The St. Louis indie rock staple Lobby Boxer has two guitarists now; the addition of Jack Catalanatto changed the writing process for the band’s latest album. The songs on “Head Shoulders Knuckles Floor” represent the new way forward. For this episode, the band gave me instrument and vocal multitrack files of the song "Stain Helicopter" from the recording session at Birdcloud Studios in Collinsville, engineered by Ryan Wasoba. They also gave me the original demo of the song, recorded by Eric Hudson of Foxing. I talked with the band last month over remote connection.

Songs Out Loud breaks it down, instrument by instrument, lyric by lyric, and beat by beat.

Foxing is a rock band from St. Louis. They are currently on tour celebrating their new album Foxing. For this episode, Eric Hudson and Conor Murphy break down the song "Greyhound."

Songs Out Loud presents isolated vocal and instrument tracks, along with personal narratives from the songwriters, as a documentary-style look into the creative process.

Songs Out Loud is produced by Aaron Doerr.

“The Big One” is a reflection about forecasting fear that cannot be known. There’s a story about an earthquake. There’s invented open tunings, and open hearts, there’s crying in bed at night in the woods of a military base. There’s a multidude of studio musicians, artful scoring and arranging, and a smart, eager protagonist ready to face her fears. This song, along with a few favorites on Lizzie Weber’s new album Fidalgo, goes super cinematic folk rock.

For this episode, Lizzie provided the demo she and her guitarist used as the foundation, plus, ten isolated instrument and vocal groups from recording and mixing engineer Sheldon Gomberg, executive producer.

Season 3 of Songs Out Loud episodes are taped in front of a live audience. For this one, we gathered in the upstairs lounge of The Royale Food & Spirits. Weaving isolated instrument and vocal tracks in and out of personal narratives, Songs Out Loud Breaks it down: instrument by instrument, lyric by lyric, and beat by beat.