Mocking Cricket Albums
Mocking Cricket is my indie, gothic folk band. The band is me in a room, alone by myself, making sounds with whatever sound-making stuff I can scrounge: voice, acoustic guitar (strummed and bowed), McNally strumstick (plucked and bowed), soprano and tenor ukulele, and assorted percussion.
I've been singing and writing poetry and lyrics forever, but music's long been a hobby or side project to the visual art. The more doomy-stressful the world gets, the more I need to make music for my own peace of mind. (Such as it is!) And if I'm throwing that much time at it, per art code, I may as well toss a selection where other folks can hear.
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What Happens Come Dusk is a demo EP, released May 2020, on themes of macabre art history, and connection through art within and across troubled times. These were for a podcast I've had in the drafts pile for a few years now, that's still on the back-burner. More and better tracks to come, just as soon as I figure how to work a proper DAW!
You can stream or download music here in MP3 or FLAC formats (FLAC is lossless), or in a wider selection of file types on Bandcamp. Check out the lyrics through this nifty streaming player, or on the lyrics page.
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Your download, should you procure one, includes PDF liner notes with full lyrics and original photography and artwork.
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Ain't We Got Fun music by Richard A. Whiting, lyrics by Raymond B. Egan & Gus Kahn, 1921. Rearranged in A minor with synth by yours truly. All the other tracks are original.
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Then the dawn’s paintbox blush brushes glorious things!
Is it any surprise how the light-mongers cling
To the bright cream of life, simulacra of winning,
And sweet Soma pretense What Happens Come Dusk
Is not happening?