Music / Visitor

Visitor is the eight album by Panamean Singer-Songwriter Michelle Blades. It is a return to the Psychedelic Rock sound that she already played on Ataraxia.

Tracklist

1. "Politic!" (5:41)
2. "Behind the Black" (4:20)
3. "Kiss Me on the Mouth" (3:11)
4. "Ring" (3:35)
5. "Dr. Psych" (3:17)
6. "Piri Piri" (5:04)
7. "Time and Water" (4:22)
8. "Dr. Psych sur la plage" (3:45)
9. "Literally" (0:58)
10. "Acid on the Hillside" (3:58)
11. "Behavior" (5:45)

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This album provides examples of:

• Album Closure: "Behavior", the final track, is about a birthday taking place at midnight in a closing bar.
  Closing time
• Album Title Drop: On "Acid on the Hillside":
  I am not a visitor anymore
• Alcoholic Parent: On "Kiss Me On The Mouth":
  Was your dad an alcoholic ? A little hyperbolic
• "Double, Double" Title: "Piri Piri".
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Evoked on "Kiss Me On The Mouth:
  I don't believe it's a family recipe
  Was your dad an alcoholic ? A little hyperbolic
• Instrumentals: "Dr. Psych sur la plage".
• Limited Lyrics Song:
  Dr. Psych is in the house
  Won't you let us in ?
  Everything's allowed
  The way out is in
  We will answer all your questions
  And question all your answers
• Melismatic Vocals: On "Behind The Black" and "Piri Piri".
• Miniscule Rocking: "Literally" barely lasts 1 minute.
• Looped Lyrics: "Piri Piri"
  Champignon, champignon, champi champi champignon...
• Lyrical Cold Open: On "Ring" and "Time and Water".
• Music Videos: For "Politic!", "Kiss Me On The Mouth" and "Time and Water".
  • The MV for "Politic!" features a live performance.
• Psychedelic Rock
• Sampling: An extract of can be heard on the outro of "Dr Psych".
• Studio Chatter: You can hear someone saying "Always (with) the same energy" on the first second of "Dr. Psych".

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