The first best second verse in history
- amscalum
- Apr 3
- 2 min read
I really enjoy recording covers. There's something about getting into someone's production style. It's like solving a puzzle. It can be hellishly frustrating trying to figure out how they created that sound. I am an audiophile to my core. I love live music, but no other medium of entertainment brings me as much sustained wonder as recorded music. It's the vinyl crackle that Cypress Hill use, and the snare drum in Poison by The Prodigy, and whatever the hell Jim Sutherland did when he recorded Aberfeldy's "Young Forever" album. One microphone for the whole record! I tried to do the same thing when I recorded Royal Oak: Best of Folk back in 2008. I used one microphone for the whole record, all apart from one track, which sticks out like a sore thumb when it breaks into both speakers in stereo.
Anyway, my cover of Roscoe by Midlake is out today. Trying to recreate the many harmonies on this track was tough, as was learning to play that superb bass line. I made the drums quite aggressive and used a healthy amount of distortion on the keys for the solo. It was the second verse that blew me away when this track was released back in the 2010s. Such a strange and beautiful meter that suits the strange and beautiful lyric. The first best second verse in history? As ever, thoughts on a postcard.
Speaking of which, here are the best responses to last week's game of finish that sentence.
The best thing to come out of Fife since...
"A sunny day in '95" – George
"Someone successful left Fife" – Rachael
"Greggs" – Callum (Is Greggs from Fife? Great name, by the way.)
And then someone also pointed out that The Beta Band were formed in Embra. I'm still giving Fife the win on that one though.
P.S. Don't forget to give it a save on Spotify, really helps me out!
Calum
