← more from
Beth Shalom Records

Shell

by Petlib.

supported by
Marc Neilson
Marc Neilson thumbnail
Steve
Steve thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    5
    releases

    Get all 5 Petlib. releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of 2016-2018: The Complete Pet Library Collection, Disintegrate, Wounds, Maker, and Shell. , and , .

    Excludes subscriber-only releases.

    Purchasable with gift card

      £7 GBP or more (50% OFF)

     

1.
Shell 02:23
lyrics
buy track
This is not who I’m meant to be No more quarrels with mortality I am God, absolute morality It doesn’t feel right, living two lives One as Man, and one God-sized Trapped in this mortal shell Shifting between Heaven and Hell I am God, I am not I am God I am God, I am not I am God

about

Shell is the transitional centre-point of Maker, where in the story the ‘good’ Maker starts to transpire and become the ‘evil’ version of himself.

It’s the first track we wrote for the record back in January 2018 and we recorded it with Hamish Dickinson (Phoenix Sound Studios) within the same month. By doing this we were able to use it as a good focus point for building the concept of the album both lyrically and instrumentally, and it also helped us to decide where we wanted our story to go in terms of the concept of the ethical questions we wanted to subliminally talk about in this record. Shell is of the heavier songs on the record, with nods to bands we/the record itself are inspired by (Employed To Serve, Loathe) however this track was a chance for us to experiment with sampling and electronics, something we’d never done before with this band. Lyrically this song combats the juxtaposition of the protagonist being unsure if he should accept himself as the higher-being of the universe he has created for himself and in-doing-so neglect his ‘real’ self, or whether he should abandon his creation so that he does not continue to lose his mind and grasp of his moral compass.

credits

released May 27, 2019

Produced and Engineered // Hamish Dickinson at Phoenix Sound Studio
Mixed and Mastered // Hamish Dickinson
Art Direction and Design // Clarice Tudor

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Petlib. image

Petlib. London, UK

Pet Library 2016-2018
Petlib. 2019-2020

MEET YOUR MAKER

RIP

contact / help

Contact Petlib.

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Petlib., you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

FYI Chris talk about their debut LP 'Earth Scum'

 listen now