/Domestic Utopia

When Mark left Descend Here, it was directly after we'd released our EP Destroy All Ornaments. In fact, our break-up gig was the gig directly after the cd launch. I was pissed, because the EP had taken two very long years to record, and we were sitting on at least three possible radio singles; Letters Of Complaint, A Change To Your Address and this. Hell, even Christian's House was pretty rad.

So I chucked a bit of a hissyfit. Which I think was understandable, although now I can see he had very good, career-related reasons for leaving (we're close mates now) and it ended up being really good for both of us, particularly as I think by that time our writing styles were becoming extremely divergent and any longer and I think we probably would've been heading into dysfunctional Go-Betweens relationship territory.

Anyway, end result was that I re-released two of the tracks as Tomás Ford solo tracks. Because it just would've been stupid to leave them after so much work. Mark wasn't very happy about it; I think he is still a little miffed about it, but they were the only recordings I had for a long time and he kinda left me in a tight spot. 

I wrote this while doing a prodution of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates Of Penzance, in which I played Frederic. I had a singing lesson in Mandurah, so I stayed overnight in my parents' place in Rockingham and freaked out with excitement over the small domestic comforts I'd done without since moving out with Eleesha. I wrote this on a rickety Transperth bus on the way Mandurahwards.

19/05/2008