{"id":2861,"date":"2015-10-30T15:32:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T19:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/?page_id=2861"},"modified":"2020-11-25T22:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T02:47:32","slug":"btv106-mike-adams-at-his-honest-weight-preparation-age-one-sided-lp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/?page_id=2861","title":{"rendered":"BTV106 Mike Adams At His Honest Weight : Preparation Age one-sided LP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\"SINGLE<\/a><\/td>\nMike Adams At His Honest Weight
\n“Preparation Age” (btv106) LP
\nBuy one-sided LP Online<\/a>
\nTrack listing:
\n1. Lehrpez (3:13)
\n2. Too Mas (3:21)
\n3. Live Alone (4:39)
\n4. Weather On (4:20)
\n5. Unforgettable People (3:16)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Adams At His Honest Weight<\/strong> rounds out 2015 with Preparation Age<\/em>, a new 5-song one-sided LP. The Bloomington, IN based band has two full-lengths to their credit and operate in an experimental pop framework that touches on Wheat\u2019s Hope and Adams<\/em>, Grandaddy\u2019s The Sophtware Slump<\/em>, and Soft Bulletin<\/em>-era Flaming Lips with Beach Boys harmony sensibilities. Their previous album, Best of the Boiler Room Classics<\/em>, was released in 2014 on Flannelgraph Records and Joyful Noise of which Pitchfork said \u201cPart crooner and part pop star, Adams projects an outsize persona from the stage, which he then punctures with his between-song banter. Somehow he manages to come across as both ironic and deeply sincere, goofing on the conventions of pop music even as he embraces them as a means of communicating some deep pain.\u201d These five songs were recorded during the same sessions as a forthcoming 2016 full-length and serve as companion songs and a taste of what is to come. They build on the solidly crafted pop songs of Boiler Room Classics<\/em> through sonic experimentation and take the Mike Adams At His Honest Weight<\/strong> sound into a hazier new territory.<\/p>\n

The drums tracks were recorded at Sleepwalk Recording in Bloomington, IN on 1\/2″ tape at 1.5x speed and manually slowed down. The tape adds depth and warmth and the speed adjustments give the drums a strange, dreamy quality, especially to the cymbal sustains. That baseline support colors Preparation Age and the future full-length.<\/p>\n

\u201cLehrpez\u201d is stripped down and opens the EP with a revamped take on \u201850s doo-wop finger snaps and plunking bass melody filtered through a Beach Boys harmonic sensibility. “Too Mas” incorporates some social media crowd-sourced backing vocals. Adams<\/strong> made a request through Facebook and Twitter looking for volunteers to contribute backing vocals. Adams<\/strong> then took the submitted tracks, including one from his own parents, and merge them all, unaltered, as the somewhat eerie call-and-response refrain. \u201cLive Alone\u201d builds from some shimmering synth lines and breathy harmonies to a schmaltzy \u201870s variety show horn section and guitar solos. \u201cWeather On\u201d is a bit of a down tempo personal reflection of the past and friends who have drifted away supported by piano melodies and string and synth swells. “Unforgettable People” is a reference to a Charles Kuralt special of the same name featuring a rich tapestry of portraits of regular, everyday people who are all doing strange and extraordinary things. But, in true Mike Adams<\/strong> fashion, the lyrics raise an eyebrow to some Kuralt skeletons in the closet by way of a secret second family revealed two years after Kuralt\u2019s premature death in 1997. Throughout Preparation Age<\/em>, Mike Adams<\/strong> manages to tell stories of forgotten friends and everyday people, turning fear and anxiety from the departed past into something pleasing and beautiful.<\/p>\n

Preparation Age<\/em> is presented in a limited pressing of 500 copies with the B-side featuring a pinball machine influenced design by Bloomington artist and musician Chad Serhal. The jacket was designed by Bloomington collage\/print artist Janelle Beasley. While not being released digitally, the one-sided LP does include a digital download for listening convenience.<\/p>\n

Late 2015 and early 2016 will find Mike Adams At His Honest Weight<\/strong> and live band members Aaron Denton, David J. Woodruff, Zac Canale, Kurt Friedrich, and Ben Lumsdaine hitting the road in support of this one-sided LP and the emerging full-length yet to come. The band will find their way to the West Coast for the first time for 14 dates in October with Sound of Ceres.<\/p>\n

In the more perfect universe next door, 2016 is the year for Mike and the boys’ magnum opus crowning achievement that will earn them a well-deserved gold record. For 2015, in the here and now, it’s Mike Adams At His Honest Weight<\/strong>‘s Preparation Age<\/em>.<\/p>\n

PRESS
\n“…[Mike Adams] manages to come across as both ironic and deeply sincere, goofing on the conventions of pop music even as he embraces them as a means of communicating some deep pain.” -Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork.com<\/em><\/p>\n

“…even as he spins slack, major-key melodies, you sense it’s the most powerful coping device he’s got…Mike Adams at His Honest Weight creates a song of extremely deceptive heft.” – Ian Cohen, Pitchfork.com<\/em><\/p>\n

“Modern underground pop with just enough of what made yesteryear\u2019s sounds memorable to stick the landing.” – Zac Camagna, Styrofoam Drone
\n<\/em>
\n“Mike Adams is a nice guy.” – Justin Spicer, Tiny Mix Tapes<\/em><\/p>\n

“For someone with so much ‘persona’, his records and show stand out because of his relaxed, amiable and affable manner that never sacrifices the heart for the laughter.” – Tom Allen, Geecologist<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Adams At His Honest Weight “Preparation Age” (btv106) LP Buy one-sided LP Online Track listing: 1. Lehrpez (3:13) 2. Too Mas (3:21) 3. Live Alone (4:39) 4. Weather On (4:20) 5. Unforgettable People (3:16) Mike Adams At His Honest Weight rounds out 2015 with Preparation Age, a new 5-song one-sided LP. The Bloomington, IN based band has two full-lengths to their credit and operate in an experimental pop framework that touches on Wheat\u2019s Hope and Adams, Grandaddy\u2019s The Sophtware Slump, and Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips with Beach Boys harmony sensibilities. Their previous album, Best of the Boiler Room Classics, was released in 2014 on Flannelgraph Records and Joyful Noise of which Pitchfork said \u201cPart crooner and part pop star, Adams projects an outsize persona from the stage, which he then punctures with his between-song banter. Somehow he manages to come across as both ironic and deeply sincere, goofing on the conventions of pop music even as he embraces them as a means of communicating some deep pain.\u201d These five songs were recorded during the same sessions as a forthcoming 2016 full-length and serve as companion songs and a taste of what is to come. They build on the solidly crafted…Continue readingBTV106 Mike Adams At His Honest Weight : Preparation Age one-sided LP<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2707,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2861","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3891,"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861\/revisions\/3891"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burnttoastvinyl.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}