FAWM: "Capacity"

Capacity

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Liner Notes

David says: Really pleased with how this one turned out! @philnorman sent me a quick acoustic demo of the insanely catchy 'ca-ca-ca-capacity' hook and some ideas on lyrical themes, then let me crack on with what I enjoy doing most... tracking a load of guitars and doing some over-the-top #bluesrock vocals 😄 . Once I'd added verses/bridge and built out the track, Phil laid down some gorgeous backing vocals. And from there it's been such a joy going back and forth - honing lyrics, adding extra bits to the arrangement, and generally making it a real team effort. Hoping that comes through in the track.

Phil says:
David is underselling his effort on this one. I gave him the equivalent of a scribble on a cocktail napkin, he returned with the Sistine Chapel. So much fun to work together and have this catchy thing be the result.

#collab #60s #britishrock #capitalism

Lyrics

I got a fog on my brain
I’m always hazy
When every day is the same
It drives you crazy
The big report that you need
You’re saying right now?
I wanna do as I please
But I don’t know how

Man, I’m spread pretty thin these days
Oh, you’d be amazed

Thank you for thinking of me
I’m at ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-capacity
Thank you for thinking of me
I’m at ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-capacity
Ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-capacity
Ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-capacity

News is moving so fast
Makes me nervous
Place of safety is passed
Nobody heard us
Now I’m falling to bits
The bosses own me
I got my targets to hit
They go up monthly

Yeah, round here you work ‘til you die
So let me testify

Chorus

Everything blurs when you feel this tired
You sit there feeling helpless and uninspired
Worry about your kids, your wife
And every other thing in your goddamn life

Chorus

Comments

@greengrassgirl 8h

What a smashing hook! I’m going to be singing, ca-ca-ca-ca-capacity all day! You guys are a great team. I think Phil’s Liner Notes (Sistine Chapel) would make a terrific companion piece.

@scruffyblues 9h

Your vocal on this is something else!" It has such a full and powerful sound and that hook is just so blinkin hooky! Great collaboration and work here.

@fonte 11h

Oof! Soul mannnnn. Love this. Love the grit you have got out of it, but it also sounds pretty clean too. How?! Lots of hooks here. The verse itself is very hooky. Pre chorus is excellent, well done for having a pre chorus in FAWM. And a middle 8!

@tcelliott 17h

Man, this is great! I love the hook on the chorus, it's so dang catchy. The guitar/vocal riff in the verses groove so hard, the pre-chorus is perfect. That bridge hits a little too close to home, I think.

@cmharwood89 1d

Well hell. This is a team-up I didn't know I needed until just now. What a ride! That chorus is just magical - I cannot get over how much the BVs by @philnorman add to an already brimming production. As always, @davidtaro brings equal parts musicality and theatricality with those vocals. I'm not jealous - you're jealous!

What a relatable topic. It's also a pretty fun(ny) image - some corporate cog-in-suit feeling so overwhelmed and unfulfilled that they belt out a catchy-as-sin hook about how overwhelmed and unfulfilled they are. A sort of battle-cry issuing from the nook with the coffee maker and copy-machine... Makes me chuckle

@ayeahmur 1d

As relatable lyrics go, this is SUPER hard on the YUP end of the scale. (I personally also love the irony of this being the result of a collaboration three quarters of the way through FAWM).
Love the sound, it's just so big and full and lovely. The ca-ca-ca- on the chorus is a great choice, and the BVs are a big lovely velvet curtain of lush. Great work lads.

@hanley 1d

What an instant classic! That chorus is so hooky and rockin, it hits all the right spots and the harmonies are right in the pocket. Over-the-top vocals? Never! You gave the song exactly what it needed, infectious energy and power.
That last verse really resonated with my current time/energy poor FAWM self! Top collab gents

@djtjb 1d

Oh man that driving beat in the chorus really accentuates the ca ca capacity lines. This is so catchy and smooth. Killer tune guys!

@coolparadisoMod 2d

yup Phil that's David for you! rock on guys. this one blasts onto orbit!

@wrenarcher 2d

This is absolutely amazing!
Not sure I can add anything that others haven't said and beat me to. It's such a fine example of straight up rock and roll. So good.

@richaaaay 2d

Rock’n tune!!! Holy smokes…as @nancyrost said, it’s so ca ca ca ca ca catchy. Dig the guitar and vox, lead and backing. Sounds like a fun project for you two…real teamwork 👍🏻

@bethdesombre 2d

Such a great collaboration. The short verse phrases get to that excellent chorus that will be running through my head forever (and will be extremely useful to keep in my back pocket).

@nancyrostMod 2d

Ca ca ca catchy, super relatable, and a banger! I hear some Keef in the guitar chords, and a whole lot of other stuff that's clearly yours. Love those chorus harmonies!

@rshakesp 2d

A wonderfully tasty wall of sound - pretty Stonesy to my ear. Great hook, super vocal layers and lead vocal performance. Great use of ‘testify’ can’t go wrong with that! You need to have a sharp word about your monthly targets - that’s not sustainable!

@sheslin 2d

Wowza! This is such a banger! I like how the guitar doubles the vocal melody in the verses. How you play with the timing on the pre-chorus really caught my ear. Oh this chorus - those dissonant harmonies - the phrasing and articulation of "capacity" - so catchy and cool. Those two line are so great. I could listen to what you did with "testify" a day. The bridge is like a lovely little catch of the breath before that cool chorus again - and those stacked vocals are gorgeous. Amazing guitaring throughout. I hope this song was as fun to make as it was to listen to. Awesome collab!!

@cts 2d

I can hear why you're pleased with how this came out. How could you not? How could either of you? This thing is scorchy (dang - is this even a word). Anyhoo - I found myself relating in some ways to what's going down in the lyrics and just enjoying the sonic goodness happening with the music and singing. You're in you're element and I can hear you enjoying it as such. I ain't sleeping on ya, Phil - you brought the goods, Chief. The ingredients are well placed and yeah, that ca-ca-ca-capacity is bangin'!

@hbusse 2d

Two of my FAWM favorites coming together! Rawk! That hook is amazeballs. But really all of it is very hooky, loving that guitar riff in the intro as well as the verse melody doubling the riff there. The drum part on the chorus is perfect. As are the guitar tones. Fantastic work you two!

@sbs 2d

Feel like I’m one of the shindog dancers on “Shindig.” When I read “ideas on lyrical themes”I read it as “set some lyrics on flames” and thought “yep, that sounds about right” - lol! Totally get a 60s vibe with my gogo boots on! Awesome!