Steppin' Stones nace de una relación obsesiva con Rubber Soul que coincidió en el tiempo con el 15-M en 2011. A las noches durmiendo en Sol les sucedió un periplo por el número 97 de Rose Street en Edimburgo donde fue ganando complejidad hasta convertirse en lo que es hoy. No obstante, las circunstancias que rodean sus metafóricas y evocadoras estrofas son demasiado estrambóticas como para mencionarlas aquí.
Su producción, con reminiscencias del universo Harry Nilsson y de la despedida de los Beatles, hacen de Steppin' Stones un tema pop de sonido clásico y añejo que rebosa nostalgia en su pegadizo estribillo. Moses Rubin, Lete G. Moreno, Rodrigo García y David Velasco grabamos la base en directo y Sergio Valdehíta remató la faena con un Wurlizter maravillosamente desafinado, que Brian Hunt encontró en un Cash Converters por apenas 200€. Por su parte, los coros made in Ramiro y el Mellotron cósmico de Martí ponen el lazo a este primer tema del disco.
ENGLISH: Steppin' Stones is born from an obsessive relationship with Rubber Soul that went at the same time that the 15-M in 2011. The nights sleeping at Sol were followed by a time at 97th Rose Street in Edinburgh where it developed to the point it is today. However, the circumstances around which its metaphoric and evocative verses were created are so bizarre to mention them here.
Its production, which reminds to Harry Nilsson's universe and to The Beatles farewell, makes Steppin' Stones to be a pop song with a classic and vintage sound that overflows with nostalgia in its catchy chorus. Moses Rubin, Lete G. Moreno, Rodrigo García and David Velasco made the live recording for the song basis while Sergio Valdehíta rounded off the work with a wonderfully flat Wurlizter piano that Brian Hunt found in a pawnbroker's for 200€. On their part, the choir "made in" Ramiro and the cosmic Mellotron played by Martí are the bow to this LP's first track.
lyrics
STEPPIN’ STONES
I’ve been alone for all this lifetime
Now, that I just trust on her
She’s gone before the music started
Still there were great things to share
The echoes shined through dust and ashes
Night has never been so fair
You want to cry through walls and suffer
Pretend that you don’t even care
She don’t care ‘bout time
She don’t care ‘bout change
She don’t care ‘bout making some new friends
Leaving steppin’ stones behind
She is never gone, she’s always smiling
Time has never been so cruel
Her spring time whims fell from the corners
To the centre of my room
And what she turned to be
Was nothing more than just perceptions
Of a dream
That’s been frustrated by the causes I’ve been previously advised
She don’t care ‘bout time
She don’t care ‘bout change
She don’t care ‘bout making some new friends
Leaving steppin’ stones behind
credits
from Subtle Atmospheres,
track released October 5, 2016
Moses Rubin: Electric guitar, lead vocals
David Velasco: Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Rodrigo García: Bass
Lete G. Moreno: Drums
Sergio Valdehíta: Piano
Ramiro Nieto: Percussion, backing vocals
Martí Perarnau: Mellotron
Song written by Moses Rubin
Recorded at Estudios Reno and El Invernadero between February and March 2016
Produced by Ramiro Nieto and Martí Perarnau
Mastering by Studio Schoenrock
Moses Rubin is born from the northern winds that have brought me back to my homeland carrying a rucksack full of songs, experiences, eagerness and the necessity of going it alone in what is my first adventure as a solo artist.
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