Sometimes it takes a last-minute surprise and a leap of faith to put a perfect ending on an album. Such was the case with Stickup Kid's "Tailwind," the late addition to their upcoming album Future Fire.
"About a month or so before we went in to track Future Fire at Jingletown in Oakland, Tony [Geravesh, vocals] told me he was working on a new song," explains guitarist Bo McDowell. "I thought it was insane to try and complete/demo/prep an entire song in less than a month when we had already been demoing/dissecting every song we already had."
It took only a brief listen to the song to ease McDowell's doubts about the late addition, however.
「オークランドのジングルタウンでのFuture Fireの撮影に入る1ヶ月ほど前に、トニー［Geravesh、ボーカル］が、新曲に取り組んでいると私に告げたのです」と、ギタリストのボー・マクダウェルは説明する。「私は、正気の沙汰ではないと思いました。すでに過去の持ち歌全部をデモし/細かく分析してきているのに、1ヵ月足らずでまるまる一曲の歌を完成させ/デモして/準備しようとするなんて」
しかし、その歌をちょっと聴かされただけで、マクダウェルの最新版への疑いは解けたのだった。
「俺たちがオークランド市のJingletownに『Future Fire』の作業をしに行く1か月くらい前、トニー（・ゲラベッシュ。ボーカル）が新曲を作っていると言ってきたんだ」とギタリストのボウ・マクダウェルは話す。「もう全部の曲をデモ録りして細かく検討したあとなのに、1か月以内に1曲を丸ごと完成させてデモ録りをして用意しようとするなんて、ばかげていると思った」
しかし、追加された曲に対するマクダウェルの疑念は、その曲を聞いた途端に解消した。
"He ended up sending me the first minute or two of 'Tailwind' and on the first listen I automatically knew this song was meant to be on the album. I went over to his house and we finished writing it (the bridge/ending was actually inspired by a different song I was working on months prior to this)," McDowell said. "'Tailwind' ended up being the last song we wrote and luckily became the album's closer."
Stream the song, and check out its handwritten lyrics, below!
