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Moonbathing

by Kelp

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With many tongue in cheek references to drug use, overdose and death, this song can be considered to have a theme of addiction. The meloncholy lyrics are sang despairingly over a synth bass line that wouldn't sound out of place in a Roger & Zapp b-side or some sort of hip hop edit mashed up with a Rick James a capella. In the highest registers lives a synthy flute line that relentlessly swings on the beat, dangerously close to sounding like Celtic Jazz, if that's a thing? The airy, Bay Ledges style lead vocals of Vaughn Faison, better known as Johker, blend with the Portuguese boy-band backing tones of Kleber Sampaio in a call and response with Jordie Sunshine's (Kelp) talk box ornamentation on a bed of echoey harpsichords and marble-cold rhodes. The culmination of these elements creates something that sounds like it was recorded in the mid-90s but written last week - watch out for that prog-funk break down before the last chorus.

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I’m not at home anymore
I keep dreaming of war
I’m pining for the beaten path
Lost in the weeds at last
So hard to see the forest for the trees
When you’re a green alien like me

Never have I sank this low
My head below the waves swallowing
Water in my lungs but I can’t feel it
And then begins my spirit drifting
Pleading with me not to let go
I just don’t believe I really mean it

I wasn’t looking for the secret garden
First I tripped then I stumbled
And I fell behind that curtain
As subtle as a triceratops
Taking a walk across the rooftops
The worst and best is yet to come
And that’s a hill I’m prepared to die on

“I think I was someone”
I whispered
“That was just a dream”
Came a reply from the void
So lay my head down on the soil

Never have I sank this low
My head below the waves swallowing
Water in my lungs but I can’t feel it
And then begins my spirit drifting
Pleading with me not to let go
I just don’t believe I really mean it

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released November 4, 2022
Written & Produced by Jordie Sunshine
Lead Vocals by Vaughn Faison (Johker)
Backing Vocals by Kleber Sampaio
Talk Box by Jordie Sunshine
Mixed & Mastered by Niall Doran @Start Together Studios, Belfast

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