Akwa Mmiri
The Mermen
Jim Thomas, guitar
Jennifer Burnes, bass
Martyn Jones, drums
Daniel Guaqueta, drums on Floating Past Distant Suns On The Way To Forever
All songs written and copyright James Matthew Thomas
Except Ravel Bolero (Public Domain)
“AKWA MMIRI” is a Nigerian word
meaning “Bridge” with water involved.
Album cover painting “SF WEST”
by SHAWN “BARNEY” BARRON
Design by Denise Halbe
Release date: March 8, 2026
Produced by Jim Thomas
Recorded at Pleasure Point Recording, Santa Cruz, CA
Mastered by Michael Romanowski at Coast Mastering, Berkeley, CA
Kiss My Ass Records #0023 ©2026
- 1. SPLENDOR In THE GRASS preview
- 2. SOMEWHERE SOMETIME preview
- 3. SKELETON 160 preview
- 4. RAVEL BOLERO preview
- 5. ON THE RANGE UP IN THE SKY preview
- 5. ON THE RANGE UP IN THE SKY later preview
- 6. MEET AND GLITTER preview
- 7. FRAGILE HEART preview
- 8. FLOWING PAST DISTANT SUNS ON THE WAY TO FOREVER pt1 preview
- 8. FLOWING PAST DISTANT SUNS ON THE WAY TO FOREVER pt2 preview
- 8. FLOWING PAST DISTANT SUNS ON THE WAY TO FOREVER pt3 preview
- 9. CHEFCHOAN BLUE preview
- 9. CHEFCHOAN BLUE later preview
- 10. 555 preview
Jacket outside front
Jacket outside back. Photo by James Thomas
Jacket inside left. Photo by James Thomas
Jacket inside right. Photo by James Thomas