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Janus

"Eyesore"

In our never-ending quest to give you the best music available, we present the Revolver Bootleg series. Throughout each month, we'll post cool, new, and often-exclusive tracks right here for you to hear before anyone else. This installment is a special acoustic version of "Eyesore", off hard rockers Janus' debut, Red Right Return (REALID). Frontman David Scotney fills us in on the song below.

REVOLVER What’s this song about?

DAVID SCOTNEY “Eyesore” is about listening to your own voice, not letting others influence your thoughts and decisions, and being true to yourself. The title, “Eyesore,” is meant to define that moment of awareness where you realize the consequence of not following your own voice.
 

Which part of it did you come up with first?

Mike developed the intro/main riff and very quickly brought a vision of the string sections that became the core of the song. There was a quality to that riff that felt larger than life and almost anthemic. That vibe really became the inspiration behind building the rest of the song.
 

Was this an easy song to write? Why or why not?

The music actually came together rather quickly but the vocals for the chorus took the most time. It was really challenging to complement that guitar part with a vocal melody because we felt it was so strong and Dave wanted to support it and not compete with it.
 

Most people know the version of this song on the radio. What do you get out of playing it acoustic?

Playing it acoustic, we felt, highlights the melody of the song which gives it a different vibe than the heavy version. It also highlights the string arrangements that were written to accompany the song giving them much more space to breath instead of having them sit amongst all the layers of the album version.
 

What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?

So far the feedback has been great. We've had a lot of fans tell us that it doesn't sound like anything else out there which is great to hear. We have had a lot of fans tell us that they identify with the lyrics and we've notice fans singing along to that song in particularly in our live shows.
 

Janus: "Eysore (Acoustic)"