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FORMAT: SINGLE
ARTIST: CALVIN LECOMPTE
TITLE: 911 FIFTH AVENUE
TRACKLISTING:
911 FIFTH AVENUE (1:27)
WRITTEN, RECORDED, PERFORMED, PRODUCED
AND MIXED BY: CALVIN LECOMPTE
MASTERED BY: RYAN HOWE AT MOZART STREET STUDIOS
ARTWORK BY: CALVIN LECOMPTE
EXECUTIVE: TONY PRICE FOR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC.
ALL INQUIRIES: CONTACT@MAXIMUMEXPOSUREINC.COM
CALVIN LECOMPTE’S 911 FIFTH AVENUE DRIVES YOU TO SOMEPLACE SAD AND MYSTERIOUS. COMPOSED AS BUMPER MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINED TV PILOT, THE SONG EVOKES A SQUAD CAR CARRYING YOU THROUGH A MIST OF FLASHING RED LIGHT. LECOMPTE’S VOCALS ARRIVE LIKE CLOSE-CAPTIONED SUBTITLES; 1010 WINS DRONES ON THE RADIO, GIVING VOICE TO A MEASURED PERFECTION OF EVERYDAY DELUSION.
WHILE LECOMPTE'S TELECASTER REBROADCASTS SHADOWS OF TELEVISED THEME SONGS, A CHORDAL STATIC BEADS LIKE RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE ESSENCE OF THE TRACK LIES IN BEING A DIRECT ADDRESS TO MANHATTAN: A MONOPHONIC PULSE SETS THE TONE, LIKE A STOPWATCH MONITORING THE HOURS BEFORE WORK LETS OUT, TOO RELAXED TO CATCH UP WITH THE GRINDING PACE OF NYC.
THROUGHOUT 911 5TH AVENUE, LIVE-TO-TAPE PRODUCTION VALUES RECREATE THE HYPNAGOGIC EUPHORIA OF THE SQUAD CAR, WHICH EVENTUALLY COMES TO SIT IDLY ON A GRASSY HIGHWAY MEDIAN, CONSUMED BY TECHNICOLOR FIELDS OF ANGEL FLOWERS.
WORDS BY: JEFFREY GRUNTHANER