SYPHA NADON: PLEASANT SONGS (track listing)

Track listing for the upcoming Sypha Nadon: Pleasant Songs LP [MZR046]:

 

1. You Lost Her (2:32) 
2. The Devil's Shrine (4:55)
3. Mockery of a Man (3:45) 
4. Rain of Ruin (5:02)
5. Gray Day (3:18) 
6. Monstertheism (4:13) 
7. The Red King (Instrumental) (4:19) 
8. His Voice (1:24) 
9. Verdensur (The World-Clock) (Instrumental) (4:02) 
10. My Life is a Horror Movie (3:57) 
11. State of the Nation (3:17) 
12. Aphex Twink (Instrumental) (4:51)

 

Total Running Time: 45:37

 

One thing that I think differentiates this SN album from all the ones that have come before (aside from the shorter than usual track lengths) is it's the first one where the majority of the tracks have vocals (indeed, there are only 3 instrumentals). Over the years I've written out lyrics/melodies for a number of songs, but very rarely have I bothered to record them, but this time around I wanted to challenge myself a bit and I felt the time was right to go about doing that (and some of these lyrics go back a long ways: "Gray Day" was written around 2007-2008). The album will also have a cover song (another thing I don't do very often), in this case a cover of Suicide's "Rain of Ruin." Also, like FIRST REPORT, THE BLACK OMEN album (and the Death Head Moth's SECOND REPORT), the album is entirely MIDI, with the exception (obviously) of the vocals.