Static was finished just before our second gig with Jim in the line-up, and that’s where it made its live debut. For us, there are generally two kinds of songs (aside from the distinction to good and shit music that is), those we first play live and then record, and those we record straight away….
Category: Back on Track
Phase Back on Track #5 ~ Transcendence
Transcendence emerged from the first batch of ideas that started accumulating; and for a while, there was just the first progression accompanying the first verse… Touching ground, held by an unseen bound / for western star drags me way to far / to find you my love, to build a connection above / feels so…
Phase Back on Track #11 ~ Amethyst
*Article edited in November 2024 to include details relating to the remastered version, Amethyst (Resurfaced). The main riff of Amethyst came into existence an evening when I was hanging out at a mate’s house with another mutual friend of ours, during the exam period for the course all three of us were attending at the time…
Phase Back on Track #1 ~ Perdition
The very first song we finished, the first to rehearse, and the first to play live. The most discussed one and the most distinctive of our fairly unique style. Just not to be repeated: Back in 2004, when I set out to re-form the band with my good friend Chris Gioldasis, we began writing new…
Phase Back on Track #20 ~ Birthday Song
It all started an evening I was hanging out with the Saint in his parents’ basement where we used to play when I told him about an idea I’d been having for a while; writing a Birthday Song that would be introspective rather than celebratory, and he instantly came up with that beautiful chord progression,…
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