{"product_id":"sorcs-80","title":"SORCS 80","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis album was a self imposed ambitious project for us. Something to kick in the creative flow. The last few years, having been a challenging time in general, felt like a good time for a pivot. The last two albums were so guitar and keyboard centric, I wanted a weird and fun set of parameters for us to work with. I demo’d everything at home on cassette 4 track (harkening back to simpler times) using drum loops, and just had at it 'til I had a pile of “songs”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom and I chose one sound each using synths and created a range of 3 octaves of that sample, then loaded them into Roland SPD-SX samplers and learned the transcribed songs using drum sticks. The idea was to change the way we wrote and to have 4 people along the front of the stage essentially playing percussion. So no guitar, no keys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we were recording I kept thinking how the sounds, when paired up, sounded a bit like brass. So, we added a saxophone horn section to round out the horniness of the sound with a bit of reedy bell tones. Thanks to Cansfis Foote \u0026amp; Brad Caulkins on tenor and Baritone saxophones :)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSort of a Dexy’s Midnight Runners meets Von LMO meets The Flesh Eaters meets the Screamers kinda punk junk.\u003cbr\u003ePoppy and hooky, heavy at times..\u003cbr\u003eSort of vacuous and maybe a bit sci-fi in sound.\u003cbr\u003eBoneheaded in riff and heady in lyrics.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Stu-Stu-Studio by me on 8 track 1\/4” tape .\u003cbr\u003eSo pretty hot and raw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots to write about today.\u003cbr\u003eA lot of these lyrics were taken from things people said in passing about taking on life right now that stuck with me.\u003cbr\u003eThings that made me reflect.\u003cbr\u003eThings that made me laugh.\u003cbr\u003eThings that made me WTF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome folks are kind, genuine \u0026amp; give you love and energy.\u003cbr\u003eSome are greedy manipulative ghouls who hang off your veins.\u003cbr\u003eYou must be strong, composed and take care of yourself. \u003cbr\u003eBe self aware and check your mind for cracks.\u003cbr\u003eLearn to relax and be well.\u003cbr\u003eThere are moments of beauty and redemption.\u003cbr\u003eIts not all bad news and there’s always hope.\u003cbr\u003ePeople continue to surprise me one way or another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyhow,\u003cbr\u003eHope you enjoy and good luck out there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— John Dwyer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Castle Face","offers":[{"title":"Indies Only Coke Bottle Green LP","offer_id":48415844368728,"sku":"TKM-09840","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":48415844434264,"sku":"TKM-09842","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/002d55593881bee878b7db4d854cf78e.jpg?v=1717783652","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/sorcs-80","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}