I got the idea for ‘Fur Eyes’ from illustrations in the graphic novel Black Hole by Charles Burns. The story contains teenage characters that get bizarre physical mutations – Burns did illustrations of them in a school photo portrait format. I can’t even remember if there was a character that had “Fur Eyes” but either way I remember having this imagery in my mind when writing the lyrics. The song has an odd alt-country feel to it – which is a bit odd for our band, but since playing it live together in rehearsal we were drawn to its stripped back and simplistic guitar lines. It felt refreshing having a song that barely makes use of distortion or subversive/aggressive lyrics – I think we picked up this approach from touring with Built to Spill in America – they had a real impression on us.
Officially from the band:
I got the idea for ‘Fur Eyes’ from illustrations in the graphic novel Black Hole by Charles Burns. The story contains teenage characters that get bizarre physical mutations – Burns did illustrations of them in a school photo portrait format. I can’t even remember if there was a character that had “Fur Eyes” but either way I remember having this imagery in my mind when writing the lyrics. The song has an odd alt-country feel to it – which is a bit odd for our band, but since playing it live together in rehearsal we were drawn to its stripped back and simplistic guitar lines. It felt refreshing having a song that barely makes use of distortion or subversive/aggressive lyrics – I think we picked up this approach from touring with Built to Spill in America – they had a real impression on us.