4:48
Genre: Jazz noir / dark cabaret
Style: Dark, theatrical urban observation with a sense of looming decay, portraying the city as complicit and predatory rather than romantic
Tempo: Slow, dragging swing
Instruments: Upright piano with minor voicings, upright bass, brushed drums, distant muted trumpet
Vocal Style + Delivery: Spoken-growled baritone, deliberate pacing, phrases half-spat and half-confessed, theatrical restraint masking threat
Production Notes: Shadowy room reverb, piano creaks and pedal noise emphasized, low-end warmth suggesting weight and gravity, The city feels alive and watching
4:56
Genre: Lounge jazz noir
[Style: Dark, theatrical, spoken-growled vocal delivery]
Tempo: Mid-tempo shuffle with heavy drag
Instruments: Piano comping sparsely, bass pulsing steadily, brushed drums, muted sax responding like commentary
Production Notes: Dry, claustrophobic mix, instruments boxed tightly around the vocal, Fluorescent-lit sterility replaces warmth
3:23
Genre: Dark piano jazz / noir lament
[Style: Dark, theatrical, spoken-growled vocal delivery]
Tempo: Slow, dragging, deliberate
Instruments: Upright piano with minor and dissonant voicings, exposed bass lines, light brushed drums used sparingly
Production Notes: Close-mic piano capturing key clacks and pedal creaks, vocal nearly whisper-close and dry, silence treated as pressure, No polish, No warmth, Everything feels trapped in the room with the listener
4:36
Genre: Noir torch song
[Style: Dark, theatrical, spoken-growled vocal delivery]Tempo: Slow drag
Instruments: Minor-key piano, bass, brushed kit, muted trumpet sighs
Production Notes: Smoke-thick ambience, brass buried deep in the mix, Harmonic tension emphasized over melody
3:55
Genre: Spoken jazz noir / dark cabaret monologue
[Style: Dark, theatrical, spoken-growled vocal delivery]
Tempo: Free time, elastic and speech-led
Instruments: Upright piano punctuating phrases with minor chords and stabs, upright bass responding like commentary, brushed snare and cymbal accents used as punctuation
Production Notes: Live-room illusion with audible space and glass clinks, minimal processing, vocal dominant in the mix, Band reacts like accomplices instead of accompaniment, Timing imperfections and room noise intentionally preserved
5:01
Genre: Dark blues jazz / noir lament
[Style: Dark, theatrical, spoken-growled vocal delivery]
Tempo: Slow blues, heavy and dragging
Instruments: Upright piano sustaining low, weighted chords, upright bass anchoring the bottom end, brushed drum kit barely moving the air, faint organ pads hovering beneath the mix
Production Notes: Dense low-frequency presence, minimal dynamic lift, organ nearly subliminal, Vocals dry and close, creating pressure rather than intimacy, The song should feel like the room is shrinking
4:44
Genre: Experimental noir jazz vignette
[Style: Dark, theatrical, spoken-growled vocal delivery]
Tempo: Elastic and unmoored, collapsing and stretching around the vocal
Instruments: Sparse piano clusters struck irregularly, upright bass harmonics and low drones, cymbal swells and brushed metal textures, occasional detuned ambience
Production Notes: Long reverb decay with uneven tails, unstable stereo image, deliberate disorientation, Timing is secondary to atmosphere, Silence and decay are compositional weapons, The track should feel like it is remembering the listener, not the other way around