Recording and mastering by James Phillips at Mangum Street Grocery in Durham NC; mixing and additional recording by Gio Mesto at Studio Magik in Chapel Hill NC, November 2024.
Cover painting by Edward Max Fendley
Cole Nichols - Bass, Piano, Synthesizer
Dexter Moses - Alto Sax
Joseph Silvers - Electric Guitar
Matt DeBellis - Electric Guitar, Sampler, Vocals
Will Kitchin - Drums, Vocals
Side 1 is a remix of "Group Grope" from the Fairy Tale EP, Side 2 is a remix of "Pits" from the Rehash EP, plus some new and old sounds to close out 2024. Recorded April-Rocktober 2024 at home in Chapel Hill NC
Lathe cut 10" records by Tangible Formats (thanks, Wes!). All the end loops on side B are unique to each record! Check out a video here.
Recorded August-September 2024 in Chapel Hill NC
Instruments:
Roland SP-404MKII sampler
Yamaha PSR E363 keyboard
Fender Squire Strat Electric Guitar
Evans SE150 amplifier
Egg shaker
Metal guitar slide
Cover inspired by The Sea-Ders
Samples:
Carl Perkins
Cuba
The Double Feature
Gio Mesto
Lydia Lunch
Peter Finch
Thievery Corporation
Recorded July 2024 in Chapel Hill.
Features:
Roland SP-404MKII sampler
Yamaha PSR E363 keyboard
Samples:
Accelera Deck
Amp
Arab Strap
The Asteroid #4
Bardo Pond
Beatles
Dino
George Lamond
Jermain Stewart
Krystol
Matt DeBellis
Mogwai
Piano Magic
Transient Waves
Trinere
Cover idea borrowed from John, Ringo, and Julian.
Instruments:
Roland SP-404MKII
Yamaha PSR E363 keyboard
Human Voice
Samples:
Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon
Flux
Patience & Prudence
The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra
Martin Short
Riffs
Bardo Pond
Recorded at home in Chapel Hill.
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Cole - Bass, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Joseph - Guitar
Matt - Guitar, Sampler, Vocals
Will - Drums, Vocals
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by James Phillips at Markham Groceries Studio in Durham NC, May 2024.
All song by Gio Mesto.
"OJ" co-written with Joel Floyd.
"Nugs" samples "We Can Make It If We Try" by The Sylvers.
Artwork by Nikki B Collage
New tunage with the Roland SP-404MKII, plus:
Fender Squire Strat Electric Guitar
Evans SE150 amplifier
Human voice
Egg shaker
Metal Guitar Slide
Samples:
Attilio Mineo
Sal Mineo
Listen Up
CeCe Rogers
Arts & Crafts
The Rascals
Windy and Carl
Mark Adams/Slave
Kaleidoscope
Johnny Harris Orchestra
Spoonfed Hybrid
Tommy Roe
Jason Paul
Tom Zé
War Of The Worlds
Marty Gold & His Orchestra
The Playground
Pop Workshop
Bill Ding
Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon
Friar Tuck
The Newtrons
Brood XIX Cicadas
Cover borrowed from The Kinks
Originally a CDR demo that was sold in the UK during a short tour in April 2004, and mailed out to labels throughout 2003.
"Wait 4 Ever" originally by Swirlies. Vocals and bass by Beth Varden.
"Sushi Blues" also features Beth on bass and vocals. She plays guitar on "Right Arm" and "The True Meaning Of Winter", too!
"The True Meaning Of Winter" also features Rob Girardi on guitar and Dave Bergander on percussion.
All songs by Caruso except where noted above. Mastered by Guy Fixsen.
Photography, artwork, inspiration and design courtesy of Mark Robinson/Teenbeat Graphica. Type set in Teenbeat 611. Thank you to Mark for everything, ever!
Vinyl pressed at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville NC. Limited copies of 100 on opaque pink vinyl.
Recorded at home in Chapel Hill.
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Tracks 6-9 ("Scrambleverse"), recorded October 24, 2023.
Tracks 10-14 ("Screw-Up"), recorded October 28, 2023.
The cassette will be 13 tracks but all purchases give you a download to all tracks (many more tracks are being added daily)."
CD limited to first 17 tracks.
Photo: Patrick Hinkle
Mastered by Brian John Mitchell.
Available at https://brokensoundtapes.bandcamp.com/album/aspirin-age-volume-three-a-shoegaze-compilation. Features remixes of a Gallus Mag song and a Riffs song (CD and digital only).
Tracklist:
1.Cigarettes for Breakfast - Hollywood Daydream 06:58
2.Lilys - Won't Make You Sleepy 06:43
3.Magic Shoppe - Have You Seen Bella? 02:58
4.Funeral Homes - Lucid (want to) 02:38
5.Caustic Flowers - Foxhole 02:42
6.Paper Angels - Place In Line 03:31
7.Central Pacific State Beach - Apparition of Metamorphosis 01:26
8.Black Massive Sun - Amour Fou 03:53
9.White Cascade - Timeline 04:06
10.Stoney Point - No Way 04:50
11.Gallus Mag - Newer Face 04:51:
12.Rainsong - Karoshi 03:08
13.Tommy Tipton - Lost in April 04:06
14.Riffs - Rosa Winkel 05:51:
15.Shades of Violet - A Matter Of Time 03:14
16.9-volt velvet - Blues From a Gun 03:50
17.Sunlotus - Glass-like Dreams 06:40
18.Olympus Mons - Automate 05:36
19.Nick & Jeff Discover Infinity - Utopian Meditation 03:15
20.Skot Kremen - Condone 03:48
21.Kerosene Eyes - Sol 03:07
22.Caramel Snow - Soft Hearted 04:15
23.Treyverb - The Faherty Convention 02:01
24.Goodbye Ranger - Memories and the Sky 03:43
25.Always Other - Waning Moon 04:17
26.Dark Patterns - The Screws 05:28
27.Van Goght - Absent 03:02
28.Lumari - Starlit 03:47
29.Muscle Mass - You Can't Always Know 01:54
30.Dramamine - Hypnotized 04:57
31.Tombstones In Their Eyes - We Are Gold 04:32
Second compilation featuring mostly NC bands:
Angel Boy Cow (Will from Gallus Mag, late 2010s)
Riffs (Matt from Gallus Mag, 2010s- early 2020s)
Cicaeda (from Baltimore, around 1996-2005)
Clok-Lok (originally from Carrboro, late 90s/early 00s)
Karōshi (originally from Chapel Hill, late 2010s/20s)
Bringerer (originally from Chapel Hill, mid 00s)
All tracks recorded in Chapel Hill, NC, except #2, parts of which were recorded in Durham, NC. All songs by Riffs. Most songs reappear in a different form on a previous release from another year.
Recorded at Studio Magik in Chapel Hill NC
