Rock

DARK MATTER HALOS Freak Magnet

DARK MATTER HALOS You'll Never Walk Alone

Jeff, Susan, and I wrote the music - I wrote the lyric and vox melody. I think we got some great performances out of this recording.  Choose your friends wisely...

me - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocal
susan - violin, backing vocal
sarah - bass, backing vocal
jeff - drums, acoustic guitar
aurora - backing vocal

Hear The Guns

I found the basic riff for this on a microcassette tape that I had recorded in 1996, and built a song around the riff.  About an disastrous road trip to a show in Chicago. 

Lights On The Skyway

Written by T.Cravens

The night before I wrote this song, I had written this bad ass guitar riff that I couldn't wait to play for the band.  As fate would have it, I fell asleep without recording it for reference.  When I woke up, I had forgotten the riff completely.  As a result, the main riff for this song is an approximation of the original riff - it was the best I had come up with when the guys showed up for rehearsal the next morning.  That being said, if you dig this song, imagine how much more you would like it if I could only remember that gad dammed original lick!

The music for this is the first and only take of this song - no overdubs.


MY CONFIDANT 01 Ache

Written by T.Cravens

This song was written at a girlfriend's apartment in West Lafayette in the fall of 1990.  AJ, Todd, and John are singing backing vocals on this recording.  The old fashioned way - all of us gathered around the mic, all in one take.

MY CONFIDANT 07 Keeper

Written by T.Cravens/M.Tarr

This was written around a bass line that Mike came up with.  A couple of months after we release the song/album, Smashing Pumpkins put out Siamese Dream, which included a song with the exact same bass line.  

Gravelbed used to include a faithful rendition of this song in their set on occasion.

MY CONFIDANT 04 A Step Away

DARK MATTER HALOS Burning Churches

produced, mixed, and mastered by matt sommers @ mediumFUSION in 2008. written by t joseph cravens. DMH: susan morris - lead vocal, violin / t joseph cravens - guitars, vocal / sarah cravens - bass guitar / eff lee - drums.

DARK MATTER HALOS A Shape In The Clouds

t. joseph cravens