Over the pandemic I decided to record some ideas for a project I had been thinking about for a while. I wanted to record instrumental music in a trio-ish format (guitar, bass, drums). This sort of thing is very nostalgic to me and I wanted to make it sound inspired by bands my friends Jake (rip) and Ben (rip) and I listened to growing up, often in earshot of my Dad (rip, also his grave is pictured on the back art for the lp, as well as on the “Maisie” single art. Photo and concept by me). Bands like At The Drive In, Sunny Day Real Estate, Wax Wing, Foo Fighters, Supergrass, Pearl Jam, Social Distortion, Queens of the Stone Age, Smashing Pumpkins, Bouncing Souls, Sonic Youth, AFI, etc. I wanted to pay homage to Ben and Jake while also paying homage to all the bands I loved growing up that are now without a lead singer. Bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Alice In Chains, Mother Love Bone, Blind Melon, to name a few. I wanted it to symbolize the absence of a lead singer to reflect the absence of so many lead singers of that era. As for the last song on the album, my friend Greg (from
@theiiagency ) generously let me use his vocal 🙏 to build a 90s inspired rock ballad of his song “Maisie” which he says in the chorus, “Bring me roses on my grave, bring me rock ‘n roll love.” I felt this was the perfect way to end the album which had been my musical “moment of silence” up to that point in the album for my friends and for those bands. Having finished the album with this vocal and lyric, I felt it opened the door for future cloudy bright records that feature a lead vocal/vocals. This gets me excited for future possibilities with the project and the development it could take from here. Thanks so much to
@t.cutforth for the incredible guitar work featured on “Territorial Jesus,” “Cut Slow,” and “Maisie.” All other parts written, performed and recorded by yours truly. All art by me, with special thanks to
@jenniferlbuse for the photoshop oversight. Special thanks to
@tangibleformats for turning this into such an incredible a vinyl record experience. Thanks for listening. Caleb #indierock #diy #vinyl #vinyllp #rock #rocknroll #diyvinyl #emo #emomusic #rockon