Tem Eyos Ki-- LP (FCH021)

Tem Eyos Ki-- LP (Harlan Records #21)

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12 songs.
Recorded March 2002 by Chuck Schaff with Tim Scott, at Olive Street house in North Little Rock AR.
1000 copies pressed, July 2002.

Credits:

Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- voice, accordion
Mike Lierly-- guitar, voice
Jay Lytle-- bass, voice
Eli Milholland-- guitar, 12-string guitar, voice
Kevin Rains-- drums, voice
Tim Scott-- guest voice on "Wolf And Moon"
Tina Samples-- didgeridoo on "Ogoni" and "Last Of The Mastodons"

Track Listing (original LP version):

1. Spring
2. Pangaea
3. Wolf And Moon
4. Ogoni
5. The Lion, The Roach, And The Naked Mole Rat
6. Pulpit And The Pallbearer
7. Argenta
8. Drinking Gourd
9. Portrait Of Agatha Bas
10. John Parker's Iron Wheel
11. Cruithne
12. Last Of The Mastodons

Notes:

* This LP was recorded during 9 days of continuous, unrelenting rain in Little Rock. The rain sample in "Pulpit And The Pallbearer" is from the front of the Olive Street house as the album was being recorded. The entire process of making this album was surrounded by marriage, new babies, intense health problems, separation, crises of faith, and heartbreak amongst those involved, and is tangible within the songs.

* The original mix was a bit rushed (as Soophie Nun Squad left on our first European tour immediately upon the completion of this LP, and we had to send it off to be mastered at that time to ensure it would be out in time for Tem Eyos Ki's summer tour), and the LP's mastering job was absolutely horrible thanks to unpredictable work at Aardvark. In 2003 Kevin attended school for music engineering, moved to Chicago and began working in studios there; around 2005 he began the long process of remixing the entire album, which was finally completed around 2010. It sounds immeasurably better, with a new song sequence, and with the inclusion of a song left off the original LP pressing.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Universe, Holy Angell, Them Of Delphi, Ridin Dudes, Shitfire, Sickshine, Zucura, Tom Sweet, Divorce Chord, Soophie Nun Squad, Boomfancy, Gioteens, and K. 

TEK @ The Map Room. Memphis TN, January 2002. Photo by Nate Powell.

TEK @ The Map Room. Memphis TN, January 2002. Photo by Nate Powell.

TEK @ The Map Room. Memphis TN, January 2002. Photo by Nate Powell.

Soophie Nun Squad-- "The Devil, The Metal, The Big Booty Beats" LP (FCH018)

Soophie Nun Squad-- The Devil, The Metal, The Big Booty Beats LP (Harlan Records #18)

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14 songs.
Recorded August 1999 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR. "Diarrhea Of A Madman" recorded August 1998 by Darian Stribling at Blue Chair Studio in Ward AR, and "Singalong" recorded on cassette in Mikael Wood's bathroom the night before the album was recorded.
First released on CD (Phyte Records #18) in January 2000.
First LP pressing: 500 copies, September 2000.
Second LP pressing: 300 copies, February 2002.
Third LP pressing: 510 copies, 2003.

Credits:

Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- voice, whistles
Dustin Clark-- guitar, backing voice
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice, donkey drum
Tim Scott-- voice, turntables
Mikael Wood-- voice, organ, additional guitar on "Chicken Fight"
Asa Newell-- acoustic guitar on "Unspeaking"
Jeremy Brasher-- drum machine on "Donkey Call" breakdown
Ashley Goodspeed-- "Chromatic Death" vocal lead on "Diarrhea Of A Madman"
Alan Short-- beatbox
Mary Clarendon Mulkey-- backing voice on "The Drawbridge"
Chip King-- Mayor of Ghost Town on "Rattlesnake Attitude"
Emil Heiple, Michael Motley, Courtney Kaiser-- backing voice

Track Listing:

1. Blackout
2. Dragon Style
3. Cinderblock
4. Mean Streak
5. Diarrhea Of A Madman
6. No Moms Allowed!
7. Unspeaking
8. Donkey Call
9. Wannabe (Spice Girls cover)
10. (Mister Nister)
11. Chicken Fight
12. Singalong
13. Rattlesnake Attitude
14. The Drawbridge

Tim Scott stayed up all night and finished 100 LP covers at an anarchist squat in Leipzig, Germany in April 2002. Photo by Nate Powell.

Notes:

* This album was first pressed on CD as Phyte Records #18 in January 2000. 3 pressings and 2,000 copies were made. It was then repressed as Plan-It-X Records #46 in 2005, with 1,000 more copies made.

* Every single copy of this LP was hand-painted/collaged over used LP covers. Nate, Mike, Eli, and Maralie painted most of the 1st pressing; Nate, Erin Tobey, Matt Tobey, and Lisa Bennett Merva painted most of the 2nd; Nate did nearly all of the 3rd pressing in soul-crushing marathons. If you have a copy, please send me (Nate) a photo/image of the cover so I can post it! My email address is seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com. 


* "Rattlesnake Attitude" is written in the same universe as the song "Ghost Town" from SNS's 2nd 7", and as more songs were introduced, certain characters were intended to cross over. Soophie intended to include an additional song, "John Paul Rains" (named after Tem Eyos Ki drummer Kevin's brother), from this universe on the album, but forgot that occasionally it's helpful to write the music to songs before attempting to record them.

* Here is a collection of Soophie Nun Squad photos on my Flickr page.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Sand City, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS at The Living Room, Goleta CA, August 2001. Photo by Joshua Peach.

SNS in Richmond VA, June 2000. Photo by Natalja Kent.

SNS at 40th Street warehouse, Oakland CA, August 2001. Photo by Joshua Peach.

Gioteens-- demo tape (FCH016.5)

 
Gioteens-- demo tape (Harlan Records #16.5)

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9 songs.
Recorded August 1999 by Jay Lytle at Olive Street in North Little Rock, AR.
100 tapes made, June 2000.

Credits:

Mike Lierly: drums, voice
Eli Milholland: guitar, bass
Nate Powell: voice
Maralie Armstrong-Rial: backing voice on "Circuits"
CT, Jeff Morgan, Jay Lytle, Chuck Schaff: backing voice on "The Rodgering"

Track Listing:

1. Trampoline Song
2. The Stand
3. The Heist
4. Perfect Killing Machine
5. Antisick
6. Circuits
7. Magic
8. The Rodgering

Notes:

* Bonus songs on the download include "Teenage Curfew" (originally by Man At Arms, Mike's 1997 band while living in Savannah GA.) and "P.E.A.C.E.".

* Gioteens 1.0 (1997-1998: Mike-- voice, Eli-- guitar, Tim Scott-- bass, Mark Lierly-- drums) This version played impromptu sets in Pittsburgh PA and Evansville IN on Soophie Nun Squad's first tour. In summer 1998, they recorded versions of "Trampoline Song" and "The Stand" at Blue Chair Studio in Ward, AR; these songs were released on the Defeated Records' Food Not Bombs comp CD.

* Gioteens 2.0 (1999-2001: Nate Powell-- voice, Eli-- guitar, Tim-- bass, Mike-- drums) Most shows and tours were played with this lineup. Gioteens' last show was New Years Day, 2001 in Sherwood AR. A total of 18 songs were written, but unfortunately never recorded-- neither the "Girl Don't Get Me Started" 7" nor the split LP with 2 Dean Crew ever materialized. God, those records would've been absolutely amazing.

Gioteens practice amidst Mike's work on the infamous Hintetour children painting, summer 1999. Photo by Eli.

Gioteens plus Maralie, with Mike accidentally out of frame. Little Rock AR, July 2000.

Gioteens at MacArthur Park. Little Rock AR, July 4th 1997. Photo by Nate Powell.

Gioteens "Salad Days" EP. Minneapolis MN, July 2000.

Tem Eyos Ki-- s/t 7" (FCH016)

 
Tem Eyos Ki-- s/t 7" (Harlan Records #16)

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4 songs.
Recorded January 2000 by Dwight Chalmers at Listen Laboratory in Fayetteville AR. "Chipko" recorded August 1999 by Jay Lytle at Olive Street in North Little Rock AR, for Tem Eyos Ki's demo tape.
First pressing: 500 copies, March 2000.
Second pressing: 300 copies, September 2001.
Third pressing: 200 copies, 2002.
Fourth pressing: 500 copies, 2004.

Credits:

Maralie Armstrong-Rial: voice
Mike Lierly: guitar, voice
Jay Lytle: bass, hatchet, backing voice
Eli Milholland: guitar, 12-string guitar, backing voice
Kevin Rains: drums, backing voice

Track Listing:

1. Aluminalkalyde
2. Chipko
3. Communion
4. Annie Mae

Notes:

* Tem Eyos Ki remains my all-time favorite band, and in hindsight, their genesis signaled the dawn of what we now know as the modern Little Rock music scene. LR has always had vibrant punk, metal, hip-hop, alternative, and art scenes, but Tem Eyos Ki successfully bridged the two most contentious (and deeply loyal) of those communities by suturing the divide between punk and metal scenes, torn asunder in 1988 by The Numbskulz' "Bikini Underwear" debacle. Without TEK, Central Arkansas' music community wouldn't have grown and thrived in quite the same way.

* Folks from Tem Eyos Ki were/are also part of Humanbeast, Bloodhuff, V Manuscript, Universe, Holy Angell, Zucura, Shitfire, Sickshine, Soophie Nun Squad, Divorce Chord, Boomfancy, Gioteens, and Them Of Delphi, among many others.

* Here are a bunch of Tem Eyos Ki photos from my Flickr page.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Universe, Holy Angell, Them Of Delphi, Ridin Dudes, Shitfire, Sickshine, Zucura, Tom Sweet, Divorce Chord, Soophie Nun Squad, Boomfancy, Gioteens, and K.

TEK in Alexandria, LA. June, 2000. Photo by Natalja Kent.

TEK in their practice space. Sherwood AR, summer 1999. Photo by Nate Powell.

TEK's first show. Riverfront Belvedere, Little Rock AR, August 1999.

Rainy Day Regatta-- The Music Is On CD (FCH015)

 
Rainy Day Regatta-- The Music Is On CD (Harlan Records #15)

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9 songs.
Recorded March 1999 by Greg Norman at Truckstop in Chicago IL.
952 copies pressed, January 2000.

Credits:

Ryan Seaton-- guitar, voice
Mikael Wood-- guitar, voice

Track Listing:

1. Opening
2. Spinning
3. (In F & E)
4. The Music Is On
5. The Beauty In That Time Was Forgetting The Details
6. Gazing Away
7. I'll Be Home From Wednesday
8. Stars
9. Nothing Left To Say

Notes:

* The bonus tracks on this download are from their "Living As We Do In The Midst Of So Much Ordered Light And Noise" 12", recorded in November 1999 and released by Landmark Records in September 2000. Mary Clarendon Mulkey joined the band at this point, and is featured on the 12".

* Members also in Callers, Flaws, Siren Cult, Denim Venim, Halo Perfecto, Soophie Nun Squad, and K.

RDR at Popfest. Riverfront Belvedere, Little Rock AR, August 1998. Photo by Nate Powell.

RDR parking lot practice before recording with Burt Taggart in Fayetteville AR. October 2000. Photo by Nate Powell.

Soophie Nun Squad-- Don't Let Them Take You Alive CD (FCH012)

 
Soophie Nun Squad-- Don't Let Them Take You Alive CD (Harlan Records #12)

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17 songs.
Recorded (mostly) December 1997 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR.
1000 copies pressed, March 1998.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice
Tim Scott-- voice, turntables
Mikael Wood-- voice
Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- backing voice
Emil Heiple-- backing voice
Ryan Seaton-- backing voice, kazoo solo in "Love Is A Frozen Fishstick"
Randie Young-- backing voice
Jenny Holt-- backing voice
Stewart Isbell-- beatbox assist on "Books"

Track Listing:

1. Tomorrow
2. Books! Check Em Out!
3. Swamp Thing
4. Jump
5. Crotchy Momma
6. Onward
7. Kids
8. Heart And Soul
9. Another Day
10. Hey Hey Margaret, Your Momma's Got A Cow
11. Push It
12. Point Of View
13. PJ Sod
14. Love Is A Frozen Fishstick
15. Feedback
16. Shoe Song
17. Dogtown

Notes:

* This album represents Soophie's third time in a proper studio, and we STILL hadn't really figured out we could overdub or do anything besides have a live party in the studio. These songs were basically recorded in 2 hours, and mixed down in another four. Our cheapskate brains simply couldn't fathom the benefits of spending more than one day in the studio.

* The banter at the end of "Shoe Song" is for real-- Mike hadn't grasped the concept of the studio fade-out, and is given an explanation on-record, but still doesn't quite trust the studio witchcraft.

* Dustin to engineer, while setting up equipment: "Uhh, Barry-- sooooo what happens if, let's say, somebody spilled a 64 oz. strawberry soda all over your floor?"

* En route to the studio for one of these sessions, Eli threw a bagel at a teenager mowing the lawn. A minute after arriving at Barry's, our car was boxed in by a Mustang driven by some adult with an undefined relationship to the kid. The dude started trying to intimidate us while we loaded our equipment in, but we quickly forgot about it. A few minutes later, Barry got reeeeaaaally nervous and pointed out that five cop cars were outside, questioning everyone about the "bagel-related hate crime". Barry hid in an underground bunker or tunnel until the police swarm had moved on. We were not in any way Barry's favorite band to record.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Sand City, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS @ Vino's, Little Rock AR, December 1997. The night before recording this album. During this era, around 350 people would come to our Vino's shows, and we'd get paid around $150 and pizza. Split 10 ways.

SNS plays the last set of the final Rice Street house New Year's Eve party, moments before the entire kitchen floor caves in. Little Rock AR, December 1998. Photo by Ben Mistak.

Soophie Nun Squad-- "Dino" 7" (FCH009)

Soophie Nun Squad-- "Dino" 7" (Harlan Records #9)
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5 songs.
Recorded July 23, 1996 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR.
500 copies pressed, April 1997.
With this release (and through 1998), Noah Young joined forces with me, contributing essential funds to breathe life into Food Chain Records, on the condition that the label be renamed Harlan Records in memory of his late father.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice
Mikael Wood-- voice, dancing
Noah Young, Emil Heiple, Billy Grubbs, Lindsey Wilson-- backing voices
(Tim Scott joined SNS in Summer 1996, but was absent for this recording.)

Track Listing:

1. Dino
2. Peru/ Hardcore Peru
3. Five Ninjas Strike Back!
4. Hulk Can't Be Denied
5. Ghost Town/ Drop The Bass!

Notes:

* This was SNS's first time in a proper studio. Dustin had already done studio time with Shake Ray Turbine and Eli had with Christopher, but it never occurred to any of us to double guitars, do vocal overdubs, or to record ANYTHING outside of a raging, live house-party take in the control booth on two microphones. Which worked amazingly well for this record, I admit. "Ghost Town/ Drop The Bass!" is easily one of the best songs Soophie ever recorded.

* We had almost finished setting up for the session when, in a typical Soophie fashion, Mark realized he hadn't brought a single cymbal or stand. We found nothing in Barry's studio, and were saved at the last possible minute by running down the street and fishing a forgotten 14" crash out of Chris Wilson's (Shake Ray Turbine, Ted Leo) closet. So give that crash a listen-- it's basically half a hi-hat.

* Band members' opinions on this record vary, but generally we feel these are the most bizarre song choices we've ever settled on for a record. Not a single serious song, but it's weirder than that: none of these songs had a single lyric written down for their inception. I find it really funny that I transcribed the lyrics to what is essentially a freestyle 7", and actually paid extra money to have those lyrics printed on the insert. I personally hate "Hardcore Peru" (which is confusingly an Oi spoof)-- it adds nothing to the "Peru" experience, isn't necessarily funny, and we just sort of stuck with it once we added it. But really, "Hulk" is maybe the worst song in the entire SNS catalog (second only to the unrecorded "Untie The Kids")-- I should point out that we had no real feelings or interest about wrestling, the Hulkster, or whatever. With different lyrics, it would be a decent Gorilla Biscuits song. But my god. I should note that Eli still thinks this 7" rules, and he was also the major force behind vaguely conceptual interest in The Hulkster Going Bad on WWF in 1996. We went along for the ride. (Confession: a year later, we kinda tried to write a Ric Flair song for a Flair-themed comp that never came out. So we're all to blame here.)

* Mike mentions his genitals on every single song, and also mentions the nematode living in his foot at the time of recording, as well as the yeast infection he'd recently gotten after swimming with a plastic bread bag tied around his parasitic foot.

* The extra songs on this download include a version of "Tomorrow" from this session, meant for Stewart Isbell's unreleased compilation CD of Arkansas bands (including SNS, Red Forty, The Big Cats, Full Service Quartet, Benchmark, Ricochet Rocket, Class Of Eighty Four, Red Brigade, Shake Ray Turbine, and No City No State). Some of those tracks wound up on the Towncraft DVD/2xCD boxed set in 2007, and we rerecorded "Tomorrow" for Don't Let Them Take You Alive, but this version is still kinda the best. Also included is a cover of James Brown's "Goodness Sakes, Look At Those Cakes" recorded in 1998 for an unreleased compilation of James Brown covers. I think we were the only band to ever turn in a song for it.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Sand City, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS's legendary show with Assuck & Encyclopedia Of American Traitors in a front yard at 3 a.m. in Columbus OH, during the 1998 More Than Music Fest.

SNS's first show outside of Arkansas. College Park MD, July 1997.

SNS at Club Soda, Washington DC, June 1998.

Soophie Nun Squad-- "Takes Manhattan" demo (FCH008)

Soophie Nun Squad-- "Takes Manhattan" demo tape (Food Chain Records #8)

18 songs.
Side 1 is the "We Rule The World" demo (FCH002), recorded June 1994.
Side 2 are additional songs from the first 7" session, recorded January 13-14, 1995 by Chris Atwood, live to an 8-track digital minidisc recorder, at Jonathan Thompson's house in Cammack Village, AR.
50 copies made, August 1995.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice
Mikael Wood-- backing voice and dancing

Track Listing:

1. Hey Hey Margaret, Your Momma's Got A Cow
2. Peru
3. Point Of View
4. Song Of Squid
5. Dino
6. Push It
7. Feedback
8. Shoe Song
9. (outtro)
10. Counterculture
11. Dino
12. PJ Sod
13. Shoe Song
14. Hey Hey Margaret, Your Momma's Got A Cow
15. Rocky
16. Funbox
17. Feedback
18. Ignition!

See entries on "We Rule The World" demo and "vs. the USA" 7" for notes.

Soophie Nun Squad at PopFest, Little Rock AR, August 1996.

"The Dogtown Chronicles" comp tape (FCH007)

 The Dogtown Chronicles comp tape (Food Chain Records #7)

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100 copies made, May 1995.
(This release was a joint venture between Eli and I.)

Track Listing:

1. DxRxPx theme song.
2. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Counterculture" (January 1995)
3. Hug-- "Big Fuckin Spider" (November 1994)
4. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Interlude" (January 1993)
5. Pete-- "In The End" (April 1995)
6. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Rocky" (January 1995)
7. K-- "The Best Smell Songs #1 and #2" (October 1994)
8. New Toy Smell-- "Peter Pan" (May 1995)
9. (audio montage from our teenage film projects Sampson The Bastard and World History Movie)
10. K-- "Kuntrry Song" (October 1994)
11. Sacred Cod-- "Uprising" (June 1994-- Noah Young on drums)
12. (yet another audio montage)
13. Soophie Nun Squad-- "This Song Sucks" (February 1993)
14. Hug-- "Fuck" (November 1994)
15. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Stand Tall" (May 1995)
16. Sooper Soophie-- "Back To The Skool" (October 1994)
17. Soophie Nun Squad-- "PJ Sod" (January 1995)
18. K-- "The K Explanation" (October 1994)
19. Cecil's Rhubarb Taco-- "Burrito" (October 1994)
20. Dentistry-- "The Dentist's Hug" (July 1994)
21. New Toy Smell-- "Untitled" (May 1995)
22. (still another goddamn interlude)
23. Mob-- "Sleepwalking" (May 1995)
24. Christopher-- "Yellow Flower" (October 1994)
25. (another interlude)
26. Hug-- "Dead Roach, Motherfucker" (November 1994)
27. Sooper Soophie-- "Owned by MTV" (October 1994)
28. (Eli's filthy hocker during Soophie practice)
29. K-- "Minor Threat" (October 1994)
30. Hug-- "Vogue" (November 1994)
31. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Peru" (May 1994)
32. Sacred Cod-- "Hawaiian Apocalypse" (June 1994)
33. Soophie Nun Squad-- "This Song Sucks (Hardcore Version)" (August 1993)
34. New Toy Smell-- "Untitled" (May 1995)

Reservoir Dogtown.

 Bands:

* Soophie Nun Squad-- Dustin Clark (guitar), Mark Lierly (drums), Mike Lierly (voice), Eli Milholland (bass), Nate Powell (voice), Mikael Wood (backing voice, dancing)
* Hug-- Jake Jackson (guitar), Mike Lierly (voice), Eli Milholland (bass), Alan Short (guitar, voice), Noah Young (drums)
* Pete-- Kevin Bay (drums), Lloyd Benjamin (guitar), Adam Heathcott (bass), Chris Sheppard (voice), Zach S. (guitar)
* K-- Eli Milholland (bass), Mikael Wood (voice)
* New Toy Smell-- Mike Lierly (guitar), Ryan Seaton (guitar)
* Sacred Cod-- Mark Lierly (drums), Mike Lierly (guitar, keyboard), Mikael Wood (guitar, voice)
* Sooper Soophie-- Mark Lierly (drums), Mike Lierly (voice), Tim Scott (voice), Ryan Seaton (bass), Mikael Wood (guitar)
* Cecil's Rhubarb Taco-- Steve Cook (drums), Eli Milholland (bass), Ryan Seaton (bass), Nathan Walker (guitar, voice), Mikael Wood (voice, misc.?)
* Dentistry-- Nate Powell (voice, keyboard), Mikael Wood (guitar)
* Mob-- Mike Lierly (guitar), Nate Powell (voice), Noah Young (drums)
* Christopher-- Steve Cook (drums), Ryan Seaton (bass), Nathan Walker (guitar, voice)

SOOPHIE NUN SQUAD-- "vs. the United States of America" 7" (FCH006)

Soophie Nun Squad-- "Vs. the United States of America" 7" (Food Chain Records #6)

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6 songs.
Recorded January 13-14, 1995 by Chris Atwood, live to an 8-track digital minidisc recorder, at Jonathan Thompson's house in Cammack Village, AR.
500 copies pressed on red vinyl. Released March 10, 1995.
(Food Chain Records, for this release, was a joint effort among Eli, Dustin, and I.)

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice
Mikael Wood-- backing voice, dancing

Track Listing:

1. Soophie Nun Squad
2. You Purple-Eyed Beeyotch, You Broke My Heart
3. Push It
4. Swamp Thing
5. Another Day
6. Ignition!

Notes:

* This 7" used the same means of recording as the final William Martyr 17 songs (for which Dustin was also guitarist), but damn, those WM17 songs sound a lot better. These were recorded directly to a minidisc with no option to mix, overdub, or isolate anything. After each take, we'd unhook the minidisc recorder, take it to Jonathan's living room, hook it up to the stereo, and listen to the take. Since we had just one full day to record, would it have been a better idea to record a handful of songs over and over to get the best possible recording (like WM17's four songs)? Maybe, but we're Soophie Nun Squad, so we left there with 17 songs total, many of them captured in one take. What do you want?

* The muffled vocal quality is partially because 3 or 4 people are trying to share two microphones while jumping and dancing around just feet from the live drums, and partially because Mike and I were both horribly sick during this recording. (I was actually supposed to sing throughout "Ignition!", but I lost my voice entirely during the previous take. It's better on this record with just Mike, though.)

* "You Purple-Eyed Beeyotch, You Broke My Heart" (originally with an even shittier, but less questionable title) was written for Little Rock's own Ashlie Atkinson, now best known for her roles in Compliance, Rescue Me, and Fat Pig, as the viral hit Chunky Pam, and in a shitload of TV roles. Hell yeah Ashlie!

* The impenetrable vocal rant in the middle of "Ignition!" ("...One out of every four mammals is a bat-- and it kills crickets!") is a parody(?) of a rare version of Downcast's "They Are Not" released on a compilation 7". This is relevant only because our first review was in HeartattaCk zine, and the only thing that turned Kent McClard over to the Soophie side was that damn Downcast bit. Now look at us, rolling in rubies and emeralds.

* The extra songs on the download are "Something Pretty For Someone", which we recorded for the We've Lost Beauty comp LP (File 13 Records, 1996) in memory of our friend Chris Horne (drummer extraordinaire for William Martyr 17, Generation Of Vipers, and Crown Of Glory) who passed away December 3rd, 1994 at the age of sixteen; "Counterculture" and "Feedback" are both songs that I thought should've been on this 7" instead of some others. I think this recording of "Feedback", despite the muffled vocals, is the best version we ever did.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Sand City, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS at Vino's. Little Rock AR, December 1995.

13-year-old Mark Lierly and John Pugh. Riverfront Belvedere, New Year's Day, 1995.