Drums, Guitar, and Déjà Vu

In the past two sessions, Gunnar and I have tackled a bunch of drums and guitar parts for the EP. These songs include "Steps to Drifting Apart" (which I play drum kit on), "Don't Walk Away" (guitar), "Extravagant" (guitar), and "Déjà Vu" (guitar). Gunnar will be composing drum parts and loops for all the other songs excluding "Nusury Rhyme", which will feature Cory Matczak of Surgery on his super awesome drum kit, made up of an old suitcase, chains, and various other interesting components that make raw, edgier sounds. Cory is also an excellent drummer, so we're very excited to have him.

"Déjà Vu" is a beast of a song to record, mostly because there are a bunch of time and feel changes. Gunnar has compared it to a puzzle. It could also be compared to "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles, which served as some inspiration for the song. It makes sense for the song to be this way, since it's about various dreams that I had during the span of a few months, several years ago. Here are the lyrics:

Déjà Vu

I'm squatting in your canoe, following a river called "strange"
Paddling my way with the current
It's 90 degrees and the sweat courses down
Revealing nothing more than my name

Oh Sonia, I found you running water through your fingers
Your clothes clinging to your sides, but your hair still dry
You'd been lost for days for whatever misfortune
Regardless, you accepted my offer

Together we wandered in circles
A serenity only REM could buy
How you found me will forever be a mystery
How you wandered through my aching mind

We carved our initials in the bottom of the boat
Colored it in with purple chalk
It was about that moment that I knew that I loved you
When we couldn't see two feet in front of us

I watched you pull apart the floor boards
One nail at a time, and five in my palms
And only at this hour of midnight
You discovered the way into downward facing dog

Together we wandered in circles
A serenity only REM could buy
How you found me will forever be a mystery
How you wandered through my aching mind

And morning comes to breathe down the back of our necks
And this is the sadness that farewell brings
I hold you in my arms, the only rivers in my eyes
And I pull you out of a chemical bath

'Cause déjà vu means we're in the right place at the right time
Yes, déjà vu means we're in the right place

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And here are some pictures!

My electronic drum kit

Mapping out "Steps to Drifting Apart"

Me getting ready to record some guitar

Love,

KJ