Howdy bab,
There is a new Bandcamp subscriber EP out today. £25 a year gets you access to all this business. Get stuck in here.
Here are Doc’s notes on this one:
The “Flux” demo is interesting. This longer version is how we were going to record right up until the night before going into the studio, when we cut it back and made it the instrumental breakdowns different lengths. Less is more here for sure but this version has some nice moments.
Chips’ home demo of Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Possess Your Heart” is a throwback to how the band started, working on his home demos that are both simple but also replete with perfect melodies and harmony ideas. He always jokes on stage about the dubious protagonist of the song lyrics. It’s cute he thinks that’ll protect us from getting cancelled.
“Now or Never” is another “Cam Docherty” (me) song from 2000 recorded with my pal Neil Codling. This was going to be my big hit, had any of the requisite ingredients for that been available at the time. Another song with an outro trying to be the “Tumblin’ Dice” outro. It’s a Doc thing, ok?
Doc x