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Available after over a year in the making - Bug Spray by Space Boyfriend!
This has been a really personal project of mine and I've poured a lot of heart and effort into it. I wanted to mix and record it all myself, no matter how rough it would turn out, and I'm happy it's finally done.
I hope you enjoy it.
album art by the hyperfantastic Jane Mai
Last edited by BenCarignan (Jul 20, 2012 9:11 am)
Ah, so the most exciting time of the day has finally arrived.
Watermelon Party
Diction is very "choir boy"
This music reminds me of Zula Patrol for some reason.
LOL Man this made me smile, lol XD lub it.
Ooh, watermelon time!
(Kazoo time!)
Ooh, watermelon time!
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon time!
Oh how the stars do shine off the reflection of the juice upon your face, so fine!
I cannot wait for I to get stuck to your face tonight
on this watermelon time!
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon Party, Watermelon Party
Watermelon time!
My lyrics are deep and complex, yes.
Glad you guys have enjoyed it. I might sound "choir boy" because I was in choir for a while, though I've been out of practice and forgot a lot of technique.
My lyrics are deep and complex, yes.
Glad you guys have enjoyed it. I might sound "choir boy" because I was in choir for a while, though I've been out of practice and forgot a lot of technique.
You can always tell... 
Man... "Space Boyfriend" took me BACK to the 90's. My goodness! 
It's like flying through space dodging stars, collecting gold and shooting space pigs!
My goodness. My goodness ;'')
Thanks a lot, guys. I appreciate all the positivity.
Vocals in bliptunes I feel are generally frowned upon, so I'm glad it's goin' alright with you guys.
Only about half of the way in and I already love this. I've been looking forward to its release since I heard the title track in that e-mail you sent me.
Question: Are you classically trained in music or something? There are melodies intertwined all throughout the album as recurring motifs and hints from previous material (even the title track starts out with the line that the Space Boyfriend EP ended with!), "Overture" is actually a real overture unlike when most people call their tracks "overture," and tracks like "X" sound like a full orchestra by using themes in a different context with tension and release. I'm only asking because there are some deceptively mature compositional techniques used throughout these tracks that I hear on very few (if any) other chip releases out there and it is freaking awesome. It's like a musical and I mean that in an extremely positive way.
Also, I don't know how you do it, but "Watermelon Party" is like the spiritual sequel to "Cutie Cake," and "Honeydew" right after it is brilliant.
EDIT: JESUS CHRIST TRACK 12 IS INSANE WHERE DID THAT COME FROM YES
Last edited by an0va (Jul 21, 2012 11:11 am)
Lovin watermelon party! This is a rad album. Really diggin surpass the universe as well. Good stuff, man. Your stuff is always so fun. 
Working on a ska-punk ukulele+recorder+cheap little 1974 toy synthesizer cover of Watermelon Party because I like it so much.
But those arp harmonies are so un-ukulele-friendly 
Last edited by SketchMan3 (Jul 21, 2012 6:48 pm)
Ahahah, thank you guys so much. 
an0va: I wouldn't say I'm classically trained in composition at all. But I have studied music for around a decade. I majored in Music Education for a year in college on top of everything I learned in high school. X was actually inspired by high-pitched squealing orchestral horror music, so I'm glad that came off! I am really fond of the idea of theming and motif play and so I wanted to try to incorporate it myself with this record. I'm really glad you picked up on some of it. The "See you!" jingle at the end of the EP is the "main theme" of Bug Spray, the first little melody that plays in that song. All throughout the record I place snippets of that melody in songs. It's just representative of what the record's about, I guess.
If you listen to the album on repeat, you'll notice that the end of the Bug Spray reprise is very similar to the overture. I kinda goofed up narratively but I wanted the first three tracks to "chronologically" take place after the rest of the record, so Space Boyfriend is from the perspective of after the reprise. After X, which was supposed to be some weird flashback-through-some-heavy-shit transition track, it starts off with Bug Spray. I don't think it worked that well, the only way you can tell is with the similarity between the ending and opening and a few lyrics about "when the stars shine again", but now you know the intention, anyway.
I'm sounding real pretentious about my own music, I'm sorry!
Also, it would be more accurate to say Cutie Cake is the sequel! I wrote Watermelon Party over a year ago, and it inspired a whole style of music out of me. Whatcha Doin, Cutie Cake, Burger Date, and even one of the songs I wrote for the upcoming "Heads Up! Hot Dogs" I affectionately refer to as "watermelon party jams". It is the grandfather of many a chippy hoppy bossa-nova inspired tune I've made.
Most of the material on this record was written before any of my other releases. They're just showing up now because they were a part of something that wasn't wholly done yet.
Sketchman: Aaaah, that is incredible! This is really exciting. You can just play them as straight chords! That's what I wanted them to be anyway, but the gameboy just is bad at chords and I keep trying to force it. That's why I'm trying to branch out a bit with future releases and incorporate more analog poly synth stuff in addition to gameboy.
Last edited by BenCarignan (Jul 21, 2012 7:05 pm)
This is really good.
re: vocals being frowned on in chip - I think that just goes for bad vocals, haha. nice work!