‘Symbiosis’
Here’s a song I wrote in 1994 and have been thinking about a lot recently. We played it live at The Bitter End earlier this month; it was the first time I’ve done this song in public in about 15 years.
Not bad for one rehearsal!
“Symbiosis” was the subject of a tug-of-war between Skyscape and the Rebellion back in the day; it ended up going unrecorded. My original demo made it onto Jed Davis Wastes 8 Years Of His Life For Your Listening Pleasure, but without a band to play it the song was lost to time.
There is a new full-on studio version of “Symbiosis” coming on Small Sacrifices Must Be Made!, which is looking more and more like it’ll be my next full-length release. The conceit of Small Sacrifices is that it’s 2010 me (with Anton Fig, Reeves Gabrels, Graham Maby and Brian Dewan) completing unfinished songs by early-1990s me, and “Symbiosis” seemed like an obvious choice. The studio take is really magnificent, with even an even wilder drum take from Anton and harmonies by a superawesome guest vocalist!
It’s full-on, across the sky!
I stand corrected. My head hangs in shame. Awesome.
Something about “Symbiosis” is forever entwined in my brain with “Natural Selection”. Maybe it’s their association with biological evolution, but perhaps there’s something deeper?
Interesting! Maybe it’s the front-and-center organ sound?
So you’re saying that organs at the front and center are vital to evolution?
Interesting.