Safe
by @mdavisto · @jennakole
Liner Notes
@mdavisto says: This was #randomcollaborations Week 3, I was partnered with @jennakole.
I said yes to too many things, resulting in me running around screaming in the last week.
Did I need to change it from 86bpm to 110bpm? Did I need to reformat it into triplets? YES, yes I did, all of that was entirely necessary.
Still feels a bit naked in bits, but that's FAWM for you. ONWARDS!
@jennakole says: I really love being able to contribute to something that I couldn’t have even come close to conceptualizing on my own. This is such a cool experience for me and hats off to David for this work!
Lyrics
I lost my own sense of time Fixed my sight on a relative line I learned how to count By watching it I watched it repeat
Drive myself into the ground Making up for being down Of course I know that means that I Will fall Will stall
You gave me a sign You threw me a vine And what else is a girl to think about a gift It’s safe We’re safe
Comments
What a journey, such a chilled banger! Love how you always manage to use a different palette of colours and instrumentation, but with your distinct fingerprint and signature sound ever present. Very cool how it effortlessly shifts between feels and tempos too, barely noticed that! I don't feel any nakedness, just delightful contrast. Lovely vocals, so intimate and clear as a bell. Great lyrics too, you could read into this in so many ways.
love all the space in the beginning. the sparse and elusive lyrics too! the second verse in particular is quite the cognitive rugpull. the instrumentation is understandably cool and it makes for an enticing mix! well done!
Ah, a waltz. Lovely.
The combination of the two of you is very strong as far as the music and production goes. @jennakole 's voice is not only beautiful, but the lyric is beautifully expressed by her, and the contrast between the vocal flow and the jagged percussive arrangement does indeed resonate with "Safe."
That being said, and as @mdavisto knows, I'm a lyric person. The lyric is a bit unfocused. It needs some kind or arc. It's late, late FAWM, I know, so yeah, understandable.
I absolutely love that vocal and all the effects on it. Great performance. This is a total banger. So damn cool.
This a banger, the @jennakole performance is really good here, all the instrumentation supplements her voice really well
The break section is wonderful and airy after the hectic verse. Love those punchy distorted synthnl stabs though, so cool.
The vocals sound great here, the softness fits the backing track totally and gives the while thing an organic quality.
this sounds sick!
I love these vocal effects! I agree that the bpm and triplet changes were necessary, or at the very least extremely cool. I like “we’re safe” as the hook, and the climbing verse melodies are very memorable
Seems David is on a triplet kick this year and I'm all for it. Love the vocal, reminds me of Beth Gibbons. I like the chill, downtempo vibe.
WOW 😮 I would be adding this to a streaming playlist immediately, loved it! There are so many good things going on, how do I give them all a shout out?! Great vocals, super interesting percussion, synth patches that answer and interact with the vocals. Holy cow. Great listen 💚
This is gorgeous. The shifts into the major key sections are a lovely thing. Excellent work, you two.