New Practice recordings.

Here are some recordings from a recent practice. I'm enjoying these songs because I get to use more of my voice. And they're kind of a wild vibe. And I dig that. 

We will be playing these songs at upcoming shows, if you think the songs sound nice, and you are nice, come see us live. 

Okay, gotta go play a St-Patrick's-green-beer-Brazil-is-superior show at the Sunset. 

Every Season

New, New Minglewood Blues

New Direction Home

Ambient/Soul/Folk

I've heard Sunday morning is the most racially divided time in America. What about Saturday night? What about at Neumos or the War Room or Chop Suey depending on who is playing? Why do musical genres often correspond with racial divides? 

In the wake of Ryan Adams and Jeff Tweedy, we used to be a country band. Then Michael, noisemaker extraodinaire, joined the band and we started adding noises to our folky tunes. Now we make some ambient/folk-rock that borrows heavily from Grizzly Bear, Damien Jurado and Fleet Foxes. Sometimes I think it doesn't hold a candle to the music it borrows from. But what if...

We morphed again. I long to make soulful songs. Songs that you can bob your head as well as wrap your mind around. What if we, in a calculated attempt to stand out and make music that I hear in my head instead of emulate with my head, followed my gut hesitation that indie music is a white music mostly and included soul in our ambient musical attempts? What If we could play a show and it would draw both listeners of Broken Social Scene and Sam Cooke? 

Michael and I made this on a whim. I sang over a repetitive loop he emailed me while I was pooping and surfing the web. And I kind of like it and we are trying to integrate it into our live show...

Ah Ah Ah Ah

Demotime

How much do you really know about the international space station? Did you know they grow anti-gravity crystals that might cure cancer? Did you know the Canadians and Japanese are two of the biggest contributors? Did you know that Brazil, the Lord of all nations, despite its advancement as a leader and Second World Power has not yet contributed their share?

Did you know astronauts sleep standing up? Just like horses. 

Listen to this demo as you ponder the international space station. 

Cosmo Demo