Henzl and the Egg
By NickLong on May 9, 2026 12:20 pm
This week I've gone for an indie vibe, but to mix it up a bit I put it in 7/8.
The theme is an egg being laid then wondering about what life will be like in the outside world before hatching into a bird. Inspired by my son Henry (Henzl) who wanted me to write a song about boiled eggs when asked for a theme. He's not fully satisfied as this is a hatching egg and he thinks the song should be metal.
Compositionally it's very vanilla using the classic sliding an E shaped barre chord around while leaving the E and B strings to ring. I did it on the strat I keep down tuned to D for metal which gave it a bit more depth. If I was being less lazy I'd have put an acoustic on it as well.
Tech Used
Bitwig
Eclipsed Solaria on vocals
Strat mostly middle pickup through Morgan and Misha from Neural DSP
Squire Jazz Bass through Darkglass Ultra
Modern and massive doing a good job of indie drums.
A bit of super plate reverb.
The lead sound I got in the middle and end was from Neural DSP Morgan AC20 and I'm super impressed with how much like a nice amp in the room it sounds even down to the lovely bloom on the note sustain at the outro.
Lyrics
Laid down in golden straw
Warmed by the feather
I cannot hope to dream
Of how I'll settle
The speckled home we made
Is getting closer
I know the day has come
To make my own way
Cracks are forming
Breaking out
My eyes can see the light
Legs escaping
Lungs are breathing
I'll be taking flight
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)
