Another instrumental, which means lots of guitar wankery and no cookie monster vocals. This one started as an interesting chord progression that slowly evolved over a few weeks, waiting for a time when it could be used.

That time came after I watched the movie Me and You and Everyone We Know an awesome indie film by Miranda July and one of my new favourite films. During the film I’d been inspired to write a poem (I literally paused the film, wrote the poem, and sent it to the intended recipient), and after the film I was still feeling that same vibe of inspiration.

But I had already done the lyrical thing, or something like it, and I’m still wanting to be fuzzy on the details of said poem so I didn’t want to write a song with the same meaning. I had this chord progression that was anxiously awaiting being implemented. Plus the new microphone I had ordered had yet to arrive. Which all added up to doing an instrumental.

To make it more interesting, I had just pulled my first guitar – the plywood pos – out of storage and I decided to use it to record all the guitar parts. The strings were old and rusty. The guitar body is literally a thick slab of plywood. Yet, I’ve always read that a great guitarist sounds great (and pretty much the same as they always do) on lesser equipment, that the tone is all in the hands. That conclusion I’ll leave up to you.

As for the tune itself, it is laid back and melancholy yet simultaneously intense and heart wrenching – just like the film that inspired it. The closest comparison would be Joe Satriani when he gets bluesy. Or maybe Hendrix if I wanted to further toot my own horn.

Anyway the name is drawn from the circumstances of the song. The “Pseudosunburst” refers to the plywood pos. “Exoskeletal” is obvious, but also mysterious and I will leave it in that state. Work it out and I’ll give you a special prize.

Questions, comments, feedback and informing me that you’ve used this tune as intro music on your podcast can be on the comment form or to my email.

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