Sunday, January 10, 2010

Bass of the Mushroom EP

With practice over this last Saturday, and approval from all members, there really isn't any point in waiting anymore. We started recording this back in November. And it's been done since mid-December. The title came from the idea that we wanted to utilize Angel and her bad-ass bass skills a little more than we did on the album. We kept this a little more raw, and tried to use the type of experimentation we used on Everything Under a Mushroom...hopefully you'll be able to pick up on that. I think the songs are kinda hard to get into, but I'm actually really proud of this material. My favorite track is Laser Baked. All of the keyboard and guitar sounds are from me. While Angel provided bass, and Alexis wrote and sang these songs. Nightstalking is a redone outtake from Ghostattica.





















Bass of the Mushroom EP
01. I Want You
02. Nightstalking
03. Let's Away with the Rest of Today
04. Laser Baked
05. The Pajamas with 1,000 Eyes
06. You are my Missing Puzzle Piece

The photo was taken during the Fall of 2009 when we were hanging out at Fort Smashed and Angel gave me a dead flower. It was either this or an innocently naked photo of Alexis, haha.

8 comments:

The Ghosts of Birds said...

I shall download this today!

rachel evans said...

I am listening to this right now, and it is fucking amazing! I love the chick vocals, very punk! Especially the first track. I have to say it's my favorite on this release!!!!!

rachel evans said...

also, I really really like this cover too!

Grant Evans said...

Laser Baked is my favorite too. Really great release! I agree with Rachel about the druggy punk vibes.

Spiid said...

Thanks you guys. :) Not only does that make me feel pumped, but the girls too.

The Ghosts of Birds said...

Man, I'm the only one who couldn't listen to this. My download didn't work right. Hmmphf!! I shall try again today. I can't right now (at work). I am very excited though! Thanks again for checking out the Modern Lamps release. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

rachel evans said...

innocently naked photo??? that would have been super sweet too! just saying...hahahaha

Spiid said...

I fixed the link, Elliott. And yeah, I thought about the naked photo. But how much nakedness can this blog take? ;P