Sour to Punker

By A Mystery Man Writer

Last updated 17 Jun 2024

This batch of songs was primarily recorded over a couple sessions in late 2019 and finished right before Christmas, we recorded the songs live with minimal overdubs and no studio trickery. The songs ‘Hawkeye’, ‘Unzip Your Lips’ and ‘Eternal Days’ are brand new compositions. In a hail mary we decided to drop one more track that we wrote during the Covid-19 quarantine called ‘Harmony Do You Miss We’ which we felt was the missing sonic angularity needed to round out ‘Sour to Punker’. For our fans, we also wanted to include a couple old songs that we’ve had in our live show for years but never properly recorded. ‘Strange Modesty’ appears on our 1992 demo known as ‘The Red Tape’ but was never released other than bootlegs and as a bonus track on a reissue of our ‘Self-Titled’ album. The 4-track demo of ‘Modem’ from 1997 was also released as a bonus track and resurfaced to become a fan favorite in our live show. The song has grown over the years and we always wanted to do it justice in the studio. The EP title ‘Sour to Punker’ comes from a line in the ‘Modem’ lyrics and is the 2nd release on our family label, ImageArt Records.