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This song started coming together in the spring of 2019 during rehearsals for our shows with Hot Water Music in Brooklyn. After we all flew home, a very rough practice recording of Arty playing guitar and Steve playing drums started making the rounds. We quickly started working on the ideas that were on that tape and eventually came to the decision that we should try to record it. Living in different states does not make getting together easy, so for the first time we attempted to record separately in our own cities and build on each others tracks. "Toxic Optimist" is the end result.
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released May 1, 2020
Errortype:Eleven
Arthur Shepherd - Vocals & Guitar
Philip Hanratty - Lead Guitar
Adam Marino - Bass
Steve Sanderson - Drums
Vocals & Guitar recorded by Gypsy George Mihalopoulos at Always Already in Brooklyn, NY
Lead Guitar recorded by Keith Moore at Audio Playground in Kinderhook, NY
Drums recorded by Eric Delegard at Reel Time Audio in Denton, TX
Bass recorded by Aaron Rubin at The Hit Lair in San Diego, CA
Mixed by J. Robbins at The Magpie Cage Recording Studio in Baltimore, MD
Mastered by Dan Countant at Sun Room Audio in Cornwall, NY
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer
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