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"2001" is the latest single from Reported Failure. It is the third single off of their upcoming album "Darkness" due out on July 6th in two days. The song is full of dark lyrics and themes. There are a lot of references to 9/11 as seen in the song title, artwork, and a few lyrics. In addition there is a lot about suicide and death. Reported Failure frontman lost his father on 9/11 and his sister got in a fatal car crash September of last year. It was on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 that Beckett's headline-making suicide attempt occurred. The song is no doubt about all of these things. The single is being released on July 4th on Studio60 records. Reported Failure guitarist KC James says that this isn't just a coincidence: "On Independence Day it is easy for Americans to get massive egos. In a way we wanted to remind people that we aren't invincible. we wanted to on this day remind people that our nation isn't all fireworks and BBQs". The single comes after a lot of drama for the punk rock quintet. The first two singles from the album reached #1 on the airplay chart. Both were released on the band's old label: Liberation/Nomad Records. The band was obviously stalling releasing the album for months (its original release date was February 21st) trying to get out of their deal with Nomad Records. Finally almost four months since their last single they are back releasing a new single and the album on Studio60 Records. Musically it is an odd choice for a single. If you want to know why just look at the length: it's over six minutes long. But guitarist Vin Peters said in an interview last December that "On this album were not releasing any of the conventional choices of singles as singles. We could just release Lithium, and Eulogy, and Pattern of Distress and we'd get some of the little girls with Eulogy, some hardcore, and hardcore metalheads with Pattern, and maybe a bit of everyone with Lithium and maybe in the long run we'd expand our fanbase more but we dont want to. We want to release the most progressive, different, but still great songs on the album as singles." Seeing as both previous singles from this album have gone #1 it seems to be working, but there are more skeptics about this single due to it's length. With all skeptics aside the music will in the end be good or not, so here is 2001 the new single from Reported Failure. Osprey037[Reported Failure wrote:;231814] 9. 2001 Songwriter: Billie Beckett
Producer: Vin Peters
Length: 6:21
Music
OverviewThis song starts with a drumroll from Robert and then an acoustic guitar begins playing as Billie starts to sing in a strong, less subtle than normal tone of voice. Vin joins in with echoy guitar leds and Matt plays a powerful bassline. The tempo is fairly slow in the beginning. The darkness chorus helps Billie sing the end of the first verse before Billie starts more aggressively talking than singing in the breakdown. Then the chorus comes in with loud guitars, erratic drumming and the full, aggressive singing of Billie Beckett. The next verse immediately picks up the tempo and is one of the most powerful moments of the song. Vin plays a nice, fast riff. The next chorus is just like the first. Then KC James comes in screaming as the heavy second breakdown starts. Vin plays a great lead guitar progression and then all this ceases as James Urie sings over a single acoustic guitar. This calm simplicity doesn't last long though before the last chorus of the song is played. At the end there is an outro in which everyone reverts back to what they were playing in the beginning and this is joined by haunting pianos before the song ends. VocalsThe song begins with Billie singing a slightly soothing melody in a firm, but not full power tone of voice
about 2/3 of the way through the first verse the darkness chorus comes in and sings very whispery in contrast to how Billie sings
Billie opens up a little bit more in the breakdown where he gets louder; he also incorporates little rhythmic tricks and abandons the melody so that he is closer to rapping than he is singing normally
The chorus comes and Billie sings full on in his most powerful, aggressive tone of voice singing as if daring the listener to disagree with him
The second verse is sung in the same way as the verse but now the tempo which had been a little bit slow has picked up and Billie gets more aggressive towards the end of the verse almost screaming before the second chorus which is more or less identical to the first
Just as the second chorus ends KC James comes in screaming in the heavy breakdown
Very suddenly the heavy part ends and James Urie sings very smoothly and confidently in the bridge
The final chorus is sung by Billie in the same powerful, aggressive manner as the other two
StringsTHe song starts with just a slightly somber chord progression on an acoustic guitar as Billie sings
After a couple of measures of this a dominant bassline of root notes with steps from note to note mixed in is played by Matt while the echoy, distant guitar tone that is a characteristic of the entire album is played by Vin
This continues until suddenly the acoustiv guitar fades for a more crunchy sounding electric in the breakdown
Matt continues his bassline through the breakdown, but Vin switches to a less subtle hammering riff on the upper part of the neck
THe chorus starts with extremely dominant guitar chords from KC as Vin joins him for some chords but shreds it up as he plays others switching off to create great variation in the underlying melody of the chorus
The slow tempo that had been picks up after the first chorus and to match KC continues with the chords on electric guitar and Vin plays an aggressive, heavy riff in full punk style
The next chorus is just as loud and powerful as the first
The second breakdown finds the tempo vary slightly as KC lets his chords ring out meanwhile Vin plays an epic sweep picking progression up the neck
Very suddenly all this ceases and it is back to the acoustic guitar during the bridge
There are a few seconds of silence after the bridge before the guitars come back into overdrive for the last chorus
The song doesn't end there; an outro is played as the acoustic guitar comes back and Vin once again plays subtle echoy leads all while a piano plays a dark, haunting melodyPercussionRobert Edwards starts the song with a steady drumroll on the snare drum before breaking into a slow beat that incorporated the drumroll with the bass and the ride cymbal
This beat gets a bit heavier with Robert incorporating the double pedal until he builds suspense with a powerful fill just before the chorus
In the beginning of the chorus Robert plays erratically smashing his toms and cymbals but staying in key, but then for the end of the chorus his beat gets more concise once again with the drumroll and ride cymbal
Now the tempo picks up: Robert plays essentially the same beat with the double pedaled bass drumroll with cymbals and snare drum mixed in
Robert does the same thing for the second chorus and then in the second breakdown he plays very dynamically linking his heavy drums with Vin's guitar playing
Robert stops drumming as James Urie begins to sing. After he's done Robert transitions by hitting all his toms and then going back into the chorus
In the outro Robert reverts back to that same drumroll beat from the beginning of the song
Lyrics Key
Black - Billie Beckett
Blue - The Darkness Chorus
Dark Red - James Urie
Orange - KC James (screamed)[verse 1]
The morning sun it is tainted
The sunrise tastes of blood
The new world is hated
This dust expands to flood
My heart is broken
And my father falls behind
Now we feel but it hasnt been spoken
That this world has lost its mind
Sometimes we can see a shadow
Like there used to be something more
More than this memorial gallow
Someone kind and a world without war
[Breakdown 1]
Now there's so much
All this emotional debris in the air
Can you feel the insomnia
Get that manic depression
Dont you see the substance abuse
It's falling on me like the razor blade
Like the self inflicted wound
[Chorus]
The security and any plan
All collapsed today as terror took over the land
I swear I feel it creeping up my skin
So lets die today
Lets leave here
Lets begin
[Verse 2]
So this is how it feels in the morning
Falling towers and justice gone to die
This is failure without warning
This is a century getting high
This is time never stopping
But leaving progress behind
This is the new millenium
Where we've all come to die, come to die, come to DIE
[Chorus]
The security and any plan
All collapsed today as terror took over the land
I swear I feel it creeping up my skin
So lets die today
Lets leave here
Lets begin
[Breakdown 2]
Lets begin
Lets begin
[Bridge]
Life is a ticking time bomb
We're sheep following death as our dog
He says were doomed to that fate
he says hes leaving the game
timebombs make timebombs
And peace goes to pieces
[Chorus]
The security and any plan
All collapsed today as terror took over the land
I swear I feel it creeping up my skin
So lets die today
Lets leave here
Lets begin
Commentary KC: A possible future single? This song is one of the most addicting on the album for me
Matt: I hear ya. This song is so complex and changes a lot with the tempo but it worked out perfectly and is one of my favorites
Vin: It's a great song to start the final act of the album. One of the toughest songs to get done on the entire album. The beauty of this song is as much when we are playing full throttle as when we are not. A very diverse song structurally
Billie: This song is a tough one definitely. From a writing standpoint it's tough too. This was one of the songs that I almost wanted to rewrite completely because it was so personal it was hard to share. I think it's fairly obvious what it's about for those who have been following the concept of the album and follow the news. This song is full of references to 9/11. From the viewpoint of the story of the album it is the beginning of the climax really. Stick around. Four more songs to go and the album will conclude. |
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Julia: This song is amazing guys! actually this album will be amazing, you guys are putting so much effort on everything for this upcoming project, I'm so excited about it! |
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Lily: I love this :) You guys have really inspired me to write like a mad men on my next album, so thank you. You guys really are the best in my eyes for Rock or Metal, just amazing. |
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Billie: Thanks so much! Julia this album is partly as good as it is because of you so thank you! And Lily, write a bunch! That'd be amazing. And wow? That's high praise. I dont really know what to say. |
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Lily: No problem. I believe in giving high praise where it's due. There's a reason why I rarely comment on other songs. |
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Billie: Well thanks. I guess we've got a few more years experience over all these young bands and maybe it shows in out music. I certainly put everything I had into this album. And by everything I mean EVERYTHING. |
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Adam Benjamin (Riot!): This song is truly amazing! The music is great as always but the lyrics are just incredible, that's how you write a rock song, you guys are truly an iconic band and one of a dying breed. Amazing stuff! |
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Matt: Iconic.... Thank you. Thank you very much. Buy Darkness coming July 6th to an interwebz near you
Billie: Yes this song is quite a favorite of mine. Thanks. And iconic. You guys are really trying to boost my ego today. Thank you. |
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Jen: Really great to see you guys back and at it again. After you guys released Crumbling, I didn't think anything could top it but you seem to prove me wrong again. This track is simply amazing and I'm definitely making sure that I pick up a copy of "Darkness." |
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Billie: Thanks! And you like it better than Crumbling? That's good. Glad to know we aren't getting boring. |
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