warm days of the new harvest
released: 10/31/2023
the first album by jack ziesemer
songs:harvest theme
the way
stop, start again
whatever
solitude
hudson avenue
the day that never comes too soon
turn to me
driving on the moon
television
alone
georgia
masterplan
crooked creek
title track
nothing lasts forever
arsenic & old lace
chemtrails / tomorrow
drift away (hidden song)below you will find info on all the songs on the album, as well as links to the lyrics.
the way
is a song I wrote about not accepting who you really are, because you're afraid other people won't accept you.
stop, start again
is a song I wrote about nothing. It's a bunch of random cultural references and nonsense phrases.
whatever
is a song I wrote about doin' what you want.
solitude
is a song written about two things. The verses are mainly about being an outcast among outcasts, feeling disturbed among the disturbed, and feeling very alone, hence the title. The choruses are more about realizing you know someone too well and maybe that's not a good thing. Two things that really have no business being in a song together, but you know, I think it works better than it should.
hudson avenue
is a song about my hometown in Southern Indiana, which I absolutely loathe. Hudson Avenue isn't a real place, I just thought it sounded cool. Also kind of a reference to an Elliott Smith song called "Condor Ave".
the day that never comes too soon
is a song about boredom, and stress from boredom.
turn to me
is a song about random feelings I had when I wrote the lyrics to the song. Most of them are random lyric fragments I had, and I would re-write parts of the song until I liked it. So it's a lot of different sets of lyrics all cobbled together, like a word soup. Every line is about something different.
driving on the moon
is a love song. It's also a cool title for a song, so I just ran with it. It has a lot of references to Elliott Smith songs too, the line about "stupidity can't try" is "Stupidity Tries" off the album Figure 8, and the line about "coast to coast in bloom" is a reference to "Coast to Coast", which is a posthumously released song.
television
is a song about the media manipulating people. It's from the perspective of a reporter who eventually lets the sensationalism rule him and starts to lose his mind. R.I.P. Syd Barrett.
alone
is a song about angst! That's pretty much it. I was just pissed off one day about something and decided to make a really loud song. The lyrics came later.
georgia
is a song about an old woman who threw her life away with alcohol abuse, and though she's now sober, she's reflecting on the time she's lost.
masterplan
is a song with multiple parts, only 1 has an actual verse that was written and not just ad-libbed, and that verse is another love song thing, but more nervous than calm.
crooked creek
is a song about nostalgia, losing friends, and growing up.
title track
is a very cryptic song. I'm not even sure what it means. It'll come to me someday.
nothing lasts forever
is a song where I ad-libbed the lyrics. I didn't actually write anything down, just hit record when I had a melody and improvised lyrics. It's the best melody I've ever written with some of my best lyrics, probably my second favorite song I've made after "Whatever". The title is a reference to the 1983 unreleased film of the same name, which though I haven't seen it, I really like the title.
arsenic & old lace
is an angsty song for the purpose of being angsty.
chemtrails / tomorrow
is an instrumental I improvised with my Squier II Stratocaster for the first half, and the second half was recorded by Broderick "Brody" Walters, one of my friends who I used to be in a band with. We pretty much plugged every pedal in the studio in together all at once and ran a guitar through them. There exists a full, like, 20 minute recording of it but I don't think I'll ever release the unedited version. Brody's also the guy talking on the track.
drift away
is a hidden track. Before I added "Tomorrow" to the end of the album there was supposed to be 5 minutes of silence before this song, but I cut that out. Somewhere I have a CD with an early mix of the record which has this version. I think the second version's better.
the people who play on this record:
jack ziesemer - guitars, synthesizers, bass, drums, piano, midi programming, drum machinebroderick walters - crazy sounds on "tomorrow"emmett koher - guitar solo on "the day that never comes too soon"miles smith - bass on "hudson avenue