Lime Castle EP/Happy Birthday Alexis!!

This is the Lime Castle EP. I like to think of it as the B-sides to Eloise. These songs are a bit more "noise-y" then previous works. With Eloise, I celebrated childhood. The concept behind this is drug-teenage-angst, in a way.

Also... today is Alexis' 19th birthday! Such a big girl she is. I dedicate this EP to her.

Lime Castle EP
01. Interference Hiss
02. The Water Is Gone
03. Frustration's Brainchild
04. Held In Red Arms
05. Lime Castle

Looking Forward To...

Lately a lot of stuff has been going on. Alexis, Jess and I have been coming up with our own material for a full length and as of late, another EP we want to get done before summer. That's when we're planning to start recording for the record. Until then, we want to find our sound and work on communicating like a band. I've also been recording stuff for 2 new EPs I have in mind.
One of them is basically a b-side EP to Eloise. By the way, I appreciate all the comments and compliments I've recieved. Thank you!

But...we're all take a break for a while. The ACT is coming up and we've all got a lot on our minds and on our plates right now so from here on out it's all about musing.

Eloise

Here it is. Eloise. I've been working on this since Fall of 2008. Eloise is the collective nostalgia of my boyhood, the nausea of the present and future. I put a lot of thought in the sounds and ideas of this whole thing, a lot of it was scrapped, took apart, reconstructed and redone.

Eloise is the name of a street I grew up on as a kid and where a lot of the projected memories took place. It was a dirt road with a lot of paper trees to climb. Summer was always the favored season of growing up.

The cover is a picture I took and edited of Alexis. I decided on it because she is the most nostalgic person I know. And she had a lot of influence on the writing process. She was a big help. I also want to thank Ben, Grant, Elliot, and Rach for being awesome and playing rad music. Thanks to Lyn, Tyler, Alex and Jeremy.

Eloise
01. Psiloflower
02. Smoke Vines
03. Marshmellow
04. Dropping The Muse
05. The Big Bones Of Time
06. Keweenaw Vortex
07. There's No Place Like No Place
08. Sleepy Tips
09. Dusk/Gloaming
10. Ihre Augen Sind Sehr Schön
11. It Will Always Be Okay

Accept It!!

After hearing that The Dandy Lions as a band name was taken, it eventually got under my skin and we decided to change the name.

The Dandy Lions are now know as In The Jaws Of A Dandy Lion.

Oh, yeah, and meet Jessica. She's the lovely girl in that photo and the newest member to In The Jaws Of A Dandy Lion. She's a rad poet and digs folk music and acoustic guitars and is an A student stoner. Some know her as Pips.

She's helping Alexis with the writing for an album we're in the mists of making. The ladies are doing a good portion of the work and I think it's badass.

Everything Under A Mushroom EP

Here it is, The Dandy Lions (In The Jaws of a Dandy Lion) first release.
Alexis and I recorded all the sounds on here.
Of course they've been altered to meet our wants. I used a completely different method to mix this stuff, more channeling, transitions into songs, etc. The cover art is a dandelion I was blowing out once while I tripped off of X in Jessica's yard.

Everything Under A Mushroom EP

01. White Trash

02. I Am The Gate That Let's The Flowers Into The Garden

03. Paper Knife

04. ...Tumbled Down The Stairs

05. Here Comes A Spare Moon

The Dandy Lions Are Born

Alexis, summer 2008.


The "group effort" that was talked about a while ago is now a reality. Alexis and I have started working on music together. We've decided on the name, The Dandy Lions. We're working on an EP that has 5 songs as of now and might even be turned into an album. Needless to say I'm excited because I've never really had the musical opportunity to work with other people like this, specially with someone so insightful and is my best friend.

Jearbear Hug Mix

01. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Poor Song"
02. The Tough Alliance - "Lucky"
03. Animal Collective - "Banshee Beat"
04. Goldfrapp - "Monster Love"
05. Bright Eyes - "Theme From Pinata"
06. Beach House - "D.A.R.L.I.N.G."
07. Giant Drag - "Slayer"
08. Radiohead - "House Of Cards"
09. Nico - "I'll Be Your Mirror"
10. The Mamas And The Papas - "Dream A Little Dream Of Me"
11. The Smiths - "Asleep"

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Imagination

Artist: Aryiana Sarah Golden

January EP

I can safely admit this is my most minimalist musical aproach I've done in a long time. I don't favor the sounds so much - but I'm doing for the sake of my new years resoultion and that was to make more music. And it was just plain fun to make. I miss that in the music I do. No more frustrations.

January EP
01. Ash Collects On The Rug
02. Barlowe's Guide To Extraterrestrials
03. Two Swell People

I "sing" on the last track. This is the first ever Spiid release with "vocals." Haha.

Resolutions...

My new years resolutions:

-Stop smoking.
-Look towards more natural methods to deal with things.
-Stop cussing as much.
-Make more tunes.
-Be a more peaceful person.


I will have a new untitled EP up on here in a couple of days. A couple of nights ago I stayed awake all night and recorded 7 songs with my new guitar. I rerecorded an old song I did a few years ago that I called "Sleep Song." I also recorded the acoustic jam for my dog that I talked about a while ago. This EP is really weird. Very different from what I usually do.

Happy New Years.