Probably my favorite live Pavement song - tight cover (with some flair?)

great cover! i like your story behind as well. any possibility to download it?

Dude, i'm blasted by your cover. much love and respect.

holy shit,  the ending is amazing! i see your influences and i like them.

Times To Die (Car Seat Headrest Cover)

There aren't many records in the world that I've enjoyed listening to and playing guitar along with quite as much as Pavement's 1995 classic, Wowee Zowee. In particular, "Grounded" has been one of those songs that just continues to get better with age. That story in those lyrics, with so much to read into between the lines, and that slow, burnt out beat that builds into a mini-detonation at the end. That woozy haze reminds me of scorching Kansas summers, dreaming of the poolside life in California, and wondering about the secret lives of medical professionals when they hung up their scrubs. 

I had no idea what I wanted to do with this song when I started working on the cover, other than add some pretty harmonies to it and deconstruct it/rebuild it in my own way. I didn't intend for it to be some giant shoegaze anthem when I started, but that's kinda where it ended up. I'm pretty happy that it pays tribute to the tone of the original but hopefully goes off into it's own world, especially at the end. 

100% recorded in my basement in Seattle on GarageBand, with at least 45% of it recorded a floor below a sleeping baby. This was the first thing I've recorded since the birth of our son, Henry (11 weeks old as of this writing), and I'm amazed at how hard it is to find the time to work on projects like this with a baby. At the same time, it's even more rewarding to put a period at the end of the sentence and call it good. On a completely personal note, I'm thrilled with the drum sounds I managed to get out of my meager setup. 

Please to enjoy.

Grounded (Pavement Cover)

SB - 04

MONEY IS NOT OUR GOD (killing joke cover)

From the Melody's Echo Chamber 7" on Fat Possum July 31st.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Endless Shore"

Full moon, meteor shower, impending government shutdown, winter solstice - why not to celebrate with a little Uncle John and Aunt Yoko and a shitload of reverb?! 

Happy XMas 2018 from Alex & Chantal!

HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)

Red Light Runner

John Cobb-Where you gonna go?

A cover of the Wire classic "Outdoor Miner". The album version of the original unfortunately misses out on that incredible piano part that made it onto the single. I got Zach Curd to fly in some fantastic piano parts from Detroit, Michigan and make it sound sparkly and awesome. All the rest of the parts and pieces are me, recorded at The Royal Basement in Seattle, WA. Available for purchase on iTunes if you're interested in that sort of thing. More songs brewing, so please stay tuned. Thank you for listening.

Outdoor Miner

The Royal Firecrackers consist of a man from Kansas City who currently lives in Seattle, WA and works as a graphic designer and writer and dad. Debut LP "American Royal" currently being mixed in Bloomington, Indiana by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording and released sometime in 2024. These songs sound good on headphones or old speakers with big ol' woofers. Tell your friends about this music.  

CURRENT MUSICAL PROJECTS:
THE ROYAL FIRECRACKERS--You're listening to it now. All songs written and recorded by Greg Franklin in a basement in Seattle, WA with the engineering/mixing/instrumentation help of David Gaume, Robert Cheek, Eric Padgett, Michael Stover and Chris Littlefield. 

Playing guitar in the psych/pop band BLACK WHALES. New album dropping in 2024: https://blackwhales.bandcamp.com

Drums/Guitar/Bass in the most haunted band in Seattle that isn't Candlebox, the mighty PARTY DUNGEON: https://partydungeonusa.bandcamp.com

And working with my dear friend Greg Welker (aka SUNDAY GRIP, aka ISH THE FIST) on some sweet, sweet jams that may see the light of day sometime. There are some demos of that stuff here. 

PAST ROCK RESUME:
GHOST PAINS * SONNY VOTOLATO * LIGHTFEET * THE SYNTHONY * JACKIE CAROL * JETENDERPAUL * THE BELIEVE IT OR NOTS * EWOK GRINDER * LADYFRIEND * THE HILLARY STEP *

Photography by Morgan Miller.

Grounded (Pavement Cover)

The Royal Firecrackers

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