Veronica Start

6. Hard Song

words & music © 1999 Veronica Start. All rights reserved.

produced by John Shepp and Veronica Start

recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, Canada

mixed by John Shepp

vocals & programming by Veronica Start

programming, guitars, bass, drums by John Shepp

“We really shouldn’t talk about her now, cuz she went wrong.”

Hard Song is a tale about a teenage girl from my hometown that developed a very public mental illness. I’ll have to change names to protect the dignity of the person so…

5. Save Me

words & music © 1999 Veronica Start. All rights reserved.

produced by John Shepp and Veronica Start

recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, Canada

mixed by John Shepp

vocals & programming by Veronica Start

programming, guitars, bass, percussion by John Shepp

Save Me is a very personal song, the first true confession I ever made in the studio. There were many attempts to capture a performance where my voice didn’t crack or I wasn’t triggered into tears but the desire to create a potent…

4. Mr. Ulterior

words & music © 1999 Veronica Start. All rights reserved.

produced by John Shepp and Veronica Start

recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, Canada

mixed by John Shepp

vocals & programming by Veronica Start

programming, guitars, bass, percussion by John Shepp

“Cover me with veils of happy. Cover me with smoke.”

Since I was about 13 years old, I was a product of my environment. The ‘party culture’ was a  rite of passage, growing up in Grande Prairie’s oil boom times.  Smoking…

3. Supersonic Wave

words & music © 1999 Veronica Start. All rights reserved.

produced by John Shepp and Veronica Start

recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, Canada

mixed by John Shepp

vocals & programming by Veronica Start

programming, guitars, bass, drums by John Shepp

 "I can't take another day like this, without your steamin' touch and your fever bliss" 

At first, I felt a little shy about writing about this song since it’s rather explicit. At least that’s what iTunes parental advisory…

2. Why the Sky

words & music © 1999 Veronica Start. All rights reserved.

produced by John Shepp and Veronica Start

recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, Canada

mixed by John Shepp

vocals & programming by Veronica Start

programming, guitars, bass, drums by John Shepp

Trusting oneself is exactly what we fail to do when we are addicted. We keep letting our promises to ourselves become changeable, unrecognizable, morphing into other ideas that best soothe our discomfort, and especially our anger…