Tracklist:
1. Philander - 3:09
2. Burnt Out Sight - 3:02
3. My Girlfriend (Doesn't Acknowledge Me) - 3:53
4. Bronchitis - 5:45
Running Time: 15:48
Download Link VBR MP3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?c4lwdz88w08cy54
Monday, July 26, 2010
How Scandinavian - Philander 7" Single
So here's the first single off of the Smiles Without Mirth EP and I think it's a good one maybe. It's packed with cool b-sides that you won't find on the EP and has some pretty cool album art. So give it a shot if you want a taste of the new EP's sound. Hope you like it!
Tracklist:
1. Philander - 3:09
2. Burnt Out Sight - 3:02
3. My Girlfriend (Doesn't Acknowledge Me) - 3:53
4. Bronchitis - 5:45
Running Time: 15:48
Download Link VBR MP3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?c4lwdz88w08cy54
Tracklist:
1. Philander - 3:09
2. Burnt Out Sight - 3:02
3. My Girlfriend (Doesn't Acknowledge Me) - 3:53
4. Bronchitis - 5:45
Running Time: 15:48
Download Link VBR MP3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?c4lwdz88w08cy54
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Final Pre-Release News on New EP!
Well guys, I'm finally almost done, I've been delaying alot and been giving random tracklists and titles. But here is the final tracklist and album art for the new EP.
How Scandinavian - Smiles Without Mirth EP
Track List:
1. Common Convenience
2. Jay Fantini
3. Left Field Cult Film Theme Song
4. Philander
5. For a Living
6. The Colors Ran
7. Elated
8. Nancy
9. Old News
How Scandinavian - Smiles Without Mirth EP
Track List:
1. Common Convenience
2. Jay Fantini
3. Left Field Cult Film Theme Song
4. Philander
5. For a Living
6. The Colors Ran
7. Elated
8. Nancy
9. Old News
Monday, July 12, 2010
New very old stuff! Part 2 of 2
The reason behind uploading all these relics is because I'm cleaning up some space on the computer and deleting lots of old master tracks that I have no use for anymore. So in a sense, this is my form of backing up the early years and early experiments.
So this last release for today is something pretty special, it is the archives of my old band 'Cape Crusaders'. I compiled all the old demos and rehearsal songs we played from way back when we formed to the last few practices we had this year until the break up.
I have to admit it's a lot of stuff to go through, and some material is actually missing! But there's some treats here, you get to hear what exactly went through our heads back in the day, the ill-fated songs that were played only once or twice and all the band chatter regarding how the take was too shitty or very good. Lots of alternate takes and mixes and of course the abundance of covers we used to do back in the early days. (Couldn't find our famous Weezer covers though.)
It was kinda sad going through these cause you realize you spent lots of time in the band, having fun rehearsing, making music and eventually playing it live for people to hear. What really grips me is that this is a document that highlights what went on behind the scenes, how the band would prepare become presentable, to be happy and enjoy the times. It's all great and I'm happy that we were able to capture it even if it's not the greatest quality.
You'll be happy to notice that the material spans from my first demos circa 2007 to the failed EP sessions in November 2009 to the last practice this year. For that reason alone the quality goes everywhere. It was great compiling this and it reassured me that I had a good time and won't forget the nostalgic feeling of playing in local venues and messing around.
Farewell Cape Crusaders, it really was the end of us.
Cape Crusaders - Crazy Endings and Songs of P-14 (2007-2010)
1. Ed's Dream - 4:17
2. I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight - 4:01
3. The National Anthem (Radiohead Cover) - 4:41
4. Piggy (Cool Version) (Nine Inch Nails Cover) - 3:47
5. I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight (Early Take) - 4:31
6. Doesn't This Sound Like Drive or Something? (Demo) - 5:02
7. Head Like A Hole (Nine Inch Nails Cover) - 4:45
8. I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight (Video Mix) - 3:39
9. The Who Song - 5:09
10. The National Anthem (Early Take 1) - 3:48
11. Tame (Pixies Cover) - 1:49
12. Piggy (Organ Mix) - 3:52
13. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes (Modest Mouse Cover) - 3:28
14. The National Anthem (Early Take 2) - 4:25
15. Wonderful, 1832 (Failed 2009 Sessions Version) - 3:33
16. Brick (Minors) - 3:28
17. Surfrock (Failed 2009 Sessions Version) 3:34
18. Alone Tonight (Failed 2009 Sessions Version) 4:15
19. Weathers - 4:38
20. B-Side - 1:55
21. Reptillia (The Strokes Cover) - 3:49
22. Weathers (Then Known as Blow Out Ripoff) (Acoustic Demo) - 5:11
23. Low Expectations (New Song from the Last Practice) - 5:45
Total time: 1:33:32
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?z4dyny2gkyt
So this last release for today is something pretty special, it is the archives of my old band 'Cape Crusaders'. I compiled all the old demos and rehearsal songs we played from way back when we formed to the last few practices we had this year until the break up.
I have to admit it's a lot of stuff to go through, and some material is actually missing! But there's some treats here, you get to hear what exactly went through our heads back in the day, the ill-fated songs that were played only once or twice and all the band chatter regarding how the take was too shitty or very good. Lots of alternate takes and mixes and of course the abundance of covers we used to do back in the early days. (Couldn't find our famous Weezer covers though.)
It was kinda sad going through these cause you realize you spent lots of time in the band, having fun rehearsing, making music and eventually playing it live for people to hear. What really grips me is that this is a document that highlights what went on behind the scenes, how the band would prepare become presentable, to be happy and enjoy the times. It's all great and I'm happy that we were able to capture it even if it's not the greatest quality.
You'll be happy to notice that the material spans from my first demos circa 2007 to the failed EP sessions in November 2009 to the last practice this year. For that reason alone the quality goes everywhere. It was great compiling this and it reassured me that I had a good time and won't forget the nostalgic feeling of playing in local venues and messing around.
Farewell Cape Crusaders, it really was the end of us.
Cape Crusaders - Crazy Endings and Songs of P-14 (2007-2010)
1. Ed's Dream - 4:17
2. I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight - 4:01
3. The National Anthem (Radiohead Cover) - 4:41
4. Piggy (Cool Version) (Nine Inch Nails Cover) - 3:47
5. I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight (Early Take) - 4:31
6. Doesn't This Sound Like Drive or Something? (Demo) - 5:02
7. Head Like A Hole (Nine Inch Nails Cover) - 4:45
8. I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight (Video Mix) - 3:39
9. The Who Song - 5:09
10. The National Anthem (Early Take 1) - 3:48
11. Tame (Pixies Cover) - 1:49
12. Piggy (Organ Mix) - 3:52
13. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes (Modest Mouse Cover) - 3:28
14. The National Anthem (Early Take 2) - 4:25
15. Wonderful, 1832 (Failed 2009 Sessions Version) - 3:33
16. Brick (Minors) - 3:28
17. Surfrock (Failed 2009 Sessions Version) 3:34
18. Alone Tonight (Failed 2009 Sessions Version) 4:15
19. Weathers - 4:38
20. B-Side - 1:55
21. Reptillia (The Strokes Cover) - 3:49
22. Weathers (Then Known as Blow Out Ripoff) (Acoustic Demo) - 5:11
23. Low Expectations (New Song from the Last Practice) - 5:45
Total time: 1:33:32
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?z4dyny2gkyt
New very old stuff! Part 1 of 2
I've been working hard on the new summer EP, it's still underway but I assure you it'll be out this month. It's final name etc is Smiles without Mirth. pretty cool huh?
Anyways we are going on a time machine trip today. Because I'm uploading some REALLY old stuff here today, the first is an old series of experimental ambient drone music that I made back in 2007-2008 under my alias 'Fuckdown'. It's very primitive and was back when I didn't really know what to do in my free time. It's not listed under the name 'Fuckdown' anymore, but alas you can tell the name fits perfectly, since the music is drone extraordinaire.
So here's the mini-LP of drone ambient experimental jazz fusion big band swing collection:
How Scandinavian - Abundance of Ambience (2007-2008)
1. Aluminum Garbage Can - 6:35
2. Your Music Taste (Earnest Musings About People Who Pretend to 'Love' a Song but Eat Shit Instead) - 4:05
3. Overcast - 4:32
4. Jacque-Oh-Lantern - 3:07
5. Scalpel (Pt. 1) - 2:46
6. Scalpel (Pt. 2) - 6:15
7. 7:31am - 2:22
Total Time: 28:52
Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?2gdmnjiytlz
Anyways we are going on a time machine trip today. Because I'm uploading some REALLY old stuff here today, the first is an old series of experimental ambient drone music that I made back in 2007-2008 under my alias 'Fuckdown'. It's very primitive and was back when I didn't really know what to do in my free time. It's not listed under the name 'Fuckdown' anymore, but alas you can tell the name fits perfectly, since the music is drone extraordinaire.
So here's the mini-LP of drone ambient experimental jazz fusion big band swing collection:
How Scandinavian - Abundance of Ambience (2007-2008)
1. Aluminum Garbage Can - 6:35
2. Your Music Taste (Earnest Musings About People Who Pretend to 'Love' a Song but Eat Shit Instead) - 4:05
3. Overcast - 4:32
4. Jacque-Oh-Lantern - 3:07
5. Scalpel (Pt. 1) - 2:46
6. Scalpel (Pt. 2) - 6:15
7. 7:31am - 2:22
Total Time: 28:52
Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?2gdmnjiytlz
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Aimeless Ideas: It's hard
to write lyrics when you make the song's title someone's name. I mean what the fuck do you write about? The World Cup?
Edit: I hate having friends who all truly hate each other to some degree, I mean I know everyone does hate each other and we are all truly alone in the universe but shit make it a bit less obvious.
Edit: I hate having friends who all truly hate each other to some degree, I mean I know everyone does hate each other and we are all truly alone in the universe but shit make it a bit less obvious.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
How Scadinavian - A Stranger Danger (Remixed and Remastered) (2009)
How Scadinavian - A Stranger Danger (Remixed and Remastered) (2009)
Tracklist:
1. The Point - 4:36
2. At the Time (Like a Gown) - 3:24
3. Point 2 - 2:11
4. Ironic Fate Reversal Twist - 2:57
5. Day of the Year - 3:14
6. A Sort of Mending Sound - 3:33
7. So Sweet - 3:47
8. Just Like Always - 4:55
Total running time: 28:37
Download link (VBR MP3) : http://www.mediafire.com/?mj4zgy32t3y
The Story:
The deal with my first EP was a strange one, I initially had plans to make an EP back in late 2008/early 2009 with the title "Familiar Grounds" but this changed when I received a new mic to record material with as the quality change was drastic. Some songs from the original EP survived while others have been put on the shelf or possibly just deleted cause I thought they were shit.
The songs from the original concept were pretty much all re-recorded sans vocals or some guitar overdubs but aside from that they were all done from the ground up in 2009.
Lots of these songs span from different times in my life, so the quality varies in musicianship but I'd like to think that gives this record a bit of twist, like a bipolar dog that you keep because sometimes its nice to you and sometimes not.
Regardless I first released this on December 28th 2009, and remastered it during the summer of 2010. The tracklist was also changed, I had a song that was a demo of another song tacked on, and I hated it, so I removed it and threw in an older song from the original "Familiar Grounds" sessions, so woo! A rarity!
Why remaster?:
I was inexperienced with recording (still am) and I rushed the EP's release for December since I set myself that deadline in order to actually get my ass in gear and as a result the initial mix of the EP was really rough, filled with noise at times, and had some shitty bass recording (since at the time I didn't have a real bass to record with, I had to pitch shift a guitar) were the initial reason behind the remastering and remixing of this thing. So with my time already set to record a new EP (which comes out in a week holy shit) I decided I might as well clean up some old recordings, which led to just completely fixing this EP.
Why bother?:
With school in session, I really sacrificed my grades, and lots of my time to this first EP and I guess it was a labor of love and sometimes hate, but I am a lover of making music and I'd like to think it was worth it to make a home-made collection of my songs that spanned from 2008-2009, so a year's worth of work condensed into 28 minutes. Holy shit right?
How can I show that I give a shit?:
Well... you could give this thing a listen, give me some feedback and share it amongst other people you think may like it. I really don't plan on making any money on this, but do plan on building some sort of future with it, so if you could just throw this thing around and give a shout out and fuck maybe even tell some people who like to make music that I like to do it, and then maybe we can create some sort of cool collaboration or maybe I could produce or mix their material, etc etc.
Whatever but you get the idea, I hope.
Thanks for reading and hopefully listening.
P.S. - If you want a physical copy of this thing, just bring me a CD (and a jewel case if you have one!) to burn it to and I'll be happy to make you one, and if you give me a dollar or two, I'll even add some unique album art and some other nice things on it. But if you just want the CD, it's free. Plus you can then rip it in cool lossless codecs like FLAC or WAV!
Tracklist:
1. The Point - 4:36
2. At the Time (Like a Gown) - 3:24
3. Point 2 - 2:11
4. Ironic Fate Reversal Twist - 2:57
5. Day of the Year - 3:14
6. A Sort of Mending Sound - 3:33
7. So Sweet - 3:47
8. Just Like Always - 4:55
Total running time: 28:37
Download link (VBR MP3) : http://www.mediafire.com/?mj4zgy32t3y
The Story:
The deal with my first EP was a strange one, I initially had plans to make an EP back in late 2008/early 2009 with the title "Familiar Grounds" but this changed when I received a new mic to record material with as the quality change was drastic. Some songs from the original EP survived while others have been put on the shelf or possibly just deleted cause I thought they were shit.
The songs from the original concept were pretty much all re-recorded sans vocals or some guitar overdubs but aside from that they were all done from the ground up in 2009.
Lots of these songs span from different times in my life, so the quality varies in musicianship but I'd like to think that gives this record a bit of twist, like a bipolar dog that you keep because sometimes its nice to you and sometimes not.
Regardless I first released this on December 28th 2009, and remastered it during the summer of 2010. The tracklist was also changed, I had a song that was a demo of another song tacked on, and I hated it, so I removed it and threw in an older song from the original "Familiar Grounds" sessions, so woo! A rarity!
Why remaster?:
I was inexperienced with recording (still am) and I rushed the EP's release for December since I set myself that deadline in order to actually get my ass in gear and as a result the initial mix of the EP was really rough, filled with noise at times, and had some shitty bass recording (since at the time I didn't have a real bass to record with, I had to pitch shift a guitar) were the initial reason behind the remastering and remixing of this thing. So with my time already set to record a new EP (which comes out in a week holy shit) I decided I might as well clean up some old recordings, which led to just completely fixing this EP.
Why bother?:
With school in session, I really sacrificed my grades, and lots of my time to this first EP and I guess it was a labor of love and sometimes hate, but I am a lover of making music and I'd like to think it was worth it to make a home-made collection of my songs that spanned from 2008-2009, so a year's worth of work condensed into 28 minutes. Holy shit right?
How can I show that I give a shit?:
Well... you could give this thing a listen, give me some feedback and share it amongst other people you think may like it. I really don't plan on making any money on this, but do plan on building some sort of future with it, so if you could just throw this thing around and give a shout out and fuck maybe even tell some people who like to make music that I like to do it, and then maybe we can create some sort of cool collaboration or maybe I could produce or mix their material, etc etc.
Whatever but you get the idea, I hope.
Thanks for reading and hopefully listening.
P.S. - If you want a physical copy of this thing, just bring me a CD (and a jewel case if you have one!) to burn it to and I'll be happy to make you one, and if you give me a dollar or two, I'll even add some unique album art and some other nice things on it. But if you just want the CD, it's free. Plus you can then rip it in cool lossless codecs like FLAC or WAV!
Summer EP News
So I've got a final tracklist, I'm recording vocals, its hard because I'm lazy with my own lyrics, but I'll force myself to finish in a top notch quality.
this will be a sullen record, its dreary at the end but happy in the beginning. so don't play the first half at night, don't play the second half in the day.
it's nine tracks, four sad, four happy, one angry. kinda.
How Scandinavian - The Proxy
1. Common Convenience
2. Jay Fantini
3. All Wrong
4. Left Field Cult Film Theme Song
5. Philander
6. A Living
7. The Colors Ran
8. Nancy
9. Old News
about a little over half an hour of well crafted pop tunes, and guitar noise.
Better than the first EP!
I'll post a link to the "remastered and remixed" version of my first EP here, which was called A Stranger Danger, and has some tracklist changes.
Check back in a week or so and check the HS myspace for links and the new EP!
Edit: I'll be releasing a few one-off songs after this too, I'm planning on recording a cool cover of Modest Mouse's Interstate 8 with a guest singer, she's a great person and I think it'll be real cool. Also I've done a small collab with Kyle (a friend of mine) on a track I did off the cuff entitled "Bronchitis". Just a heads up!
this will be a sullen record, its dreary at the end but happy in the beginning. so don't play the first half at night, don't play the second half in the day.
it's nine tracks, four sad, four happy, one angry. kinda.
How Scandinavian - The Proxy
1. Common Convenience
2. Jay Fantini
3. All Wrong
4. Left Field Cult Film Theme Song
5. Philander
6. A Living
7. The Colors Ran
8. Nancy
9. Old News
about a little over half an hour of well crafted pop tunes, and guitar noise.
Better than the first EP!
I'll post a link to the "remastered and remixed" version of my first EP here, which was called A Stranger Danger, and has some tracklist changes.
Check back in a week or so and check the HS myspace for links and the new EP!
Edit: I'll be releasing a few one-off songs after this too, I'm planning on recording a cool cover of Modest Mouse's Interstate 8 with a guest singer, she's a great person and I think it'll be real cool. Also I've done a small collab with Kyle (a friend of mine) on a track I did off the cuff entitled "Bronchitis". Just a heads up!
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