Tuesday, August 28, 2007

THE MATHLETES OWN OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS: THE BEST ALBUM OF THIS YEAR, OR NEXT, OR BASICALLY ANY OTHER

You guys know I make music, right?

Yeah, I make music. I've put out close to 25 albums since 2000 or so, very quietly and usually with "print runs" of under 30. I write all the songs and play all the instruments (except when we play live, but that's a tale for another day), and I enjoy it quite a bit. I'm not great at talking it up, but I will say this: It's amazing. I/we am/are called "The Mathletes," because I thought it would be funny to pretend I was a real band and not just a person. It wasn't, really, but I kept up with it just 'cuz.

So my newest album has been alluded to for close to a year (on, among other places, our MySpace page), and it's finally out. It's a covers album, and I'm releasing it for free online (though you can donate a few bucks via Paypal if you like what you hear, or if you're just feeling super nice, or if you don't believe Paypal actually works and you want to test your luck).

If you're a fan of lo-fi home recorded bedroom pop (and who besides most people isn't?), you should probably check out THE MATHLETES OWN OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS. At the very least, there are some quasi-amusing anecdotes for each song, as well as some crayony album cover reproductions. Go on, go for it! Hey, nothing to lose, right?

Tracklist:

01. Linger (The Cranberries)
02. Only Shallow (My Bloody Valentine)
03. ROYGBIV (Boards of Canada)
04. Choking Tara (Guided by Voices)
05. Unravel (Bjork)
06. Les Os (The Unicorns)
07. Race for the Prize (The Flaming Lips)
08. Seeing Other People (Belle and Sebastian)
09. Rocket (The Smashing Pumpkins)
10. Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)
11. Ghost (Neutral Milk Hotel)
12. True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston)
13. What Goes On (The Velvet Underground)

6 comments:

DJ said...

I really liked a lot of these.

Beats,
Ashok

Leslie said...

Why did you pick "Rocket"?

JD McGregor said...

I can't believe i'm the first to say it: The kazoos on Ghost were brilliant!

Joe Mathlete said...

Thanks, fellers. Dorothy, that cover is from a tribute cassette on the Asaurus Records label (the angle was something like "lo-fi vs. the Smashing Pumpkins"). Beyond that, it's my favoritest song in the whole world ever. Seventh grade dies hard.

paige said...

i just wanted to say that i hope the mathletes are my top artist this week on my last.fm. cause it should be!

no but really, your cover of unravel was amazing. it was all amazing. oh god. i can't tell you enough. thank you for making it free on the internet.

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