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Osprey (Shaun Lee Home Demo)

from Osprey b​/​w Cradle 2 Grave by The Psychic Alliance

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Ryan Wells had sent me a piano progression he called "Osprey," played as a stately sort of ballad, without realizing that it was basically a re-write of Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay." I moved it up to double time and came up with the lilting three note vocal melody to try and disguise our pilfering of Dylan's progression. Using Ryan's title as a springboard, I cam up with a pseudo-narrative of what I imagined as the story of a small town loser who knocks up his highschool girlfriend and then splits town rather than take responsibility.
Although the tagline in our bio used to read "100% Glockenspiel Free," I felt inclined to give the ending of the song a nod to the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning" by way of the detested instrument.

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from Osprey b​/​w Cradle 2 Grave, released November 24, 2023
Composition: Wells/Lee
Lyrics & Arrangement: Lee
All instruments & production by Shaun Lee

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The Psychic Alliance Vancouver, British Columbia

The less you know about this band, the better. Rumor has it that they're very bad people, paranoid, misanthropic, frequently given to melancholy and intellectual dullards to boot. Stories of vicious infighting and naughtiness follow them like a black cloud, and the threat of immediate collapse is constant. Fortunately they look cool. ... more

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