Lavender Is Known For Its Relaxing Qualities

**"Lavender Is Known For Its Relaxing Qualities"** is a song by Negative Øhio. It was their third song, and is a chaotic wall of noise mixing Grindcore, free improvisation and completely mismatched relaxing lyrics to go along with the sonic chaos. It is labeled as genres such as Extreme Metal, Experimental, Harsh Noise and Jazz Fusion.

It was released on September 3rd, 2018 digitally. It was later also released on the album *Metal Is Girly And Gay (And That's Okay)*.

## Composition

The song consists of two main sections; one where Gigakoops sings and Nightmare Lyre plays guitar, and one where it is vise versa. Gigakoops' verse is growled in English, while Nightmare Lyre's verse is screamed in Norwegian. Each of their guitar tracks are also copied and tuned down to create the illusion of a bass track.

The rhythm section of the song consists of many different layers of drums and percussion; a toy drum set, a *Rock Band* video game drum controller, a nutshell shaker and a custom vibraslap-like instrument are all played on top of each other in freeform improvisation. The idea being to make the song sound as chaotic as humanly possible.

Lyrically the song is inspired by ASMR, trying to make lyrics that are as relaxing as possible to contrast against the sonic chaos that is the instruments.

The song is in a freeform tempo, with the guitars and vocals trying to at least somewhat sync up with the drums.

## Lyrics

[VERSE 1]

You are at the beach, relaxing on a warm, summer day. The sun is shining bright, and a light breeze covers you. Keeping you cool on this hot, summer day.

On the horizon you see the sea; vast, blue and beautiful. You watch as the tide gently brushes up against the shore. And the waves in the distance give a spectacular view.

With a cool drink in your hands, you enjoy the comfort of your chair. The shade blankets you, keeping you nice and comfortable. You take a sip of your drink, cool and refreshing.

The nearby lavender field gives off a lovely fragrance. The smell takes you back to a time when there was no worry. Where you could relax and enjoy all the small things in life. You are relaxed.

[VERS 2]

Tenk deg at du er på en øy langt, langt borte. Det er en sval bris som blåser inn mellom palmetrærne, mens solen sakte går ned i horisonten. Du går ned til den varme sanden og puster inn den friske sjøluften. På stranden står det en behagelig strandstol under en flott ny parasoll. Ved stolen er det et bord med et glass fylt til randen med din yndlingsdrink.

Du setter deg ned og tar en deilig slurk av drinken. Du ser utover havet, der solen speiler seg vakkert i bølgene. Nesten som en dans av lys og farger. Sjøbrisen rundt deg bringer med seg alle slags deilige dufter fra naturen rundt deg. Lukten av lavendel blomster svever rundt deg mens du lener deg bak og nyter tilværelsen.

Det finnes ikke en eneste bekymring i verden. Den eneste tanken i hodet ditt er hvor deilig dette øyeblikket er. Du kan endelig bare slappe av.

## Trivia

* The title comes from a spam thread from the now defunct Rock Band forums. It was also chosen to convey a sense of calm and relaxation.
* A clean version without vocals was released on the April Fool's EP *Unplugged Vol. 1: The Most Grating Hits*.

## References

1. ↑ https://negativeohio.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-is-known-for-its-relaxing-qualities
2. ↑ https://genius.com/Negative-hio-lavender-is-known-for-its-relaxing-qualities-lyrics
3. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Negative-%C3%98hio-Lavender-Is-Known-For-Its-Relaxing-Qualities/release/12472877