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Sugar, Sugar
On the day that I was born (in San Diego), the Archies' quintessential bubblegum pop song was a #1 hit (in England). This is a pretty straightforward version, although the guitars and bass and drums have all been replaced with marimbas and glockenspiels. [more inside]
Outta Here
The Byrds meet Gary Glitter at a party hosted by Teenage Fanclub. [more inside]
Duck Fat
A pop song about rendered duck fat. [more inside]
likeBOOM
Based on a chopped and sliced sample of a heart beating, in this track Millimeters of Mercury (my "stage name") pulls his shields of extreme Auto-Tune down slightly to let you get a little more close and personal.
Back on my Back Again
Another slice of 1995 Big Star/Television influenced indie ephemera from my 4-track cassette box. I still really love this guitar riff and the herky jerky power pop stuff at the end of the chorus. A song about not wanting someone to feel bad for dumping you.
When I first heard Sloan, I thought 'man, they stole my sound' although really we both stole Velvet Crush's. [more inside]
My Train is Coming
One of my contributions to an XTC tribute album project from 2001. The song, written by Andy Partridge, was taken from a rough demo floating around on bootleg cassettes, but never actually released by XTC. [more inside]
Seventeen Below (Electric Version)
Someone suggested I re-record this with a heavier treatment. So I threw the kitchen sink at it. Guitars, guitars, more guitars, a cello section, some HEAVY guitars, harmonies and a bonus weather forecast. Don't let the quiet beginning fool you. [more inside]
Use What You Got
(to Get What You Want). Another Salvaged From Cassette™ production. Circa 1986. The Beat Meters were my Funky Dance-pop orchestra. [more inside]
you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
an original song. :) ever had a bad break-up? i have.
[warning, there's some explicit language toward the end. okay, there's a lot of explicit language at the end. ;)]
Darker Shade of Blue (Electric version)
Amped up version of a song I posted a few days ago. Gnarly guitars, Hammond organ, sweet harmonies, in a Television / Big Star / Matthew Sweet frame of mind. [more inside]
Darker Shade of Blue
Another semi-autobiographical 1995 slice of cheerful melancholia. But a pretty guitar riff and one of my favorite choruses to sing, even if I never really could hit the last note. There's an electric version of this with more of a Big Star / Matthew Sweet feel, but darned if I can find it and anyway I like this one. [more inside]
Don't Fool Me
Full on vocal harmony twin electric 12-string assault, my attempt to collide the Monkees with the Byrds with a side of the Go-Betweens. [more inside]
Wrinkle in Time
A 1991 recording of one of my songs, recorded at Egg Studios in Seattle. I'm not quite sure what I think of this one, all these years later. It's a love song, of sorts.
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14 Candles
Beautiful Bruise
From my old band, recorded about 6 years ago. The crappy coda on the end was my bad idea, but I can't edit it out now.
I'm Going to Bangor
Another rehearsal demo for my Irish-American band, the Peter O'Tooles. This one is a bit naughty. Apologies to anybody actually from Bangor. [more inside]
If You Was Shane MacGowan You'd Be Dead By Now
A practice demo of a song arranged for my Irish-American band, The Peter O'Tooles. [more inside]
Kilkenny Square
The demo of a reworked version of an older song, arranged for my Irish-American band, The Peter O'Tooles. [more inside]
Watching You Sleep
Wow, yet another electro-acoustic song, this time from Thanks To Science, We've Got Love. [more inside]
Cover Me
This another electro-acoustic tune of mine with distinct hints of Ennio Morricone. [more inside]
I Talk To Myself
This song started off as a 30 second pitch for a cell phone commercial. [more inside]
Killing All My Friends
Love song meets murder ballad. [more inside]
No One There
A short song written by my daughter Zoe (8 years old) [more inside]
My Favorite Sunbeam's Gone Away
A deliriously cheerful song of complete misery. [more inside]
Magic
laid back with cheesy sounds...
The Garden of Forking Paths
This Borges-inspired track appears on the new Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies EP, Labyrinths, available now for streaming and download. The demo was posted here. [more inside]
Turn Away
Poppy-ska song I wrote a couple years ago about being afraid to ask a girl out. (I did, eventually, but not in the song). [more inside]
Sobering Up (2009)
About three and a half years ago, I uploaded the eleventh song on Mefi Music. This autumn, I finally got my arse in a real studio, and did it properly. [more inside]
Death and the Maiden
Cover of the Verlaines. [more inside]
Swim Fish
It's a pop-type song (with streaks of metal) that tells the tale of a fish and his problems. Lyrics here. [more inside]
Let Me Know
A short, sweet synthpop/r&b jam. I've been listening to Confessions alot lately, and this is sort of my take on the modern r&b genre.
The Ballad of Cherry Hill
This is the lead-off track from the forthcoming EP, Labyrinths, by Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies, to be released 1/7/10. It's a wistful slice of indie-pop about insomnia, suburban isolation, and the boredom of hometowns. [more inside]
Robot Army
A little robot dreams of world domination.
End of the World
A nifty remake of a classic....tried for eerie, don't know if it succeeded....
Slide Your Left Hand to the Right (A Little)
This jaunty ditty features my wife singing lead and chococat playing the ukelele. I mostly just stand around. [more inside]
Maytown
a song by my band, fm campers. don't really know where this falls, genre-wise... electronic rock noise-pop? [more inside]
Bride of the Creature From the Deep
Everybody (Turn The Beat Up)
A dancey electropop tune that I recorded a long time ago, and have only just gotten around to finishing up. Guest vocals by my friend Alaina, and yours truly on the vocoder. [more inside]
Say When
Just in time for the first day of Autumn, here's a fuzzy, sunny love song that I made for you. Give it a listen and hang on to that Summer feeling for another two-and-a-quarter minutes. [more inside]
Locate the Pin
From the band that brought you "Bridges over the Thames" and "The world's most blown mind", The Old Whores Of San Pedro proudly present. Locate the pin, a song inspired by a fire extinguisher. [more inside]
Limbo
Homesick synths, bittersweet beats. [more inside]
Angry Fatso
An uptempo, harmony-laden poppy number about a short-tempered, rotund gentleman who seems to be everywhere I go.
Leave Me Lonely
Sometimes, somebody likes you for your faults. [more inside]
Another Hour Away
A song about waiting for your love to return to you, and being afraid of the state she might find you in when she does.
Starfall
For losers everywhere... [more inside]
Word Czar
A goofy, gleeful, garage-y little summer-in-the-city song. [more inside]
Stony Brook
From the back catalog of The Olivers. Somehow this one never made it over here. As always, interested in y'all's thoughts.
Looking at Things, Doing Stuff
Another chill orchestration of guitar, drums, bass, flute, and sax. The solo at the end is one of my favorites. [more inside]
Arms and Hands
We're trying to decipher notes taken down on arms and hands. [more inside]
The Cheese Alarm
Exactly what we need right now. [more inside]