MUSIC FOR THE FILM: THE THINGS WE TELL THE ONES WE LOVE

I've been working off an on for a bit on some songs for my friend Eliza Fox and Matt Wilkins' film THE THINGS WE TELL THE ONES WE LOVE.  It's a satirical horror/zombie film set in The Quad Cities, about a designer virus that impairs executive functions and pretty much turns people into big violent jerks.  Society is underserved by policies of heavy privatization--you get the picture. 

The song "Gonna Keep On" was written to replace a fairly well-known tune and took a few tries--writing to specification for a particular scene was hard at first but ultimately I was able to get out of  the way, dial up my best vintage postpunk guitar sounds, and let it rip. 

Chorused and saturated stereo signals revving up a pop-folk chord progression,  guess who?  I faked the drums with a Garageband loop and some additional drum kit sounds from my keyboard.

Working on this in stay-home mode was eerie.   It became more than a situational song about a character who is keepin' on through heartbreak.  It became a song about everyone in isolation, as well.  Kind of a fight song. We're all gonna keep on.