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Gordon M - The Storm w/ Gary Reeves

from Endangered Species by Various Artists

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From the album, "The Fall of the House of Usher," released on September 22, 2017 and available on Bandcamp
gordonmidgley.bandcamp.com/album/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher

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The 8th instalment and one of the few energetic, uptempo, passages of the album {Roderick's anguished exposition of weltanschauung in (4)being the other notable 'quick section' }
Poe refers on several occasions to life in the House of Usher as being akin to an opiated afterdream, suggesting a slow, inexorable slide into a semi-conscious state of being, incapable of distinguishing between dreams and actuality.
In keeping with the 'self fulfilling prophecy' I mentioned in the notes of (6) 'The Haunted Palace', it seems as if Roderick expects and welcomes the storm, pacing around in an agitated state of delirious hilarity
He regards it as a kind of punishment - an Old Testament style day of atonement.
Viewing it as 'the beginning of the end' perhaps?

The tempo is exactly double that of the previous track's outro.
What a strange coincidence.

I'm very familiar with Gary's energetic hard-new-wave drumming capabilities from Bluebottles and I was delighted when he agreed to take on "The Storm".
He drums up a storm in every sense of the phrase. Top job Gary.
I've aimed for a similar Bluebottles 80s gated-reverb, tape saturated sound, albeit in a different setting.

lyrics

The tempest raged we were helpless, the groaning house about to yield
Then in half-light by the fireside, in a loud voice Usher cried :
"At last it's here"

"Can't you see how it surrounds us? Its fury brings us to our knees
Now I will go and let the storm in, the guilt of generations flooding out.
Here comes the flood"

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from Endangered Species, released July 20, 2019
Gary Reeves: Tempestuous Drums
Gordon M: Fretless Jazz Bass, Lead Guitar (1995 US Fender Strat w. BKP Apache pickups), JRAD Archer Boost, Peavey Bravo 1x12 all-tube combo, Lead Synth (Korg MS-20 & Aqua Puss analog delay)
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