Silver

from Somewhere Nowhere by HUNDREDTH

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I spent a solid 7 hours at Panda one day making the main synth loop for this song. I was messing around on my Moog Sub 37, creating these random arpeggio loops that never repeat. I was sending them into Ableton, adding delay and reverb, and recording them for hours until it finally moved the exact way I wanted it and perfectly matched the tempo. It was tedious but it was honestly such a good break for me at the time. The days prior, I had been constantly getting bogged down and trying to grab new instruments off the wall to bail myself out of a lackluster idea. I was thinking maybe if I find a new part, the song could actually be something. After a night of frustration I decided I was going to go into a synth wormhole the next day and (maybe) build a new song around that. After hours of toying around I finally got a solid 10 minute loop that matched perfectly to tempo and chopped it up from there to make specific parts for a song. I added the pumping kick and thought it would be cool if there wasn’t a snare in the entire song. You don’t really notice it until it’s pointed out. The song reminds me of The Postal Service or Dntel, especially in the outro with the vocal chops. The other day my brother pointed out to me that it reminds him of Donna Lewis’ “I Love You Always Forever”, which I think is badass because literally everyone I know loves that song.

lyrics

covered in chrome
when you’re on your own
you’re walking the rails but you won’t look below
i know we all want to change but here’s how it often goes
dive in straight
don’t wanna wait cuz time moves slow (on & on & on &)

and it’s all settling in we’re on the fringes now so tie it up, sever it off while it’s dulling down
we’re scared to be alone
go back to where we’ve been scared to roam from what we know silver in the glow again
(again & again & again &)

maybe we’re wrong
when we say the thrill is long gone put it on until the words
set in stone
(on & on & on &)

and it’s all settling in we’re on the fringes now so tie it up, sever it off while it’s dulling down
we’re scared to be alone
go back to where we’ve been scared to roam from what we know silver in the glow again
(silver glowing)

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from Somewhere Nowhere, released October 9, 2020
Produced by Chadwick Johnson
Written by Chadwick Johnson
Mixed by Sam Pura
Mastered by Sam Pura

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Hundredth is Chadwick Johnson, Alex Blackwell & Andrew Minervini.

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