“Mirror Release Me” is based around a clavinet kind of riff, an instrument I was hooked on in my early teens.
I used to hunt down every old funk recording I could find (especially the lo-fi ones) and wrestled for years with mastering those clavinet arrangements on the guitar.
After a while, it became a part of the way I play, not only on funky stuff, but on many things.
The song itself was basically composed in transit. Meaning on the bus, or while walking to (and from) the studio.
The whole arrangement and lyrics was ready to go before I started to play and record it.
Visual art by James Roper