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Gone Before He Left

from Gone Before He Left EP by The Spinshots

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The Spinshots recorded this track as a teaser for their next album. We're working on a sort-of-conceptual album with title tracks for fictive films. Also - we tried a new way of producing, initiated by drummer Emanuel Wiemans.
Gone Before He Left is recorded in Studio Electric Monkey in Amsterdam. We used a mixing table that belonged to Ennio Morricone once (and we're proud). We tried to optimally use the sound colour of the studio by placing mics everywhere for natural reverb (it's quite big there you know).
And of course we had great guest musicians (check the credits!).

lyrics

He is the shadow of a nightmare
cast upon your day
He's up in smoke before you catch fire
Leaving ash clouds, gone away

He's a reflection of illusions
by in vogue incrowds
And just when he seems to appear soon
He is long gone, leaving clouds

He surfs on the clutter of the scene
a trail of girls, but he remains unseen

He seems to come into existence
emerging from the cleft
of our mutual experience
But he's gone before he left

His steps are softer than the whispers
He's obscured by
He cuts himself from his own background
a blind spot in your eye

He leaves any shattered crowd upset
wrecks a scene and is gone, before he left

Doesn't know of failure and mistakes
Isn't where you heartbrokenly gaze
into nothingness
Left you disgraced

He moves in fields beyond cognition
He leaves your life wrecked
As he is only the ignition
It was you who lit the match

Regret, as you know, is valueless
he's gone, and he was, long before he left

Long gone, as he was, before he left

credits

from Gone Before He Left EP, track released September 20, 2014
Written by Martin Draax
Horn Arrangements by Simon Kelaita and Martin Draax
String Arrangements by Sietse van Gorkum
Recorded at Electric Monkey by Kasper Frenkel
Produced by Emanuel Wiemans and martin Draax
Mixed by Kasper Frenkel
Mastered by Mark de Hartog

The Spinshots on this track:
Lead voice: Flora Dolores
Bass: Andreas Tscholl
Drums: Emanuel Wiemans
Trumpet: Ruud 'Trompie' Kleiss
Saxophone: Simon Kelaita
Guitar: Martin Draax

Guests:
Violin: Sietse van Gorkom and the Red Limo Orchestra
Trombone: Roberto Lorenzo Elekes
Grande Piano: Julien Kummer
Percussion: Jos de Haas

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