProm (Linndrum clone), Superior Drummer 3
Bass: Epiphone violin bass through Tonex
Guitar: Kontakt Electric Sunburst library
Synths: Kontakt Modular Icons/Melted Vibes, Solina Strings, Odyssey
Vocals: Includes Ovox vocoder

All run through the usual computer-melting array of saturations, tapes, compressors, eg Waves Curves Equator, Ampex, TG12345, 1176, optical.

#indie #goth #postpunk #newwave #rock

Lyrics

been a dozen years in her head
just a couple of weeks in mine
just a flick of the wrist to pull the plug

my soulmate in a coma
decay like a carcinoma
university a waste of time? maybe i should go

get a doctorate in medicine
make a vaccine for those locked-in
get published in Nature, and cure juliet's slumber

but if i die before her, let her know that i loved her
but if i die before her, let her know that i loved her

Comments

@ayeahmur 1w

I've got no idea what's going on in the context of the album but I bloody enjoyed this track. It rocks on very nicely over that carefully layered rhythm track. Like the harmonizer on the vocals, and those squelchy little synth parts are ace too.

@shakedown_jesus 1w

This is great. I love the vibe and tone. I wish I could get my linndrum to sound like this. I'm always a sucker for clean/semiclean arpeggiated guitar.

@odilongreen 1w

I obviously may not fully comprehend the plot of what's going on here, but that in no way detracts from how rocking and grandiose this track is. There's a heavy radio-friendly old college alternative feel here that is really involving, like a hazy portal into a murky but fascinating world.