Pong by Too Much Joy
Big news! TMJ has had so much fun doing these First Friday releases for Bandcamp, we've decided to make a new record, half of which will be songs we wrote back in the '90s but never captured in the studio, and half of which will be brand new tunes.
This single, like last month's, is an example of that approach: "Pong!" just sprang to life in July, while "Hey Merlin!" was originally a live-to-two-track demo for CEREAL KILLERS the band always wanted to give a more loving studio treatment, but never got around to, until now.
We expect to be back in December with the full LP, though there's a slight chance we'll release another teaser track or two between now and then. In the meantime, play Pong, and/or go pre-order the forthcoming LP on Indiegogo: http://bit.ly/TMJIndie
Tracklist
| 1. | Pong | 3:41 |
| 2. | Hey Merlin! (studio version) | 2:41 |
Credits
Jay Blumenfield played guitar and sang and said he'll only keep doing this if it remains fun.
Tim Quirk spent a weekend at Jay's house singing and insisting, "This IS fun. We're having fun!"
Sandy Smallens played bass and guitar and sang and drank very expensive scotch.
Tommy Vinton just drummed. Hard.
William Wittman played guitar and mellotron and sang whilst drinking even more expensive whisky that he brought back from Japan, back when that was still a thing you could do. He also explained that there's no "e" in "whiskey" when it's Yamazaki.
Basic tracks recorded by Matt Noble at Riverworks Recording, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Other tracks recorded by Sandy and Bill at their respective houses, and by Leo Blumenfield in his bedroom.
Mixed by William Wittman
License
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TMJ is/was a punk-pop band of some minor renown. Some of that renown was due to their music, which included semi-hits such as “Crush Story,” “Donna Everywhere,” and “That’s a Lie” — a cover of the LL Cool J tune that featured the man himself in the music video, which actually got played quite a bit during daylight hours on MTV back when they did that sort of thing.