It was always hard to put our music into any kind of box
or to have a satisfying answer to "what artists do you
sound like?" As much as that felt like a hurdle at certain
points, it was always a point of pride for us.
Each of these songs received a lot of care and attention
to detail from start to finish. All of the recordings and
mixes were done pre-covid, in our bedrooms, attics and closets. This is all of our studio recorded material in 1 concise album. Self titled, self made.

Long Shadow Sheep - Long Shadow Sheep

I just toss a lil beat on the griddle and let my two golden boys have at it! Johnny Pits, the champion of my heart - well he drops bars that'll make folks downright sweaty! And my other boy, Bockchoybis! Well he's a real root'n toot'n, dig'em'up'n holler at'em kinda feller! Heart'o gold!

Always off the dome, my boys'll go! Just stick a microphone in front of 'em and get prospectin'! There's GOLD in this boof! Golly!

Grampa's Golden Boys - Rock Bottom Apparatus

Written & performed by Lydia Barnes (aka rock dove)
Track 1 from 'Patience' (EP) released December 2021.

This sample is for portfolio listening purposes only.

Patience

New Space

New Space (by Rock Dove)

Track5
Part 2 of 2


I've seen blue & I've seen red
No cool left to lose, you saw me lose my mind, instead

You have seen the poison pass through my lips
But, I've seen beauty

& I have been in beauty's wake
& so a little bit of everything will change

Woke up to God & the Devil
Duking it out in the details
I woke up alone
I woke up alone


Long Shadow Sheep:
Brady O'Keefe: Lead vocal, guitars, keyboards, songwriting
Doug Buckley: Bass guitars
Matt Zajac: Drums and percussion
Nick Sabet: Lead guitars, backing vocals

Mixed / mastered by Brady O'Keefe between 2019-2020.
Recorded in our bedrooms, attics and closets in Franklin, MA.

Long Shadow Sheep

U & U (Side B)

Track 4

Part 1 of 2

___________________________________________________

It was always hard to put our music into any kind of box
or to have a satisfying answer to "what artists do you
sound like?" As much as that felt like a hurdle at certain
points, it was always a point of pride for us.
Each of these songs received a lot of care and attention
to detail from start to finish. All of the recordings and
mixes were done pre-covid.

This is all of our studio recorded material in 1 concise album. Self titled, self made.

Long Shadow Sheep:
Brady O'Keefe: Lead vocal, guitars, keyboards, songwriting
Doug Buckley: Bass guitars
Matt Zajac: Drums and percussion
Nick Sabet: Lead guitars, backing vocals

Mixed / mastered by Brady O'Keefe between 2019-2020.
Recorded in our bedrooms, attics and closets in Franklin, MA.

U & U (Side A)

Track 3


Evil, in the water like a life boat
Call your doctor when your high's low
"Its peaceful” - last impression of a black hole

Ooo, tell me your mantra
Sell me something I can take home
Draw me up a smile
Put me in your puppet show ~ a little tip-toe

Back, when I heard Jackson's winding wisdom
He said, "Stand at attention

I just hope that men's pens help to send men to heaven
This script's a curse & its a blessing"

When I heard Jackson's winding wisdom
He said, "Stand at attention"

Maybe we hail from another dimension
But, if we're in too deep, maybe the best way up is down
Long Shadow Sheep:
Brady O'Keefe: Lead vocal, guitars, keyboards, songwriting
Doug Buckley: Bass guitars
Matt Zajac: Drums and percussion
Nick Sabet: Lead guitars, backing vocals

Mixed / mastered by Brady O'Keefe between 2019-2020.
Recorded in our bedrooms, attics and closets in Franklin, MA.

Doug's Point

Track 2


Standing straight is farther than it used to seem, away
You say you miss me when you're with me and I'd say the same
I'm in the crawlspace, escaping at a crawl's pace
Another unsaved change, another day I will stay

Were we so broken?
Were we so broken?

You were the wind, I felt you pass me through
Poof - I'll be the smoke ring, growing away
You were the water in my paper cup - dangerous
The walls I held you in were growing thin

Ooo, what could I say to get through to you?
Another unsaved change, another day I will stay

Were we so broken?
Were we so broken?

You were the wind, I felt you pass me through
Poof - I'll be the smoke ring, growing away
You were the water in my paper cup - dangerous
The walls I held you in were growing thin


Long Shadow Sheep:
Brady O'Keefe: Lead vocal, guitars, keyboards, songwriting
Doug Buckley: Bass guitars
Matt Zajac: Drums and percussion
Nick Sabet: Lead guitars, backing vocals

Mixed / mastered by Brady O'Keefe between 2019-2020.
Recorded in our bedrooms, attics and closets in Franklin, MA.

Crawl's Pace

Track 1


So, board up the doors for the winter, if not a glitter may escape the gold
The naysayer's claims grow familiar, but not all who shiver know the cold, you know
The flowers came & went, the flowers came and went, again
If we let coyotes mind the doors, we've let the wolves in

You run & gunner; lead foot until the brakes stop braking
With a cruel correlation of lists & limitations
A mistake made is only honest to the maker
But ooo, Strega Nona, an empty plate was no place for your faith

Across the walls, a plan I'd laid
I came back and smelled the wet paint
&, damn, be it pleasure, be it pain
The days all burned the same

So if I want to break bread, I should learn to bake, first
If I want to break bread, I should learn to bake, first

The door's locked, so save the knocking for some kung-fu
I've got a dead horse on my floor to beat until I see some hooves move
But, these old bones don't dance like they used to
Its too late for voodoo, this Truman's doomed to live & die by the moon

Across the walls, a plan I'd laid
I came back and smelled the wet paint
&, damn, be it pleasure, be it pain
The days all burned the same

Sweet sativa, bring the demons out of me
But, keep the Irish goodbyes
Strega Nona, keep the sword from my side
But, don't you say I don't know sacrifice

Keep the dopamine clean, and the fool's gold in sight
& pack a tiny, little suitcase for a tiny, little life



Long Shadow Sheep:
Brady O'Keefe: Lead vocal, guitars, keyboards, songwriting
Doug Buckley: Bass guitars
Matt Zajac: Drums and percussion
Nick Sabet: Lead guitars, backing vocals

Mixed / mastered by Brady O'Keefe between 2019-2020.
Recorded in our bedrooms, attics and closets in Franklin, MA.

Strega Nona

Brix by Devon Alexis

Produced, mixed and mastered by Brady O'Keefe.

Released winter 2022.

Brix (by Devon Alexis)

the johnny pitz freestyle that spawned a golden alliance

Rock Bottom Apparatus

BUSCHDITUSH (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

The story of the golden boys and doug eddy takes a surprising turn

VAN CREEPIN PART 2 (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

JOHN BIDEN (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

jamaican appropriation or johnny pitz's finest moment?

CLOUT 4 DICK (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

VAN CREEPIN PART 1 (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

LIGHT THE BLUNCH (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

GOLDEN BOYS (by Grampa’s Golden Boys)

I know, I know,
that’s just the way that it goes
I heard a “hello”
…it’s just an echo

But the slow jams never pan out as I plan,
as if anything could be so convenient
I’m just a new toy you keep in the box
You can pick me up
just to get the dust off of me

Face to face, eye to eye
Same coin, two sides for you & I
I slap half my mind on a picket sign

Ooo, you big man, you piece of meat,
you silent scream of a dying breed -
…you wanna a piece of me?

I’ll put an asterisk on your last disaster,
& laugh when the footnotes shatter

It feels like momentum pushing back on the friction,
but it’s slipping
you never listen

I think you’ve got the wrong tree,
the way you bark at me
Whatever we may be, can we just be?
No, it’s dog eat dog
So come on, you gotta eat, dog
… eat!

Face to face, eye to eye
Same coin, two sides for you & I
I slap half my mind on a picket sign


Yeah, you know me, I’m a dime a dozen
Cold when the sun left

I said, “Goddamn, what good is dancing
when it’s only maneuvering?”

Same Coin (by O'K)

Surely, any second now, this thing will start exploding,
mortal as the cigarettes we're holding
It's anything and everything and nothing in between
A good time to stop time, it's a sunrise on the sea,

but would you draw me?
If you saw my song and dance, would you applaud me?
It's not the height I fear, it is the falling
However short we fall,
it's the hanging in the balance of it all

You called me spoiled, I couldn't disagree,
but what a thing to say after you spoil me
Am I any more than in your fleeting custody?
And what are you?
What are you to me?

Are you just good company?

However long we fall
It's better in the balance of it all

Good Company (Single)

Good Company (by O'K)

-Original concept & Instrumentation by Doug Buckley aka Breadcat.
-Produced, mixed & mastered by Brady O'Keefe aka Franklin Public Schools.
-Lyrics & raps by Breadcat & Deve.

o boi it sum heat boi

Better Man (Feat. Deve & Breadcat)

Between the laborious and demanding shifts of his early-morning day job, John Tiernan Jr. (Jay, for short), periodically found the time he needed to craft and develop his own original music, which he was quietly allowing to blossom at its own pace. A classically trained double-bassist with a sudden lack of a creative outlet and plenty of time on his hands, Tiernan, now aged 23, spent roughy two years piecing together any and all ideas and bits of inspiration that would eventually find their way onto 'Sunrise & an Empty Mind'. In 2017, after enlisting childhood friend and former bandmate, Nick Sabet, Jay was given the opportunity to record an EP of his music; the incorrectly titled, 'Sunrise and a Spotless Mind'. Having been writing music together since the age of 13, Jay and Nick quickly rekindled and reimplemented the same creative energy they once lived by. At this time, Jay decided to use his signature online username, "J4YB12D" as the artist name he would release music under. The EP was set to consist of a handful Jay's songs, to which Nick would contribute both his songwriting abilities, as well as his instrumental and production capabilities. The time for production was cut short, however, with Sabet's sudden departure to live in California and no definite plans to return. 

Several months later, Jay enlists another long-time friend and former bandmate, Brady O'Keefe, to produce a second attempt of 'Sunrise' from the ground up. Jay, with the help of Brady and Nick, began reconstructing 'Sunrise' with a newfound respect for both attention to detail and production value. Many long nights of recording and mixing sessions, though often tedious, led to an explosion of new ideas that now give the final incarnation the raw, quirky and humanistic album its unique personality. What 'Sunrise' may lack in its length, it makes up for ten-fold in the amount of musical content within its track-list. Beginning with the unabashed title track, which slides effortlessly between garage-rock style aggression and smooth, funky pop-rock, the album continuously winds through genres and styles. A strong folk and acoustic influence is introduced in "Regress" that continues to be heard in the two interlude tracks, and is brought to a serene and dreamlike plateau in "The Rush". The fourth track, "Fruit Junior" (arbitrarily named after 'Breaking Bad''s Walter Junior), was a song written by Jay and Brady's high school band in 2013. Brady had always felt very confident about the song's potential, and suggested the song be resurrected and fully fleshed-out to appear on 'Sunrise'. With a few key tweaks and additions to the original song, "Fruit Junior" was brought back to life, having never previously been released or properly recorded. Brady was able to use several audio stems, recorded in 2013, that he mixed into the new version, including a hastily recorded, 30-second saxophone track (played by Andrew Samson) that was carefully spliced and copy/pasted to fit in the final mix. The album's bombastic sonic transitions are epitomized in an abrupt climax with the blistering final minutes of "The Rush". The thundering drums, monstrous bass and screaming organ provide an almost apocalyptic backdrop for the screaming wails of the lead guitars; a profound instrumental eulogy to solidify both J4YB12D's sheer creative audacity as well as his broadened maturity. 

CREDITS:

This album was recorded in the Summer and Fall of 2018. All recordings were captured, mixed and mastered in a single bedroom in Franklin, Massachusetts (with the exception of the tracks resurrected for Fruit Junior, circa 2013). All electric guitars and basses recorded via DI. All vocals recorded in a closet vocal boof. 

• Recorded, mixed and mastered by Brady O'Keefe. 
• Produced by Brady O'Keefe with Nick Sabet. 
• Lyrics by John D. Tiernan Jr. / J4YB12D 
• Composed by John D. Tiernan Jr. with assistance from Nick Sabet and additional contributions from Brady O'Keefe

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The Rush

"Strega Nona" by Long Shadow Sheep. This is the debut studio single from Long Shadow Sheep and is set to be released on May 1st, 2020.

Recorded, mixed & mastered in-house.

Lyrics:

So, board up the doors for the winter
& not a glitter may escape the gold.
The naysayers’ claims grow familiar,
but, not all who shiver know the cold, you know.

The flowers came & went - The flowers came & went, again.
If we let coyotes mind the doors, we've let the wolves in.

You run & gunner- lead foot until the brakes stop braking
with a cruel correlation of lists & limitations.
A mistake made is only honest to the maker,
but, ooh, Strega Nona, an empty plate was no place for your faith.

Across the walls, a plan I’d laid.
I came back & smelled the wet paint.
&, damn, be it pleasure, be it pain,
the days all burn the same.
So if I want to break bread, I should learn to bake, first.

The door is locked, so save the knocking for some Kung Fu.
I’ve got a dead horse on my floor to beat until I see some hooves move.
But, these old bones don’t dance like they use to.
Its too late for voodoo; This Truman is doomed to live & die by the moon.

Across the walls, a plan I’d laid.
I came back & smelled the wet paint.
&, damn, be it pleasure, be it pain,
the days all burn the same.

Sweet sativa, bring the demons out of me,
but keep the Irish goodbyes.
Strega Nona, keep the sword from my side,
but, don’t you say I don’t know sacrifice.

Keep the dopamine clean & the foolsgold in sight
& pack a tiny, little suitcase for a tiny, little life.

Strega Nona (Single)

Pay What You Want

Long Shadow Sheep - Strega Nona

Debut single from the duo Dinosorus (Myself & Marliii). 

-Beats/production/instrumentation/mix/master by Brady O'Keefe
-Vocals/lyrics/instrumentation by Marli Delaney

This heater can be found on all major streaming platforms!

Woa ! (Single)

Woa !

Dinosorus - Woa !

A song from the heart -
We put a lot into this one, really focusing on texture and nuance to give U&U its own atmosphere. Hope u enjoy =]

Lyrics:

Lift up all the makeup, 
let me see you through your own eyes 
You must be the finest way to wake up;
the way you shake the sleep from mine

& if your heart is not beating right,
I will open up my own & hope my hold is not a squeeze too tight
Look around & meet your canvas
There's beauty, only if you paint it, so

You were all I thought of, today,
you & you, alone

Off the rails
I thought I was born for them, but, oh well
I never knew high, until I fell & I fell
Purgatory's burning, just one day ago, felt a little cold for hell

You left me sitting in my own lane, bumper to bumper,
you know I'm a runner, I don't sit well
I recall that conversation, down to the stutters - 
It did not go so well

Well, I've seen blue & I've seen red
No cool left to lose, you saw me lose my mind, instead

You have seen the poison pass through my lips,
but, I've seen beauty - 
& I have been in beauty's wake
& so, a little bit of everything will change

Woke up to God & The Devil,
duking it out in the details . . . 
I woke up alone

•  •  •
The 3rd single released by Long Shadow Sheep in 2020. 

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