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The Olivers are on some rough seas right now, but here's something to guide us all to better shores.
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - View this thread

Recorded with lots of bleed to 2" analog tape in a very cold studio in an old barn upstate New York (and vocals, keys and other overdubs done in a warmer environment back in NYC), this is a song about fan culture in the internet age. Sorta. And fun.
posted on Dec 31, 2007 - View this thread

A simple, melancholy electro instrumental that I recorded a couple of years ago. Percussion ideas came from various hip-hop sources; the melody is my own. I use it as background music during a spoken-word segment of my live shows.
posted on Sep 7, 2007 - View this thread

Tender love song with an intriguing, unusual structure
posted on Sep 6, 2007 - View this thread

In the grand tradition of rock and roll waltzes, I bring you Angel Waltz.
posted on Aug 26, 2007 - View this thread

Sort of a kiss-off song. Play this after you've been dumped via email by some silly girl that you should have never been messing around with, anyway.
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - View this thread

Navelgazer and I are in a Brooklyn-based indie-rock band called The Olivers. This past weekend, we recorded 7 songs for our new album. This one is called The Marching Glum. Please let us know what you think - we are curious as to how people will like our new material. (previously : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - View this thread

Boisterous, jangly, synthy indie/ post-punk from The Ghost of Mankind. This is a rehearsal recording with a couple of cringe-inducing moments. This track, along with the previous two (1, 2), comprise an unreleased three-song EP tentatively titled Elegiac, almost recorded in summer 2003.
posted on Jun 5, 2007 - View this thread

"Oh, yeah! You're a sucker!" "Works everytime!" "Let the other ones talk!" Though it's not the subject of the lyrics, this song always seemed somewhat appropriate to MetaTalk to me. I've been meaning to upload it since Mefi Music came together, but little things here and there seemed to always get in the way. The incarnation of the band that recorded this swiftly broke up later that same year. We've all gone on to other bands. Anyhow, here it is now. The year: 2002. The band: Knife Skills. The method: Tascam 4-track. The location: A & D's concrete wall, shed/apartment in Brooklyn, NY. The safetyfork: Bass.
posted on Feb 17, 2007 - View this thread

This is a tune from a 1995 release called "Samm Bennett's History of the Last Five Minutes", from the Knitting Factory label. The CD is currently out of print. The guitarist is Hahn Rowe, everything else is me. I've been thinking about re-releasing this and possibly my earlier KF CDs on my own label (Yay! Rights have reverted back to yours truly!) but I've got a bunch of new songs I wanna release first. Thought I'd just throw this one out there into the ether. Anyway, [lyrics inside] and, hope you enjoy...
posted on Jan 10, 2007 - View this thread

Another song about a girl. Her name was Loretta. By Esther.
posted on Jan 1, 2007 - View this thread

Another from Esther. The vocals could use quite a bit more post-production work, but overall, I'm happy about how this one turned out.
posted on Dec 6, 2006 - View this thread

An entreaty to hit me in the head, but good. By Esther.
posted on Dec 1, 2006 - View this thread

More fuzzy lo-fi goodness from Esther. We always enjoyed the hell out of playing this one live, but were never able to capture that same energy on disk. This was our best effort.
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - View this thread

Rough track I wrote when mired in a bit of a funk. Wanted to see if I could write a song that contained both 3/4 and common time and not end up sounding like Rush. I think it works... sorta.
posted on Nov 22, 2006 - View this thread

A very, very low tech recording of little pop tune my band put together. Vocals definitely not for everyone.
posted on Nov 19, 2006 - View this thread

Jangly post-punk (indie? rock? whatever.) from The Ghost of Mankind. Me on the drums, ridiculously hungover and half a beat behind. From an unreleased EP recorded in a warehouse in Greenpoint in 2003.
posted on Jul 7, 2006 - View this thread

Punk gypsy out of brooklyn
posted on Jul 4, 2006 - View this thread

A short, loud, brutish protest song, with a jazzy intro for some reason. Recorded in a basement in Williamsburg sometime last century. Me and the bassist trading yowls. Man alive, that was a fun band.
posted on Jul 3, 2006 - View this thread

This snappy little track is from my band DIVISION OF PLANES.
posted on Jun 30, 2006 - View this thread