I know this isn’t an article or piece on a good band but I am fishing for critical thoughts and opinions.
I’ve been dabling with some melodies and wanted to get anothers opinion on this piece that I have been working on. Its not done, or even mixed for that matter, but I am wondering where to go from here.
I would love your feed back. So just let me know.
Thanks,
Brady
P.S. I promise to start blogging soon.
- Up and Over We Go - Jeff Mangnum
- Eden 2 - Tortoise
- Gasoline - The Airborne Toxic Event
- Plus One - The Soviettes
- Lowell, MA - Death Cab For Cutie
- She’s A Jar - Wilco
- The Authority Song - Jimmy Eat World
- Dead Memories - Slipknot.
An oldie but a goodie. For everyone that wanted to hear this again. I found it in an email I sent to an old and dear friend of mine.
I know that I’m hard to follow,
but you complained all the way to Chicago.And I know that you hate words like tomorrow,So i’ll try and be quick for you.I know that you love, love the ocean,But I hate the sand and rejection.So you know I’ll be thereBut I’ll be a little,Little out of line.Oh I talk to you like you’ll always be here,But you talk to me like i’m leaving this year.Like i’m being shipped out to the front linesi’m about to defend our love,And I said.I said,Baby you know I’ll be home,By the setting of the sun,The setting of the sun.I picture you in a field of grain,You touch every weed like it has a treshold of pain.But when you rub my hair,Its like there’s a full field in your way.I remember when I built that fire placeyou were so excited to say,You could see my face,You even said,I know baby we can be saved.But one day I know I came home to late,You were in bed with another boy about to be laid,I said, baby girl I dropped the ball today,I won’t be coming home, even though i said…And I said,Oh baby you know i’ll be home,By the setting of the sun,The setting of the sun.So I got in my car, and I drove so fast.I even pasted some of a couple rail road tracksThen I was suddenly broke and out of gas,I felt like i should.But I looked at my phone and saw it was you,You said I’m sorry baby boy,There’s nothing i can do.I said, I know things will never go back to the way they were,And I hate you so badAnd I said.Oh baby you know i’ll be in heaven,By the setting of the sun,The setting of the sun.
“Recording in Progress…”

Dear readers, followers and friends,
It has been several months since my last post here, and I wish to extend my sincere apologies. During my absence I have been weighed down with school, relationships and travelings. Since January I have been in the United Kingdom, mainly in Cambridge, for a semester abroad. During my stay here I have been keeping a personal tumblr that is host my travel podcasts.

Me and Stonehenge.
If you would like access to that page either send me a message or email me at bradyeffler@gmail.com. The page is password protected and won’t be made available to the public until late April.

At the Scottish Boarder.
I am still in Cambridge as I type but will be back in the states come April 7th. Being here has shown and revealed many things to me. It has allowed me to rediscover what is important, and what is important to me is music and the passion that it gives me. So in April I will be starting the Fumigant Noise Blog back up. I have stacks upon stacks of records/cds/mp3s/tapes (what ever you wish to call it) to discuss, review and enjoy with you.

The Mayor of Bath and I.
Upon the reinstatement of the blog there will be, once again: Pancake Posts, 80’s and 90’s tribute posts, album reviews, 8Tracks’ playlist and deeper discussions about communication and how music plays an intricate role in our ability to better understand each other as human beings. If you have any questions, suggestions, recommendations or just wish to contact me, again my email is bradyeffler@gmail.com.
Rejuvenation is upon us and I am much looking forward to spending more time being a music junky.

Where I have been living.
So before I depart again for another month, let me leave you with this, Barry’s Monday Morning Mix Tape.
One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies. I hope this makes you smile and gives you a hint about the upcoming future of this blog.

The Sigur Ros vinyle I bought in London.
Cycling Trivialities // Jose Gonzalez and The Goteborg String Theory
I love collaboration and especially if there is a mini orchestra behind it. Jose Gonzalez has a voice that is has soft as freshly tilled soil. This song starts off slow but once I saw the conductor smile and wistfully count in the other players I began to smile too; they were bonding over what is deeper than emotion. Music continues to transcend the many layers of our humanity, speaking to the deepest parts of our soul in a language that we can’t even understand. It’s as if a Prussian nanny was swooning you to sleep with a soft melody, but yet we can’t even understand the words she sings. Music.
I love it.
Opening Credits Sequence.
Editing: We Love Chris Walla! (Death Cab for Cutie)
Vicious Traditions // The Veils.
…he grew a blood red vision for all their good intentions
he made an easy million from a foreign investment
As human-beings we often have this crawl that lingers in our spines. Out of the dark corners of our secret attics sits upon its stool, rocking back and forth a deep resonance, a slow burn of malcontent. The need for justice and sometimes even revenge.

Maybe we’ve been taught to tuck it away, like stashing old drawing from the 3rd grade in a crate, to forever dwell under our beds. And when we discover it, it is often an alarm that returns like an echo, but deep down inside we never forgot.
he danced with the devils in beautiful buildings
affirmative action for a useful reunion
The Veils song Vicious Tradition is that returning echo. So of you may recognize the tune from the movie Mr. Brooks. A good movie it was, but the song lingers much deeper than just a cinematic connection. I believe that it is safe for us to identify and recognize that tucked away feeling. For if we do not understand it and learn to live with it, quiet often the accident of finding it is too late.
So what have you tucked away?





