Mikey Erg: Waxbuilt Castles - VINYL LP

Mikey Erg: Waxbuilt Castles - VINYL LPTitle: Waxbuilt Castles Artist: Mikey Erg Label: Don Giovanni Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 634457821613 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2019 07 26 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD Vinyl LP pressing. Waxbuilt Castles is the second full length solo album by New Jerseys 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

Title: Waxbuilt Castles
Artist: Mikey Erg
Label: Don Giovanni Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 634457821613
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2019-07-26
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD

Vinyl LP pressing. Waxbuilt Castles is the second full-length solo album by New Jerseys 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 Shows 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 Ergs pre-punk musical heroes - ELO, Elvis Costello, Phil Ochs, and especially the Beatles. I really wanted to make my version of Paul McCartneys first record, explains Erg. Homemade and very loose. Not too overthought. Getting there took a bit of adjustment on Ergs 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.

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