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Earlier today, Deeper Graves released the third album in its post-punk discography and its first album in four years, Pull Me Toward The Dark. The brainchild of ex-Nachmytsium/ex-Wolvhammer guitarist and Disorder Recordings owner Jeff Wilson, it serves as a sort of deeply personal portal into his work as an artist. And we’ve got the exclusive track-by-track breakdown straight from the source.
To make this feel almost like a director’s cut documentary, we’ve included each song along with each of Wilson’s recollections so can listen to a track while you read about what went into it. Think of it like a commentary track.
But that’s enough of my jibber-jabber. Here’s Deep Graves’ track-by-track breakdown of Pull Me Toward The Dark.
This track was more/less an intro to the album and titled this because I thought most people would just assume I’d tag it at the beginning of No Time. It didn’t really need it’s own track number, but the other song was already bounced and to be blunt, I was too lazy to do it again. Seven songs looks better than six too, no?
I had a cat die a couple years ago, we went through a lot of medical stuff that didn’t really help at all. This one is partially me talking to my cat, partially telling myself to not get attached to another animal like that one. I’m obviously failing at the last part.
I’m just a moody, bipolar, horrible person to deal with a lot of the time. My temperament can change on a dime over nothing at all. This is just kind of an improv, off the cuff internal dialogue that turned into lyrics. As with “No Time”, these lyrics were written about two minutes before I put down the scratch vocal. I’m much more interested in the cadence than the content.
I never really cared about writing verses for this project. I always figured I could fill the space with guitar or synth. I’ve always liked a good hook and although this song is pretty old, it’s still got that anthemic kind of singalong thing I dig about non-metal stuff, so it made the cut.
This song was a leftover from another project that didn’t make that record. I felt like the first two albums were pretty heavy on the slow, dirgey type songs, so this one needed some more upbeat vibes. The chorus was in my head for an extended period of time, but again, verse lyrics came very spontaneously and jotted down just before the initial vocal tracking.
Just enough electro, just enough guitar, just enough to fit on the album. This one started out as an improvised sort of jam session. Initially, it was about twice as long as the final cut. Still just enough of a hook at the end to keep it interesting. This one has been around for awhile as well, I could’ve written a new song, but felt this needed some attention too. It worked out in the end.
I’m predictable at this point. Slow, depressing closer. Same one trick pony for 20 years. Why change now?
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