Dead Wives "Hellrazor"

Dead Wives
Hellrazor (demo tape)
2009

1. Dead Wives - Yard (2:25)
2. Dead Wives - Follow The Chain (1:07)
3. Dead Wives - Capitol Hill (3:15)
4. Dead Wives - Camera (2:56)
5. Dead Wives - Recycled 2 (2:43)
6. Dead Wives - Blood (5:21)
7. Dead Wives - Vegas (2:59)
8. Dead Wives - Hail Storm (2:26)
9. Dead Wives - Move In (3:10)
10. Dead Wives - Null (1:41)
11. Dead Wives - Ammo (3:04)

Bonus tracks...
12. Dead Wives - Your Little Sailboat (2:19)
13. Dead Wives - White People (3:48)
14. Dead Wives - Good Suffering (Long Version) (12:15)

We actually had requests for more Dead Wives, which was unexpected and nice. Out of the 4 that have yet to be uploaded, Hellrazor is probably the demo tape I'd be least embarrassed to post here, even though the mix is really bad and the vocals are kinda not that impressive as they were recorded entirely in one take at 4AM on a random Thursday morning back when my work hours were 2:30PM to 11PM .. which I actually had some odd nostalgia for recently..

Dead Wives will never perform "Capitol Hill" live even though I do really like the song.. It was supposed to sound like a combination of about 8 bands (The Modern Lovers and Interpol come to mind), but instead people told me they thought it sounded like Blink 182... ugh.

There were 3 versions of "Recycled." The first one sounds like Wire. The second one sounds like Franz Ferdinand. The third one sounds like Electric Wizard. The 2nd version is the only one that got finished (for better or worse).

"Blood" was an ongoing project since back in like 2003.. An 8-minute version was recorded for Milk And Water but wasn't included. At the time of recording, Phoenix had just recently performed "1901" and "Lisztomania" on Saturday Night Live, and so the original atmosphere of the song ended up getting changed... A regrettable decision, but whatever...

These were all recorded between March and April 2009, except for 12 and 13 were recorded at the end of May on a boring Saturday when I was missing my friends and feelin Yo La Tengo.. "Your Little Sailboat" is a Smooth Hands song (with an amazing video that probably isn't on Youtube) and "White People" is a Smile Democracy song. Both songs are so lovely and I felt like trying to make them sound like YLT... The singing is really quiet because I did it in my bedroom and I didn't want my roomies to hear.

My friend Dan and myself recorded "Good Suffering" on another boring Saturday in April... Someone left a cello in the band room, and we had access to a creepy sounding organ, so we tried to make the best of our surroundings... I don't think Dan liked it, but personally I think it sounds awesome.

Download "Hellrazor"