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"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 | "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 the 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 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 the song he'd started for his wife, then titled "Pretty (Watch the Shadow)." The song would become the A-side for Abee's project, which would eventually be titled ''[[Lover of All that Exists]]'' and 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> The three-song collection was sold on a 7" picture disc single with two tracks on the b-side: "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== | ==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: | 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: | ||