Era three
The songs, handed to a model
A song written for one voice and one guitar carries an arrangement it never got to have. These seven take songs from the archive and run them through Suno in styles they were never written for, which is the closest thing to hearing what a different life would have done with them.
Every video opens with a clip of the original recording before the rebuild starts, so the comparison is built into the listening rather than left to the listener.
What became what
The recording
Alex Merced - My Heart Stopped
Rebuilt as
My Heart Stopped
Disco house · 3:56
The recording
Alex Merced - Through The Darkness
Rebuilt as
Through the Darkness
Disco house · 3:29
The recording
These Days Video
Rebuilt as
These Days
Salsa · 2:12
The recording
Alex Merced - Scar and Stitches
Rebuilt as
Scars and Stitches
Rock · 3:55
Original not in the archive
An earlier song of his
Rebuilt as
Solemn Thoughts
Indie disco · 4:17
The recording
Alex Merced - The One Who Can't Be Loved
Rebuilt as
The One Who Can't Be Loved
Sultry indie disco · 4:29
The recording
NEW SONG Alex Merced - Try to Forget You
Rebuilt as
Try to Forget You
Sultry indie disco · 3:25
And newer songs, written with it
Beyond the rebuilds there are songs generated from scratch, filed on Suno under a style he describes himself asindie prog, metal, glitch, prog metal dub step disco melodic epic with intense guitar piano.
- 01Today Has Been GoodIndie prog
- 02Maps I Cannot FoldIndie prog
- 03Karaoke KingIndie prog
- 04Built it UpIndie prog
- 05Food is GoodIndie prog