Hey peoples. What do they say on the medias? "Stay tuned for a very special encore episode from RKBS studios. No callers, please."
That said, this here "Up Above My Head" song cycle/ album-ish thing is indeed very near and extremely dear to Mike and me and our conjoined musical heart. It's the bunch of tunes that sprung, in 2010, from my love of lighter-than-air rigid frame dirigible airships and their (often literal) rise and fall at the start of the 20th century. Recapping, much of the details were copped from John Toland's The Great Dirigibles, Their Triumphs and Disasters, which is still well worth a read if you're of a mind. There remain a ton of other things in the cooker on this end but we've been meaning for a long while to get this back out to your digital selves. We honestly do love it that much.
I've broken the thing down into five easily digestible individual posts for your comfort, with songs also up at the Roadkill-Buttsteak SoundCloud page.
These first three cuts are pretty straightforward and non-historical. Just trying to set the pop/ rock table with the usual themes of technological advancement and engineering marvels, love and longing and separation and all that jazz. First cut, "Up Above My Head" is a cover of the Jayhawks' cover of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's great gospel song, with obligatory Gibson SG on board. Then the Rickenbacker 12 string steps up into the co-pilot seat, with "Gravity" about one's relation with the grand forces in life, and "Lighter Than Air" just a metaphorical chiming pop song. From here on out things get more historical...
JK
Up Above My Head:
https://app.box.com/s/7zd5w5slsgze10yh8uaylehi4sxkddrf
Gravity:
https://app.box.com/s/9oprdzrs51x6hy1wsv7j4s2zq3nw5x4o
Lighter Than Air:
https://app.box.com/s/cycow9i54hdbdmbpl65eyqj0ujqpqpz6
