Too Long

Drive Me Crazy

One Day

Turns Around The Corner

The Cocks are: 
Phil Young 
Mark Stallard 
Pete Romano 

Tracks 1-4: 
Recorded at Miner Street Recordings, Philadelphia 
Produced by Brian McTear 
Engineered by Matthew R. Poirier 
Mixed by Matthew Schimelfenig 

Track 5: 
Recorded at SONeC Studios, New Castle, Delaware 
Engineered by Mark Stallard 

Mastered by Paul Hammond at The Spot at O.C.I. 

Photography & Design by The Cocks 

We couldn’t possibly have done this without the valuable support of 
Brian McTear, Monika Bullette, Matty Crist GuitarWorks, 
and finally our families and our friends who gave us 
continued encouragement to keep doing what we do... 
this is for YOU...Thank you all!

Alone

October Skies

Millville Cemetery

Brand New

Millions (Of Dreams)

Live-Brain Stallard Surgery

Rubber Uglies - Raymond Listen

Using the lean, classic rock ‘n roll lineup of guitar, bass, and drums, the Cocks effortlessly embrace late-‘70s punk rock, early-‘80s Midwest garage rock, and ‘60s Brit-Pop while crushing on modern alt-rock. That means you’ll hear sonic echoes of The Clash and The Replacements mixed with the tunefulness of The Kinks and The Beatles, with nods to the edginess of Yo La Tengo, Spoon, and Built to Spill. 

Longtime collaborators Mark Stallard and Phil Young started The Cocks in 2001 as a side project, a complement to their many other musical endeavors. Drummer Pete Romano joined in 2009 to help them complete their debut CD, “Tuesday Morning Hangover,” then stayed on. In-demand players with other musical obligations, The Cocks took their time recording and releasing their debut, which saw the light of day in December 2010 after six years of off-and-on production.

That wasn’t the case with the new EP “Shake Out the Ghosts.” This time, The Cocks recorded five songs in three days at Philadelphia’s Miner Street Recordings (studio of choice for Kurt Vile, Dr. Dog, The War On Drugs, Strand of Oaks, Sharon Van Etten, and many others) working with nationally known producer/engineer (and fellow musician and songwriter) Brian McTear. 

The Cocks

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