Single Focus: Joelistics

Answered by: Joel Ma

Single title? In The Morning

What’s the song about? Blurry weekends, getting old before you get responsible and the inevitable realisation not everything lasts forever.

How long did it take to write/record? The beat was quick, based around a loop of a crowd hollering from a Joe Cocker live record and some heavy synth lines then I added live guitars, bass and pianos. All up, a month.

Is this track from a forthcoming release/existing release? In The Morning is from my second solo record Blue Volume out on 20 Jun through Elefant Traks. The new album is a more adventurous and cathartic sounding record than Voyager.

What was inspiring you during the song’s writing and recording? The guitar part was influenced by a band from the ‘80s called Fugazi. The beat was influenced by Mr Oizo and the chorus vocal melodies are on some early Bloc Party tip.

We’ll like this song if we like... If you have Atmosphere, Childish Gambino, Fugazi, Bright Eyes and The Smith Street Band in your collection.

Do you play it differently live? It’s yet to get the road-test, but we’ve been rehearsing it to sound more psychedelic.

Website link for more info? facebook.com/joelistics