Everybody knows that feeling: you listen to a hard rock playlist and it follows an unknown track and let you sit on the edge of your chair. Music, that does not only get under one’s skin, your head will nod to the beat of the rhythm and you’ll automatically turn up the volume a little bit more. The music lets you feel with him and his emotions. That’s the reason I want to present you the Danish musician BLUE ROSE DOWN, who publish the new single „Sinkin‘My Ships“ today. With his resonator guitar, a fuzz pedal and a threating kickdrum he produces raw bastard blues. In the lyrics the musician deals with mental problems like frustration, self-hatred, chaos and addictions which are still topics that the society doesn’t talk about in an open-minded way. The musician presents the unadorned truth and he takes up the fight with his own demons. With that he shows other people, that they are not alone in the big, wide world and with the music he is able to help others through hard times. To get an inside into the world of BLUE ROSE DOWN and to share with you the musically balsam, I partner up with the musician who is talking about the meaning of the song and the process in the following.
Why self-victimization in a relationship is so dangerous and what it has to do with the song:
„“Sinkin' My Ships” is actually inspired by an ex-girlfriend who once cheated on me way back. Back then I really felt like a victim and I was constantly searching for some kind of comfort, but some years after I somehow managed to think: “What if she cheated on me because I was fucking indolent?”. In many ways this song is about a person, who feels like a victim but really isn't. When you think that you have the right to feel like a victim, you get some sort of power over your relationships. Having this victim mentality can sometimes give you the upper hand in relationships. This can lead to you gain manipulative powers over others, which means that you will force others to feel degraded. In many ways this song is about a sociopath, who feels that he is superior to others because of his self-victimization. To me “Sinkin' My Ships” is a pretty powerful song. It actually tells exactly how I’ve been feeling in a lot of situations; both when it comes to most of the relationships that I've had, but also how I sometimes feel when people label me as the underdog.”
The development of the song:
„Normally I don't like to use a capo on my resonator, but this time I decided to try it; place it on 4th fret and write a rock riff - just to see what would happen. The riff is a hard rock version of a blues lick, which I really like! The guitar parts are inspired by Shakey Graves and his song ''Late July''. I was fucking around with the intro until my good friend Birk, from the band Timechild, told me: “Why don't you just play the first part over and over again?” I tried it and it worked. So I went with Birk’s idea as an intro!
I recorded the song in the summer of 2020 together with my usual producer Anders Overgaard in Copenhagen. Normally when we're in the studio our good friend Rasmus from the band Inthewaves will come by. He always has some good points to share about the material that we're recording. Anders and I had been fighting with the solo for almost two hours when Rasmus came by the studio and told me: “Hey, why don't you play it like you were looking directly into the barrel of a gun? What would be your last thoughts before you died?” We did one take and it was done!
What does BLUE ROSE DOWN want to epress with his songs:
„I want people to listen to the songs and think: “Fuck yes, I agree on this one” and be comfortable with themselves and whatever they're dealing with. I've been writing and talking to a lot of new fans and friends lately, and it's been a true pleasure to hear about their thoughts and feelings when they were listening to my music as they wanted to get back in the saddle. That's exactly what Blue Rose Down is for. It's for everybody and especially the people who want to win their fights and get back up on their feet.
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