Ellen/Oprah by Adam Neely and Ben Levin

Adam Neely and I wrote a song!

The fabulous band:

Jessica Kion - Vocals, Bass
Shubh Saran - Guitar
Zac Zinger - Shakuhachi, EWI
Josh Bailey - Drums, SPD, Audio Engineering
Adam Neely - Keys and Mixing
Ben Levin - another Guitar
Liz Maney - Live Videographer
Mastered by Randy Roos at Squam Sound
Lyrics:
Flood smashing through my home
Eyes submerged in a microscope
My blood gasps
I zoom further
I see glowing geometry
Ellen in the nightmare, Oprah on the screen
watching people live takes the life out of me

Guess who’s knocking at your door
Pushing pots and plants over
My time lapse
Took me nowhere
Lost in glowing geometry
Ellen in the nightmare, Oprah on the screen
Watching people live takes the life out of me
Waiting for the light at the edges of my dream
To die like an old whale lying on a beach

My stuff:

[darkdudironaji]

"Adam says he's in. Now all we need is a bassist."

[Asrelis]

I dunno if anyone agrees, but THE VOCAL MIX IS SO SICK!!! It has just enough distortion to dirty it up, but it still sits in the mix so cleanly! And the reverb in the beginning is absolutely perfect!

[andrewbrownmusic]

1:10 Ben is feeling the pulse of the beat as a quarter note while everyone else is moving with the half note

[darkdudironaji]

This should be a legit band. Call it Bent Neely

[ChrisThomasBone]

"Watching people live takes the life out of me" is such a snarky, edgy, and yet profound lyric in my opinion. I love it.

[Gwarnak]

Digging the song! That would be hell of a lineup for an album

[emmywillow]

That EWI bass is absolutely INSANE! holy shit I’ve never heard something so heavy in that way. Something about the expression and just the force of the patch is just kaoapwhdbkfjdbe

[HardSpaghetto]

I need this on Spotify. And a whole album too

[budgetgitarr]

That ending is so heavy! Especially all the bass textures blending together

[wyatt]

I wasn't bi until I saw Zac Zinger play shakuhachi...

[mustachepro.]

Bent knee should put out like a 3 song collab with Adam arranging/producing it. You can really hear your aspect ben, of the bent knee sound coming through in this song. I would love to hear how beautiful that collab would turn out.

[Schwa_Iska]

You and Adam posting seconds apart. My day is made

[killers]

Jessica's vocal is haunting, in a good way :)

The song is absolutely amazing, I listened it like 10 times in a row -- since there's so much going on it doesn't get boring.

[hiqwertyhi]

"watching people live takes the life out of me" what a lyric though...

[Chaotic_Good_ish]

Love seeing the whole song after the work! Will you really take that 5s sample challenge? ;)

[opinionateddouche]

ah yes, guitar-driven ethno-chillstep, my favorite genre!

[raoulthompson]

I love how much fun Ben looks like he's having when he plays. I practice with my band every week and I always have fun and jump around and get into it even though its just me and my band, no one watching.

[chapmanah]

Please more of this. You are like a weird Bill Nye of music collaboration. Adam is great also. Please bring all of your friends and acquaintances into this.

[SoulreaperWE]

Free repeat button..2:06
Epic vocals!!!!

[sierra]

i see adam’s bass face translates into keyboard as well