Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Sculpted Static flashback of the day

Named during an AIM conversation, "Salvo Social" was never one of the band's favorite songs, but it enjoyed quite a busy existence from the beginning. It first appeared in the spring of 2003, when Arta recorded ProgZ and wrote lyrics for the first two verses (without knowing the melody). Steven came up with the melody and added an extra verse.

Arta and Steven came home from school and started recording "Salvo Social" for a new album. Mark did not play on the recording because he was at school. Ian was replaced by a drum machine, which seemed to suit the song just fine. Nevertheless, "Salvo Social" was the most sophisticated recording by Sculpted Static at the time. It featured a strong guitar hook, audio samples, and modulation to a different key.

Listen to "Salvo Social" somewhere on this page
Lyrics to "Salvo Social"

During the third verse, Steven accuses ABC News of "putting your head inside the noose of ignorance," but, of course, he is not talking about the great Peter Jennings, the longtime ABC newsanchor (and Canadian) who died a few days ago. The man who took his work seriously but never took himself too seriously, the man who hated Fox News, never interviewed George W. Bush, and was frequently accused of having a liberal bias.

Anyway, "Salvo Social" was considered strong enough to lead off the Distance EP and the No Future concert. Unfortunately, the live performance was a little too sloppy, due to the band's not having practiced with Mark until that day, and Ian having only heard the song a few days before.

The lack of response to "Salvo Social" from EP listeners meant that the rockin' song was pushed to the second half of the new album, now called Sunny Ash.

It has been rumored that Alan Lawrence will be using "Salvo Social" in one of his short films.

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