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That's What You Say

from Isolation by Shards Of Reason

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“That’s What You Say” was my attempt to portray the remorse felt by Joe Average once he starts to realise the exact nature and gravity of what he and his fellow voters have allowed to happen. Being sealed away from reality and cushioned from the purported evils of the world could only have a limited span of novelty – what happens if and when we change our minds? Even the platitudes fed to us (“We’ll be best served if we stay”) would sound like a hollow mockery after a while.

Brian’s acoustic solo on this song eclipses anything I’ve ever heard him play – it’s the most bitter-sweet, melancholy, winter sunset of a solo, followed by a golden, halcyon-days-remembered electric piece (over a chord sequence written by Brian) before delivering both the listener and the prisoner back to the bleak present (I find I do 'bleak' quite well). Just in case you’re wondering, I don’t have four pairs of hands…I played three or four different fretless bass parts separately, which is the technique used by such geniuses as the late, great Jaco Pastorius.

Someone asked me who the “you” in the title and lyric is – the truth is, I don’t know. Is it some governmental soothsayer? The bang-the-drum-for-the-cause partner of the song’s central character? His own reflection in a mirror? Beats me - I’ll let you decide.

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from Isolation, released January 15, 2011

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West Midlands-based duo creating a melting pot of contemporary jazz vibes, downtempo electronica and dreamy ambient landscapes.

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