It’s ok to be moody…

This is a new song I found in my sleep. I had been trying to understand the approach of less melodic artists like Nick Cave, with their dark and moody intensity, not a vibe that I normally create. One day I heard the chorus of this song, with lyrics, as I was waking up. It had the apocalyptic angst, but also with a nice chord change, giving the harmonic movement that I like to have in my songs.

I sang it into my phone so I didn’t forget it. Once I had the basic idea, it wasn’t hard to come up with some moody words for the verses. I recorded the song with my friend Scott Welsh. Once we had the relatively simple guitars and vocals down, I decorated the track with some mandolin, keeping in a lot of the rough edges on the instrumentation.

What useful things do you find in dreams?