Muse Break

After 10 months of almost non-stop work with Spiid it has pretty much left my creative well drained. And I'm just getting bored. I'm taking a break from doing any new tunes for a while. But before I do that, I'm gonna be posting a new EP on the blog here in the new couple of days.

Writting for the In The Jaws Of A Dandy Lion summer album has kicked back up again. If anything, during the break, I would work on some new demos with the girls. I also have something planned with False Color that I think is pretty rad, it's a neat, fresher idea.

Peace.

For Alexis

First off, everyone have a great Easter. I will be blissfully sitting on my ass and eatting candy all day, I'm sure.

Secondly, this song is for Alexis. The famous face on the cover of Eloise. My bandmate, my Ivy Belk, my Beastman, my Bella, here is your lullaby.

This song is a sonic description of a night Alexis and I had together in the winter. We walked around in the falling snow, they really looked like diamonds. We layed in the snow in the park and watched the stars through double vision. I remember hearing how fast my heart was beating because of the drugs.

No Two Stars Alike (For Alexis)

Spring Break 2009 (Update 2)

Thanks to everyone that wished me a happy birthday! It was a lot of fun. I thought I'd post some pictures from the said event. This spring break has been a lot of fun. New tunes coming soon... Until then, you should go check out Grant's blog to wish him a belated birthday and check out his new song, "Translations." By the way, the cake was supposed to say "Happy Entering Day."

Spring Break 2009 (Update 1)

This Spring Break seemingly won't break 35 degrees...tops. So I guess Old Man Winter's back isn't broken yet. On the other hand, I've been pretty lazy with making new tunes. I want to say that Spiid is sleeping for a bit, but I've always been a bit of an insomniac. The same could be said with Jess, Alexis and I. We've been outlining and conversating over and over again about plans for an album. I don't think any significant results will show until around Summer. It's still fun to talk about it though. Should be a real treat. We've been slowly and surely working on some new material. I can happily say that we have more of a "sound" now.

Late Night Post

Can't sleep...so here's a new tune. I wish this is what I was dreaming.

Emission

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