NEW ALBUM "WTF Was That?!" now available !
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Video by Derek Pavlic
Produced, mixed and mastered by Ian Beabout
MUSICIANS
Nathan James (bass, vocals, lyrics)
Derek Pavlic (guitars, synths and composition)
Ian Beabout (synth leads and backing vocals)
Derek Ferguson (drums)
ABOUT
“Sleeping Giant” continues the political thread that runs through a lot of Nathan’s lyrics on this album. Nathan says,
“Sleeping Giant started life as a bass lick I liked, and once Derek got his hands on it it blossomed into the current form. I knew I wanted to write something about the current climate crisis and the malicious indifference of the people causing it - and this ended up being the right number for that.”
Musically the edict was “there are no guitar solos.” The main synth lines are performed by me but the synth overdubs are Derek’s work and concept. This is the one where we discovered that if Nate and I sing together, it sounds double tracked.
Derek Pavlic, who created the demo, played guitar and created all the synth and other arrangements, adds,
“Sleeping Giant is a very spiritual tune for me. I had no real specific ideas about it - I just followed my intuition. Similar to “Headsplitter,” I just went with the stream-of-consciousness process of creation. I'm really happy with how it turned out.”
LYRICS
Sleeping Giant (James, Pavlic)
Leaves fall out of season
They flutter-floater, flipping drip down to the ground
Stripped and battered and broken
beneath, the roots run so deep underground
And the World Tree burns
In the light of the day
But the worms still play
Frolic in the shade
Of a sleeping giant
Killed all the logic and reason
Blood feeds the dirt, and Yggdrasil cries
And the World Tree burns
In the moonlit night
the worms still bite
Even out of sight
Of a sleeping giant ...
21 окт 2023
