‘July People’ makes Stupid Stupid Stupid

The Second Shift (Mumbai)
Vinod Easwaran (vocals)
Sandeep ‘Sandy’ Mittal (guitar)
Soumyajit ‘SRC’ Ray Choudhuri (guitar)
Mohit James (bass)
Ashley Murray (drums)
Prashant Sumanth (percussion, vocals)

‘July People’ (click to download)
Music, Lyrics: Sandeep ‘Sandy’ Mittal
Produced by: The Second Shift
Recorded at: Sandy’s home studio

Tell us about ‘July People’.
Sandy wrote this song in end-2008, driven by a need to play a running guitar line guitar over a song, and write out an image in his head of being really low but having someone around to lift him up. The final music and arrangements fell in place around mid-2009.

Its a love song. Not about the rush-of-blood teenage love but the kind you experience when you’re older, either married or having been with someone for a long while, when you’ve been through your battles already. About the comforting knowledge that there’s always someone around to save you from yourself.

The name – It’s about feeling a connection with people – other July People in this instance. July People – Crabs – Sideways on the beach. Go figure.

Complete the sentence: We are so un-metal that…
… we write songs about real moments in our lives.

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