In our second EP, we put moved Tanis from bass to guitar, removed the guitar from Gio’s hands, and added the wonderful Vanessa Faith to carry the rhythm.
Summit
was supposed to be the last song on the record — that’s why we wrote a fade out. But it was so magical we put it first. It ushered in the new era with Vanessa on bass. It’s the only song with a bass solo and for the cherry on top, Vanessa recorded the viola (the other strings were me assblasted on Midi at 3am).
Bluu
is about a girl, of course, but also death (metaphorically and literally). Gio was in an existential mood. In the music video, he cast himself as God, and I was death. When the girl I was dating saw me dry humping my ex in the alley-way, it was the death of our relationship.
Limbo
was supposed to the first song on the record; hence why we start every show with it. It’s long, but when it hits the chorus it’s so damn funky. To this day I regret opening up the hi-hat so much in the speed-up, but at least the solo’s sound like peak Guitar Hero 3.
Milky Way
is by far the most marketable song. It’s the shortest, has a healthy dose of 3 guitar solos and a groove that can kill. Our SEO must hate us by now because 3/5 songs on this record are named after shit that’s not in the lyrics.
Floating
is our Free Bird. You’d think after making one track with slow-downs and speed-ups we’d stop, but no, we were addicted to tempo changes. In the music video Gio is drowning and Tanis literally saves him with the power of his guitar.