This is an amazing cover, i can't even handle how good this is.

Watery Domestic may be the finest collection of 4 songs I've yet encountered. Nice cover man. Were the maracas added? they are a nice touch if so.

such a great cover choice and I'm loving the vocals.

Dude, your version is so good, that is even better than the original. You done a GREAT JOB!!!!!

-Recorded with GarageBand in my old attic in Kansas City.
-Tracked in an afternoon, mixed the following evening.
-One of my favorite Pavement songs from the "Watery, Domestic" EP.
-Aside from the crappy cymbals and the "too boom-y" kick drum sound, I'm pretty happy with this mix.


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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.

The Royal Firecrackers--"Shoot The Singer" (Pavement cover)

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