You can find lyrics in anywhere. In this song's case it was - paint samples.

Someone had left behind a Sherwin Williams paint sampler (the kind that splays out like an Asian folding fan).  I was absent mindedly flipping through it one day and realized that the names of paint colors are ridiculous and fantastic.  So I went to the color “blue” and pulled out ones that I thought sounded interesting and rhymed:

Indigo / Nautilis / Open Sea / Georgian Bay

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I've always wanted to write a New Order-tinged electro rave-up, and now I have. "Glitter on the Dancefloor" is that rare flight of genre fantasy that has a reasonable payoff.

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Its hard to write something that's truly contemporary.  It takes time to reflect on a thing from a position that isn't just reactionary and have a perspective that's worth sharing.  "Afghanistan" tries to split the difference - it's a song written quickly and instinctively while watching the fall of Kabul on CNN, but recorded with more intent.

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You find weird things about Las Vegas once you're there for more than a long weekend.  There aren't any bookstores anywhere near the strip.  The entire place has a kind of druggy rhythm - taxi drivers and breakfast chefs in the morning, alcohol and smoke in the evening.  It smells like bad cigars and mothballs and plastic and sunscreen. And it's a great place to set an apocalyptic rock song.

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Ever wondered how a song goes from an idea into a fully produced recording? Join Kyle Evans (bandleader of Echo Bloom) every two weeks as he documents the birth of a new song and gives a guided tour of how it was constructed. If you're a musician searching for inspiration, a fan looking for the next thing to fall in love with, or just are curious how things are made, come along for the journey.