An instrumental EP, recorded during the initial months of quarantine in 2020. Most of these were older instrumental ideas that languished in my head for years and that I always wanted to make high quality recordings of. 

The EP features almost no MIDI or synths, but real instrumentation, including autoharp, ukulele, accordion, banjolin, mandolin, bassoon, and of course Trouble's Afoot's Dave and Chris on bass and drums.

released October 24, 2021

Everything by Jordan Cooper, except:
Drums: Christopher Roberts
Bass on 1, 2 and 4: Dave Fox
Additional vocals on 1: Dave Fox, Daniel Matz
Bassoon on 2: Eric Heidbreder

Recorded and Mixed at Ceiling Fan Studios
Mastered by Joe Egan at Missile Silo Studios in Hopatcong, NJ
Album art by Coopsnuk Designs

Pumpkin Pirate

Bass Yourself

A very, very, very old song, a very, very, very new demo. Heavily inspired by Brian Wilson and Andy Partridge.

Smile And Believe Her (Demo)

Friendzy

Write It Down

Lo-fi melancholy end of year song, probably the 10th time I've done this sort of thing at this time of year.

Year End Review

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Mister Boy

Happy New Years! My resolution was to make more music. So far so good.

New Fears

Gung Ho

An idea from 2004, finally finished and recorded in 2025. Better late than never!

Why Aren't I Falling Asleep (Demo)

Demo #1 in my goal to do (at least) 12 new demos this year. New song! New demo! Hooray! This song is about walking around Avenue A in Manhattan and feeling bad.

Avenue Hate (demo)

I Got The Hint (demo)

The 3rd new demo of the year, this song is called Young.

Young (Demo)

Don't Be Alone (Demo)

It's another new demo for 2018! Based on a very old musical idea, finally turned into a song!

Crawl To Me (Demo)

Help support the artist! Buy the full release on Bandcamp here: https://troublesafoot.bandcamp.com/album/how-does-it-feel-when-youre-in-rem-good

How Does It Feel (When You're In REM (Good))

Untied (Demo)

2018 demos

What Does The Devil Do To Men Who Run Away (Demo)

Mr. Mendelson (Demo)

The 'Copter (Demo)

The 11th new demo of the year! The 10th, not posted yet, is exclusively featured here for now: http://notrockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-notrock-holiday-compilation-2018

Face First (Demo)

Demo #12 for 2018! I did it! Hope you all enjoyed them.

When You Say (Demo)

The Happiest Man In The World (Demo)

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