2007 release. Artwork by Russell Baltes shown off in a clear jewel case.
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When I moved into the first place I ever paid rent on, I briefly lived with some dudes from our college radio station, WBGU, before they moved out. One of their pieces of decoration was part of a realtor's sign that they had stolen that said "Will Build To Suit". It was hanging over the doorway to the kitchen, so I saw it damn near every day. I liked the way it sounded, so I thought about the idea of recreating yourself to meet the needs of another person. You may have been a building before, but you're not what the new owner wants. We'll make sure we get right on that...
Also, "I am the written line, I am a title fight, I am a crooked spine, I am a satellite" is the best description of myself that I have ever come up with. I am creative, competitive, flawed and dependent.
If you listen to the "Perfectly Normal" version of this, there are quick stabbing, interlaced staccato guitar parts in between the verses. As this song evolved, it kept getting faster and it got harder and harder to pull that off, so I came up with the "swell and wipe" instead. It sounds way, way better and is one of my favorite guitar things that I did on this record.
lyrics
What do you want me to be? Some kind of hulking stud with personality? You can't bestow me these glorious assets that I can never hope to ever get. Well I've got news for you: you can't change me into what you want me to be. I am the written line. I am a title fight. I am a crooked spine. I am a satellite. What do you want? Say, can you see a sign on my back that reads "will build to suit?"
credits
from Narwhal,
released March 30, 2007
J.D. Fleming: drums
Justin R.L. Hemminger: vocals, right guitar, lead guitar
Eric Komuniecki: bass, backing vocal
Presscott G. Wagner: left guitar, backing vocal
Recorded by David Picciuto
Mastered by Neal Schmitt
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