2 posts tagged “silhouette”

...Of the cover of our second EP. A beautiful creation both visually and the audio encased within, I feel. We'll see how it turns out later this week. But things are looking good. If not great. You will find this nowhere else online. I'm not sure how much you care, but to me it's a big deal.

EP Cover

Also, it was our bassist's birthday today. As in, the 20th. Everyone wish him happy birthday, he'll love it.

Muse played some place called Wembley Stadium tonight. Apparently, It's in this city of ours.

I just read a fresh review on the NME website. Sounds amazing. Since the dawn of Pulkse, I've wanted a clear drum kit with a logo and neon borders. I've wanted female dancers who would give their take on our songs as silhouettes backstage and at the front too. In high heels and top hats. Made up to look like they were going to a funeral. I've wanted showmanship that would match our epic sound. I want to put on the kind of show that leaves an imprint on people's lives. Makes them realise that our great escapism is all for them. Shows that art is beautiful, in any form.

And that's what Muse did tonight. And do at every show. They know no boundaries. One of my favourite songs, Blackout, they played while two gymnasts suspended from massive balloons floated over the audience. Take A Bow, a masterpiece that I loved from the first note, was ended with a torrent of flames. This is art. The way I see it.

Of course, you have to start small. And that's what we're all doing, isn't it? Most of us will never live the dream, and you can't bank your life on it. All you can do, I suppose, is put your all into your songwriting. And treat every show like it's your last. Our last show was amazing. We played a beautiful venue and our best songs. And the crowd were pretty impressed. We were certainly the most original, and least "Arctic Monkeys", band there. When I listen to something like Exposition of Exegesis, I think "Wow. This is amazing." I love what I do. But I suppose, everyone loves what they do, or they'd be out there searching for something to fill the void.

I rant don't I. It's cause I'm so frustrated that we haven't found our "Right Place, Right Time" scenario yet, where someone with influence realises that we have potential. Am I deluded? Would it take too much work to make us a good sound? I think we'd do most of the work ourselves. I have massive visions for Pulkse, and I can't see laziness getting in the way of those. I'd be a perfectionist with our sound, given the time and facilities.

Or maybe we're just not everyone's thing. Are we all too Fall Out Boy to listen to Radiohead these days? Too Panic! for Portishead?

Stem my flow.

Talk to me.

Pulkse

x

PS - I have started my search for studios within our budget for our second EP. Should you be interested, it's going to be more adventurous than our first, and have more of us letting ourselves go - "rocking out", as it were.