'This is a piece of 1967-era psychedelia, and since it was mixed at about 1:25 AM, I'm probably going to listen to this in the morning and think "What was I doing?".
It was recorded using only four tracks (no noise reduction whatsoever) real 15ips slapback delay and honest-to-gods tape flanging. Which I may have over-used. During the mix, no fewer than four tape machines were running simultaneously.'
lyrics
Fishsticks
It doesn't matter what I say, 'cause no-one listens anyway
And if the world should end today, we'd still be talking about
Fishsticks, fishsticks, I don't need no fishsticks
I don't care, I'm not there
Fishsticks, fishsticks, I just hate fishsticks
I don't care, I don't care
And now I don't know what to say, as all my notes have blown away
But if the moon came out to play, then I'd just tell it I hate
Fishsticks, fishsticks,I just hate fishsticks
I don't care, I'm not there
Fishsticks, fishsticks, Oh Lord, I hate fishsticks
I don't care, I don't care
Fishsticks, fishsticks, fishy fishy fishsticks
I don't care, I'm not there
Fishsticks, fishsticks, Oh man, I hate fishsticks
I don't care, I don't care
"There is lambswool under my naked feet..." - those words always come to my mind while listening to the first bars of "Wide Of The Mark". There's undoubtedly quite some "Genesis" heritage to be found in the music on this album. However, the band that is most closely related to "The ID" is certainly "IQ", which is among the favorite bands and artists named by both Peter Albrektsen (gtr, kbd) and Tim Pepper (v, kbd). So the similarity of the names "ID" vs. "IQ" is obviously not purely coincidental. Being a long-time admirer of the creative output of "IQ", this album inevitably reaches my heart. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
The hard-hitting, genre-agnostic songs on the latest from Dan Webb were inspired by conversations he had with a wide range of musicians. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 18, 2023