On Good Morning's new double-serving, "Excalibur" and "Toy," the duo find themselves at the hands of remarkable happenstance, capturing their subconscious as they tinker through demos to create a relaxed, soft-rock quality of swash-buckling calm. The sheer coincidence of their recording made all the more peculiar when noting their conception in two isolated instances - much like their collaborative relationship, taking place parallel to one another.
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A live set staple and heavily anticipated by fans, "Excalibur" - like the sword - manifested itself in what Liam Parsons initially thought might come out as placeholder mumble while writing on tour.
“It was one of those weird times where I had all the words in my head ready to go without ever explicitly thinking about them. Las Vegas is a strange and messed up place at the best of times, but when you feel like the world is gonna end it becomes even weirder. I remember walking around in the morning and the streets were pretty quiet and it was the day that the Killers put out that song ‘Caution’ (Las Vegas banger). I listened to that on a loop and was looking at all these mock versions of world landmarks and just quietly freaking out about my future.” - Liam Parsons
Lyrically, "Toy" considers a bar encounter that Stefan Blair "probably shoulda just left" he explains, swooning instrumentally through a crescendo of strings, woodwind and synths. Inspired by the opening string suite of Chet Baker’s cover of "You Better Go Now," while hanging out in a public park -
“I paused it immediately because I could hear what became ‘Toy’ in my head. I hurried home and demoed the song pretty quickly, nervous that I would forget what I had imagined in the park. Don’t think something like that has ever happened to me before, but it's cool it can." - Stefan Blair
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