Every song that I write from now on is gonna be eminently playable on the road, but is also gonna feel great to play every night. Something like this: [plays intro to "New Deep"]
Most of these songs are on the electric guitar, which is my response to the last record. But I had to write songs on an acoustic guitar because I didn't have a band. What I like now is I always wanted to be an electric guitar. And in a lot of ways this is my first love letter to the electric guitar.
I recorded it as a demo in my studio first. Most of the songs from this record were recorded in my studio in my apartment. And it started out with this guitar part and this beat, and then a bassline, and it all really came together very fast. And I just remember tracking it in my studio and the song really being there already. I loved the verse, I loved the feel, I loved the B section. And so even the moment that I was playing it in my studio, I think it was a defined song.
The chorus didn't really come about 'til the very end of that tune. But I loved playing it. I still love playing it. I love being onstage and feeling that thing under my hands, just the way the chords are laid out, and the feel. It really defines a new signature way that I wanna be heard, in terms of the pulse and the groove of the tune.
Are there any songs you go back and listen and think, What the hell was that about? That was terrible. ?
There's a song on Heavier Things called "New Deep". Looking back on it, I think I thought I knew what I meant but the idea is a bit undercooked. And slightly nonsensical. You can't win em all.