Listen to this - Well.. I said my EP would be out in February... but it is March 2. So obviously that didn't happen, but now it did and you can buy it and listen to it

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Meatus McPrepuce


If you don't want to buy it, it will be on all the streaming services within a few days.

I worked reallllll hard on this one folks. I'm doing everything on here except the mixing and mastering, done by Austin local pros Matt Gerhard and Max Lorenzen respectively.

Let me know what you think! Love, smurfco
 
Fan-fecking-tastic. I love the melody and the rhythm behind the singing. Really, it's not often you like a song when you first heat it but I certainly like this one.
My favourite bit is the background chorus of 'ooooh, oooooooh, ooooooooooh', it fits perfectly!
 
It’s 7:20am, packing my bongs and brewing some coffee in anticipation of the long strange smurfco trip I’m about to take.
9: 04 packing my bong for a listen.

At first listen It sounds amazing overall. Any production notes? Software, instruments etc.
Songs 2 and 4 stick out for me. Love the lead guitar in song 4.

Holy shit! I spoke too soon. Song six is a masterpiece! The Bass, the guitar tone!
 
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I listened to the whole thing twice. Highly enjoyable, the production and mix are pristine, the arrangements have lovely twists and turns, the sublime layered guitar parts really caught my ear and the songs themselves are well written.

A very nice slice of well executed orchestral pop!
 
9: 04 packing my bong for a listen.

At first listen It sounds amazing overall. Any production notes? Software, instruments etc.
Songs 2 and 4 stick out for me. Love the lead guitar in song 4.

Holy shit! I spoke too soon. Song six is a masterpiece! The Bass, the guitar tone!
Thanks dude!

Production wise, I recorded everything through Reaper on my laptop using either a TASCAM US 16x08 (or whatever its called) or a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 interface. Most of the electric guitars were recorded direct, using a UA Ruby 63 (Vox AC-30 amp emulator) and my usual myriad of pedals. For bass I went through either an Origin Effects Bassrig '64 Black Panel (60s Bassman emulator) or a Sansamp VT Bass (SVT emulator). I used a Rickenbacker 4003s with Thomastik Infeld flatwounds on all of the songs.

For keys I used a Nord Electro 5D and either used the onboard sounds or controlled a Pianoteq VST plugin via MIDI (for example, the piano in Perimetry is the Pianoteq software). For drums, I played everything on my Roland TD-17k electronic kit, using MIDI to control EZDrummer on the computer. This allowed me to record the drums (kick, snare, overheads, etc) onto individual tracks for more mixing flexibility. (The Roland kit only outputs its internal audio as two channel stereo.)

As far as other instruments, the acoustics are either my Gibson J45 studio or my Epiphone USA Texan. I also played accordion and mandolin on The Time Line. And then there's the electric guitars - I didn't really keep notes on which ones I used for which songs because I would usually just go through them until I found one that sounded right, but I know I at least used my Strat, Tele Deluxe, Thinline Tele, Les Paul, Explorer, Ric 330, and EBMM Stingray...
 
I listened to the whole thing twice. Highly enjoyable, the production and mix are pristine, the arrangements have lovely twists and turns, the sublime layered guitar parts really caught my ear and the songs themselves are well written.

A very nice slice of well executed orchestral pop!
Thanks! Orchestral pop - I like that...
 
Thanks dude!

Production wise, I recorded everything through Reaper on my laptop using either a TASCAM US 16x08 (or whatever its called) or a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 interface. Most of the electric guitars were recorded direct, using a UA Ruby 63 (Vox AC-30 amp emulator) and my usual myriad of pedals. For bass I went through either an Origin Effects Bassrig '64 Black Panel (60s Bassman emulator) or a Sansamp VT Bass (SVT emulator). I used a Rickenbacker 4003s with Thomastik Infeld flatwounds on all of the songs.

For keys I used a Nord Electro 5D and either used the onboard sounds or controlled a Pianoteq VST plugin via MIDI (for example, the piano in Perimetry is the Pianoteq software). For drums, I played everything on my Roland TD-17k electronic kit, using MIDI to control EZDrummer on the computer. This allowed me to record the drums (kick, snare, overheads, etc) onto individual tracks for more mixing flexibility. (The Roland kit only outputs its internal audio as two channel stereo.)

As far as other instruments, the acoustics are either my Gibson J45 studio or my Epiphone USA Texan. I also played accordion and mandolin on The Time Line. And then there's the electric guitars - I didn't really keep notes on which ones I used for which songs because I would usually just go through them until I found one that sounded right, but I know I at least used my Strat, Tele Deluxe, Thinline Tele, Les Paul, Explorer, Ric 330, and EBMM Stingray...
That’s all nice, but What Was The Timeline? You Didn’t Say. I feel like a Coward at the Perimetry, watching the Skies Turn Black while everyone else gives me a Rubbernecker Stare.
 
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