![]() ![]() After some songs that are more mellower in nature, this song gets in your face with its assault of brass, guitars, and drums and excepting for one reprieve, doesn’t let up. "The Plaid Muffins is probably the only video game music ska band in the world, so it’s exciting to hear their take on Armored Armadillo. That's some pretty high, incontinent praise, but it's deserved - album director Wesley Cho adds: Fate willing, I'm gonna be diaper-wearing octagenarian one day, and I'll STILL be rocking out to this joint in my mind. And this is just a smart, wicked arrangement - I love it so much I can with confidence say that it will stick in my head for the rest of my life. Awesome work by PR, Swann, Xenon, Cyril, and AMT, as usual! That's about it, hope you enjoy it." It is quite different from previous material, but that will probably be par for the course for the Plaid Muffins. Disparity and longing turn to bitterness and hate, giving Armored Armadillo a tragic backstory. The lyrics describe, for lack of a better term, the humanity behind the robot. Vocals this time are split between PrototypeRaptor and myself. When we started this, I knew it was going to be a harder track, but I didn't realize that it would channel Agro Rock a lot more than Ska. Took probably over a year to make in full, and many brass takes were needed in order to get the timing as close as we could. ![]() "This song was actually suggested by PrototypeRaptor while we were still working on finishing " Ska Buffet." Took on this track because PR wanted to do it and, as chance would have it, Cyril had already nabbed the track for Maverick Rising. Lest we chalk that mix up as a fluke or passing glimpse of brilliance, they've done it again, bringing high-energy vocal ska/rock with sexy brass to a source tune that completely lends itself to the style. The flip side is the heavy hitting instrumental strut "Tuck n Roll," a single take recording featuring the fuzzed out organ of Indications keyboard player Justin Hubler.MAVERICK RISING!! We hope you're enjoying the album already we're going to be posting some flood mixes the next couple days, but for tonight we're kicking it off with an absolutely badass ska jam from The OverClocked Plaid Muffins, who debuted last year with an equally amazing Kirby mix. The A-side features "Smile," a frenetic dance floor single that darts between post-disco groove and breakneck soul. ![]() The three began writing original soul music, recording themselves straight to tape in the basements of Bloomington- a process which brings you the gritty sounds available on Ohio-based Colemine Records CLM-130. When his music career took him to Bloomington, Indiana, he was selected to join the legendary Indiana University Soul Revue, and it was through his involvement that he met writer/producer duo Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein. With a stellar background in gospel, Jones got his start in the church, singing in the choir of his hometown in rural Louisiana. ![]() Jones brings you two fiery sides of original soul music, pairing soaring vocal work with dusty drums, slinking guitars and screaming organs. Bayou-born soul sensation, Durand Jones, is bringing his raw energy to Colemine Records with his debut 45. ![]()
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