Originally recorded in 2016 as the first song of the Signals | Noise album, but I didn't include it when I made the album public. Now 6 years later I realize this song needs to take its proper place to start the album and set the stage. Sadly…

As If It Really Matters - A A J Russe Written 16th January 1999 Recorded 12th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** Crumbs, even this is 23 years old! We used it as a set-opener in the last band I was in. I've been trying to make…

“The Road” by Wilson Ng, written and recorded in February 2022 for the RPM Challenge. Outtake from the 2022 RPM Challenge Sessions. 95% of the lyrics are from an AI lyrics songwriting generator, I changed a few lines to fit the song. The entire…

I Hope I Love Them - A A J Russe Written sometime in 1989 Recorded 2nd March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This one has tugged at me for many many years. I absolutely adored it from the moment I wrote it in 1989... But I thought…

RPM 2022

in the name of all that is breakfast...

A buzz continues building One loss is someone’s winning So to a toy our thinking And we will revel in this round - woot woot (woot woot) For the moment sound woot woot (woot woot) This is the sound that our hearts make This is the sound…

Sky is black as pitch now Moon as blood is glowing In this blood-soaked hellscape As you might expect there is a presence Out of the grave Out of the night Out of your mind One’s a mass of maggots One’s underwear’s showing All of…

Some will say it happens Screwing up can happen Naked bodies from the clouds Orphans asking why I remember thinking When I saw him peeking Photographing warzones could be misidentified It unpacked all their carry-ons And the craft…

And I build a rainbow All our lights shimmering All the time we share is true All our hearts glimmering Beats reverberating sound Send a hope to the sky Feel it echo back to you Share a piece of your light And I build a rainbow We need…

Sean S got this going with some inspiration from LCD Soundsystem. Sean H rounded it out with guitar and bass.

This one started as a busier version of Leum’s song When Do You Show It. I added drums and a bass part to his vocals and acoustic guitar, and Hayden later pitched in with a distorted guitar part. I sent Leum mixes of three different versions…