Written on 20min of sleep in a 36hr period (yikes...), this piece fell off my hands & onto the keyboard around 4am a few summers back. The scene (also featured on a future release):
"After wandering alone into the wilderness, in order to forge his body in the fire of his will, the Hero returns amidst a calm sunrise, rising over the hill he stands atop, as his comrades come to welcome him home.”
Spencer returns to finish out the record as the Drum Legion (seriously, there’s over 2 dozen drum overdubs).
No guitar, bass, or drum kit. Just a nice...wait, what? No guitar?! I thought this was a guitar album! Ugh, dammit Alex..
credits
from Sonic Chef's Circus Absurdities,
released February 2, 2019
Brian Pearson: 2 trumpets, trombone
Spencer Schoeneman: drum legion
Devin Tomczik: auxiliary percussion
Alex: orchestrations & programming
supported by 5 fans who also own “...The Triumphant Return”
The Mountain is a close second, but Iron Sights is my favorite tune on the album. From the gnarly bass riff to open it up, to Pig Riff mixed with heavy guitars, to that assault of an ending...this tune kicks hard! Alex Maiers
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