Someone Else's Dream

Album: Time Capsule (2022)
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Songfacts®:

  • Particle Kid, the alter ego of Micah Nelson (Willie's son), writes songs with a very open mind. Dreams and alternate realities are a common theme in his music, and here, he steps into someone else's dream, where anything is possible. "I remember writing this song in about five minutes sitting on a couch one day," he said in a Songfacts track by track. "It was one of those rare songs that just happens, and sort of writes itself. It started out with a more swingy, folky, acoustic guitar feel as a little voice memo and then, as a studio recording, it evolved into more of a fuzzed-out shoe-gazy thing, or kinda somewhere in between."
  • J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. plays guitar on this track. Nelson and Mascis first met in Amsterdam at a Neil Young show; Nelson was thrilled to get him on this track because he's always been a huge Dinosaur Jr. fan.
  • Nelson played guitar and drums on this track. The female vocals are by Sunny War, who records as a solo artist and often collaborates with Nelson and Chris Pierce. Paul Bushnell, a session player who worked on the movie The Commitments, added bass.

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