Jaguar

Jaguar is a song about a car. I think the chords are B, D, E and F#. It features some fantastic guitar playing.

Why Do You Love Me?

Why Do You Love me is a song written in August, 2010 from the chords D, C, G and F. It’s a soul-stirring song in which the narrator tries to determine what characteristics make him favorable to his sweetheart, so he may be able to emphasize these particular traits should things take a sour turn.

Run Wild

Run Wild is a Slushy song dating from July of 2010. The song is rare is the Slushy cannon, as it features a minor chord (C#m). Other chords used in the song are A, D and E, in their typical major variants.

The song is about eschewing sadness in favor of youthful exuberance.

I Just Wanna Be A Baby Now

I Just Wanna be a Baby is a song written in May of 2010, a collaboration between Max Epstein of Boshus and Chris Kramer of Slushy. Ben Haley of Boshus contributed the line. “I don’t want to be so small.”

The song was originally conceived as “I don’t want to be a baby,” but was changed at the suggestion of Alex Mentzer to the more affirming lyric.

The song uses the chords D, G and A.

She’s Going Away Now

She’s Going Away Now is a song by Slushy written in March of 2011. It features the chords Bb, C, F, G and D. It does not have a guitar solo.

This song about about a young woman who is presently leaving a particular place in favor of a different locale.

Baby with the Big Tape Head

Baby with the Big Tape Head is a pop song appearing on the Slushy Yellow EP. It was written by Max Epstein and originally performed by Boshus as “Baby with a Big Head”. The Slushy version features new lyrics and copious amounts of synthesized tape delay, earning the song its expanded title.

Baby with the Big Tape Head uses the chords E, A and D.

Seashine

Seashine was written in May, 2009, and features the chords A, F#, E and D.

Although the song is entirely instrumental, it passes through themes or serenity, longing, passion, anxiety, and sex.

Down to the Beach

Down to the Beach was written in March, 2009, and features the chords B, A, E, and F#.

It’s about wanting to go down to the beach.

NYC Girls

NYC Girls was written in May, 2003. It uses the chords A, D, E, and F#m. It was first recorded by the Stolen Kisses and released on ONE CDR by I’m Drinkin This tapes in 2008 (now out of print).

The song tells the story of a small-town boy who meets a titular NYC girl, and is enchanted by her, but she longs to return to her former life. And dancing.

Teenage Frankenstein

Teenage Frankenstein was first conceptualized in November, 2009, and finished in September, 2010. It’s comprised of the chords E, B, A, D and G.

The themes of the song are isolation, transformation, and self-empowerment. And Frankenstein.