Mike and I have been making music together for over a decade and it continues to be one of my all time favourite projects. This is our first release after something of a hiatus, but we’ve got lots more on the way.
Mike Tea – Rock on a String EP
We Shoot Messengers – Provenance and Preservation
This project started with my good friend Alex Aleksic and I trading lyric ideas while we were each off in foreign lands back in 2009. Feeling isolated while abroad afforded the opportunity to look back, both spatially and temporally. Consequently, these songs meander through memories of adolescence, aimless summers, and the sound of a car stereo in an empty field at midnight.
In the spirit of the album’s name, we have since resisted the temptation to pull these songs apart and reassemble them as though we had composed them now. There are many things we would do differently, but such is life. In the end, we tried our best not to rewrite a past that had already been rewritten.
The Vestaloynes – Like Yesterday’s Clothes EP
This album was recorded, misplaced, forgotten, then stumbled upon nearly 10 years later. This is both an introduction and a posthumous farewell. This was The Vestaloynes.
Badniks EP
This is Badniks’ second EP. We turned up the rock a little bit on this one.
Villainest – Slow Motion Gunfights
Another great track from Villainest. I was very pleased to master some more work by these fine folks.
Villainest – A Good Day to Try Hard
I had the great pleasure of mastering this epic SEGA rock album.
Nadia Bashalani – Edible Woman
In the summer of 2012 I had the privilege of playing drums on a three song EP by Nadia Bashalani. This was also the first time anything I’ve done has been put to a music video, so that was kind of neat.
Badniks – Amaze Your Friends
This is the debut EP from my Toronto-based, internationally-sourced rock n’ roll three-piece. I’m behind the drum kit and the mixing board for this one.
The Displacement Method
This is my post-YYPL solo project. I became a little obsessed with some small drum machine sounds and geographical distance. There’s a full album on the way. Eventually.
You and Your Perfect Life
While in Stockholm I met Christina Koenig, who soon became a good friend and collaborator. We bonded over a common interest in ramen and synthesizers. YYPL is the result of our shared curiosity and whimsy.