The first song to be mixed.
Drawing inspiration from by blue-eyed-soul and R&B artists like Amy Winehouse and horn and orchestral arrangements from multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood, the Arrival features an arrangement of drums, guitar, vocals and bass, accompanied by trombone and string samples. I wanted to create an opening track of our album that would feel powerful and confrontational. The dynamics of this song are key to it's feeling of power - with sparse but intense strings and horns in the verse, a wash of sound in the chorus, and a squealing guitar solo, The Arrival almost feels like a James Bond theme. With the guitar and bass having noticeable guitar distortion, I decided to almost yell my vocals to give a sense of loudness and strain. It feels a little gritty and a little dirty, but it's just the way I like it.
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