I left them sat atop a bookshelfA set of tapes freshly woundStories convolutedAnd too long to simply write about No clear order to be foundNone more worthy of a crown As I set the final in its placeI felt my heart rip out my chestThrough the shelves and into the spinesOf the text below where it were to rest In the walls that surroundRestless fists … Continue reading Tapes
Echoing through the cavernsLike hieroglyphics etched into the wellsThrough the crevices that led me inAnd shut me outJust as quick A single drip of waterFrom each direction that it fellBlotched caricatures of a manSignalling smoke out for help Down comes another quarterIt’s wallet forever out of reachSmacking against the concreteIt spins a few feet in front of meUntil I see The reflection of the sunlightOffering … Continue reading Wishing Well
Last week I went on a date with someone for the first time since getting divorced and honestly I’m still wrapping my head around the whole thing. It’s been 18 months since officially separating from my ex after what I can really only describe as a lacklustre marriage and relationship that went on far longer than it ever should have. I spent much of the … Continue reading True Life: CF Goes On A Date
Look at us, sticking to our newly appointed Friday release schedule with a new cover. This week we jump back into Bleed American and tear “Your House” a new one. Listen to the original recording here: Now, check out mine: I originally started out doing an acoustic-based full band cover but I was really struggling with coming up with a drum beat that complimented the … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Your House
It’s our very last track on The Clearing – Tradition! If you made it this far, thanks very much for reading and I hope you’ve enjoyed learning a little more about what inspired the songs on this record. Listen now on YouTube or any of your preferred streaming service providers except Spotify and Amazon Music! About the Track Tradition takes you back to sometime around … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Tradition
Carrying on from our track by track of Lie To Me, today I’m moving right along to track 8: Asleep/Dead. If you haven’t heard the record yet, check it out on YouTube Music or my own YouTube Channel below. About the Track Asleep/Dead is one of the only tracks on this record that isn’t really based on any sort of true story, rather it’s more … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Asleep/Dead
Today we’re diving into Track 7, formerly “45”, now officially named “Lie To Me”. Listen to the track on YouTube About the Track I wish I could remember definitively why I started writing Lie To Me but I can’t wholly place it, but the “double dog dare you” line is really what kicked things off and set the tone for the entire song. Like “All … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Lie To Me
I know I technically already put out a cover of Delivery from the Surviving record that you can read all about and listen to over on the original blog post BUT the truth is from the jump of that recording I wasn’t keen on where I was taking it and ultimately, wasn’t at all happy with the final presentation. It had bits I liked, but … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Delivery (Reissue)
Hope everyone had a good weekend – I know I’m a day late on this one but hopefully it gave you a chance to listen to The Clearing while I put this together. Today I’m gonna talk a bit about track 6: Little Fish. About the Track Little Fish was the third track featured on my 3-song EP “A Quiet Place To Scream” and I … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Little Fish
Back with my next cover, this time I wandered over to Invented and settled in on Coffee And Cigarettes. Check out the original recording by Jimmy Eat World: Now check out the cover: The Process I gave Invented a quick spin through and there was no easy choice here, but I’ve always had a soft spot for for Coffee and Cigarettes and pretty instinctively knew … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Coffee And Cigarettes
Crooked Forest 