Aliens, Candies & Booze

This is my first album, that has bunch of songs from a time, when I had just started to write songs. It is pop punk music, with very strange song structures in some songs (I didn't know much about song structures then). This album is very different than anything, I have done since. This was mostly written and demoed, with my Grandpa's acoustic guitar and with my electric guitar called "Cola". I also wrote few with my acoustic guitar called "Dos". The writing/demoing happened between August 2018-May 2019, and I finished it in May 2019. The album was just a demo album till July 2020, when I properly recorded the album. No tracklist changes were made.

Sound:

The sound is very poppy and has punk influences all over the album. The structures are unique, when compared to each other and vocal melodies mostly follow the chord progressions. The lyrics here are personal for the most part and are about different events from my life. There are songs about childhood memories, frustration and a song about a character.

Making process:

The making process of this album, was way less crazy, than the some following albums. It took me 9 months to write all the songs. At this time, I wrote quite rarely. Maybe there was a week, when I wrote 3 songs, but then there was a 2 month pause. Many of the songs were written in my Grandparent's cottage in Kärsämäki, but few were written in my bedroom. I wrote total of 14 full songs were written for this album. I left 4 songs out of the album and they were "Hate", "Liehead", "Hope" & "Kill The Stress". I just didn't find them to be good enough. There was one scrapped song too, that was left unfinished. I wrote the chord progressions for the song and it was supposed to be the last song, I would write for the album, but I abandoned the idea. It was called "Summer". The song was later reworked into "Days Of Boredome" for the 3rd album, but was left out, leaving only the demo. When I recorded the album in July 2020, there only few minor changes in like 2 songs.

Review:

In January 20th 2021, I find this album quite nostalgic, but I don't think it's great at all. There are huge problems with the album. There are a lot of good songs, like "Angels & Demons", "Aliens", "Wonderland", "Pathetic", but then more okay songs, like "Marbella", but other than that, the songs aren't good, Half of the songs are fillers. Not a good thing. This was very early in my songwriting hobby, so it is expected.

Tracklist:


 * 1) Angels & Demons

2. Aliens

3. Candy

4. Booze

5. Problem

6. Coke Monster

7. Pathetic

8. Kärsämäki

9. Marbella

10. Wonderland