Song Q&A

What’s the song about?

Cool, wistful, a little playful. More than anything I loved the way the instruments sounded. In some ways it’s a very simple song, and looking back I can hear things I’d do differently — the arrangement feels a little simplistic now.

Where did the idea come from?

The title just came — no clear memory of the original idea behind it. Generally I try to make titles interesting and provocative, and sometimes deliberately the opposite of the feeling of the song. I had been playing around with music production and this was one of the first songs I really started to like.

How did it come together in the studio/production?

Honestly I didn’t really know what I was doing at that point — I was just happy to make something that sounded musical. The part that worked best was the violin-like sound combined with guitars. It has a good sound to it.

On the short runtime (1:32)

Not deliberate — still learning quickly at that point!

Favourite moment in the track

Why release it when you were still learning?

I made a decision early on to do a lot of my work in public and to not be ashamed of putting things out that weren’t perfect. My early motto was quantity over quality — which isn’t to say I didn’t care how it sounded, of course I did. But I knew that if I put things out there without shame, I’d learn more quickly and it would get better faster. In retrospect that was really true.

One thing listeners might miss

Any lyrics you’re especially proud of?

N/A — instrumental.