Cory Foster

A 29 minute song. Well, this album was quite ambitious, wasn't it? The original concept came from my joking around that I wanted to write a fully orchestrated symphony that would feature the bass guitar. The more I thought about it, the more I started to develop the idea which eventually became "Snap:" a true concept album/EP in the octopodic style that would tell the story of a person's death and subsequent search for the answers to the most mysterious questions in the universe(s). Most specifically, answers to questions about the creation of reality and more recently, our universe (ideally, information about other universes as well). The piece is split into five movements that document five key points in the journey. At the risk of revoking the listener's ability to interpret the piece for themselves, I will mention that the movements' titles are somewhat self-explanatory.

Further adding to the ambitiousness of this project is the addition of a 12-page booklet featuring a poem written for me by Vivian Kao that documents her interpretation of the song in a verbal presentation that complements my aural one. The poem is written in five movements, as the piece is, and it is indeed one of the best things I've ever read.

Track Listing (Click Here for Lyrics and Descriptions)

1. Elegy

2. Looking Down

3. Somewhere Along the Astral Plain

4. The Brink

5. Snap!

Featuring

Dan Hammer- Acoustic Guitar

Dan Poss- (?) Guitar

One evening in early summer '04, the three of us got together at the house of Poss' mother in Bothell and set out to add some texture and dimension to the song. Hammer added a line played in unison with me on "Elegy," and a solo to "...Astral Plain." Poss used his maniacal stompbox genius to add atmospheric texture to "Elegy." We laughed. We danced. We ate chicken.