“Cut Me Out”
Gather sparks in a velvet bag
Count them out, one by one again
Under bricks, buried away
Speculate on a future stake
Hold them close, swallow them whole
Pound them out into sheets, to control
The words become translucent
Oh, you cash them in
All this talk in the clouds
Changes wind on the ground
Open eyelids of gold
Cut me out
A burning bloom on a bed of spines
Digging deep into your skin
The dry lines crack with charcoal
Your only comfort is the burning sun
Hold it close inhale it in
Take it down, and down and down again
Feel the quicksand through your fingers
Oh oh, while you melt away
All this talk in the clouds
Changes wind on the ground
Open eyelids of gold
Cut me out
Unleash the downpour
As the words flood in
Will they wash you away
Watered down
Cut me out
Written A. Warner, P. Keusch
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Peter Wade Keusch
Programming and Synthesizers: Amanda Warner and Peter Wade Keusch
Additional Engineering and Digital Editing: Emmett Farley
“Cut Me Out” is this summer’s soundtrack. Currently airing all over Cinemax, check out their summer movie preview set to MNDR’s newest single. Inception never looked so good!
Tune in tomorrow night to watch MNDR perform 2 songs on Last Call With Carson Daly! The setlist includes “Fade To Black” and “Cut Me Out.” The all new episode also features Mike Mills and Foster the People. The show starts Tuesday May 24 at 1:35AM EST on NBC.
We dig this video featuring MNDR at this season’s first AUDIOPHILE show at The Brooklyn Museum. The footage captures the energy and slick museum aesthetic of a memorable night. 2 more shows on the horizon for the series.
MNDR has released a surprise new breakdown of pop track “Cut Me Out.” Producer Peter Wade created this exclusive driving Dub version, specifically for Green Label Sound fans. It’s MNDR remixing MNDR and it’s free for download here!
Drums were sequenced on a Linn Drum and tracked right to analog 1/2″ tape with spring and delay printed live. Wade and Warner then laid live bass guitar, synths and hand claps recorded with natural reverb from the front hall of Wade’s former studio “LaBronze Johnson”. Two original heavily processed Jupiter-6 sounds were created to make up the synth bassline and pads. Then the FX were overdubbed while Warner kicked and prodded the spring reverb tank and Wade dialed up delay throws.
Click to check out this behind the scenes video that gets more in-depth on MNDR’s high tech music video for “Cut Me Out”. Director Timothy Saccenti explains the some of the original concepts and digital artist Ivan Safrin talks a bit about how they made use of a hacked Microsoft Kinnect to create the amazing visuals seen though out the music video. Watch the behind the scenes video below:
MNDR first official music video takes you on a trip through the uncanny valley with deconstructed digital clones, high tech Kinnect hacking, and all other kinds of wonderful weirdness. Watch it below and download the song for free here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQE2u0-fYtA
