TUESDAY MAR 07, 2017
Walker Lukens
The Never Understood EP was written in Austin, Texas throughout 2015, mostly in my garage (honorable mention to my living room). Without my iPhone Voice Memo app, lots of performing around the country to half empty rooms, the Nick Cave ACL taping, Adderall, Tecate, and The Savage Detectives, none of these songs would have come about. Jim Eno produced and recorded these songs at his studio, Public Hi Fi. I met Jim at a bar (Austin! what a town!) and now we've recorded an entire album's worth of songs (and then some!). The plan had been to Beyonce-drop a double album some time in the next 13 years and call it Chinese Democracy Revisited or Chinese Democracy II. But, frankly, my hair isn't that red nor can my bank account handle so much anticipation. Hence, the Never Understood EP. The songs were performed and arranged by my favorite band of sweet and tender hooligans, The Side Arms (We'll be touring for infinity so be on the look out!). I take some pride in the fact that I got Eno to play keyboards on the song 'Never Understood' since he's a drummer. I hope when people listen to this record they think, 'damn, this guy is hungry. He sounds like he's been fasting for months, meditating on his songs. He's somewhere passed hangry. He could use a steak. He's pumping and thumping in time. The green light flashes, the flags go up. Churning and burning, he yearn for the cup.' I hope that you people put our tour dates on your Gcal cos I need to pay my band and Jim.
With Love & Squalor,
-Walker
The Never Understood EP was written in Austin, Texas throughout 2015, mostly in my garage (honorable mention to my living room). Without my iPhone Voice Memo app, lots of performing around the country to half empty rooms, the Nick Cave ACL taping, Adderall, Tecate, and The Savage Detectives, none of these songs would have come about. Jim Eno produced and recorded these songs at his studio, Public Hi Fi. I met Jim at a bar (Austin! what a town!) and now we've recorded an entire album's worth of songs (and then some!). The plan had been to Beyonce-drop a double album some time in the next 13 years and call it Chinese Democracy Revisited or Chinese Democracy II. But, frankly, my hair isn't that red nor can my bank account handle so much anticipation. Hence, the Never Understood EP. The songs were performed and arranged by my favorite band of sweet and tender hooligans, The Side Arms (We'll be touring for infinity so be on the look out!). I take some pride in the fact that I got Eno to play keyboards on the song 'Never Understood' since he's a drummer. I hope when people listen to this record they think, 'damn, this guy is hungry. He sounds like he's been fasting for months, meditating on his songs. He's somewhere passed hangry. He could use a steak. He's pumping and thumping in time. The green light flashes, the flags go up. Churning and burning, he yearn for the cup.' I hope that you people put our tour dates on your Gcal cos I need to pay my band and Jim.
With Love & Squalor,
-Walker
Bornstars
Cruise Director
After rummaging through a bunch of actual cruise directors in Atlanta, and realizing that Cruise Director has virtually (pun always intended) no internet presence yet, we realized that that didn’t really matter. Their recently released debut EP, “In The Driveway After It All,” has the strength to stand on its own and draw a sense of curiosity and intrigue from listeners. Cruise Director is comprised of Spencer King, Evan Hynes, Josh Brook, and Andy Harrison. This Georgian gang unsurprisingly rides a solid surf-rock wave behind some of our other Peach State favorites like Govier, New Madrid, and Triathalon. One of all gems on the EP, “Two Story Deck” serves as yet another staple in our summer playlist. A highlighted vocal is instrumentally carried throughout, as the musical magic builds, and then comes to a delicately paced close. Storying a seemingly ideal summer day of swimming in the lake, partying with your friends, and N.W.A.’ing the police, this track is truly telling of the promise and potential Cruise Director has.
Nadine Suleiman / Cereal and Sounds
After rummaging through a bunch of actual cruise directors in Atlanta, and realizing that Cruise Director has virtually (pun always intended) no internet presence yet, we realized that that didn’t really matter. Their recently released debut EP, “In The Driveway After It All,” has the strength to stand on its own and draw a sense of curiosity and intrigue from listeners. Cruise Director is comprised of Spencer King, Evan Hynes, Josh Brook, and Andy Harrison. This Georgian gang unsurprisingly rides a solid surf-rock wave behind some of our other Peach State favorites like Govier, New Madrid, and Triathalon. One of all gems on the EP, “Two Story Deck” serves as yet another staple in our summer playlist. A highlighted vocal is instrumentally carried throughout, as the musical magic builds, and then comes to a delicately paced close. Storying a seemingly ideal summer day of swimming in the lake, partying with your friends, and N.W.A.’ing the police, this track is truly telling of the promise and potential Cruise Director has.
Nadine Suleiman / Cereal and Sounds