SPLENDEURS ET MISERES
03/14/2021
- 1. OUT OF THE DEAD LANDS preview
- 2. PHOSPHORESCENT-REMINISCENCE preview
- 3. EVERBODY SEEMS TO WONDER preview
- 4. BONDAGE OF THE SANDS preview
- 5. BIG TOOTH IS COMING preview
- 6. GREEK TO ME preview
- 7. BRING IT ON BACK preview
- 8. HE LIKED THE ROCKING OF THE SEA preview
- 9. TOO DARK TO SEA preview
- 10. FEVER TRIPPIN preview
- 11. ON A WESTERN PROMENADE preview
- 12. SEEMS LIKE A DREAM preview
- 13. TWILIGHT BLUES preview
ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM
This new Mermen album was recorded in the midst of the COVID disaster – ups and downs and plans canceled etc. The tracks on this album were meant as pre-production rehearsals, idea development, and some music recorded for an upcoming film. Jim, Jennifer, and Martyn were not able to get it together to make an official album because of family related COVID events. Jim decided to release these tracks before they were scattered to the wind, and, he felt didn’t want to revisit recording the songs at a later time. Daniel Guaqueta is the drummer on the resulting tracks. Please Note; Martyn Jones is the official drummer of The Mermen. There are no changes in Mermen personnel. These tracks happened when Daniel happened to be in the Santa Cruz neighborhood and visited the studio between his surf sessions. We had some fun playing. We hope you enjoy the new music.
Cover Photos by Jim Thomas. Cover design by Sienna Digital.
