Chords for Becca Stevens Band - "Perfect Animal EPK"

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[Em] I wouldn't call this [E] record a departure for me.
I would think of it more as a continuation along the path that I was already on.
I see my whole life that [G] way.
I see everything is [B] connected through [E] inspirations and my experiences and [Em] even [A] when it veers this way or [G] this way, it's still this long [E] road, this long [C] continuation of my [G] experiences and what I'm [E] inspired by.
When we recorded Weightless, I [B] decided to only [Bm] record the parts that we [E] could perform live.
[Em] So everything you [E] hear would be basically exactly what [Em] you would hear if you came and heard the band [A#] playing that music live.
[C] When we went into the [G] studio to do Perfect [Bm] Animal, I [E] decided to really take advantage of the opportunities [A] of the studio [A#] and I chose [G] a producer who [D] also, his vision also was to go down that road, [A#] which was _ super fun [G] for me because that's how I [C] think anyway when I'm writing.
[D] I have all these layers and ideas that are in my head and so [C] I was able to like go [A] deep into that and really have fun with it. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ I found Scott [E] Solter when I was searching for a [B] producer for Perfect Animal.
Scott has worked with Superchunk, [Bm] Eric Friedlander, John Vanderslice, [A] St.
Vincent, _ [C#] Spoon, Mountain [E] Goats, [F#m] lots of people.
Listening [E] to Scott's work, [C] I was really drawn to [F#] specifically [C#m] the [A#] drums and the low end [C#] of his recordings, but [C] also how he layers different sonic ideas and [C#] I thought that that would pair really nicely with my music.
[D] The songs that I was [B] writing after Weightless [Bm] were [D] a bit simpler and a bit [B] heavier and I was looking for someone [C] who could handle that. _
[E] Day one.
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Day one.
[G] I mean [C] even in the first [Bm] five days when we were only trying to get the [C] bare bone structure [G] of the songs, listening back [E] I had chills [G] everywhere and I was like yes, [G] this is what I want to be the core [Am] of my next record.
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_ [C] _ _ [Bm] My band is [Am] such a huge [F] part of my process, [C] especially now after having [G] played with them for almost ten [Am] years with the same [F] group of [C] people.
Yeah, I couldn't do this without [Bm] them.
If someone can't make it, I'll play the music solo [E] or we'll do a duo or trio.
[C] It's a [D] band.
It's not that I just hired these three guys for this one show.
My [Em] writing inspires their [D] playing and then their [G] playing inspires my writing.
_ [Gm] I was coming from [Em] a place of understanding [C] my own emotional growth.
[Dm] It was a transitional [D] time and I [E] think a lot of the songs expose that, sort of opening [Gm] up and strengthening.
And so the music [Dm] to me sounds like that too, coming [F] from Weightless which was much more contained than this which feels like it's stronger and [E] more open.
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[G#m] _ _ [C#] There's a song on [E] the record called Imperfect [G#m] Animals which for a while I [C#] was thinking would be the [E] title of the record, partly because [D#] that song exemplifies a lot of what I go through in my [G#m] process as an artist [F#] and [E] also the process of making this record which is [G#m] striving for perfection [C#m] even though you know that it's [E] not possible [G#m] or even totally [F#] necessary.
So [C#] there's this pull [E] of the striving [G#m] which I think is a big part of what [D#m] makes me who I am and then also [E] the understanding and the acceptance that [F#] nothing will ever be perfect.
So that song is called [G#] Imperfect Animals and [G#m] I chose [F#] to simplify [E] that a little bit and also make it just a tiny [C#] bit more confident by calling it [A#] Perfect Animals.
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I am so [B] excited about this record.
[D#m] This is my [G#] favorite record that I've ever made [A#] and it is rare for me to say that right after I've finished making [C#] it.
Usually [C#] at this point in the [A#m] process I'm so sick of hearing it [G#] and all I want to do is [F#] make another record.
But I [B] actually enjoy listening [B] to this one a lot.
[C#] I took my [F#] time with the process [A#m] even though that was [A#] stressful and [B] expensive at times.
Now I have this finished product that I'm really [F#] proud of and really excited to share. _ _ _
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