Xeveous

Giving In (1995 Cassette Version)

Sat, 24 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

The original recording of “Giving In” — captured on a cassette tape in 1995 with nothing but a 12-string acoustic guitar and a voice. This is the raw, unprocessed version that was sent across the Atlantic from America to Malmö, Sweden as part of a mixtape.

What you hear is exactly what was on the tape: one take, one mic, one moment. The hiss, the room, the imperfections — they’re all part of it.

Giving In - AI Remaster

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The AI remaster of “Giving In” — originally written in the mid-1990s, recorded on a 12-string acoustic guitar onto a cassette tape, and sent across the Atlantic from America to Malmö, Sweden as part of a mixtape.

Nearly 30 years later, the cassette was digitized, the song was identified and analyzed, and brought back to life with modern production.

The opening line — “Circling around your house like a buzzard for the dead” — sets the scene: someone who knows they were wrong, pacing outside, rehearsing every stupid thing they said. By the chorus, the walls come down: “Baby open up. I’m giving in.”

Mouth Full of Crow

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“Mouth Full of Crow” is an AI remaster of “Giving In” reimagined in the style of 80s hair metal — big guitars, pounding drums, and vocals drenched in arena-rock attitude. The same lyrics about swallowing your pride and showing up at someone’s door, but this time you’re kicking it down in leather and hairspray.

The title comes from the line “Standing on your doorstep with a mouth full of crow” — eating crow, admitting you were wrong, but doing it with the volume cranked to eleven.

About Xeveous

Sat, 24 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Xeveous is the musical project of a songwriter who spent the late 1990s recording original songs onto cassette tapes and mailing them across the Atlantic — from America to Malmö, Sweden.

Those tapes were mixtapes sent to the woman who would become his wife. Alongside songs by The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, and R.E.M., he slipped in his own originals — songs about love, pride, distance, and giving in.