Stories Behind The Songs with Awooga

Ever wondered what your favourite artists think is the best song they’ve written? How about the meaning behind it? Well don’t fret because we at AltCorner have got you covered! Here Awooga‘s bassist and lead vocalist Tam Ali take us behind the scenes on his favourite song! What is your favourite song you’ve written?  “Waterhole“ What […]

Ever wondered what your favourite artists think is the best song they’ve written? How about the meaning behind it? Well don’t fret because we at AltCorner have got you covered! Here Awooga‘s bassist and lead vocalist Tam Ali take us behind the scenes on his favourite song!

What is your favourite song you’ve written?

 “Waterhole

What inspired the song?

We started a writing session for “Conduit” and for some reason when I turned on my bass pedalboard all my pedals turned on and the bass sounded crazy.  Then I just started playing the intro bassline to “Waterhole” out of nowhere and Taz put a beat to it.  I told him to carry on playing the groove and James joined in with the guitar part.  We all looked at each other and it was one of those moments… this is a banger!  We carried on jamming it and the vocal melody and lyrics came straight out the ether and it all sounded like a song we’d had kicking about for a while.  The lyrics ended up being about the concept of “fear of missing out,  just because there’s lots of people doing or attending something, doesn’t mean it has substance or is in actual fact a good thing.

What is it about the track that makes it so special to you?

Whenever we write songs they either come easily and form themselves straight away whilst others take more time and scrutiny.  We all really like the way the song came about, it was SO easy to craft and was almost effortless compared to some of the other songs that we’ve done. It’s also to us just a great song, we’re all really proud of the way the track sounds and flows.  On top of that, our producer Iago Lorenzo made the recording of it absolutely pounding, every time we hear it we’re like “YES!!!”

 Waterhole features on the Sheffield metallers’ debut album Conduit, out now through Rockosmos!

Elizabeth Birt

April 24, 2018

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