FAWM: "Sunday Night"

Sunday Night

Liner Notes

VV: I wrote a sad piano song, sent it to @owl and then felt a bit guilty that I only send her sad piano songs lately. When the vocals came back today (fantastic, as always!) I decided to add some sad guitars as well and I'm really pleased with the part I wrote and recorded on my lunch break! The synth solo is a dual effort.

owl: I wrote this a while ago and then sat on it for weeks because I felt dissatisfied, but when I listened back again after a break I was like oh! This isn’t so bad, I will just go ahead and send it over. I hadn’t heard the new guitar stuff till 5 mins ago but it’s great, glad VV added it!

Lyrics

I don't know when every day with you started to feel like a Sunday night
Half cozy, half filled with existential dread that only gets worse when it's time for bed
We were so good together once upon a time
But that feels like forever ago, in a distant world, in a different life

I'm leaving
I'd rather be alone than feel like I'm dragging you down to drown
I'm leaving
I love you but I can't help but feel like I can't go on

Don't ask me to stay, my mind's made up and I've packed my bags already
But looking around at the dining room set we bought with our wedding gift money
I can't help but think about the way we were when we'd stay up all night in your studio apartment
Back in those days, we'd talk all night without stopping to worry about what our words meant

I'm leaving
I'd rather be alone than feel like I'm dragging you down to drown
I'm leaving
I love you but I can't help but feel like I can't go on

Comments

@rubberbandage 22h

Absolutely crushing lyrics; the instrumentation is certainly quite sad but feels downright cheerful in comparison. I also picked a heck of a Sunday night to listen to this, but the joy of an owl/VV collab still makes it all worthwhile ❤️

@adforperu 1d

An ovvl collaboration????
I very intentionally left this for a Sunday night listen, and... the Sunday night vibes are real. Big fan of the progression in this, especially that first chord that moves into the verse. I feel like this lives in the same universe as some of Grandaddy's piano tracks, and it's completely wonderful. New VS album when?

@clenig17 1d

Man great opening drums. I feel like I’m listening to an awesome 70’s recording. Great Collab. Your styles mesh very well. It’s just a great listen. It is definitely lyrically melancholy but very relatable.

Great chord changes and nice word painting on “stopping to worry about what our words meant”

Fun synth solo. I might have chosen a melotron sound just cause of the overall vibe but that just a personal preference.

Wonderful recording!

@frenchcricket 1d

The synth solo is deliciously crispy. The obvious name for your hitherto unexplored collaboration is obviously 'Ovum'. Really like the vocals: they float so nicely amid the sadness. There's such a Sunday Night heaviness to this, even in the production, that I started to panic that I have work tomorrow. I haven't had a job since 2018.

@willlll 1d

You're both geniuses. Where does all this come from? Amaze

@jimdgreen 1d

this is so . . . complete.

there is nothing to change, tweek . . its complete, its done. its ready for realise.

wow just wow

@gazebo 1d

Wow!

This is great. Can’t offer any realistic comment other than that. I am listening as a fan.

@communitykickabout 1d

'Without stopping to worry about what our words meant' is firstly, a great line, but second a really great melody with the highs and lows and whatnots. That interweaving synth solo is excellente, and the opening without guitar doesn't bear thinking about. Bravo.

@ndavies 2d

I second the Owl Vom rebranding

Seems suiting that the tragic-ness is tempered with the breezy guitars

@thelowestbitter 2d

An owl vom collab? What is this a crossover episode? (Incidentally I think your supergroup should be called Owl Vom not Vowl Sounds). The sad guitar is an excellent addition, I like the hard panning. The synth solo is ace too, lovely fuzzy grandaddy-esque synth sound. Doing a comment binge of owl’s songs and I feel like I’m running out of different ways to say fantastic lyrics and vocals but here I am again saying, fantastic lyrics and vocals. Chorus harmonies are especially great

@deena 2d

Great song!!! I love the vocals and the story... I had to listen to every word and picture it. The melody fits the music just right... great guitars... so much awesomeness here!

@coolparadisoMod 2d

Your collabs are always awesome and this is no exception! The instruments play along so well together. A lovely melancholy feel to both the Vox and guitars. A really lovely song!

@guatecoop 2d

Oh my…you two on a collab? This has a great mix of both of your strengths. But you should really be in a band together—never mind the distance…. There is so many good parts that I can’t even start. Fantastic song!

@afterschoolclub 3d

This is awesome! Vocals just fantastic as always. Lyrics are great too and no doubt relatable for many folk ('I don't know when every day with you started to feel like a Sunday night' is a great opening line!). The progression and melody is really appealing and there's some fantastic instrumentation too. The guitar work is very cool throughout and you'll probably not be surprised in the slightest to hear that I'm particularly fond of that wobbly synth solo that kicks in at 2:46 - it's positively Numan-esque! Fab collab work 😊

@thedutchwidows 3d

Is this a Vowl Sounds reboot? The guitar parts, which I adore, seem so integral to the song, especially the chorus, it's amazing that they were added at the end. That's alchemic. Vocals are all kinds of good - I love the way the BVs pop up in my left ear in the chorus. The fuzzy synth solo is rather delightful. "The dining room set we bought with our wedding gift money" is such a good line - captures the history and the provides such weight to what's happening in just 11 words. More of this please.

Countryfile was always the Sunday trigger in our household that meant back to school/work. My son still can't watch it a decade later.

@loveonamixtape 3d

Ooh those guitars really do add a great dimension to the great piano and progression. @owl's lyrics are really poignant in the moments they capture and the realness of how...just deflating it can feel when you break off a long-term relationship. I love the couple of moments when she gets into her lower register, which has such a nice smokiness to it.

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