st. geme

 

I have nothing to say about this band, I have 0 band history, about any previous or music that followed after this EP

with that out of the way

St. Geme  formed around 2008 in Hollister / Monterey, Califronia (information from LastFM)

beyond that the musicians are as follows

Michael Glines

Alaina Musich

Brett Nickel

Zachary McPherson

and 

Andy Snyder

who are now later in other musical projects, Alaina is a piano teacher as well as a solo artist, michael and brett played together in Sugar Sauce around 2014 / 15

as for Zachary and Andy I haven't found anything concrete on them currently

as for their sound for this album I'd say it's a mixture of indie alternative with some emo? undertones, I know I am not describing that properly but it's a blend of all three, something at first I wasn't sure if i was going to add to this blog as it might not have fit the somewhat theme I have of alternative and emo music, but after a couple of listens (only 4 songs) , I could tell that it deserves a place here

 

 st. geme - Coincidence EP (2008)

1) Nothing Here

2) Massacre At Stillbrook

3) Near Death Experience

4) Civilian

Truth Is....

 "Est. in the summer of 07'.

Brought the 'punk' back to pop-punk.

Released a demo, the Three Words EP, as well as a single intended for a debut album to be released on State of Mind recordings. Unfortunately the band dissolved before it could be released."

taken directly from lastfm, written by I think the guitar player? I reached out to him but haven't heard back yet.

found this band when searching for a different lost band with the same name on reddit, this band is from california where I think the other band is from north carolina; maybe idk.

anyway, this band plays a very mid 2000's pop punk that I ate up at the time, sharing the music with my partner they thought it actually sounded pretty good and I had to agree, definitely something I could see on a pure noise sampler something in the vein of man overboard or the like.

here is what I think the band members were at the time of their breakup, if I'm wrong oh well, until I hear otherwise this is what it is.

either way I'm sharing with you, their only EP titled..... three words e.p , kinda lackluster but who cares, besides this I'm missing a demo which I can't find and the Full length I'm unsure was even recorded to completion so for archiving's sake this is the thing that proves the band existed.

I hope you enjoy, I know I did.

three words e.p (200x?)

1) Intro

2) Don't Make Me Fight You ... Naked

3) You Know What To Do

4) Cupcakes

5) Cupcakes Pt. 2

6) You'll See

7) We Write Songs About Girls Like You

P.S there's a hidden "track" after the end of the last song, FFO: propane

Phallucy

 "Phallucy was a rock/alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. The band's drummer, Abe Cunningham, later became the drummer with the band Deftones, which is now a worldwide success. Phallucy has reunited three times, in 1999, 2001 and 2008 for the Chi Cheng Benefit Show in San Francisco along with Death Angel and other special guests."

- LastFM

Here's an interesting one, adding Phallucy of Sacramento, they themselves (Phallucy) only put out a single album "Valium" which in itself is a pretty great sounding album somewhere I'd rate between a 6 and a 7 which isn't too bad! The interesting parts is when looking at the members a little more closely, more specifically Abe Cunningham ; drummer for Phallucy and later drummer for the band "Deftones" as well as Sonny Mayugba (Guitarist) marrying Lynn Mayugba (lead singer) of the skirts and later giving birth to Violet Mayugba founder and lead guitar / vocalist for the Sacramento band "Destroy Boys" which I have actually had the opportunity to see multiple times throughout their career, the earliest being 2015 / 2016 if I remember correctly, somewhere in that time frame at least. Easy to say that music runs in the family, I also believe Abe C. filled in on drums for Destroy Boys some years ago, so that's nice. Below I'm adding the only release by Phallucy, enjoy

Phallucy - Valium (initial release is dated as 9/11/2001) unsure if that's true

1) Kristy

2) Naked Movie Star

3) Head

4) Cancer

5) Peaks

6) Box Song

7) Fingers

8) Ironsides

9) Needles

10) Coffee

11) Two Years

Rilo Kiley

I. Love. Rilo Kiley.

I love this band with all my heart 

Rilo Kiley were an American indie rock band which formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, California. The band consisted of Jenny Lewis (vocals, guitar), Blake Sennett (vocals, guitar), Pierre de Reeder (bass, keyboards) and Jason Boesel (drums). 

FFO: Jenny Lewis, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Elliot Smith, The Elected, Conor Oberst

Rilo Kiley are big name players in the indie rock scene being signed to Barsuk, Saddle Creek and later Warner. That being said a lot of their music is being sold online and is readily available through these labels which is why I will share the stuff that is no longer for sale but so fundamental to this band

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I'm including a photo of the original cassette and what is widely accepted as the unofficial album art

Consider this the earliest Rilo Kiley release that has tracks that you will later find on the "Initial Friend EP" (featured) but with a different sound, what comes to mind is Glendora a fan favorite by RK fans and is usually thought to be a slower song (as heard on Initial Friend EP) but this version is faster or more angry picture of RK was a Riot Grrrl band and that's what you'd expect. 3 of the tracks on this cassette are only found on this cassette and NEED to be listened to by fans of Rilo Kiley or indie / alt rock.

Favorite Track: 13 this song is for anyone who grew up questioning their sexuality and finding self acceptance through learning through growing up

The Sandbox Sessions (1998)

1. Papillon
2. Cousin To Cousin
3. Glendora
4. The Frug
5. Dead Cat
6. 13

The second release I'm sharing is The Initial Friend EP this EP was self released by the band three different times, the only difference in each of these pressings were a song or two but most of the songs are the same with some slight variations so for the sake of saving time and space I've compiled all three pressings into on album, enjoy

P.S the final 2 songs are about 8 minutes of a car's door open alarm sounding on repeat but the song Troubadours follows the first song and in the 2nd annoying noise of death track, a voicemail between Jenny, Blake and others is heard.

Favorite Track : Troubadours , This song has so much stuff going on it's hard to pinpoint all instruments and devices being used; the song shows how great Jenny is at telling a story and shows of what's to come in later releases, If i had to compare this song to another band I would probably put it close to Hop Along, Queen Ansleis' Freshman Year

The Initial Friend EP Complete (1998-2001)

1. The Frug
2. 85
3. Glendora
4. Papillon
5. Teenage Love Song
6. Asshole
7. Sword
8. Steve
9. Keep It Together
10. Troubadours
11. Annoying Noise of Death pt. 1
12. Annoying Noise of Death pt. 2
13. Gravity



The third and final release I'm sharing is Rkives Cassette
this release was bundled with Rilo Kiley's final release Rkives these songs were demos that never became B-sides which makes the quality not the best but are essential if you want a complete RK discog.

Favorite Track: Are You Sad? (Blake's House)
this is one of the few songs released under the Rilo Kiley name that someone besides Jenny sings on, Blake's voice is soft low and haunting with melodic guitar work to accompany.

Rkives Cassette (199x-2013)

1. All the Drugs ( Garage Band Demo)
2. Are You Sad? (Blake's House)
3. Close Call (Garage Band Demo)
4. Commoner (Wilton House Demo)
5. Pull Me In Tighter (Sunset Sound Demo)
6. That's How I Choose To Remember It (4 Track Demo)
7. The Good That Won't Come Out (4 Track Demo)

Mom Jeans.

Mom Jeans. (2014 - ) was formed by UC Berkeley students Austin Carango and Eric Butler in early 2014, together they recorded their "Spring Demo" then later rereleased as a Self titled album on Fourth Row Records, the interesting thing about both of these releases as they are no longer available for download or for purchase (they were initially available through free download through their bandcamp page). People who are a fan of Mom Jeans might also be fans of a band called Modern Baseball who's guitar riffs and lyrics are throughout this album, in other words these two releases HEAVILY use material from Modern Baseball's two albums "Sports" and their second album that came out the same year as these Mom Jeans. releases "You're Gonna Miss It All". These songs are not entirely stolen or are meant to be passed off as entirely their own songs (although there was no credit initially to MoBo when released" I personally enjoy these songs for what they are and like the different lyrics with the familiar enough guitar riffs and chords. Mom Jeans has now released multiple albums / EPs and splits, all for sale through their site or other labels which is why I am only including their earliest releases that were initially free and are no longer being sold 

long story short: Good music but give credit where credit is due

Favorite Track: This is hard as the entire album is 20/10 but if i had to choose an absolute favorite it would be Screenshot (this song in particular is almost a carbon copy of "Hours Outside In the Snow" by Modern Baseball)

Note: this release had two different album art versions, one had 3 pairs of Mom Jeans as it's cover and was released through the band themselves, the artwork I am including is the album art for their release through Fourth Row Records, besides the album art the albums are completely the same 

Mom Jeans. - Mom Jeans. (2014)

1. First and Ten

2. Screenshot

3. You Only Call Me When You're Drunk

4. Workaholics

5. Fishtank

6. Bad Call

Mom Jeans. - Allergic (2014)

1. Birks In Stock

2. Jorts

The English Work Standard

UPDATE: 8 / 3 / 2020

Finally decided to check my email (please keep emailing me, I love talking with you guys!") and am reuploading the links, I had them before on MediaFire but have decided to move over to Mega for easier access, I also found a quick synopsis from Barry circa 2007 ? around there but I feel their message carries across all of their projects, so I'm adding it below

I also added album art for "Elvis Killed Sinatra" , still no album art for "RIMSOBIGHOUSESOBIG"

"The English Work Standard is for kids who grew up riding skateboards and listening to fast and angry punk rock. The English Work Standard is for anyone who ever got called a "faggot" while walking through the halls in school. The English Work Standard is for people who picked a career based on not wanting to let anyone down. The English Work Standard is for us. The English Work Standard can never, ever be fucking stopped."

-Barry of TEWS

"The English Work Standard was a punk band from South Bay, CA, with Barry Johnson on vocals, Chad Kawashima on guitar, Matt Ebert on bass, and Omar Khattab on drums. Their first EP, RIMSSOBIGHOUSESOBIG, had Teague Smith on the drums, formerly of the band FTY. Their first LP, Elvis Killed Sinatra, featured the line-up previously mentioned. The band was on Fall of the West records, on which their LP was released."

Perfect for fans of early Joyce manor and their side projects

I had the time to briefly ask Mike Park (of Asian Man records and about 500 bands) about his experience working with Joyce Manor when they were still a new band and he told me (rough quote) 

"Mike : I met Barry when he gave me a ride to a show (presumably somewhere in socal) and he played me something from his band I cant remember the name of.."

Me: Fever Kids?

Mike: No that wasn't it...

Me : Koalacaust?

Mike: No it was something different.. I really can't remember right now, it's been so long.

Me: Hm.. was It The English Work Standard?

Mike: That's It! How do you even know about that?"

Unfortunately no album art could be found on either of these releases besides a photo that was supposed to be associated with "Crickets", maybe they released it as a single; I don't know.

The tracklists also have typos but I'm leaving them as is for originality.

favorite track: She Breaths Fire (This song has a long gap of silence but has an acoustic bit sung by Barry that follows the silence.

RIMSOBIGHOUSESOBIG

1. Girl A Girl B

2. Elizabeth, It's Important

3. It's Coming Up Christmas

4. 30 Cents and a short list

5. Words on the record

6. She Breaths Fire

Elvis Killed Sinatra

1. It Gets Easier

2. Crickets

3. Tempo Violence

4. Freddy Krueger (Don't Wear No Daisy Dukes)

5. Patricio Catatonic

6. Attention Assholes, Disco Still Sucks

7. Short List and 30 Cents

8. Aderall is the worst thing that ever happened to my friends

9. L