An Instrumental Thing I made

The finished tracklist: 

Welcome to Atmos (2:08)

Let the Feast Being (4:13)

Cabin (4:13)

Sky Surfer - (I. Space Travellin II. Crash and Burn III. Funeral for a Friend) (9:36)

The Stardust Medley (22:17)

I thank you all who have given me kind comments, and suggestions, now I go on to better things with my music. 

The album will be uploaded sometime next month to streaming services everywhere. You can hear it on YouTube now however. (as of time of posting, The Stardust Medley is not on there yet, only the demo. The finished product will be soon) I'll put the lyrics in the description for each song. 

I once again thank you all for this experimental (for me at least) and eclectic album being put out next month. 

Thanks,

Tennyson, 'Atmos'

My journey of making my first album has come to a close. 

'Atmos I' Released December 10th, 2023 comprises the following tracks

A brief note / description on each track:

Short, with a wonky backwards guitar solo

A song about a broken down steamboat gone Donner-Dinner Party, delicious!

Old man in his cabin, storm arrives, cool guitar bit, ending is left ambiguous

Comrised of three seperate sections (first and last instrumental)

The first one (Space Trippin') is the same bit for a couple minutes, symbolizing a peaceful trip through the stars. Two Guitars and a Bass

The Second (Crash and Burn) is more experimental, some sound effects and harsh spoken words telling the tale of the crashed sky surfer through heavily filtered vocals 'and he dies.... alone' 

The third is a very nostalgic instrumental section titled 'Funeral for a Friend' 

Overall it's a very sad tale of a sky surfer, I do love the third part of that song. 

Now, for the giant epic, 

Comprising of 11 Distinct parts, this tells an epic tale of an unnamed child wanting to go to the stars, and he works hard to achieve that goal, but for what. He gets up to space and realizes how small he is and becomes depressed. He becomes the first man on mars, but decides to purposefully stay. He survives for a month-ish. But there is a complication, a nearby star has gone supernova, and it's deadly gamma rays are travelling towards him. He does not care. He accepts his fate, and as he is dying, the final verse of the song plays, 'XI. Stardust (Reprise)' The verse is as follows:

Blackstar, round my head, through my eyes

I Thank You for this, endless bliss

My breath is gone, my eyes... are black

Stardust, I THANK YOU!!

 

All 11 Parts are as follows:

I: Up, Up, and Away

II: Launch (Instrumental)

III: Floating

IV: Mars Landing (Instrumental)

V: I Can't Go Home

VI: Staying

VII: Life on Mars? (Instrumental) 

VIII: Back

IX: Stardust

X: He's Gone (Instrumental)

XI: Stardust (Reprise)

As you can see, I'm proud of 'The Stardust Medley' in particular. This isn't a happy album, perhaps polarizing, and I might not be proud of it years from now, but as of this moment, I am proud of it. I'm proud I could create this thing. 

Whether this is a prog album or not, I do not care. I am going to continue experimenting with sounds and synths as much as I am able. Since I have other albums in the works (Including what I hope to be a 2-Hour long song), I will be kept busy. 

'Atmos I' is available everywhere for free. (Go ahead and stream it through BandCamp though, you get some cool extra pictures and a lyric sheet with it, it's still free) I spent a LOT of time working on it, so if you feel like giving anything that would be appreciated, but please, do not feel the need to at all. I enjoy making music, this is fulfilling for me. It's the start of what I hope to be a long journey into bettering my playing, composing, and lyrical abilities. I greatly thank you all for all the feedback, comments and concerns concerning this music. It's been a trip man, and I'm just glad to be a part of it. 

Most of it is comprised of strung together samples and synths, there is occasionally some guitar playing by me throughout, but not much. It's mostly synths and stuff. The way I've categorized it on AwesomeProg is 'Sad Eclectic Experimental Prog Rock' which I feel is a fitting description. It's got a rather cold (maybe mellow) and isolated sound to it. A sound I hope to explore more in the future with soundscapes and crazy guitar effects. 

Every demo I do is available on BandLab here (for better or for worse) nevertheless, I've waxed on enough about this. If you have anything you want me to say, you can message me here or on another website I've linked below. 

Once again, I thank you all for helping me along this path. 

Shine On, You Crazy Diamonds!

Signed, 

Tennyson B. 'Atmos'