Those of you following this journal might sense that progress is slow. It is. Some bands/musicians can write an album in a couple of weeks, but that’s not how I roll. It doesn’t suit my family and work life, and I need to let ideas and songs ‘hang’ for some time to make sure I’m getting the very best out of them. That said, this is definitely the slowest Wolcensmen project so far. There are probably reasons for that, which I’ll feel like discussing at a later stage. Suffice to say, for now, that I’m putting pressure on myself. The music scene is flooded with mediocrity and plagued by short attentions spans. I see no point in releasing an album which I don’t believe stands out from the crowd and holds listeners’ attention beyond a single song in a curated Spotify playlist.
I’m really pleased with the two new songs I’ve demo’d so far. As previously mentioned, I have musical ideas enough for the rest of the album, so now it’s just a case of structuring them and… composing lyrics. That’s always the hardest part for me. I’ve mentioned that before, right? I have extremely high standards for my lyrical poetry. That’s not to say that I’m an outstanding lyricist or poet, but it’s vital to me that the words convey what I want them to convey; not too blatant and not too abstract; timeless in terms of motif but relevant to modern minds. And the words and syllables need to flow right too. Will the words use Anglish vocabulary again? TBC.