Out of nowhere, a rogue song appears!

I have a pretty big stack of demos and unfinished bits (mostly without vocals) sitting around waiting to be finished. A lot of them will probably make it onto the new album. But I've been waiting for the magic track that kick-starts everything. The one that gives me the motivation and framing to tie everything together and make the next disc.

Saturday night, that song happened. Only I didn't know it at the time. I mean, I put in a couple of hours laying down rhythm guitar and a drum beat, but when I came back to it the next day everything sounded cluttered and basic. Nothing like what I'd heard the night before. Still, I figured I'd play with it. Why waste a half-way decent track?

I ended up spending most of Sunday working on that track. I added verse vocals, more guitar, and a solo. I tightened the mix, exported it, and then tightened some more. Come Monday morning, I'd already listened to that song a few dozen times on repeat. I worked on it before work. I returned to it after work. Now, it's time to give it a little rest.

The song is called Ascertain This. It's definitely going to be on the new album.