Mikey Erg: Waxbuilt Castles - COMPACT DISCS

Mikey Erg: Waxbuilt Castles - COMPACT DISCS

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Waxbuilt Castles

Artist:

Mikey Erg

Label:

Don Giovanni Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

634457821620

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2019-07-26

Number of Discs:

1

Out July 26th on Don Giovanni Records, Waxbuilt Castles is the second full-length solo album by New Jersey's Mikey Erg. As the drummer and principal songwriter in The Ergs! And at least a dozen other bands, Erg has as sturdy a set of pop-punk bona fides as you're likely to find. Waxbuilt Castles is a departure, though. Recorded in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Alex Clute - who performed with Erg in The Chris Gethard Show's house band - it's a set of songs that takes it's central inspiration from the melodicism and craft of '70s pop rock. In their production and arrangement, the songs emulate Erg's pre-punk musical heroes - ELO, Elvis Costello, Phil Ochs, and especially the Beatles. I really wanted to make my version of Paul McCartney's first record," explains Erg. "Homemade and very loose. Not too overthought." Getting there took a bit of adjustment on Erg's part. As a singer, he had to reconcile with hearing his voice in a quieter and more vulnerable context. "It was funny to have to rethink the way I sang a lot of the songs," says Erg. "Alex would say, 'You're singing too forcefully, calm it down a bit.' I had to get used to hearing my voice without this white noise behind it, masking it." Lyrically, though, it's a Mikey Erg record through and through. "They're the same type of songs that I've been writing forever - about relationships. Juts simple, personal songs," says Erg. "That's the through line, I feel. No matter what the record sounds like, it's the same exact songs that I've been doing. It's the thing that I'm most proud of. That I can make a different sounding record, but that it still goes together. That is can all fit in the same box."1. Kimberly Gofigure2. Bad Decision Monday 3. Clueless Or Cruel? 4. & Nico 5. Little Crushes 6. Waxbuilt Castles 7. Hopland Superette 8. Why Was I Programmed To Feel Pain? 9. City Lettings 10. Somewhere Drinking, Drinking Somewhere"

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