Debut LP from Gangbang Gordon! Consists of single recordings that accumulated over the course of the 2010 year. Stylistically all over the place — from nitty-gritty lo-fi punk jamz to softer, more primitive rock and roll. Will be made available to the masses on January 23 in MP3/CD format and on vinyl soon thereafter!
“I Thought (I Was)”
Going along with the trend.
1. “Union Song” – The Nightwatchman – I haven’t listened to this guy in a year, at least. This is a refreshing song, not one of his best, but politically meaningful at least.
2. “Pick Yourself Down” – Gangbang Gordon – (Warning: this is my own song). I wrote this song on a night that I just wanted to write a song. I made a decent chord progression and then just ad-libbed for five minutes. So lyrically it’s a piece of shit…example: “Might as well call your lawyer. Take a seat in the foyer. If you think you’re gonna wait long, better write a fuckin’ song to help you through the times, to help you un-wind, amount of stress you’re in it’s not even worth telling your kin.” Yeah, for real. One more example, if I may: “She doesn’t get English. She was born in Spain. Bilingual education won’t even give her a reign. All she is is hot, I ain’t talkin’ looks. Just look at her face, you will give her a book. She ain’t nothin’ but a reader. She ain’t nothin’ but Aretha. When she stretches her chords.” Okay, I’ll stop. If anyone wants to listen to this song, let me know.
3. “Hippys” – Black Lips – One of their best non-album tunes. I like its southern country punk slime like a Sherman in a Suuuuuueeeeeeeeebaaaaaahhhhhhruuuuuuueee.
4. “Red Red Wine” – UB40 – Also another song that I don’t play too much. It gives me too much ’90s nostalgia. Good and bad. Usually bad things were associated with song like the show COPS. I definitely appreciate it, though.
5. “Hang On, Siobhan” – The Walkmen – A downer of a song. Beautifully written and meaningful. Nice if I want to get all introspective and shit, but I rarely do.
6. “Losing Feeling” – No Age – I bumped this heavy last year around this time, I think. One of the most ambient-yet-catchy No Age songs pre-Everything In Between. The sped up punk towards the end is pure awesomeness.
7. “Imagine Pt. 3” – The Smith Westerns – I added this song on a limb a couple of weeks ago. They are similar to Magic Kids (at least on this song), but more British and Beatles sounding. Also, pretty MGMT like. I do like this. Not so sure their debut album stuck out, but this next one is shaping up to be a little better. We’ll see.
New numbers from Singles ’10!
“I Thought” is a pop tune about doing whatever you want. People might think they know what you’re going to do. In fact, you think you know what you’re going to do. You’re feeling squirrely. It’s the first song that I wrote that is more than guitar/vocal. I came up with the bass riff first and just went from there adding in a couple guitar riffs. The drumming is pretty mindless as is the toy piano/guitar solo at the very end. I think I panned certain instruments left/right so check it out on headphones.
“I’m Your Little Daddy” is one of the more punk angled tunes I’ve composed. It’s totally lyrically inspired by Nobunny. It’s about a kid who aspires to simply get into his lover’s bed and does that…but goes too far and becomes a little daddy. I tried my best at a distorted guitar solo.
“Pick Yourself Down” was recorded shortly after I began playing with an acoustic sounding effect. It’s about this uncle who has the flu and is just ranting. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
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