I guess I was pretty bitter and angry back in the early 2000's?

Gimic's First Album

So Naïve

I hated these lyrics. In fact I still do. I almost didn't take this song to the band because I hated it so much but Alex heard it and insisted we do something with it. Turned out kinda fun.

Same Old Story

I love this jam. Tony Alcocer brought the main acoustic riff to us and I think it only took us a couple of nights to lock this in. I love the harmonized solos Alex and I did. There was an entire second part to this song with vocals and more guitar stuff but we cut it for the album thinking it dragged on too long. Don't remember why we put the talking stuff at the end of this track but I'm leaving it for posterity's sake.

Moe's Eyes Lee

I wrote this one on a night hanging out with a small group of friends passing around an acoustic guitar. I wrote the main riff that night and Alex and I got together and hammered out the rest of the song the next night. This was a fan favorite for quite awhile.

Gimic

Breathe Life

I originally wrote this on acoustic guitar and Alex transcribed it to piano which I thought took my simple little song to another level. Tony Alcocer had the idea for the string section at the end which really brought it all together.

You Miss Her

Tony Alcocer wrote this one. I loved the vocal harmonies and the way everything builds throughout the song. Great tune.

Bobolee

Thank you Carl Owens for turning this song of Tony's into something awesome. First time I played the mandolin.

Corleone's Worst Mistake

Another of Tony's amazing songs. He brought the song to us, I added the intro riff and it came together really quickly after that. We had my younger brother, Tony Rangel, come in and play the percussion on this for us.

Espanola

Alex Alcocer wrote and recorded this one. This one was one of my favorites that he wrote.