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Weird Decibels 1

by Weird Decibels

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1.
Psalm 06:19
Psalm long intro, Em F D Arrival of birth This glorious violence helpless skin and bone Tiny footsteps tread Upon a road For which they did not ask Some will be lucky For the others will pave The path for their children Arrival of birth This glorious violence helpless skin and bone Lord the rules are insane Winners lose the losers play again Lord the rules are insane Poor are the victims the rich collect the claim Arrival of death and all is worthless skin and bone again A legacy to fade a history is made written by scholars scholars taught to learn from a past where no lesson was learned Arrival of death and all is worthless skin and bone again Chorus Ending Am F E G I lost my way, I lost my way When you asked me to pray
2.
Speak 03:14
Speak G riff Em F G verse riff ( C Em G) I was told you work, In mysterious ways I learned you were liberal, with your selection I've been gifted a life, with wonderful people Why must you start, to take them from me? G Riff--------------------------------- Em F G So speak to me Let me hear what you say Speak to me You built this world, in alls it's glory You gave us greed, to strip it all away But I hope you're there, taking care Offering refuge, for our weary souls Em G F So speak to me Let me hear what you say Speak to me let me hear what you say------------ middle 8 B flat, F C F #, B flat, F F# solo Em F G G riff
3.
Wonder 04:02
Wonder I wonder why many things, fall they way they do I wonder why we conform and struggle to see things through. The earth on which we stand is covered in Autumn leaf The signs of winter touch our soul as we feel bereaved I wonder why we cannot see the people closest to us I wonder why we still stand there refusing to admit our loss The bridge on which we stand has crumbled and untied We can either run to our sides or repair it over time I wonder why you built a palace, lined it with golden chairs I wonder why you sit alone and deny your getting scared The silence of a room littered with photographs Of people that you still love, but people of your past.
4.
Steel 03:29
Steel With the ebb and the flow, Of Grahams road The weekend night,The dirt and the streetlights I wander home, Drunk and alone I look to my feet, Tired and close to defeat I hear a voice, He removes my choice Of no violence, He screams at my silence The metal flashes, He stabs and he slashes Do not let this be, The last face I see Dirty--- Steel--- With the ebb and the flow, I struggle to control My warmth, my cold, I will not let go Footsteps walk past, The concern does not last These people need to eat, the sexes need to meet I think of my life, of my son and my wife It was a simple twist of a knife Look at the beauty,of this epic country This metal fascination, a scar on our nation. Dirty--- Steel--- A scar on our nation This metal fascination
5.
Crown 04:07
Crown Perfect cars in perfect drives ( D riff) about to leave a perfect house to a job I can't stand (C G D) I switch on the radio the DJ's loud my mood is low it was a hell of a night ---------------------------------------------------------- hold me down, hold me down ( E, G, Bm Am) I've a confession for the crown hold me down, hold me down I have done something wrong in this town ---------------------------------------------------------- A perfect smile it makes me sick (D Riff) he shakes my bleached hand I wonder what makes him tick (C G D) the calls come, dialling tone the chat in the office is monotone it drives me insane chorus ( E G Bm Am) I shot her down I shot her down come home to a gathered crowd I step across a police line I should not have crossed
6.
Wait 02:12
I don't want to wait I don't want to wait I don't want to wait but the state says wait WAIT! WAIT!
7.
Forward 03:55
Forward long intro Leave now We have to get in the car and leave now Dusk is falling and we're getting left behind The ghosts of our past are going to rob us blind I cannot pay if you do not show the way Moving forward can't see where we're going Forced by A hand you never see or want to feel now Pushing you on the back you'd think its real Moving forward can't see where we're going Forward! Long outro
8.
Joker 04:54
Joker notes D, CBCB what are you hiding from me? I'm the electorate when can I see what future you have laid for the nation when only the rich feel privileged elation what are you hiding from me? When can we see what are you hiding from me? Will we be surprised money burns, floating down to lie against a riot shield once held by a broken policeman fed up defending a politician bass clean riff D C B D x2 vox x2 riff x4 vox x2 the queen of hearts two faced ace a political joker which is higher? Which is higher!!
9.
Power 03:26
Power verse C Am F G, Chorus Dm F C G, Em G Far away my dreams so far away it was touching distance then it was taken from me power, how did you get so much power? when one persons choice can effect so many and I still don't know if they'll build this road fed up cutting my feet trying to get to something out of my reach out of my reach out of my reach helpless I feel so entirely helpless nest I build was ruined by a fluke greater, my troubles just got greater my limbs hang and nothing is resolute
10.
Pay 03:56
Pay Intro If we take this now will we pay for it later If we take this now Is it the start of the summer (guitar) If I grab your smile can I save it for later for every easy straight there is a difficult corner -but what the hell lets just go for it- (guitar distort) if we take this now will we pay for it later the nights are short and the days are getting longer -so what the hell lets just go for it- distorted jam drums solo stu solo harmony fin
11.
Deliverance 02:55
Deliverance A Send it to the mountain send it to the sky you're refused deliverance don't ask god why x2 G I—tried---everything Still---you---denied A Send it to the mountain send it to the sky you're refused deliverance don't ask god why x2 G I've---torn---and opened skin still---I'm---deprived solo E G E A# EEEE G Upon---my---knees again Hands---clasped---and tied
12.
Industry 04:30
Industry You get inside my head You dig it with a spoon you lay it on the bed and rummage through where I'm coming from there is no view there is industry but nothing new surrounded by metal shapes twisted and gnarled I fed the dog but still it snarled chorus you can hear the machine its turning round blows out the fire and scars the ground chorus ---------------ringing ------------------------ people talk to you but its nothing new... heavy end

about

Album recorded by Weird Decibels
Mixed at Steakpie Studios 3 by Pablo 77, with help from Weird Decibels
Mastered by Pablo 77

Pabs, singer of Weird Decibels tells the story of Weird Decibels 1
If you are new to the band this is the album you should listen to first.

The law of diminishing returns. The longer a band or artist is together the weaker their output becomes, apparently. Seventeen years in, we write one of our best albums. When you record music it is impossible to be neutral... Let me give you a brief story of how we made WdB1.
There was a big gang of friends of which I loved being a part of. We often drank until the daylight sharing our laughs and our stories. We were a close knitted pack it was truly unique that so many people could get on so well together. On the 12th of January 2009 the tragic death of Dave Broon changed everything. There are few larger characters than Dave and the party stopped when he left. Many of us took stock of our lives and made big decisions, new beginnings. We're all still friends of course and nothing will change that. When we see each other in our smaller gatherings the laughs are still there albeit without Dave's legendary humour and can of Stella.
We had started writing around the time of Dave's passing. It had a profound effect on the way I write lyrics. I was fed up writing about myself, so I focused on the world around me and created characters to tell my stories. There are some dark songs on this album, themes of class divide, murder, atheism, abuse of power, corruption and bereavement. I'm not ashamed to write of these subjects, music now is glossy, churned out pop. I long for a new movement and I seriously thought these times of austerity would deliver us some great music...
We wanted to write as many songs as possible for the Weird Decibel 1 sessions. We ended up with 15 tracks of which 12 made the final cut. We recorded the drums over two sessions at the practise room, which was bloody freezing. Derek nailed most of the songs in one take. All the recorded drums and guide tracks were ready for our trip to Ettrickbridge where we hired a lodge, perhaps the best we've hired so far.
We headed down to the borders in Greg's brother in law, Iain's VW van. It truly set us up for a fantastic week, I say fantastic now but then... It was not the care free recording experience that nostalgia wants us to remember. There were problems. Day one was spent trying to find a mysterious clicking that resonated throughout the lodge and all my gear. I could not record with this electric pulse through the music. We switched off TV's, Fridges, Microwaves, anything remotely electric, but still we heard, click, click, click, Greg went out for 'some fresh air' I joined him, pissed off with progress so far. As I stood admiring the fantastic view I heard the click again. My ears led me to a outdoor lock up in which there was the offending clicker... An electric fence. Given we were in the middle of a working farm it made sense. We switched it off, the clicking stopped and I watched the bulls in the field next to the lodge with a bit of Pablo apprehension.
Bass was laid well by an on form Greg, pity he spent the morning trying to fix the wiring in his battered instrument. Terrible Tuesday was well named. I struggled with the guitar, take after take, patience running low. Much of my vocals recorded at the lodge were never used. Derek fell ill and lost two days, his catering was immense though and when he recovered we all had a tremendous laugh. Stu had a pick whirlwind frenzy when he lost the head with his ever complicated solo's. We pushed hard on the birth of this album, it was a long labour.
There was much to love about this lodge though. The rooms sound beautifully spills onto the guitars and gives them life. It was a fantastic week in all. However the album was nowhere near complete.
Back home vocals had to be redone in the practise room and this gave us more time to get the sound right. There were a few corrections needed to my guitars.
Then there was the lovely Jemma Burt who has added so much to this album, We decided we needed some new sounds on the record and she beautifully laid some violin on Wonder and Power, raised Pslam with the organ and added some keys to Steel. I hope Jemma is more involved in W dB 2...
I lost a summer with the mixing (It was raining), I'm obsessed about achieving the best sound but it was getting ridiculous. Also some editing decisions were causing tension, then we had to pick the running order.
Weird Decibels 1 has turned out well. It was a graft. A labour of love. I'm devastated that Dave will never hear these songs. He listened to everything we ever did. He might never hear Weird Decibels 1 but he is on the record. His spirit is in the music and the lyrics. I will forever think of Dave when I listen to this album and I'll listen to it loud.

credits

released October 11, 2012

Vocals / Rhythm electric guitar/ acoustic guitar/ samples - Paul Smith
Lead guitar / Rythm guitar / Backing vocals- W. Stewart McCairney
Drums / Backing vocals- Derek Menmuir
Bass - Greg McSorley
Violin (on Wonder, Power)/ organ (on Psalm) / piano (on Steel) Jemma Burt

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Weird Decibels Falkirk, UK

Weird Decibels career now spans over two decades from the post grunge landscape of the 90's through to the uncertain times we live in today.

With a growing collection of albums, live records and rare recordings Weird Decibels have placed it all here just for you.

Their latest LP 'February', released on the 21st of February, a mere 25 years since they penned their first song.
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