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Rhodes Ave

by Blvck Hippie

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Rhodes Ave originated as a chord progression I wrote while messing around on a piano at my day job. Inspired by old-school jazz, I came up with variations of the classic ii-V-I jazz progression and eventually transferred it to guitar. The title inspiration came 4 months later — I lived in a house on Rhodes Ave for the first 8 years of my life. My memory of that street vibes with the old-school feel of the progression. Throughout the song, I equate the childhood feeling of wanting to live up to expectations with the grown up experience of never feeling like enough.

I credit much of my musical inspiration to the years I spent listening to my parents’ music in that house on Rhodes — this song acts as a tribute to that part of my childhood.

We demoed the track back in March as a COVID relief fundraiser to support local artists and friends struggling from unemployment and cut hours. When we recorded Rhodes Ave, on my birthday, the traditional jazzy feel and nostalgic vibe of the song perfectly fit the setting — the historic Sun Studio.

Listening to this song fills me with nostalgia for my childhood and reminds me of my family. The cover art is a picture of me with my brother on the porch of that house on Rhodes Ave and, fittingly, the song is my mom’s favorite Blvck Hippie track to date.

lyrics

The more I start to pay attention
The wallpaper looks the same

Is it a hallucination
a pitfall of this game

And once you notice the small things
You’ll see that I was wrong

I’m just another angry kid
With no home to say I belong

Chorus
Are you here

Is anyone home

Cause I love to come by uninvited and alone


Keep you eyes focused on mine
And maybe things will change

Never breaking contact
To show we both share the blame

of course I can't give you
The big yard and the dog

Just more empty promises
On the shoreline surrounded by fog

Chorus

credits

released September 4, 2020
Recorded at Sun Studios
Engineered by Crockett Hall
Mixed by Matt Qualls

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