FAWM: "The Cosmic Void Has One Or Two Suggestions"

The Cosmic Void Has One Or Two Suggestions

4 days ago by @headfirstonlyMod · @sapient

The Cosmic Void Has One Or Two Suggestions

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Liner Notes

HFO says: time for another #science-adjacent #prog #extravaganza from the two of us. In case you're wondering, the idea that the Higgs field (responsible for subatomic particles having mass) is only metastable has implications that go way beyond everything in the entire universe suddenly ceasing to exist; false vacuum decay would even wipe out the laws of physics that make it possible to have matter, or even atoms. But we're probably fine. And you shouldn't lose any sleep worrying about it...
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/physics/vacuum-decay-the-ultimate-catastrophe/

Sapient: yeah. No point worrying at all. The fact that it might already have happened somewhere and there is a cosmic wall of death hurtling towards us at the speed of light really isn't any reason to get distracted from writing songs because:
a) since it would be moving at the speed of light we can't see it coming
b) you really, REALLY wouldn't notice anything if it hit. You just wouldn't be there any more.

Also neutrinos really are VERY odd.

Lyrics

Why are we still here
When the Higgs field has been shown
To be metastable?

How come black holes lose energy
when they really shouldn’t
Be able?

How big's a neutrino?
Is it smaller than an atom
Or bigger than your attic?

Is time really quantised?
Is everything discrete
And at Planck time actually static?

All these and other questions
The cosmic void
Has one or two suggestions

Comments

@alyxanderjames 1d

Oh, you two absolutely nailed the vibe for this existential pondering, really excellent collab!

@tcelliott 2d

The doubled vox is perfect. Somehow relating the intellectual and scary idea behind the lyric in a factual but also worrying manner while maintaining its allure. Five minutes really does fly by when you're listening to an attractive piece of worrisome thoughts. This one has to be in my best of FAWM 2025 playlist.

@heliosonorous 3d

Such a great space sound, the opening takes you right there, like twinkling stars at times, really well done work!

@coolparadisoMod 4d

Thx for telling me not to worry about something worrying didn’t know about, ha ha. This works so well. It has all sorts of influences here! structurally and flow are very Floyd like though not the actual music. It really is a fine piece of work! I would love to see this all expanded into an album! Would while away a few armchair evenings for me (when I get an armchair) Controlled Epic!

@jackdawfactories 4d

This is really, really good! Your two voices work together incredibly and the overall feel/production is absolutely banging.

@dhiatt 4d

Love your two voices working together, it's an excellent effect. Great spacey feel. Would be cool to have the last stanza repeat a few times as a refrain. Ok, gotta go and pretend the universe is perfectly stable, thanks.

@aeye 4d

whoa this is awesome. That intro is so good and it just has such a deep sound. I've been so awash in this I forgot to finish this comment haha.

@jonmeta 4d

This is amazing on every level. The title itself, funny and intriguing in a Hitchiker way -- as is 'bigger than your attic', rhyming with static. The sonic landscape, crammed to the brim but not sludgey. The octave vocals, magnificent. This sounds to me release-ready and release-worthy.

@emplate 4d

Oh my. The guitarwork is great, as expected, but the vocal harmonies are something that really take the cake here. Mesmerising stuff. Lovely ambient-like atmosphere. This song feels like swimming through the universe. I need to take another listen alone in the evening.

@b3nut 4d

Great way to pull off an astrophysics jam! I love the expansiveness of the track. Now I have more stuff to read up on...great work guys!

@brisk 4d

This has such a majesterial sweep to it. Those voices together are really powerful. The musical and atmospheric accompaniment is massive and yet understated. Lots of thought must have gone into it, or if it didn't you're really good at sounding like you've put a lot of thought into it. Big held pad into "all these and other questions" is nice too. That change in tone is so fun. It's a transition from questioning and uncertainty to a dawning realisation that there may be something... behind... the... curtain...

Weirdly it reminds me of that moment in the film "Under The Skin" where there are two characters... trapped... then suddenly...

@kosch 4d

Some fun questions to start my day... thanks 😆
I like the interval on the vocals. It feels it has an inevitability, leaning in, and building in mass....