You know how it is, man. There you are, up to the nuts in the guts of the day-to-day life and so on, barely time for blink an eye let alone blink both at the same time, or just one in the direction of an attractive lady.
Chicks dig twitchin'.
The last thing you need is for a flurry of melodies and tunes to be grabbed from somewheres amidst the skull-sauce and dragged out a fellas face, with no sleep on the cards till they get etched in MP3.
That kinda shit there is just what happened, man. Last week a young lass went ahead and inadvertently inspired no end of wittering, wailing and wah-wah-wah-ing. For her troubles, she gets lumbered with being the subject matter for about 98% of this here 10-track net record which for the first time in the whole history of The Duke's wailing in G is available at both Mondo Irlando and Blogcritics.org.
Incidentally, the other 2% concerns the devil and sleeping tablets and The Ex.
What I'll say is that this has maybe more "tunes" in the traditional sense than usual, and it's a lot more playful, although if you thought something along the lines of "Thank fuck, maybe he'll quit yacking about His Baby Done Him Bad" then think the hell again. There's a fair share of moaning in there too. A multitude of moans.
So it's the longest one yet, and the most diverse from some sort of musical perspective, in that there's maybe four more melodies than usual.
And it's also the first one to have an official dedication, hence the line "For Sinéad" which you'll see if you go back about eight words or thereabouts. It's the bit in bold.
Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
i should've mentioned - a couple of these were recorded in the early hours, i.e, 4 and 5 a.m, so they're a bit hissier than the others. can't be wakin the neighbours an so on.
2 - Eric Berlin
Duke -- I'll be listening to this ASAP, looking forward to it.
3 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
eric, i hope you like it man. or at least have SOME opinion, good or bad. either way, i look forward to catchin your thoughts.
4 - Eric Berlin
I'm impressed as all hell by this collection, Duke. This is a serious album of music you've got right here. Ship this off to the people who market folk-punk superstars, I say.
Great variety here with just you and a bloody guitar to do the work. Great, great stuff man.
"I Do Believe You Are the Devil" -- Do I detect a Violent Femmes influence here? In any event I really like it. Good hook, good lyrics. Fuck man, I wish I could write a hook and not just derivative "grunge" chords.
This is the second time I've heard "Don't Think I'll Sleep Tonight" and I really dig it -- it's quietly intense and kind of rolls and builds. Shows a real songwriting ability. And nice string plucking, too!
"Chicks Dig Whining" -- definite possibilities for a cross-over ska-punk hit here, me thinks!
"Sinead" -- Really dig it. Again, quiet but intense and interesting. You know how to carry a tune, man.
"I'd Kiss Him" -- This is one of my favorites right here, man. Great stuff. Sweet rolling hooks and melody.
I hope you're getting out there and hitting the coffee shop circuit, Duke. Or at least get on the busking scene and pick up some of that lucrative tourist coin.
5 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
shit, man, thank you! a whole heapa track appraisals, no less!
im glad you thought it had some sort of variety. i think past ones were all a bit one-note, so hopefully this is a bit more interesting on that level if nothing else.
an i dont believe i ever heard the violent femmes, which i know, is a disgrace. i think what i had in my head was a buncha chain gang workers. very bizarre.
and i like I'd Kiss HIm too. a love song that devotes a verse to Amityville and Amityville II can't be all bad.
6 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
hmm, the more i listen to this the more i think i'm jus gonna abandon the cd demo i had ready to send off an just send this instead. its long, but you want folks to get some sort of sense of the different moods and such.
hmm...
7 - Eric Berlin
Duke - I think that's a good move (without knowing what's on your CD, of course): this stuff sounds really good as a collection.
Have you thought about getting a band together? It's not to take anything away from work, but there were many points where I could see other instrumentation adding quite a bit to what you've created.
8 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
eric, all comments are welcome, man. i heard a fella today tell me that the guitar playin sucked, for example. i agree wholeheartedly.
i think i jsut like the idea of wanderin in some place with a battered acoustic and hollerin for a time. like Woody Guthrie, except he could play.
an i just did up the cd version of this, which is identical. and that fella who mentioned the guitar is the same fella with the ricky gervais thing, who is givin me it back tomorow, which is why i havent sent that package yet...