I recently rediscovered this very rough demo amidst a pile of old discs tucked away in a box in my closet. It's one of the "lost" tracks from the Awful Lot '06 Sessions, recorded in December of 2006. I thought I'd lost all recordings of it, so I was pretty pleased to find the disc!

It's a really fun song, but it didn't quite make the cut for the original promotional disc. The performances weren't as solid as the other tunes on the album, and the vibe wasn't consistent with the rest of the music. It was fun to record, but in the end we decided not to release it. 

Fun fact: Patrick improvised a different rant every time he performed the song. One of my favorite parts of playing the song live was hearing what new craziness he could come up with for the bridge. 

I'm going to re-record this one very soon. It could stand for some tightening and restructuring, I think. 

Vocals: Patrick McMahon 
Guitar & Bass: Sheldon Morley
Keyboards: Amber Scott
Drums: John Wick

The '06 Demos

Where Were You?

Pirelli sings! at Morgan-Wixson Theater

Evan Brau on guitar, Jens Funke on Bass, Sheldon Morley sangin'.

What you get... demo

This is a really rough version of the tune, written before we had a firm grasp of some of the "rules" of songwriting. For instance, note that the first chorus is a double chorus, which is generally considered a no-no. For this tune I'd like to speed it up, and some proper doo-wop harmonies, and generally tighten it.

02 Riot in the Miskatonic Morgue

This is a live recording of the last song the band wrote together. As you can see, there was some growth in musicianship and songwriting as we played together longer. This tune I'd pretty much like to leave as-is, with the exception of tightening it up and adding a guitar solo to the bridge. Oh, and layered vocal harmonies of course. ;-)

sheldonmorley