steam-junk:

professorcutter:

lovelyphantasmagoria:

davidmichaelbennett:

So I’ve never done anything like this before.
I’ve created a song in my miniscule down time working on Steam Powered Giraffe business stuff.

It was a sort of therapy for me to get away from all the hard work we’ve been doing in the group…stress and all that stuff…

The weird thing is…
It’s a Steam Powered Giraffe song, but it currently has no plans to be a Steam Powered Giraffe song. It’s not going to be an an album or anything that I know of….but I had to make it…I was compelled to.
That’s a bit weird…but it’s how I feel about it right now.
We’ve got tons of cool songs lined up for the album though…this just popped into my head a few days ago…and I made it instead of playing The Last of Us. :3

It’s far from a finished product…I mean I threw it together in a few days working like an hour or so each day. But it came together quickly…

This is just a prototype. So be warned!
I thew it together in a few days…
That means it is far from polished and not ready for human consumption.
You’ll have to excuse the cheesy synthetic horns…they sound bad.
Sadly I didn’t have time to record a full horn section in my down time :P
But they get the general idea across.
Even with that…
You’re probably going to pour it down your ears anyways because the temptation is too much!

Anywho…
This is a high concept song.
I’ll explain why…

Here’s the breakdown…

The Spine falls in love with a human warrior woman while battling bad guys with her. They both have katanas and it’s really sweet and awesome and cool and stuff.

They frolic together and are happy together in their puppy love, which blossoms into a caring and understanding of each other…but then one day they’re surrounded by bad guys again.

Epic battle ensues.
They’re kicking butt.
Hatchworth and Rabbit join the fray.

At the last moment The Spine dodges out of the way when a big bad boss dude throws his sword at him. The Spine cuts him down.

Sadly the sword impales the warrior woman and she dies.

The Spine is sad. Buries her and visits her grave when he can.

Think of it like a really cool music video that could be made if we had the time, money, and proper swords. Black silhouettes for all the characters during battle, white weapons, colorful hand drawn backdrops.

It’s cool right?!

Now imagine the song finished, with Rabbit and Hatchworth in it…and the instrumentation better and not synthetic…
Michael Reed adds his magic to the mix…and Sam and Bunny giving their input….then Steve tells me it’s not chiptunes and we play DnD instead…and Matt does some killer drum stuff..and maybe blows some horns for us…

AAAANYWHO…
I am sharing this with you all because it’s on the back burner, not slated for Steam Powered Giraffe currently (I got the okay to post it from Bunny) and making it was actually a bit more personal for me.

The idea and the inspiration was all sparked from a lovely lady who has made me really happy recently, and when I am in a good mood…I CREATE, even when we are pushed for time, in the middle of a gazillion shows, creating an album, and the timing is just bad all around.
HA!

But anyways…
there ya go.

This is not an Engineer-eteer exclusive.
Just a David Michael Bennett song about The Spine falling in love.
Art imitates life sometimes.

That’s weird right?
Me writing a song for Steam Powered Giraffe but not as Steam Powered Giraffe? I mean obviously it’s The Spine singing, but it’s me doing the song. Maybe it sounds a bit like Postal Service here and there…or Owl Shitty…or…whateverIdunnoknow…it’s a PROTOTYPE!

But now you know my lore ideas for The Spine’s lost love.
SUPER SECRET STUFF!

If I wasn’t coming down from a stressful week, I probably wouldn’t have shared this.

But I did.

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dude this is aWESOME

and lol me and half of tumblr could probably make this a full on animated music video in like two weeks. i totally get what you mean with the shadows and stuff. i think cel shading could even look great. but not in a borderlands way. in a like super stark black and white noir-ish way. but more samurai jack. idk i just love this a lot

Oh, good lord.

I love this so much.

*Quietly cries* Dooowwwwwwwnload why can’t I download this

*Sighs*

This really is just fantastic. Guys, check it out.

I never knew the actual backstory!! :O

(via seaofdreams-moved)

lesbian-powers-activate:

toasted-rabbit:

settheredeyesloose:

piranhapunk:

frillious:

davidmichaelbennett:

I’ve been getting a lot of tumblr fan mail in my inbox asking for the lyrics to my Photographic Memories song.

Here be them!

Photographic Memories (PROTOTYPE)
by David Michael Bennett

[Intro]

Hope is very hard when
Hope is very hard when we
put ourselves out to sea

We’ve taken all the right steps
taken all the right steps but
which doors open with our keys

All the neon fires fired in our brains
We were thinking that the our world was in danger
but then we entered the fray

All the rest they could
not compare, your
smile said that you cared
and It felt so wonderful

Now all these memories I can’t
wash them away, they are
destined to stay
and they feel like a heaven,
those pho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-tah-
graphic memories
and they’ll die on with me

[Interlude]

All your faults I did
cherish them all, I
helped you up when you’d fall
You did the same for me too

Into my life, you a-
rrived right on time, you
must have been a sign
and now I am left with all these
pho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-tah-
graphic memories
and they’ll die on with me

[Interlude]

Your eyes
burn two giant holes
straight to my heart
my love spills out
concurs you whole
now we’re swimming

around in the love
and soaks into our skin
though mine is metal
and yours is flesh
our differences make this the best

Love in town and we skip to every destination
we’re putting on show everywhere we go
sparks fly from my lips
its an electric kiss
Static abound, frequency sounds
hand-in-hand we dance around
I’m generating lots of love holding your hand
They can hear our motors turning across the land

[Interlude]

Hope is very hard when
Hope is very hard when you’ve
lost the thing you had before

I took all the right steps
I took all the right steps and I
unlocked and opened the right door

All the neon fires died out in my brain
I grew numb to that feeling of pain
Why did you have to go?

All the rest they could
never compare, your
smile showed me that you cared
and It felt so wonderful

All those memories I can’t
wash them away, they are
embedded in my brain
and I am all alone now
with these
pho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-tah-
graphic memories
and they’ll die on with me

reblogging again because does anyone else hear the tiny, pained sigh after he stops singing?

it’s heartbreaking

this is my favorite song on the face of the earth ok
nothing compares to the feels i feel

I FINALLY FOUND IT AGAIN YUUUUS

YES
YES
YEEEA
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG
AND I CAN FIND IT
NOWHERE

I have missed this song so muuccch

OH YAY IT’S BACK! I really hope this becomes an official SPG song some day

(via kinshisetsunai)