* Written by Richard Jankovich
* Performed by Michael Datz, Richard Jankovich, Albert Kurniawan and Micah Lopez
* Mixed by Dan Long
* Mastered by Howie Weinberg
* Additional vocals on "The Underdog" by Leah Wellbaum
* Strings on "Drawn With Broken Crayons", "Sober Man's Test" and "The Underdog" by Elisa Randazzo

Gusto (2020)

Gusto

Running Rivers

Sober Man's Test

High Functioning

Forgotten For Years

That Day

My Unveiling (Redux) [feat. Caroline Kingsbury]

Nametag (Single Mix)

Believing in petty distractions and theories since you were born
There’s reason confetti is falling around you keeping you adorned
Even when you thought that it was cold out, it’s still just getting warm
Watch the cloud cover’s getting thin while you sit ready to begin

We’re well past the sell date
We misjudged the runway 
We’re well past the sell date
We clicked all clickbait

Frequencies floating from treetop to treetop they are airborne
Seasons are starting to blur together consider yourself warned
You may have thought it was over but you’re close to being reborn
Discover what happens when you take it on the chin

We’re well past the sell date
We misjudged the runway 
We’re well past the sell date
We clicked all clickbait

We’re still slowing down from our rapid ascent
We took workshops on how to sow more dissent 
We’re slowing down from our rapid ascent
Together, let’s make compelling content

(Let's Make) Compelling Content

Midnight City (originally by m83)
Recorded by Mike Datz 
Mastered by Mike Datz

Big Mother Gig is Richard Jankovich, Mike Datz, Micah Lopez and Albert Kurniawan.

Midnight City

No More Questions

The Great Heist

Almost Primed

Just Fly By

Nametag

The Underdog feat Leah Wellbaum (Slothrust)
The new single by Big Mother Gig from the forthcoming LP, Gusto (4/30/21)

Thanks for the kind words from Stereogum:
"a mightily catchy introduction to Big Mother Gig that reminds me of late-’90s touchpoints like Clarity-era Jimmy Eat World but with a grand guitar sheen I’d almost compare to the Cure."
https://www.stereogum.com/2114877/big-mother-gig-the-underdog-feat-slothrusts-leah-wellbaum/music/

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The Underdog (feat Leah Wellbaum of Slothrust)

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LYRICS:
Even though I reached the back of the endless path I kept looking around for ways to keep going on…keep going wrong.
I’m about as far as I could ever go, I feel the rain pushing me, feel the wind blow. 

Past the weather vane
Past the storm clouds
Home

I’m a busy body, I like keeping busy. 
In just a moment I will be past the sun.

And now I find myself floating round in space, I keep looking for a rocket to another place.
It’s black as night and my air is low, I should’ve stayed mundane where at least it flows. 

Past the outer-verse
Past everything
Not home

I’m a busy body, I like looking busy. 
If I’m lucky you won’t notice me out past the sun.

When I reached the end of the universe, it didn’t help, made me feel worse. 
I got about as far as anyone could go, I felt the world calling me “Come home.”

Past the stratosphere, past the sun.

Past The Sun

This song was called “My Despair” for a few months and it basically chronicles my depression as it sneaks up on me. I’ve done a lot of work with a type of therapy called EMDR and Voice Dialogue. In these treatments, you actually learn to identify parts of your inner psyche and the roles they play. In my head, there are countless characters that push me to “keep busy” rather than be in the moment. Two of these get mentioned here (the doctor, the general) and how I wish they would leave me alone and let me present. Meditation helps, I do that now too. 

Lyrics:
When a far off gaze gets overcome with shadows
The sprinkling always takes me by surprise
Is there somewhere I can find to take cover
Before the clouds cover the sunrise

Just go, leave me behind
Just go, let me unwind

When he notices, the general starts giving orders
And the doctor starts to analyze
Together they’ll find something to occupy me
When I only want to close my eyes

Just go, leave me behind
Just go, let me unwind
Just go, leave me behind
Just go, let me unwind

To keep me busy they push me to fight after fight after fight
It doesn’t matter if I’m even right, even right, even right, even right

Just go, leave me behind
Just go, let me unwind
Just go, leave me behind
Just go, let me unwind

Overcome With Shadows

My Unveiling

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The Doctor Will See You Now
The new single by Big Mother Gig from the forthcoming LP, Gusto (4/30/21)

Starring:
Eric Shah
Jill Barlett

Directed by Richard Jankovich

Thanks for the kind words from American Songwriter:
"Sonically seeped in a swoon of ’90s-riffed melodies, “The Doctor Will See You Now” reveals Jankovich’s present state in all its honesty.”"

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I’m not covering up my feelings
There’s no bourbon in my cup
I’m not floating through the hallways
I think a lot cuz it’s good to spot what makes me sore
I take vitamins and vitamins galore
The Doctor Will See You Now
I still take sugar in my coffee
I still take butter on my bread
I might be found floating in the background
I found the spot where we fought as I laid on the floor
Kicks and fists, most that missed, once more
The Doctor Will See You Now
I ain’t wasting no more time
Not wearing any make-up to cover my black eyes…no more
I have wounds and bruises to my core
There’s no bandages only damages and more, more
The Doctor Will See You Now

The Doctor Will See You Now

I was cruising along, not even looking in my rearview
Sinkholes were forming but they must have missed my purview, oh no

The sign says “20 miles to Rock Bottom”
So send my regards to Gomorrah and Sodom

The wheels were coming off, this jalopy had gone useless
I was slowing to a crawl, my journey had gone fruitless, oh no

The sign says “20 miles to Rock Bottom”
So send my regards to Gomorrah and Sodom
Just some more and I got ‘em

I thought that I was having a blast
My peripheral vision had been masked
And I was almost out of gas
One by one, those exits all flew past

The sign says “20 miles to Rock Bottom”
So send my regards to Gomorrah and Sodom

20 Miles

The Underdog

The Underdog (feat. Leah Wellbaum)

Booking: chris@madison-house.com

Stereogum: "LA-based Milwaukee native Richard Jankovich leads Big Mother Gig, an emo band that matches huge pop hooks with equally massive guitar sounds. The project’s next album, Gusto, is a chronicle of Jankovich’s recovery from alcoholism. The opening track is out today, and it’s a good one. “The Underdog,” which features vocals from Slothrust’s Leah Wellbaum, is a mightily catchy introduction to Big Mother Gig that reminds me of late-’90s touchpoints like Clarity-era Jimmy Eat World but with a grand guitar sheen I’d almost compare to the Cure.”

Gusto is out now.

BIG MOTHER GIG

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