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Band of the Land Beach (2004)

This was our first CD!

We had a lot of fun with this one – musically, it was the most sophisticated and polished thing we recorded as a band, and it benefited a lot from how we were able to layer our instruments and voices through recording it on a computer instead of a cassette recorder.

A couple of the songs from Beach were re-released as part of the Cannonball Statman album Transformation in the 24 Hour Deli almost a decade later – “Band Forever” and “I Feel Home (Again)” – the short clip of me singing a cappella at the very beginning of that album is also taken from this CD.

Some of the other highlights of this one are “The Younger Ones Are Taking Our Place” (a sentimental song about getting old), “As Clear As Rain” (a song about depression and riding the subway in New York), “Plane Service” (a rock and roll song about airline food that I also performed with a few other local bands during that same era), and the closing track “Sun Band”, which was a sweet song about friendship that had a ton of different layered vocals, guitars, percussion, and wind chimes.

I don’t remember how many copies we made of this one, and I’m not sure how many people would still have it, but it was a really fun album to make and it’s a fun one to listen to – I might re-release some of the songs from it in the future.

page from the Band Of The Land Newsletter explaining the story of Band Of The Land Beach, and a few other projects we were working on at the time, including adding audio commentaries to our songs

lyrics for Track 3: “As the Violin Plays” published in The Band Of The Land Newsletter

lyrics for Track 8 & 9: “The Love Parade” in The Band Of The Land Newsletter, along with the song “Nowhere”, which was later recorded and released as “(A Brief) Intermission” on the album Miracle on Neon Clown Avenue (2022)

from Out of Print and Unavailable Discography (with The Band Of The Land)
The Scarf Soundtrack (2004)
Band Of The Land Beach (2004)
Costa Rica for Christmas (2003)
The Band Jams (2003)
Diet Band Of The Land (2003)
The Band Of The Land and the Mic That Goes Around Your Neck (2003)
Finally Not Just the Two of Us (2003)

(or, go to the beginning for the full list of out-of-print and unavailable projects)