I hadn't been in touch with Devlin since high school. One day out of the blue he called or sent me a message over AIM about getting together and playing music with him and some friends. I told him I had a set and he said that they were looking for drums. Our first practice I was introduced to Jayme for the first time and was super intimidated because he had the biggest beard ever. Justin couldn't make the first practice so I didn't get to meet him right away.
This Demo for Oceania was recorded somewhere around 2003 in the top of my garage. I think we used Devlin's mixing board and a bunch of crappy mics. The vocals were recorded at Devlin's house with Jayme stuck in a closet screaming while we all watched a Deep Purple DVD with Devlin's brother, Ethan.
The line-up was:
Guitar: Jayme Peck (The Palmerraids, This Broken Rule, Input-A, Fighting For Monuments, Countless other projects I don't know about)
Guitar: Justin Passino (For The Kid in The Back, Fighting For Monuments, Yo! Adrian, Robot Saves The World)
Bass: Devlin Rice (Oceania, Riven, Nuclear Power Pants, Dr. Fuck Yeah)
Drums: Travis Luther
The opening track, Intro, was a jam we did and was used as the name implies. The second song, Techk? was the first song we wrote together. It was also the first song we took out our live play list and sent to an early grave. Wooden Shoe was played throughout our time together and I think it was Jay Krak's favorite song because it was about sabotaging work. Emotion VS Cognition had all of us yelling "Shove it right up your motherfucking ass" in Devlin's closet. I don't remember if his folks were home or not. Emotion to Cognition was a great song. It was the mellowest one we had. Justin really liked it.
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Techk?
3. Wooden Shoe
4. Evolution VS The Suburban Warrior
5. Emotion to Cognition
note: The artwork on this site has been re-done and should replace the artwork that comes with the mp3s. Do it!
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