More work on the Burn of God album today, and a track currently called Great Grandfather. The mood begins slowly and gently, a bit like Kate Bush's Watching You Without Me perhaps. The chords in the explosive chorus are delightfully odd; FM, CM, G#M and C#M. This leads to a solo in A Major and D minor, which creates a strange mood, not joyous as I'd imagined, but more sleepy or reflective.
This will lead into the existing track Lost, which has musical links to the earlier track, so there is enough unity so far.
Now I have to work out where to go. Creating one unified structure is difficult when exploring a theme. Perhaps I need a definite narrative, perhaps like A Curious Feeling, but the more of a story and album has, the less chance it can have to address specific questions or issues. Perhaps I need to consider the musical climax, or a narrative climax.
