song: Harmony of dirt
(© 2024 Gudrich/Gudrich)
Album: Exile from Mainstream
A crazy celebration of our untidy minds. Funky rhythms and wild vocals drive the high energy album opener Harmony of Dirt. “What is the cosmos if it’s not a harmony of dirt?!” - we need to find ourselves and our mental health amidst all the confusion that life brings! The first and the last track of the album advocate for confusion and chaos rather than a neat, clear-cut, tidy life within normative boundaries of our glossy, late-stage capitalism consumer society which is obsessed with controlling the chaos rather than inviting it! While Harmony of Dirt focuses on self-love, the album closer We Got It All, a snotty, old school punk rock anthem, is about compassion and empathy - “they try to convict us for our convictions, but we sail by the compass of compassion!”.
Lyrics
Da-ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-dirt!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-harmonia
What is the cosmos
What is the cosmos
if it’s not a harmony of dirt?
I can be a devil
Always stirring up the waters!
Kick up mud until I hurt!
Basking in the peace I disturb!
Always digging in the dirt!
What is the cosmos
What is the cosmos
if it’s not a harmony of dirt?
Harmony of Dirt!
I can be an angel
Never stirring up the waters.
Fear the mud untouched down deep,
basking in the peace I keep,
I coat it all in harmony.
But then, what am I?
Cause I ain’t no devil!
But then, what am I?
Cause I ain’t no angel!
I’m just a nitty gritty pretty harmony of dirt!
Harmony of dirt!
Harmony of d-d-d-d-dirt! D-d-d-d-dirt! D-d-d-d-d-d-d-dirt!s gd-gd-gd-gd-gd-ggg-dirt! dg-dg-dg-dg-dg-dg-dirt!rg-dg-dg-dg-dg-dg-diiiiiiiiiirt!!!!!!
I can be who I am
Freely floating with the waters!
Wash my face with mud I feared!
Laughing when the water is clear!
Dancing to the sounds I hear!
What is the cosmos
What is the cosmos
if it’s not a harmony of dirt?
Harmony of Dirt!
Story
The origin story of this epic album opener is shrouded in darkness... We think that Sunny had the lyric "What is the cosmos if it's not a harmony of dirt?" and then we just took it from there. In our art, it's always important to us to deal with the good and the bad, the disturbance and the peace, the muddy water and the clear water... We are all a wild mixture of light and dark, of positive and negative energy. We think it's important to embrace this, to accept ourselves with our flaws, to strive for a happiness that encompasses all of us and doesn't try to ignore or subdue the part that's maybe more abrasive and clunky. We hope that this song helps listeners see the joy in the chaos that is our life.
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Liner notes
vocals - Xavi | rhythm guitars - Xavi | lead guitar - Sunny | bass - Sunny | recorders - Sunny | backing vocals - Sunny
Recorded at Catfish&Crow Studios, 2025 Engineered by Sunny Gudrich
℗ Gudrich/Gudrich 2025