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Tachyons (demo)

by 23rd Boy

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Unmixed, unmastered demo.

This song, originally titled "Fairclough" – named after the cheap acoustic guitar it was written on – was first recorded in Garageband. Years later, after losing the multi-tracks, I re-recorded it from scratch in Logic Pro X, which was actually a fun challenge.

Eventually, I added lyrics, which were quite literally a diary entry, but they needed a mirror – a bookend. So I wrote a response from a female perspective. I asked my friend Java to translate and perform the new monologue into her native French, and I was floored by the results.

The content of these verses are not terribly important, which is why they're buried under effects (full disclosure: they are frighteningly personal as well). Ultimately, they are simply meant to be evocative and emotional above all.

lyrics

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"I'd seen the future – engulfed briefly in circular, simultaneous time and memory – before receding into the usual blanket of tachyons.


I know you're not listening to this, because if you are, I've tried too hard to get it to you."


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"Tu etais ma personne preferée, mon partenaire creative et mon meilleur ami. Et tu m’a fait t’en vouloir. Je n etais pas parfaite, J’ai fait beaucoup d’erreurs , mais j’ai arête de t’aimer, et c’estait plus de ta faute que de la mienne. C’etait notre faute a nous. On a changé. On na jamais ete sur la meme longeur d onde, physiquement, mentalement, et georgaphiquement, depuis le debut.

Puis a la fin, cette deconection nous a rattrapé et j’ai du en finir. Mais je ne l ai pas fini avec haine ou malvaillance, Car je ne pourrais jamais te detester. Je ne veux pas te dire au revoir. Je suis desole, je suis tellement desole."

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credits

released November 18, 2019
Written, produced, programmed, and performed by Jim Penola.

Live drums & additional percussion by Kurt Wubbenhorst.

Additional vocals by Java Jacobs.

English to French translation by Java Jacobs.

Photography by Noel McGrath.

Design by Jim Penola.

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23rd Boy is the musical alias of illustrator and storyboard artist Jim Penola.

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