Maryshelleyoverdrive (MP007) by Brzowski

At age 28, BRZOWSKI is laying his heart and mind open w/ all the desperation and explosive energy of a nervous breakdown coupled with a mid-life crisis. The Portland, ME by-way-of Providence,RI emcee kicked around the Massachusetts and Rhode Island music scenes in varying projects since 1993, before taking a permanent vacation to the northeast tundra, where long winters and unsuspecting audiences could better nurture his creative spirits / personal demons. Joining forces with producer/technophile-at-large AGENT8 and a revolving cast of disc-jockeys in the studio and on stage, he has been steadily amassing a sizable groundswell of indie hip-hop true believers who clamor for something more artfully substantial than the mainstream stranglehold can spoon-feed them. After self-releasing the efforts “New England Gothic” and “Perpetual Winter”, whose hand-to hand sales reached several thousand, the workaholic MC set his sight on releasing a proper full-length album on the seminal indie label Milled Pavement.

“MaryShelleyOverdrive” is a dense and demanding solidification of the dark thematic elements set forth on 2002’s “New England Gothic”;”…like Robert Frost contemplating suicide in a cabin in the woods…”The Portland Phoenix, June 2003. The album contains many truly atypical aspects: lengthy songs, techno/industrial influenced beats, literary and visual culture references, a touch of the defiance of early 90’s punk rock, and a dark cloud behind every silver lining.

Tracklist

1.	Height & Weight	3:00

2.	Searchlights	2:54

3.	The Movement	4:15

4.	Maryshelleyoverdrive	5:20

5.	Settling For Less	5:05

6.	Novella	4:45

7.	Long Day	2:19

8.	Pondscum	3:41

9.	Roll My Bones	4:38

10.	The Bells	6:05

11.	Back To Life	5:21

12.	Staircase Song	4:59

13.	Cold White Flesh	5:46

14.	The Hunger	3:27

15.	Permafrost	3:20

16.	Paxxxill Axxxident	2:30

17.	Talking To Myself	3:08

Credits

released October 25, 2005

Vocals by: Brzowski

Produced by: Agent8 (Tracks: 1-7, 9-17)

Featuring: Nomar Slevik (Tracks: 3), K-the-I??? (Tracks: 3, 9), Astronautalis (Tracks: 9)

Mixed by: Agent8

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