- 1. ”SAVE ME”
I pretended I could follow you to the end of the earth, but lost as I am, I need you to be there for me too.
Additional personnel: backing vocals – Josefine Wassler
- 2. ”Left of what’s right”
An in odd meter plea for guidance.
Additional personnel: Cello – Andreas Lavotha, violin & viola – Conny Lindgren. Written on the island of Yxlan.
- 3. No street’s too long
This heroine has accepted her fate and walks on, pushing forward despite all the weight on her shoulders.
The song was written during a visit in a home decoration store and seeing the first (of the new) ”Dune” movie right after that just clarified the vision of what would become the ”grinding in the mines” soundscape.
- 4. Days of glory
I knew this would happen. I knew it from the beginning.
Additional personnel: Bass – Johan Nyberg. Jack also premieres on trumpet. The percussion pattern from 2003, with ”the sad elephant’s drum”, retrieved from the original demo (in another tempo and key) thanks to a bit of AI technology.
Song written by Josefina Sanner & Lars Edvall.
- 5. Asking for a friend
I am gonna be myself now, time to pull the curtains and serve the realness.
Additional personnel: Bass – Johan Nyberg, backing vocals – Josefine Wassler, Cello – David Bukovinszky, violin – Mattias Johansson. String recording engineer – Mattias Bylund. Written on the island of Yxlan. The guitar/bass riff is based on inhale/exhale rythm during running in the forests of the island. Story told through the lense of a young LGBT+ person.
- 6. Virginia
Jack’s secret dream or the harsh reality?
Additional personnel: backing vocals – Josefine Wassler.
Born out of a strange dream in which I admired the complex rythm pattern the drummer of Céline Dion practised backstage so much I had to steal it. Waking up I tried to voice memo the rythm, but couldn’t quite remember it. The song was called ”Céline” for quite some time until a guest, Virginia Schutte, on Tom Scott’s pod ”Lateral” unknowingly lent her name to the song’s title.
- 7. On display
”Sister, scalpel!”
The instrumental part was an improvised bit I did singing lullabies for my son. One workday later the whole thing was recorded, mixed and finished, including album cover.
- 8. Polarity
There is no middle ground – which side are you on? How deep does the rabbit hole take you?
Overall sound idea (and key) inspired by a segment from Jeff Chapman’s ”Want that life”, a song on which I recorded vocals. I immediately knew that part of that kind of musical idea would suit Sad Jack and decided I would do something out of it.
- 9. Undecided
Let’s just make that decision another day.
Additional personnel: Bass – Johan Nyberg. Jack on drums.
- 10. Revolver
Not a metaphor – the story is told by the voice of a handgun.
Additional personnel: drums – Daniel Trobell, backing vocals – Josefine Wassler
- 11. Battle me
I know you’re grinning as soon as you turn your back on me.
Another song written on the island of Yxlan. Vacation is apparently the time for Jack’s songs to emerge.
- 12. All we’re waiting for
Time to end the charade now?
Additional personnel: drums – Daniel Trobell, strings – Conny Lindgren, bass – Johan Nyberg, backing vocals – Josefine Wassler
All songs produced, arranged and mixed by Lars Edvall.
Album mastered by Anders Hellgren at Masteringsbyrån