Does a song need a chorus? This new tune of ours that came out today, it’s really not appropriate big single material, but somehow we felt compelled to give it its own stand out moment. “Speech Bubble” is a series of verses, rolling round the same repeated melody. It feels like one of the weightier tracks on this record despite its small stature.
The lyric initially started as a narrative to a successful romantic endeavour, each line stating “I’ll be your this” and “I am your that”, but thankfully it morphed into a yearning plea, beckoning hopefully, into the future. We were stuck writing this for some time until the full twist of the lyric revealed itself in the “let me” that starts off every line.
This is a love song that asks for permission. And once permission is asked, almost any declaration comes across in the right tone of voice, nothing feels cheesy. I quickly jotted down the bulk of the final lyrics whilst stashed in a basement flat with a rather bad bout of covid. The bed in that flat was absolutely too short to stop my feet from sticking out the end. London and indeed that basement flat is very much a central character.
I don’t know how much of a secret this is as I believe places like Apple Music have the full track list already visible, but “Speech Bubble” is the album opener. As track one, it starts by asking questions before the rest of the record then moves chronologically through single life into not so single life. Much like our previous record, we’ve tried to make it a linear story. Anyway, yet again I’ve waffled.
Oh but also, I’ve recently realised that you as the email receiver, can reply to these emails. So here I am now, encouraging you to reply to this – anecdotes, covers, photographs, gentle thoughts, not so gentle thoughts, anything really, and I could include a few the next time I write.
Hope you’re all safe and sound wherever you’re reading this
All my love Will
The Fat Angel Sings 