because it's not safe at home anymore

Sam: piano and vocals
Lazuli: guitar and vocals

Sam & Lazuli - WOLVES (Hurray for the Riff Raff cover)

Sam: vocals, keys, acoustic guitar
Laz: background vocals, bass, electric guitar, programming, production, mix

Sam - More of the Same

Here's an updated mix of my synthpop cover of Bowie's "Afraid."

Afraid

Trying to reconcile chamber pop with synthpop. I may or may not have succeeded, but it was a fun thing to try.

Thanks to Keith Goodwin for your input on the rhythm section.

Music & lyrics by John Cale

Chorale

David Bowie's "Big Brother" seemed painfully relevant in today's climate. Synth solo by Keith Goodwin. Everything else by me.

(We Want You) Big Brother

I've become increasingly interested in ways to turn the voice into an instrument, so I decided to write a program in R to do just that. This is a cover of John Cale.

I Keep A Close Watch (On This CPU Of Mine)

a song about limp liberal support. words, but no action 

Lyrics:

Looking for a friend
 Looking everywhere 
Walked along the boulevard 
The boulevard of friends 
All those mild mannered friends I've got 
They're careless and they’re bowing down 
All over town, all over the place - it’s embarrassing I 
Don't want them talking to me no more
  
 'Cause I'm leaving it, leaving it, leaving it up to you 
Have to leave it, leave it, leave it up to you 

 All the buildings are breaking down 
Like the whispering in your heart
 And it's sordid how life goes on 
When I could take you apart 
Give me half a chance, given half a chance 
I'd do it now!  Right now, you fascist! 
We could all feel safe like Heather Heyer
 We could give it all up! We could give, give, give it all up!  

And the newspapers! Oh, the newspapers! 
They’ll be watching to me giving it to you 
And the radio, what about the radio?
 Oh, they’ll be listening to me giving it to you   

 I hear hissing, I hear hissing in the distance 
I hear the Nazis crawling over the hill 
they're crawling over the hill 
Like cottonmouths in the Charlotte sun
They're blistering up my spell! They're blistering it up 
They're breaking it up!  
What the hell else have I got? 
What the hell else have I got but that spell?   

(Leaving it, leaving it, leaving it up to you 
Leaving it, leaving it, leaving it up to you) 
I've got to give it up! I've got to give it up! 
I've got to give it up! I've got to give it up! 
Give it up! Up! Up! Up! Up! Give it up! 
For God's sake; take it!

Credit to John Cale for the original version of this song.

Leaving It Up To You

Alicia and I had a lot of fun on this one. As far as the tech side goes, it was delightfully challenging to recreate the ridiculous detuned and loose feel of the original. And as for the vocals, Alicia is able to improvise harmonies that sound so innocent and unintentional. I just can't do that!

Oh, and kazoos. Lots of those.

Alicia Eckert: vocals
Joshua Sites: vocals, kazoos, keyboards, programming

Recorded & mixed by Joshua Sites

Put A Straw Under Baby (Brian Eno cover)

Thoughtless Kind (John Cale cover)

"Look out below, the tides lean heavily like wine..." This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, so why not cover a track off an album dedicated to that well-intended event?

The Endless Plain of Fortune

My cover of Joy Division's Atmosphere. Thank you, Caro, for the idea.

Atmosphere

Here's a track from my old band, The Dead Horses.

Ryan Thorpe: drums
Steven Chamoun: bass
Kent Sallaz: keyboards
Michael Grebe: guitar
Eddie Tighe: guitar, solos
Joshua Sites: vocals

recorded & mixed: TJ Walstrom

Heart Of The City (Nick Lowe cover)

Adding to the jazz influences on the "Berlin" album version...

JP Urban: piano, saxophone
Keith Goodwin: bass
Joshua Sites: vocals

Recorded & mixed by Joshua Sites

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