Songs From The Armory Volume 3 arrives on July 1
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Well, it’s time for this little “6 EPs in 6 months” bonanza to come to its inevitable conclusion. It’s been an amazing experience making all this music I’m proud of with all these amazing talented people. Since collaboration seems to be the theme running through this project, it seems fitting that we end the project where we started it – at the Armory.
“Songs From The Armory Volume 3″ is a bit of a misnomer as only one of the songs (my duet with the amazing Leesa Coyne of Naked On Rollerskates) was written for a show we did together at the Somerville Armory. But I have decided to continue the Songs from the Armory idea with any future songwriting collaborations/duets I do. Because I’m lazy like that.
This time around, Brian King from Oranjuly is taking the reins as producer. Brian and I have been a mutual admiration society for years now and we finally decided that we needed to write a song together. Lo and behold, we ended up with not one but two very different little ditties for your listening pleasure. Brian is an obscenely talented songwriter, musician, and producer as well as a hell of a nice guy, so it has been a pure labor of love.
Speaking of love, “Love Is For Losers” was co-written with Abbie Barrett. We first performed it at an anti-Valentine’s comedy and music variety show at ImprovBoston in Cambridge. Spending any significant amount of time with Abbie is usually nothing short of downright torture, but giving birth to this shiny pop gem was worth every awful second being in her presence (I kid).
It’s hard to believe that this is the last EP of the series. When I first came up with this nutso idea, I wasn’t sure I’d actually see it through, as I am at nature a weakbabyquitterpants. At the very least, I thought I would be so creatively drained that I would never want to record another note again. The complete opposite has happened. I feel so charged up. I can’t wait to make more music. I’m going to take a break for the sake of my sanity and my pocketbook, but rest assured – there is more to come. Songs From The Armory Vol 4, anyone? Vol 5? Eh?
Come celebrate my final EP with me on July 9 at the Rosebud in Davis Square, Somerville. The Rosebud has been my home for half the year and all the shows have not failed to deliver great lineups. Saturday the 9th is no exception – Naked On Rollerskates, Abbie Barrett & The Last Date, and Rock Primary alum/coffee pitchman Leo Blais.
