# We’ve only got your best interests in mind

Demo, News @ 29 March 2009, “4 Comments”

Here’s a work-in-progress demo for you (click to play, right-click and “Save Target As…” to download):

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Nothing_Can_Stop_You_Being_Mine_(Demo)_29-03-09.mp3

Those of you who have been paying attention will know that we’ve suffered some really crippling technical difficulties in the making of this album, and this song happens to be one of the two at the centre of them (the other being Year Zero). However, I found this test mix from before all that started, and as you haven’t heard this song for a while, I thought I’d upload it. Here’s the previous version, for sake of comparison:

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Nothing_Can_Stop_You_Being_Mine_15-6-08.mp3

The sound is still, as such, completely unproduced, and the vocals aren’t finalised at this point. The Queen-style guitar solo is also missing for reasons I can’t remember. But, this is you first chance to hear the lyrics (at least on the occasions when they’re audible), and you can get a better idea of what we’re going for in this song. Comments, criticisms and grovelling praise welcome as always.

Here are some other demos, in case you’ve missed any:

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Dead_on_My_Feet_(Again)_(Demo)_14-10-08.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Turn_Me_Up_(Demo)_8-12-08.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Other_People_(Demo)_30-1-09.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/City_and_Soke_(Demo)_17-02-09.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Soldier_On_Demo_15-9-08.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Year_Zero_(Demo)_29-10-08.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/One_for_the_Road_(Demo)_18-11-08.mp3

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/Pseudonym_(Demo)_10-11-08.mp3

4 Responses to “We’ve only got your best interests in mind”

  1. Ian Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 1:55 am

    I’m actually particularly fond of the hunter green / cream color combination – very well thought!

    But, it’d be cool to see some other combination.

    Sometimes when I’m working in the paint department at my job, I’ll try to recommend a dark brick red color to accent a beige/taupe color – VERY nice combination right there! I actually painted my dining room those colors!

  2. Ian Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 2:55 am

    ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?

    I just took a closer look at the images of your printed CDs, and I noticed that the hole in the cd was covering a large portion of the train. I thought to myself, “surely they must have been brighter than to ignorantly do that…”

    And then I saw it – the hole in the cd lines up perfectly with where the round nose cap on the train would be!! BRILLIANT! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!

  3. Eira Says:
    April 5th, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    Marine blue is a fine color.. and brown!

  4. Ian Says:
    April 6th, 2009 at 6:20 am

    Great suggestion – I second that one! (I’m imagining a rich brown color for the background with aqua-blue trim.)

    However, I think it might be better used during the “classical” age of The Home Guard.

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