Shipwreck by Spartan Jet-Plex
My music is largely inspired by older folk and blues music, and this track begins with a Charlie McCoy sample from his song Candy Man Blues.
This song was written pre-pandemic but did not get recorded for my' new album Live which is out today as well. I see this as a companion song to that album. While Live is mostly about celebrating life, this one is a celebration of death or a lamentation of life. We all are gonna die. As it's been said before, It is the one certainty we have in this life.
You can view the video for Shipwreck here:
youtu.be/l2xJbWaHJ7A
Video footage by Nancy Grim Kells
Video editing, textures, and effects by Rafael de Toledo Pedroso
Grimalkin Records, 2020
grimalkinrecords.bandcamp.com
spartanjet-plex.bandcamp.com
lyrics
I see the old times rolling
I see inside
I hear the numbers calling
I'm here for the ride
I can't see, nothing matters
I lost my guide
don't leave your bones on deck
my soul's a dirt shipwreck
but then I had to stay
the new times are boiling
and I am well on my way
the season's are changing
but we've found our way
we'll jump in that orange lake
don't take my hand
you're never gonna understand
I see the old times rolling
I see inside
I hear the numbers calling
I'm here for the ride
I can't see, nothing matters
I lost my guide
don't leave your bones on deck
your soul's a dirt shipwreck
credits
released September 13, 2020
written, recorded and mastered by Nancy Grim Kells in their living room
All proceeds from my music support Grimalkin Records' label and mutual aid fund.
grimalkinrecords.bandcamp.com/music
My EP Carry Me to My Grave is out on Halloween. I will have a very limited run of handmade tapes on my Bandcamp and an even smaller run of 7" records of this track and another one called Sun/Moon on both Gr's and my Bandcamps.
Huge thanks to Taylor and The All Scene Eye for premiering the video for this song along with my album Live: theallsceneeye.com/2020/09/12/premiere-on-a-new-visual-album-spartan-jet-plex-isnt-just-surviving/
Huge thanks to Yeah I Know It Sucks for this kind review of this song: yeahiknowitsucks.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/39718/