Story Behind The Song

How to Shut Down is an instrumental that delves into feelings of depression and melancholy, it stirs into an anxious feeling of abrasive distress, then falls into a space of acceptance of the complex array of emotions.

Song Description

The song starts with a melancholy, emotive, piano driven intro. Underlying the piano are ambient soundscapes and distant guitar feedback. An electronic syncopated beat is introduced with the piano and soundscapes continue. The piano melody then changes introducing a dynamic pause of all the other instruments. Heavy distorted guitars are introduced as the song moves into a dynamic abrasively distressed mood. Long sustaining guitar chords and several moving synths bring a sense of suspense around the repeating piano melody. The song then drops into mellow introspective guitar melody bringing the song to a close.