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"'''Watch the Shadows'''", also known as "'''Pretty (Watch the Shadows)'''", is a song by [[Shriners] | "'''Watch the Shadows'''", also known as "'''Pretty (Watch the Shadows)'''", is a song by [[Scott Shriner]] released under the moniker Shriners. Initially conceived of as the lead single for a larger solo project by Shriner<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220911053854/https://twitter.com/SGS711/status/199980167303675904]. Scott Shriner tweet, May 8, 2012.</ref>, the track remains his sole officially-released song as of [[2022]]. It was released in May of 2012 on a multi-artist single entitled ''[[Lover of All That Exists]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Watch the Shadows" | "Watch the Shadows" owes its existence to two distinct novels: ''Pretty'' by Shriner's wife [[Jillian Lauren]], and ''Johnny Future'', a 2009 book by Steve Abee<ref name="The Nervous Breakdown">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220919013119/https://thenervousbreakdown.com/jdaly/2012/05/ten-years-to-get-to-pretty/] "Ten Years to Get to “Pretty”." thenervousbreakdown.com. By Joe Daly. Published May 11, 2012.</ref>. Lauren asked her husband to compose an instrumental piece for use in the promotional campaign for ''Pretty'', but he elected to write a fuller song, drawing inspiration from the events depicted in the novel. The lyrics include allusions to main character's skepticism around Christianity, her boyfriend's recent death in a car accident, and her fondness for acrylic nails, among other details.<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11000767-pretty] GoodReads.com entry for ''Pretty''</ref><ref name="YouTube video">Scott Shriner "Watch The Shadows" ''YouTube''. 4 February 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGrdYDk9-8</ref>. Unrelated to ''Pretty'', first published in August of 2011, Shriner was then approached by Abee, who was readying the first paperback edition of ''Johnny Future'', set to be published on April 10, 2012.<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13235779-johnny-future] GoodReads.com entry for paperback edition of ''Johnny Future''.</ref> Abee was preparing a three-track "soundtrack" to accompany the new release of his novel and asked Shriner to contribute<ref name="The Nervous Breakdown" />. Shriner was in the process of composing and recording what he termed "a small batch of songs," and he offered Abee "Watch the Shadows" from this material. Abee's project would eventually manifest as ''[[Lover of All that Exists]]'', a 7" picture disc single with two tracks on the b-side, released on [[May 11]], [[2012]]<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/9380618-Shriners-Christian-Martucci-Ghost-Of-The-Record-Lover-Of-All-That-Exists] Discogs entry for ''Lover of All that Exists''.</ref> Also featured on the release are "Bad Ghosts" by {{Wiki2|Christian_Martucci|Christian Martucci}} and "Stage is a Box of Night" by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantz_L%27Amour#Ghost_of_the_Record_(2004%E2%80%93present) Ghost of the Record]. The day of ''Lovers'''s release, Shriner and others performed [[Scott Shriner concert: 05/11/2012|a show at the Last Book Store]] in Los Angeles, CA. | ||
==Future "Shriners" release== | |||
Shriner initially promoted "Watch the Shadows" as a precursor to a larger EP release entitled ''[[Shiners]]'', also to be released under the Shriners name<ref[[Karl's Corner - 05/09/2012#Scott Shriner concert: 05/11/2012]]</ref>. In [[Alternative Press article - October 2014|a 2014 interview with Scott Heisel]] for ''Alternative Press'', however, Shriner explained why this EP never materialized: | |||
{{Scott Shriner quote|I got cold feet. You only get one chance to say, 'This is my album, and this is what I want to sound like.' I happened to be going through therapy at the time, working on some heavy shit from when I was a kid, so I wrote it all out. One of the songs is really brutal. It's not the whole picture of me. |[[Alternative Press article - October 2014|''Alternative Press'' article - October 2014]]<ref>[[Alternative Press article - October 2014]] by Scott Heisel.</ref>}} | |||
Shriner went on in that same interview that he planned to eventually release more music, and reported to be be working with drummer Joey Castillo of Queens of the Stone Age and guitarist Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver. None of this music has been released as of 2022. He performed one other song - "[[Dead to Me Now]]" - at the record release show for ''Lover of All that Exists''. | |||
==Music Video== | ==Music Video== | ||
The video was directed by DJ Mendel and features Anais Borck. | The video was directed by DJ Mendel and features Anais Borck. | ||
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<youtube>CbGrdYDk9-8</youtube> | <youtube>CbGrdYDk9-8</youtube> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
Personnel per YouTube description of the music video<ref name="YouTube video" />. | |||
*[[Scott Shriner]] – lead vocals, bass guitar | *[[Scott Shriner]] – lead vocals, bass guitar | ||
*[[Chad Bamford]] - engineer | *[[Chad Bamford]] - engineer | ||
*Greg Suran - guitar | |||
*Victor Indrizzo - drums | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Scott Shriner songs]] | |||
*[[Scott Shriner]] | *[[Scott Shriner]] | ||
{{Reference list}} | {{Reference list}} | ||
[[Category: Scott Shriner]] | [[Category: Scott Shriner]] | ||
[[Category:Shriners songs]] | [[Category:Shriners songs]] | ||
[[Category:Scott Shriner songs]] | |||