Bird Songs

In the beginning there was Bird Songs

Bird Songs is the opening track on Winter Pattern, which is the debut album by Something//Something. We had no idea what we were doing. It's just meant to be an overture to the album.

We were definitely really into Emaj7 chords at the time. And also Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1.

And when I say we I mostly mean John Latvis and me. John's my cousin, see. Thick as thieves since the age of three.

Kevin came soon after and he brought Dan.

A chunk of Winter Pattern was written while I was living in Boston and attending Suffolk. After Midnight having the oldest inception of the bunch, dating back to '09-'10.

Beacon Hill came about the same time, I imagine, primitive though it may have been. And I do recall Take 4 being created with John on a visit he made to me my senior year. He probably already had seeds of Inanimate at that time. And Hot Stop was created originally by my brother and myself, I think on some snow day when we lived together in Brighton.

So what does it all mean?

Listening back 10 years later now, it's not too cringy. Bird Songs captures what we were going for at the time. Sort of a moody indie rock vibe with some experimental touches. The demo came out of my first winter living alone in Manchester. In a frigid apartment, I tried to record something original - something that I actually liked, too, while manifesting a real band to play with. Luckily for me I wouldn't have to wait too long.

But there is like, a meditative longing to it's mood.

It actually does medly nicely into the next track, Take 4, which is quite a bit more upbeat. And the reprise of Bird Songs is most definitely a nod to the Breathe reprise on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, an album I will forever be fond of.