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Empty Promises

from Intimatitudes by Bomethius

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I wrote this in Seattle, just prior to my transfer. The entirety of my hopes, dreams, and ideas had been properly destroyed, and I was beginning to gain perspective. The piece's main melody line became something I would sing or whistle when doing rudimentary tasks (laundry, cleaning toilets, etc), however, as the album was beginning to take shape beyond the individual tracks held within, I realized that it would be a perfect opening to what I wanted the album to say. Originally, it was just supposed to be the main line alone, however, I accidentally hit record and sang along after the first take was down, and all of these additional parts kinda happened. Within about 45 min I had finished it, and besides some fine tuning of parts that took place at a later date, I was quite satisfied with it.

It is, on the musical face of it, a 19-part choral piece that is perfectly and completely screwed up. It doesn't even really end. The resolution does not have resolution.

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from Intimatitudes, released November 17, 2017
I sang all of the parts.

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Bomethius Chicago, Illinois

Bomethius is the solo project of Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Jonathan Hodges. A capable pianist, guitarist, and vocalist, Hodges has also studied the violin since he was 3 years old. With Bomethius, he draws from his classical training for a mischievous brand of baroque pop that echoes the sounds of Andrew Bird, Elliott Smith, and Randy Newman. ... more

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