This song was recorded on a 4-track cassette tape. The tape was mailed to each person, who added one track to what they heard on the tape. The last person mixed the song.
This tape was an orphan from 2020, but has now been finished! :)
Tape 11 UK 2020A
@vomvorton - loop pedal synth and drums
@rollasoc - clean guitar
@fourzeroes - vocal
@fonte - bass and mix (recorded in 2022)
I'm at this party, and I don't wanna be
With all these people making demands of me
And I've been waiting my whole life
For someone to come and take my side
Someone to come and take me away from here
And I've been drinking, feeling out of touch
I'm sitting thinking, probably way too much,
And I've been waiting my whole life
For someone to come and take my side
Someone to come and take me away from here
My whole life, come and take my side
My whole life, come and take my side
Take me home
@berni1954 Apr 2022
This was well worth finishing.
@kiffa Mar 2022
Loving these songs that were picked back up after having been set aside-- it would have been a real shame if this had been left unfinished. I love the pulsing synth that drives the song as well as the jaded vocal delivery. Everything here just works.
@leka Mar 2022
Great collaboration! Sounds like a "real band". Really really good!
@adforperu Mar 2022
Ahh, so many cool ideas here, and they all gel so well. Half way through I forgot that it came from 4 minds, it's really cohesive.
@monty Mar 2022
This is way cool. Really catchy. Great job y'all.
@nancyrost Mar 2022
Great warm tape sound, and organic performances from all. Hooray for collaborating across distances and years!
@davidtaro Feb 2022
That drop!! How to do you even coordinate that on this kind of thing?! The dynamics in general are just sensational. Track has such a nice ebb and flow to it. I am slightly in love with all that tape hiss. This feels classic 80s, but I also think there's a hint of Damon Albarn in the vocal. Lovely impressionistic lyrics too. Great job all round!
@fourzeroes Feb 2022
This worked really well. Well done us.
Pedantic note: vocals were also 2022.
@yarimurray Feb 2022
This is so cool and such a clean punchy mix for a 4-track cassette. The fact that it is multiyear just adds icing on the cake. I like the @elesimo idea for a multi year 4-track collaboration. @zecoop?
@chinacat Feb 2022
Nice classic 80s vibe. Great mix, I love how all the parts both standout and interact in these 4-Tracks!
@elesimo Feb 2022
This is an amazing mix! So much space for everything, so dynamic. What a solid collab, this doesn't sound like cassette at all! It sounds like something written in a DAW with 10+ tracks.
Also, how cool is it that the song has been dormant for so long? We should do a time capsule 4-track collab where each track is added in a different year. :)
@frenchcricket Feb 2022
This is good! Definitely hear the alt 80s stuff, EATB, JAMC, all the good acronym bands. The evil bass and synth sounds so good against that clean guitar and I really love the vocal treatment on it. But are we sure this orphan tape isn't 30+ years old?
@jimdgreen Feb 2022
if you told me this was late 80's indie band from Manchester . . . i wound not question it. grate work here
@dianaviney Feb 2022
Love the empty spaces....
guitar is so cool with your voice.
I love the big sound and drums and everything that comes together.
The bass is awesome too.
Well done all of you.& Great job mixing this down.
@standup Feb 2022
I like the thin intro, then the drop into the full sound.
Retro sound!
I'd love to see the lyrics posted, and tell us who played what.
Sounds great, this is pretty hi-fi for 4-track cassette. Guitar especially is very 3-D.
@kirjis Feb 2022
Oh wow, good job! Wide goofy grin on my face.
@thedutchwidows Feb 2022
This great - got great 80s vibes to it. It really hangs together as a song and doesn't sound particularly 4-track-y - really clear production. That guitar is (a) brilliant and (b) the 80s encapsulated - picked notes really pop with a touch of chorus on them and the chords are icy and cut deep. Love it!
@bachelorb Feb 2022
Love the synth and thick drums. Nice guitar too.
This sounds like fuzzy 80’s MTV.... I love 80’s MTV... Really nice Job!!
@guatecoop Feb 2022
This is really good!!! The sounds are so clean but warm. Great mix because everything comes through and it sounds like a record. The song is excellent—kinda new wave and sort of goth from the 80s. A real winner and everyone did great job!
@whispermouse Feb 2022
Loving the goth-pop stuff going on here. This is SO coordinated, too - the stops, the way the riffs and vocals interlock. I can't believe it's a multi-year 4-track collab! Great stuff!
@vomvorton Feb 2022
WHOA what a smash! This is a real pop gem, and I love the extra bits of fancy mixing to really make things even better - those little bits where it drops out, hell yeah!