CHOOKLYN DOWNLOADS:

Hey NJ
Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey
(Yer Rockin' To) Our Single Debut

Because I've been slackin' on my blog duties this week, I've decided to do what I did last time and post a block of three new rockin' tunes from Chooklyn. Are you excited? Well you should be, because this is the first time for all three of these tunes on the blog.

The first song is Hey NJ. For me, Hey NJ has the best chorus on the album, with maybe the possible exception of Dots Make Lines / Lines Make Sound. It's the kind of chorus you sing with yer fists pumping in the air and yer head banging up and down. While the lyrics were written about a specific (and special) someone, it's dedicated to any woman who's OK with being labeled a Jersey girl. (Also kudos to Bram for the blistering solo on this one.)

Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey is the second Bramstrumental on the record. Again Bram uses sound bites from the answering machine tapes I dug up. You can hear snippets of me talking about our old drummer Mike Baker (who is the inspiration for the title of this tune), Baker asking if I'm dead, Justice heavily breathing "pick up" and Chooklyn's mystery woman asking a question.

The last song is the power pop anthem, (Yer Rockin' To) Our Single Debut. The lyrics for this song are metalyrics, where the lyrics I am singing are about the lyrics I am singing. My favorite line: "And there's a line about how she can be / a bit shy and candid / And there's another about her shirt that says / I Heart Pandas."

CHOOKLYN DOWNLOADS:

People People What Do You Want
Dots Make Lines / Lines Make Sounds (Album Version)
The Dark Side Of The Glove (Album Version)

Count 'em. There's three, that's three, ditties from the new rekkerd. Why Goss so sweet? It's Friday and I think three songs oughta be enough to keep ya happy through the weekend. Also Chooklyn kicks off with a coupla songs that BS prereleased on the Wino's Dotted Glove EP. But don't be sad. What you got here are the official album mixes. (If yer nice, Bram may explain what the differences are between the album versions and the WDG EP versions.)

Still there's a new and unreleased gem with this batch'o tunes, People People What Do You Want. In keeping with the somber, but rockin' start of the album we begin with an upbeat break up song. The sad "I guess you got busy with your social life faster than I did" statement from Chooklyn matches well with disconnect between the couple that's being sung about in this song. The main premise is about those who argue more than listen to each other. Couples that are finished before they started.

Of course you can read all about Dots Make Lines / Lines Make Sounds by clicking here.

And as for The Dark Side Of The Glove, well the story behind this tune is that I had a title and needed some lyrics. The title comes from a tale my girlfriend's dad told me about he and some buddies hanging at a bar and they had told some girls that they had a band called Pink Glove and a single out called The Dark Side Of The Glove, a la Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon. I liked the idea of the title, but had no real inspiration for the lyrics.

Then I had the idea of writing about a guy who just broke up with his girl and was leaving her place for the last time. As he's walking away he's trying to remember the last time they held hands and what it had felt like to have her hand in "the darkside of his glove." Actually the lyrics are kinda vague and dumb, because I wasn't actually writing about any real experience -- except for the general experience of lost love and other junk. Anyway, this was really more of a challenge to write lyrics to a good title.

I'm pleased to announce that Chooklyn, the newest album by Bone Sauce, is ready for public consumption.

In order to get the tunes to our loyal readers, we've decided to do a limited blog release of the album. We'll be posting a new song every two or three days. The songs will be posted in the same order as they are on the album. Just for reference, the album track listing is as follows:

Chooklyn
People People What Do You Want
Dots Make Lines / Lines Make Sounds
The Dark Side Of The Glove
Hey NJ
Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey
(Yer Rockin' To) Our Single Debut
This Guy's A Wino
White Pussy's Theme
You'll Be My Pillow
Special K & Mary Jay
Yor Krap
Disco (M) Fort
Where Do Records Go When They Die
People People What Do You Want Reprise

With each tune I'll write some brief commentary and hopefully the other band members will add their two cents. The tunes will be available for download for only a limited time after they're all posted, so get'em while their hot!

OK let's get started. The album kicks off with the titular song, Chooklyn.

Download Chooklyn

I'm not sure how much I can say about the "concept" behind Chooklyn the song, as it is a Bramstrumental. I think the song does a great job of setting the mood of the album, which I'd describe as dark indie power pop. (Of course, that's me.)

The spoken dialogue clips that carry throughout the album were taken from two different answering machine tapes recorded during the early '90s and were collected from Goss's and Justice's answering machines. In Chooklyn you get to hear original BS fan Jason Geis. As for the female vox, I plead the fifth.

We suck. We haven't posted in ages. Goss is in Europe and I am currently sitting in Altoona, Pa's finest hotel room. And we all know Bram is more of a comment kinda guy.

So without further delaying my white trash adventures, listen to Captured by Robots! rock out some Journey:

MEOW!