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Glitter Sands

from June LaLonde by June LaLonde

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about

I've been trying to make a track like this for years at this point. The amount of project files in my music folder is kinda testament to that. Wanted something with a definite groove but also little quirky - something that'd fit on a Gorrilaz album, basically.

It started with the bassline (played on my P-Bass) that would then get backed up by the clean guitar and chip synth. I also wanted to lean real heavy into synth patches that I feel have a bit of cheese to them to add some retro flavor to things to help tell a little story.

It's about a sailor leaving her love behind to find a treasure but getting consumed by the journey. The guitar part in the final half and the effects put in to help give it a watery feel and later more of a drowning vibe were extremely fun to perform and patch in.

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All this time
Thrown out to sea
I'm dreaming of the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Thirty-odd years
Are you missing me?
I left you for the glitter sands
Glitter sands

In your eyes
Caught a ghostly glimpse
A glimmer of the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Searching for
A reason to return
My heart is on the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Set sail for a moment
In time before
We died like grapes upon the vine

Set sail for an island
In time before
Arrive to glitter-sandy shores

Can't come home
'Til I've kept my word
I know I'll find the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Journey on my own
I may have lost it all
Searching for the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Poseidon laughs
And I'm laughing back
Just keep me from the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Whirlpool eyes
I'm a girl processed
Destroyed by the glitter sands
Glitter sands

Set sail for a moment
In time before
We died like grapes upon the vine

Set sail for an island
In time before
Arrive to glitter-sandy shores

(sick buttery solo time hell yeah)

Glitter sands, glitter sands
Glitter sands, glitter sands

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from June LaLonde, released March 26, 2021

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June LaLonde works with her heart and her hands in Minneapolis, MN.

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