Formulae - uck.
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Chad A. Carino
Cassie Carino
Gary Amedy
Kevin Goodgion

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TRACK:

Ernie Botts + the Miseries - Backyard Experiments in Noise
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Chad A. Carino

ALBUM:

While experimenting with a more nuanced songwriting process involving such steps as 'editing' and 'using a studio space that is not an echo chamber filled with noisy animals', Ernie Botts began creating songs that were more polished but still integrated the raw emotion and stuttering rhythms from earlier work. The result is a collection of songs that sound a bit like pop music transcribed to a decomposing merry-go-round's Wurlitzer, then performed by studio musicians primarily selected form high school battle of the band third runner ups. Although there are some solid songs, most of the release is uneven enough to preclude repeat listening. Prove us wrong!

LYRICS:

You can drink me under the table any day into night long as it feels right
Drag me through the gobi desert and show me the light girl show me the light

Find the switch turn me off turn it on and drop me the bomb
Write yourself in a song and we'll all sing along
Turn me on turn it off and make it all wrong
Turn me on girl turn me on

You can make me into your puppet smiling bright won't that be a sight
Sore eyes burn holes in the carpets and upholstery on cigarette night

Find the switch turn me off turn it on and drop me the bomb
Write yourself in a song and we'll all sing along
Turn me on turn it off and make it all wrong
Turn me on girl turn me on

12 steps one life
Let's get together
And live it alright
12 steps one life
let's make it better
let's make it
love

You can bury my body in the pale of moonlight it'll be alright
Next to all the other guys that passed through your life it's quite alright

Find the switch turn me off turn it on and drop me the bomb
Write yourself in a song and we'll all sing along
Turn me on turn it off and make it all wrong
Turn me on girl turn me on

Backyard Experiments in Noise

2024 Remaster

Ernie Botts was the stage name that Chad A. Carino selected for himself when he got tired of the persona he had developed for performing under his given name. So, Ernie Botts is normal Chad A. Carino, and Chad A. Carino is the persona. Make sense? 
(he will be referred to as Ernie for the rest of this bio to reduce confusion)
The full title of Ernie Botts + the Miseries occurred when Ernie was working on recording solo, stream of consciousness songs (that would become the release The Art of Fading Thought) and realized he was writing for an audience of one. He claims to have decided that all audience members for any of his solo work would likely be miserable, and therefore claim the title of 'the Miseries'. Audiences, however, failed to play along at the sporadic live shows following the release of TAOFT in 2003.
Toward the end of 2003, Ernie began adding 'hacked' robotic toys to the MIDI triggers set up to play layered tracks at live shows, claiming to hypnotize audience members who listened to more than one song... to what end, no one knows. During this time, he disappeared due to serious illness for a month, and then reappeared with a new EP, Dysphoria. Apparently, this was recorded both in stream-of-consciousness and in the middle of treatment for the illness.
In 2005, the release Backyard Experiments in Noise revealed a more layered approach, even as the tempo shifts and complexity grew more unsettling than in previous works. Ernie disappeared again, for a number of years, before returning to the stage with a new outfit (Formulae). Outtakes and solo tracks recorded during this period were released as a new album in 2008, Unresolved History. This release was followed by a number of shows (with people instead of robots, this time!) in support of the album from 2008-2010. 
All  prior releases from Ernie Botts + the Miseries are being released in 'remastered' form in 2024. This seems like quite the gap.

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