There are a bunch of ones I think are great, but "Graves And The Infinite Arm", definitely takes the cake. (Love the new website, by the way)
We Crawl Through Ceilings. Ben any chance I can get the story for this song. It's the first song of yours I ever heard. It was on a mix cd I got from a friend. I love the feeling of the song and the end is so awesome when you repeat. There's nothing wrong with smiling on your way through the windshield. There's nothing wrong with laughing as your heart beat stops. There's nothing wrong with dancing as the missile hits the roof. And there's nothing wrong with grinning as your last hopes are shot. I swear that part still gives me chills, and I sing along like a little kid every time. Also what's with that Benedict Arnold line? I swear that's had me confused forever. I don't know if I could explain how much this song has meant to me over the years and I'd love to hear the story of how it came into existence. P.S. The new site is so awesome! So stoked for the vinyl sale! Now I've got the whole Electric President discography on vinyl! So cool!
I like the "Robophobia", "Some Crap About the Future", "Eat Shit and Die" and "Not in Nottingham". The last one mainly because I live in Nottingham, haha.
One of my favorites too. It sounds like a late Radical Face vs. Phalex Sledgehammer track, but it is really well produced for that era, and it's not on any of their albums, so I'm not sure. My best guess is 2002-2003, maybe as late as 2004.
Anyone know where to get We Crawl Through Ceilings? I've looked for it, but I've never been able to find it!
I think mine is actually Junkyard Chandelier. I just like the idea of something referred to ask junk being used for something productive and the song is one of my favorites.
http://oldradicalface.com/music/wecrawlthroughcielings.mp3 You should be able to download it from that, too, if Pedro hasn't already sent it.
Awesome! I forgot I even had those vinyls. They'd been stuffed in my closet for a good 2 or 3 years from a tour that fell through. As for that song, it's a bit of a scattered one. I think I recorded it in 2003 or so on a fostex 8-track, and I made the beat with MTV Music Generator, which was a crappy sequencing program I found in a bargain bin, and a casio keyboard. And that opening line came about because I'd been reading up on Benedict Arnold, comparing the reputation to the actual person. So I guess it's kind of an offhand way of saying most of us are never any better. I guess all the words are pretty pessimistic, but in an "It's okay, just find a way to enjoy yourself" kind of way. If you'd ever seen the backyard of the house I grew up in, you'd know exactly where the words and title for that song came from. I was basically just describing how I grew up.
"Asleep On A Train" is a title that really hits me heavy with the imagery. I've never actually slept on a train, but my mind really starts to drift with that title and the following music. "Wrapped In Piano Strings" is another evocative title. I think I'm drawn to the ones that don't really make sense as a phrase, ones that are fully un-cliche, ones that really get you thinking.
I have slept on a train (no sleeper either mind you) and it wasn't really super great. The whole seeing the wide open country side was fantastic, but the sleep was inconsistant and uncomfortable at best. I did realize though that the booths in the snack cart would make ideal sleeping quarters over the reclinable amtrak seats.
I have fallen asleep on a train while listening to asleep on a train. I go on trains quite regularly and listening to radical face while watching the fields fly past is pretty good.
I love "Elegant Disasters", "Metal Fingers". I very love "The Deserter's Song" and "Mathematics" and cant understand why they are so unpopular =(
