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Melt This Way

by Steph Russell

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This song is about sitting in a cocoon of grief, anger, frustration and negative thoughts; and rather than trying to address and fix the problem, you choose to just sit in the mess and let it wash over and all around you. It’s not a self-help song; it’s an angry ‘fuck this’ song. It references alcohol, addiction, and vices that fuel the fire. There are images in my mind of walking along a hellish beach at dawn with red water and nightmarish-looking seagulls overhead, and waiting on a train track in the middle of a frigid desert. There are concepts alluded to like existentialism, masochism and the biological need to be loved. The same way we chase the feeling of happiness, I wanted to write a song about the unspoken desire we sometimes have to be angry and in pain, just to see what it feels like.

Melt This Way is a blend of progressive jazz rock, metal fusion and grungy soul. The outro, with its repetitive, modal line and sudden shift in time signature is a nod to Tigran Hamasyan’s Armenian jazz/folk music, while the intro is inspired by Australian band Arcing Wires, particularly their tune ‘Catacaustic’. The choruses I wrote with Coldplay in mind, while the verses I thought of David Byrne, Muse and Radiohead.

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Verse 1- It’s my time, high time
This time I’ll wait
Waiting for something to hit
Hits so smooth
Like top shelf liquor
But stings like a bite Is this love my time?
Is it on my time?

Chorus- I’ll wait
For something hard
Like a calloused hand
Hits me sharp
Like fingers cold
And shards so deep, deep

Verse 2- I want to feel this love on my skin
Not paper thin
Thick like molasses
Tar on the highway
Melting insects on the dashboard
Will I melt this way?
I wanna melt this way

Chorus- Maybe it’s time
To cut through the bullshit
Citrus squeeze on wounds so deep
Spiders hide in corners
Just as we do

Post Chorus- When it’s time
High time, it’s this time

Verse 3- Fuck the liquor
Give me something harder
Something that’ll last
Maybe a love like this

Chorus- Ooh...
Is it time?
I think it’s time to melt this way, way...

credits

released August 18, 2023
Steph Russell- vocals
Matt Thomson- keys
Felix Lalanne- guitar
Ned Olive- alto saxophone
Jack Purdon- trumpet
Oscar Peterson- bass
Liam Hogan- drums
Daniel Willington- mixing
Michael Lynch- mastering
Video and editing- Ryan Mooney and Chris Dutton

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Steph Russell Sydney, Australia

Steph Russell is a Sydney-based jazz artist who delves into the niches of modern soul and folk jazz. She released her debut EP ‘In the Water’ last year and is stoked to be sharing her original music with the world. You can buy a digital or physical copy via Bandcamp. ... more

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