SARAH: Fun with guitars. Lots and lots of layering guitar parts and vocals. I really like the way the bass and the lead six string lock in together on the riff, and then fly away on their own during the first bridge. The second bridge is a nice little fantasy within the song, because you know that none of it is ever going to come true. But we can still dream, can’t we? The future that never gets acted out is often times just as important as the one that does. As a very wise ( in the truest sense of the word)man once wrote, “Wouldn’t it be nice…”. And yes, Virginia, there really was a Sarah. Ah first love…

NOT LOVE AT ALL Well, this one says a lot, as far as I’m concerned. It’s fantastic-a waltz and a protest song-two archaic forms for the price of one. I did the solo on a little plug in Harmonium that belongs to my friend Owen Keenan. It’s a tiny thing-it fit on my lap- with a little whirring fan to pump the bellows, a tiny keyboard, and some wonky little punch-keys for the chords. It’s the kind of thing you would have bought at Woolworth’s in 1960. The punch keys were all hideously out of tune, so I just stuck to the keyboard, and in spite of the fact that I’m really not much of a keyboard player, it’s actually quite a cool little part, and the sound fits the mood of the song perfectly. It really is a protest song-think about it and hopefully you’ll see what I mean.

STERLING SAYS A true little power pop gem, with a geuine pop-art freakout in the middle. I was thinking slightly of The Small Faces “Tin Soldier”, and it came out the way it did. Fun with a Rickenbacker 12-string and me doing my best Paul McCartney bass impersonation An inspirational song, nonetheless, about a very inspirational girl. A real California Girl… is there any other kind worth knowing?

All Songs © 2003 Neil Traynor / SOCAN
Sound Recordings © 2003 Neil Traynor
All Songs Written By Neil Traynor