The Slyboots Incident

[Vernon Barnes]

I have just released an EP by my Red Over Red Project on Bandcamp.

"The Slyboots Incident" is the story of the events surrounding the death of my Great Great Grandfather at sea in 1881.

Red Over Red are Me (keys, programming, production) with Chris Edwards on Vocals and Andy Long on Bass. Also on the EP are Gina Ellen, Vocals,  Emily Dolan Davies, Drums and James Alden Lawrence, Guitar.

https://redoverred.bandcamp.com/

 

[Bapu]

That turned out real nice. Three thumbs up.

[Vernon Barnes]

9 minutes ago, Bapu said:

That turned out real nice. Three thumbs up.

Thanks. I managed to surround myself with some talented people.

[bjornpdx]

I was thinking this is almost like watching a play with the music moving the scenes along. I like the dramatic singing and the haunting song of the woman. Excellent production.

[PhonoBrainer]

I'm a sucker for an interesting historical nautical story song. I had to get past the modern synth hooks in a kind of shanty. But it's not really a shanty, more of a prog shanty!

 

Mixwise, I'd vote for vocals up, and drums feel a bit boxy or thin, you could run the drums through some beefy processor with some iron in it? Something Germanium?

 

What an inventive piece! I liked hos the story was spooled out, interspersed with instrumental-only  interludes. Very cool.

 

cheers,

-Tom

[Vernon Barnes]

Thanks. The obvious route may have been to make it very folky but i was looking for a modern prog feel of story telling influenced by the likes of Big Big Train.

@PhonoBrainer  if you are looking for an interesting historical nautical story song checkout Kaprekar's Constant "White Star Sunrise" https://talkingelephantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/depth-of-field 

A band that draws on the same influences that I do.