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Written in Reykjavîk, LA, Boston
April 2023 - July 2024

Recorded in apartments on Barmahlið, Framnesvegur, and Barónsstígur in Reykjavîk,  a room in the Beverly Hills Hilton, and a house in Boxford, Massachusetts
Produced by R.M. Hendrix
Tracks 4, 6, 9, 10 co-produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson
Mixed and Mastered by Valgeir Sigurðsson at Greenhouse Studios

Programmed and performed by R.M.Hendrix 
With additional horns by Sullivan and Zephyr Hendrix on tracks 3 and 4
Drum samples by Spencer Tweedy’s Drumprints on tracks 2 and 5

Audio Samples on Track 6
“Guy hit in head with .50 caliber ricochet,” YouTube · Kakigouru · Jun 29, 2007
“Marine Sniper Team Engages Taliban Spotter,” Military.com · Video Blogger · Mar 22, 2011

Design by Pretty Garage
Cover photo by Marino Thorlacius
Back photo National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Annie (Operation Upshot-Knothole), 1953

Songs © R.M.Hendrix/BMI
Recording © & ℗ R.M.Hendrix

YUKS

The idea behind Shamblegloss is simple: Take nine of R.M. Hendrix’s most preferred past compositions, add two brand new tracks (Opener “Morning Complaints” and LP closer “Plum Ambient”), and embrace the shoegaze and noise-pop sounds that helped define his early career.

Plum Ambient

a confidently building shoegaze anthem that abruptly drops off a lunar cliff then explodes into a raging Slowdive-like climax. Remixed and remastered for the album SHAMBLEGLOSS.

In This Daydream

Wet Work

Drugs

08 Hallgrímskirkja Coda

05 Yellow Alert 2

04 Arora Is A Tease

03 Low Sun Country

02 Rain Then Sun Then Rain Then Sun Then Rain

01 Weekend In Stokkseyri

Just in time for Halloween dance mixes, a gnarly bass line and frenetic beat underscore a song about an AI that loses control, resurrects, seeks revenge. Then humans drop the nukes and rats take over. The middle rap tells the ending before sampling chaos ensues. If that's not enough, then maybe all the name dropping of 20th Century modern artists will turn you on. Jenny Holzer warned us all. It's kind of crazy. Like Flying Purple People Eater for 2023. Fun. Creepy. Is it novelty, though?... It's all our fear. It's alive!

What does the robot ChatGPT say?

R.M. Hendrix, the experimental-pop virtuoso, continues his ever-evolving musical journey with the enigmatic "Automaton". This compelling release ventures into the unsettling terrain of artificial intelligence while drawing inspiration from iconic pioneers such as Radiohead and Massive Attack.

"Automaton" is an exploration of the intricate dynamics surrounding AI, sparked by the thought-provoking phrases of artist Jenny Holzer. The titular track, a dystopian dance mix, masterfully narrates the harrowing descent of an AI into chaos, eerily presaged by a middle rap section. Hendrix's shrewd utilization of AI mastering tools imbues the song with an ironic depth, elevating the storytelling.

In Hendrix's poignant words, "We're in a new era of monsters." AI, once relegated to screens, now resides in the very fabric of our lives, making "Automaton" more than just new music; it's a haunting and thought-provoking sonic odyssey into the digital abyss.

AUTOMATON (Turn Yourself On)

What Passed Me By This Night - RM Hendrix

The Yellow Dwarf Sleeps but the Judge Never Does

A Heat Surrounds the Hive

Thing Fellow

Moderate Rain Warning

Murder of Crows

Sniper, Cert.

The Cult that Eats the World

I Scratched My Blood

What Do Boys Become?

Will the Sun Rise?

On August 8, 2025 Google's AI Gemini went into a spiral of self-hate.

I am a disgrace

04 I'm Sorry But I Missed Your Joke

All songs arranged and recorded between November 2019-March 2020 by Michael Hendrix with additional percussion and synthesizers on tracks 1, 5, and 6 by Solomon Hendrix

Mixed by Colin Fleming at Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless, Mastering, Boston, MA

All songs © 2020 R.M.Hendrix except track 6 © 2018 Thomas Edward Edwards/Warner Chappell Music

This sound recording © & ℗ 2020 R.M.Hendrix

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