Aware - SHAPE

[chris_shape_drummer]

Genre

Rock

Instruments

Ultimate Heavy Drums, Superior Drummer, Kontakt, Neural DSP Nolly X and Parallax

Effects

FabFilter, Slate All-Access, Waves, Soothe2, Flatline 2

Special techniques

Top-down mixing

Released when

September 12, 2025

Just released a new track to Spotify. We don't have a lyric video made yet for YouTube, should be coming soon.
Tracked, mixed and mastered in Studio One 7. The whole song is a lighter rock song until the very end, then a breakdown comes in to add some weight and a different vibe to finish out the song.

 

[chris_shape_drummer]

Hopefully you have Spotify, I didn't realize how short the preview track is.

 

[FenderDude]

Hi thanks for posting. I looked up your track on Spotify since the preview was short. The drums are awesome! There's a definite "Tool" influence. I am following you guys now on Spotify. By the way I really like the guitar work on "The Fool I Am". Regards!

 

[chris_shape_drummer]

Hi thanks for posting. I looked up your track on Spotify since the preview was short. The drums are awesome! There's a definite "Tool" influence. I am following you guys now on Spotify. By the way I really like the guitar work on "The Fool I Am". Regards!

Thanks man, appreciate it very much!

 

[chris_shape_drummer]

Finally got the lyric video up

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[Gerran]

Awesome! I'm not on Spotify, so I only now heard this full length song. Amazing mix! Drums are phenomenal and I totally agree with the earlier reference to Tool. Good job on the vocals as well, they sit just right in the balance.

 

[chris_shape_drummer]

Awesome! I'm not on Spotify, so I only now heard this full length song. Amazing mix! Drums are phenomenal and I totally agree with the earlier reference to Tool. Good job on the vocals as well, they sit just right in the balance.

Thank you!

 

[Craig Anderton]

I like the NIN vibe, especially the bass in the beginning. Glad the vocals got mixed a little higher!! There's nothing I'd change (do you realize how rare it is for me to say that?!?), great stuff, well done, good call on the variation on the arrangement. Would have listened to it sooner based on your previous stuff, but Spotify's 2FA drives me nuts.

I hear hints of you breaking outside of the constraints of your chosen genre, like the switchup in "I'm Aware." That's extremely cool. I'd encourage you to continue pushing for ways to continue taking your sound even further into the unknown. Of course, this is not even remotely a criticism - I really like what I'm hearing! I just always want more

 

[tpittman]

Great recording, mixing and Mastering and In Studio One to boot!!
I was expecting the end to fade with the heavy rock music.
I like what was done just expecting a different end.
Again, fantastic song and production!!

 

[chris_shape_drummer]

Great recording, mixing and Mastering and In Studio One to boot!!
I was expecting the end to fade with the heavy rock music.
I like what was done just expecting a different end.
Again, fantastic song and production!!

Thank you!

 

[chris_shape_drummer]

I like the NIN vibe, especially the bass in the beginning. Glad the vocals got mixed a little higher!! There's nothing I'd change (do you realize how rare it is for me to say that?!?), great stuff, well done, good call on the variation on the arrangement. Would have listened to it sooner based on your previous stuff, but Spotify's 2FA drives me nuts.

I hear hints of you breaking outside of the constraints of your chosen genre, like the switchup in "I'm Aware." That's extremely cool. I'd encourage you to continue pushing for ways to continue taking your sound even further into the unknown. Of course, this is not even remotely a criticism - I really like what I'm hearing! I just always want more

Appreciate the awesome feedback! We definitely are trying to branch into different areas of music with our upcoming music, glad it's being noticed