Sloppy Firsts, by Macho Haiku

Sloppy Firsts

by Macho Haiku

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vanderburgism good solid rock seen through a distorted 80's lens then refracted further 'cause the songs were recorded 30 years after they were written Favorite track: Asteroids.

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1.	Asteroids 02:17	buy track
2.	Red Ryder 03:25	buy track
3.	Rice-A-Roni 02:48	buy track
4.	Curbs 01:24	buy track
5.	Dance With The One That Brung Ya 02:54	buy track
6.	LA Freeway 01:41	buy track
7.	This I Know 02:55	buy track
8.	Nihilist Polka 01:44	buy track
9.	Apartment Complex 03:23	buy track
10.	Road Warrior 07:36	buy track

about

Time has stopped. Or is it in a loop? What do Curbs want from us, anyway, then and now? Somehow a Zep-era harmonica break has found its way into a song written in the 1980s but recorded only this year. Like the game itself, Asteroids requires dual tempos—metal sludge and speed-panic. Who is Red Ryder? I could ask but perhaps it’s better not to know. Just sit back and enjoy the marquee moon stereo action. So many understand the link between ramen and bohemianism, but who will speak for Rice-a-Roni? It’s the San Francisco treat that succeeds despite looking like little maggots. Down the coast, the LA Freeway remains a source of aggravation—long burdened by its traffic in egos but now punctuated with a phased drum solo that surely symbolizes—now in the end times-- a fiery arch astride the 405. It’s enough to give you an Apartment Complex, the walls are so thin, the socks are so dirty. Rising tensions and complications within the farfisa of domiciles. WTF? It’s polka time. Step lively…before the certainty of meaningless death! Or perhaps you would rather dance with a 50s’ sock hop tragedy made new wave through the magic of a single riff. Were you expecting a history lesson? Neither was I, nor the sweet chorus and hook of This I Know. What 80s’ action film is more deserving of heavy-ass hauling, pan-pot pandemonium, and a high-octane guitar explosion than Road Warrior? None. The answer would be none.

The poetry and riffage is brutal, efficient, a haiku of sorts, marinated over forty years of boys to men in macho (albeit) ironic solidarity. Macho Haiku. From a Texas that time forgot, ready to fill the digital void between your ears.

Jeffrey Sconce, 2019

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SLOPPY FIRSTS is Macho Haiku's first studio-recorded album after an illustrious forty-year career. Emerging from dank North Texas suburbs during the pellucid early '80's, Macho Haiku had several failed attempts at recording their unique acid-flecked sound. The most tragic was the famous "SMU incident" when tapes lovingly recorded in the bowels of the Southern Methodist University recording lab got switched with tapes headed for the de-magnitizer. Legend has it those same tapes were used in the recording of the "Barney" TV pilot soundtrack.

Yet, the Haiku persisted and are proud to share this first album with their eternally patient and always devoted fan-base. Thanks for keeping the faith y'all. We survive.

credits

released November 8, 2019

Allen Black--drums
JOhn Davis--guitars
Mak Gilbert--guitars, vocals
Brad Vanderburg--vocals, harmonica
Lane Wimberley--bass guitar, vocals
Max Wimberley--keyboards, organ

Recording engineer: Floyd Reitsma
Recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington - Dec. 2018
Mixing/mastering engineer: Justin Tapp
Cottage Industry Studio, Austin, Texas - June, 2019

Special thanks to Paul Claerhout, Jeffrey Sconce, Bryan Holloway, John T. Sims III

All songs by Macho Haiku

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Macho Haiku Seattle, Washington

Macho Haiku emerged spontaneously at the sludgy bottom of a hastily consumed milkshake. It's been a sticky situation ever since.

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