Written under the influence of Throbbing Gristle.

An experiment with very short electronic loops. The very first sound you hear in this song is all of the tracks I used for it running at once for one second - this was the result of an editing mistake, but as I was trying to make something harsh…

Named after a public domain pulp fiction story I once found online.

Mostly melodica improvisations played backwards. I accidentally recorded the sound of me plugging a microphone into the computer and ended up distorting it, looping it, and making it the rhythm track - I've pulled similar tricks on some of my…

The backing track is mainly the "Chanticleer Hegemony" beat in reverse at a slower tempo and pitch-shifted samples of my earlier track "Harm". The lyrics are taken verbatim from a note that once landed in my driveway one windy day. The ending…

Inspired by "Murder Mystery" by The Velvet Underground, with lyrics adapted from posts on Craigslist's endlessly fascinating "Missed Connections" section. I wanted to put positive posts in one speaker and negative in the other.

Initially inspired by over-analyzing a Carly Rae Jepsen lyric, this piece presents a metaphor for the way many of us live under a capitalistic system. Or something. For the vocals I double tracked my voice and pitched one of the tracks down…

Walking up the hill to my house, I could hear someone else walking behind me. This isn’t too unusual, though it’s somewhat late at night and I live a bit far from the main part of town. Suddenly, I realize that this other person is now in fact…

Originally my idea was to improvise half a conversation, then also improvise the other half as a different character - I ended up deciding just having half the conversation was funnier. Kinda unintentionally inspired by "Pollo Asado" by Ween.

Well, it's true.