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Blotted Out The Background

by Daniel McClelland

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In 2018, Daniel McClelland was nominated for NZ's Auckland Live Best Independent Debut Award. His follow-up blends alt-rock and alt-pop, with stacks and stacks of Beach Boys-influenced harmonies. It embraces the madness and anything-goes nature of records like Beck's 'Midnite Vultures' and Prince's 'Batman' soundtrack.

Daniel produced and recorded all of its dozens of parts and vocals himself. This is hammered home in the music video for the single, directed by Rajeev Mishra. The video is an indie labour of love, which features loads of special effect trickery to get 12 versions of Daniel on-screen, often simultaneously, all playing in a one-man band.

Check the music video out on YouTube here: youtu.be/QcT9YBkCgbA

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Blotted Out The Background - Lyrics

You want it?
Come get it!
Come get it from me

You want me?
Come get me
Try to catch up to me

Blowin' dust
Blowin' up
Growin' faster than you

Stow-away
Go away
Go away from my wake

You're holding me up
You're slowin' me down
I'm prepping for my closeup
but you blotted out the background

Are you doing this
to see if I can
stare in the abyss
of your life man
'Cause I'm the wiz
It'll take more than
your attempts to diss me

to bring me down
to shut me up
to push me away

I give freely
You wanna kill the
talent in me

You destroy
and I improve
I'm toying wit'choo

Your words don't sting
I still can sing
My one liners zing

You're holding me up
You're slowin' me down
I'm prepping for my closeup
but you blotted out the background

You're holding me up
You're slowin' me down
I'm prepping for my closeup
but you blotted out the background

Are you doing this
to see if I can
stare in the abyss
of your life man
'Cause I'm the wiz
It'll take more than
your attempts to diss me

I'm tired of your crap
I'll double-track to recap,
while you napped I rapped to handclaps
and mapped out what the haps was.
While you ordered frappe lattes
I slapped you silly.
Mind the gap, Imma lap you,
no time for your crap

You're holding me up
You're slowin' me down
I'm prepping for my closeup
but you blotted out the background

You're holding me up
You're slowing me down (repeat)

credits

released November 17, 2019
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Credits:

Written, performed, produced and mixed by Daniel McClelland
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki Studios, Wellington, NZ
Photography by Gareth Bradley
Special thanks to Eamon O'Neil, Rajeev Mishra

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Daniel McClelland Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand-based mad-scientist smashing together alt-pop and alt-rock with Beach Boys-inspired harmonies. Stacks of vocals abound. Hard-hitting snares. Grungy guitars. All played, arranged and produced by one person.

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