Hamming It Down, by The Weisstronauts

Hamming It Down

by The Weisstronauts

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1.	March Forth 03:05	buy track
2.	Jangle Bills 02:43	buy track
3.	Kenny Settles In 00:23	buy track
4.	Flaming Gables 03:02	buy track
5.	What Are We Doing 01:09	buy track
6.	Purple Hose 02:50	buy track
7.	Uneasy Like Sunday Evening 03:15	buy track
8.	Folksy 03:09	buy track
9.	Kenny Pauses and Reflects 00:20	buy track
10.	Big Pie 03:33	buy track
11.	Deep Azure 03:00	buy track
12.	Slinky 03:10	buy track
13.	Mellow Morning Mushroom 03:26	buy track
14.	Eight Corners 03:44	buy track
15.	I Dream Of Bellows Falls 03:24	buy track
16.	Kenny Considers What It's All About 00:18	buy track
17.	Completely Done 04:33	buy track

about

Most songs were written and demoed just before the pandemic. The original plan was to heavily rehearse / gig the new songs and record them live in the studio, as a seasoned five-piece band. But that plan changed drastically in March 2020: everyone ended up individually recording their parts at home, during the darkest days of the pandemic / lockdown.

March Forth (Weiss - Lafler)
Jangle Bills (Weiss)
Kenny Settles In
Flaming Gables (Weiss - Lafler)
What Are We Doing? (Weiss - Lafler)
Purple Hose (Peter Holsapple)
Uneasy Like Sunday Evening (Quinn)
Folksy (Norcross - Weiss)
Kenny Pauses and Reflects
Big Pie (Weiss - Lafler)
Deep Azure (Weiss - Lafler)
Slinky (Berlin)
Mellow Morning Mushroom (Weiss)
Eight Corners (Weiss - Norcross - Logus)
I Dream Of Bellows Falls (Quinn)
Kenny Considers What It’s All About
Completely Done (Weiss - Norcross - Lafler)

"Purple Hose” published by Hospital Music, BMI administered by BMG/Bumblebee
All other songs published by respective writer(s), BMI and/or ASCAP

credits

released March 3, 2023

March Forth, Big Pie, & Deep Azure mixed by Paul Q. Kolderie
Folksy & Eight Corners mixed by Roger Bechirian
All others mixed by Pete Weiss at Jade Cow, Somerville MA

Kenny Lafler, Jeff Norcross, Pete Weiss, guitars
Kevin Quinn, bass & keyboards
Nathan Logus, Jeff Berlin, drums & percussion

with…
Peter Linnane, Aaron Tap, & George Hall, guitar solos 1, 2, & 3, respectively on “Completely Done”
Peter Holsapple, Mellotron on “Big Pie”

Design by Jeff Mellin
Collages by Chad Yenney
Photos by John Soares (Nate and Jeff B. are self-portraits)

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The Weisstronauts Boston, Massachusetts

The Boston-based Weisstronauts are a difficult-to-pigeonhole instrumental rock band employing three electric guitars.

"Then there’s the Weisstronauts, who toss major surf rock influences into a blender with everything else they’ve ever even sort of liked and pull out songs built on combinations that look insane on paper but absolutely kill once you hear them."
- Richard Bouchard
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