If you're reading this, then we finally finished the latest Random Confusion EP and you're most likely giving it a listen. "It's about damn time you finished it." some of you may be saying to yourselves. How do we know this? Because we said it to ourselves when we realized it was completed.
It's been way too long since we released the Reminisence EP and a lot has happened in the world. For David and myself we've dealt with job changes, family issues (including a relative with a very serious illness ), a world around us that seems to be unhinged at best, and various forms of stress and a myriad of minor to moderate things (including misplacing the earlier work copy discs of several of the tracks) that interfered with us completing this.
And yes, we admit, our tendency to work slow and living in two different cities doesn't exactly help matters.
However, just as we were beginning to wonder if we would finish it circumstances fell into place. A new instrument in the arsenal somehow unlocked new ideas and ended up in various places. With that came new ideas and a receptiveness to tinker a bit until we got what you hear today,
Could this have been released before? Possibly. Would it, in the big picture, ended up with us as satisfied as we are now with these songs? Maybe - but things turned out for the best.
This EP is a mixture of old and new in many ways. While the songs have germinated for way too long, they ended up in a place where it seems the time is right to unleash them on an unsuspecting world. We hope you get a kick out of listening to them.
Thanks, Boone and David
credits
released December 21, 2018
RANDOM CONFUSION is
DAVID C. JONES
found percussion, vocals.
BOONE STIGALL
electric guitars, classical guitar, 12 string guitar, synthesizers, vocals
special guest:
PATRICK "LORD BUCKY THE ROOT OF ALL E-V-E-Y-L" KEENAN
acoustic guitar parts on "Pro Life Anthem," guitar solo on "APLA (Pseudo Symphonic Version)
(appears courtesy of the StoneThrowers)
Recorded by Boone and David at various makeshift recording studios in the outer regions of the Kansas City MO metro area, the outer outer reaches of the St. Louis, MO metro area, Columbia, MO, and a couple of spots somewhere in Iowa.
While we are unable to individually thank each person due to space constraints it felt necessary to shout out to a few people who in part influenced what you are about to hear. With that in mind special thanks and shout outs to the following people and groups: Mike P, Libby, Eddie,and Big Medicine, Chris. Sarah and all in Gymshorts, Taylor, Kylie and everyone at Hitt Records, Patrick (thanx for the guitar solo), John Galbraith Trio, friends and family members (you know who you are), Barry Hibdon and Red Boots Studios for work on previous EPs, KOPN, Leo, Meghan, Stevie Cheeseburger, Wil Reeves (thanks for the support), Gabe Viles, Dave Wilson, Jack Grelle, Those continuing to work for peace, justice and human rights in our current situation, and a heartfelt thanks to friends and family members (you know who you are)…and most importantly YOU, whose interest makes this possible .
A FEW SOURCES OF INSPIRATION (in no particular order): Sex Stains (R.I.P.), Motorhead, Judas Priest, D.O.A., New Tongues, Vohnkar, The Many Colored Death, “Weird Al’ Yankovic, Son House, Alice Bag, Redd Kross, MC5, ESG, Allison and the I’m in the Band podcast (for some great listening), Bratmobile, P-Funk, and a lot more than we can print right now.
Cover art: RANDOM CONFUSION (with input from Kyle Jones)
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