Written and Recorded by John McCabe
Mixed by El Kabong
Mastered by Jason Day
John McCabe - Guitars, bass, mandolin, keys, drum programming and vocals.  
John Kimbrough - Bass

What For

Recorded, Mixed & Produced by John Kimbrough 
Mastered by Jason Deift
Recorded at Janky East Studio, Los Angeles
All Songs by John McCabe
John McCabe - Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin
John Kimbrough - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion & Backing Vocals
Derek Syverud - Drums

No One Ever Says

Recorded at Orange Room Studio, Laguna Niguel, CA 
John McCabe - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Mandolin, Keys 
Nathan Thurm - Drums 
Brady Hoggard - Backing vocals (Lightly) 
Mixed by El Kabong (Tracks 1,3,4,6), John Kimbrough (Track 2) & Brady Hoggard (Track 5) 
Mastered by Jason Deift 
Produced by John McCabe

Trading Cards

Written, Recorded & Produced by John McCabe. Co-Produced & Mixed by El Kabong, Mastered by Jason Deift. John McCabe - Guitars, Bass, Mandolin, Keys, Vocals. Don Erikson - Bass & Piano on 'Nothing Redeeming'.  Drums - Lorne Worsley. 

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Adorned

Three albums into his tenure with the Subjangle label, Laguna Niguel, California based John McCabe is one of 'those artistes' that fosters an immediate connection.

Perhaps it is the languid alt country jangle-pop inflected sound that immediately resonates or just that his music is an instant reminder of the college rock / jangle-pop halcyon days of the late 80's and early 90s, either way something plainly clicks with his fans who stay loyal with every release.

This "It Rings A Bell" album, released two years after his critically acclaimed "Adorned" release, unfurls new layers of intimacy to his musical template as tracks best represented by the title track, "Clench", "Tables" and "Gila Bend" sees him purposefully withdraw from his signature jangle rock sound and move towards a laconic, almost storytelling aesthetic that enables every lyric and jangly riff to resonate with extra meaning as it is freed from rock clutter.

However, as if to compensate for the his new found 'beautiful sedate' their is the addition of the whirring fuzz-pop found in "Trees", "Wrong Angel", "Ruins" and "Tired" that hints at Guided By Voices, albeit steeped in McCabe's glorious use of absolute no-fi production.

It Rings A Bell peels another layer from the John Mcabe musical lexicon to reveal his finest album yet.

Darrin Lee (Janglepophub Editor / Subjangle founder)

It Rings A Bell

Hold The Mist

Brake Parts

Screeching Halt

Lightly

Rules

Marbles

Sirens

Medicine

Empty Vessel

Nothing Redeeming

On TV

What's The Matter

In The Weeds

Wash Out

Blue

Carving Station

Twisted Pair

Easy West

Written and Recorded by John McCabe
Mixed by El Kabong
Mastered by Jason Deift
John McCabe - Guitars, bass, mandolin, keys, drum programming and vocals.  
John Kimbrough - Bass

Used To Say

On the Other Hand

Paint

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Musician, Artist - Mainly jangly guitar music and acrylic painting to go with it.

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