Song Encyclopedia Index

Monday, October 15, 2018

Gentle Sons


RELEASED
S/T album, 2009 (Slumberland)
The Black Sessions, 2009 (Sagnette) (Live Black Session version)

PLAYED LIVE
2009, 2010, 2011

FACTS
A song in the classic "drum pattern from 'Be My Baby'" genre, referred to as "just like Just Like Honey" by Kip in an interview. An album-ending and show-closing barnburner from the self-titled album era. Retired from live performance as the Belong era dawned.

QUOTES
Kip to Billboard, 2017: "The only thing that remains constant is the reverb that drenched the snare drum, and the kick pattern that evokes an entire generation of teenage American pulp. I don't know that the last song on our first record really added anything to this. You could have called it ‘Just Like Just Like Honey’ and not been too wrong. If anything it was meant to signal a reminder that to me the best indie pop is not introspective, cardigan-clad and effete but loud, unhinged and vital."

MEDIA
Studio/Album Version