'Madison & Angelus' is a garage rock EP because it’s rock and roll and it was literally recorded in a garage in LaPorte, Colorado.  Having spent my formative years in the birthplace of rock and roll in Memphis, TN, that is a huge influence on my music. With inspiration from Memphis bands such as The Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines, Sweet Knives, Alicja Trout, Jay Reatard, Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, along with Colorado bands such as Matson Jones and Monofog. The recordings have strong elements of garage-rock, blues, rock and roll, grunge, indie, alternative, surf rock and pop music.

The EP title, ‘Madison & Angelus’ stems from a couple of ghouls who crawled their way out of the Bettis Family Cemetery in the parking lot of the old Piggly Wiggly grocery store in midtown Memphis, TN. I lived across the street from this cemetery and saw them wandering from time to time. They 💯 percent influenced the entire vibe of this new EP. Legend has it, Madison & Angelus are still wandering the streets of midtown asking for cigarettes, loose change and your Blockbuster card.

The opening track BOB is an original song written about the turmoil of being a musician in the digital age in the middle of a pandemic sandwich. It touches on the feeling of never knowing where to begin or if it’s ever going to end.

The second track A Little Bit of Arson Never Hurt Anyone is a cover of the former beloved Colorado band Matson Jones. They have always highly influenced my music over the years.

The third track Masquerade is a co-write with myself and bassist Justin Maul of A.M. Pleasure Assassins and The Great Aerodrome. It conveys the mania that was experienced deep in the pandemic not knowing what would happen next and constantly trying to reassure ourselves that everything was gonna be ok.

The fourth track is a cover of Mary Lou written by the 1950’s blues/jazz musician Young Jessie that was recorded by the garage-punk band Oblivians, Frank Zappa, Ronnie Hawkins and others over the years.

The last track is a collaboration through the Music District in Fort Collins, CO with a program called "Song Lotto" where we were paired with with local songwriter, Jeff Finlin. He signed up to write a song for us and through the process we met with him to discuss his writing process and our writing process and the end result was a super cool retro-pop-rock tune titled Summer just in time for the season.

As with all of my releases, Madison & Angelus is an amalgam of influences from Memphis, Colorado and beyond. Please share it far and wide, spin it loud and spin it often!!

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