1) 6 pack! nice abs!(stinence)
2) May You Absorb All Evil
3) ringtone money
4) Pick Up Your Tinsel
5) GAME OVER
bonus song: the deafening silence of your own depression
THE MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL EP WAS RECORDED
FROM NOVEMBER 2015 TO NOVEMBER 2017 AT SELF
HELP INTERNATIONAL. IT WAS PRODUCED BY ZACH
GRACE. THE SONGS WERE WRITTEN AND COMPOSED
BY TODD MICHAEL “DAMNSEL” ROGERS, ZACH
GRACE & EVENTUALLY GEOFFREY “MAYBE” OSBORNE.
“SIX-PACK NICE ABS!(STINENCE)” WAS WRITTEN
SOMETIME BETWEEN MARCH OF 2016 & THEN
REWORKED THREE TIMES, FIRST WITH GEOFF IN
JANUARY OF 2017, AND THEN AGAIN THAT MONTH
WITH ZACH ON HIS BIRTHDAY, BEFORE ALL THREE OF
US LEARNED IT FOR SHOW 001 IN MARCH OF 2017.
“MAY YOU ABSORB ALL EVIL” WAS THE FIRST SONG
DAMNSEL EVER FINISHED WRITING, AND WAS
CONCEIVED OF SOMETIME BETWEEN OCTOBER AND
DECEMBER OF 2014. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS EVER
PLAYED WITH DRUMS WAS AT ZACH’S HOUSE IN
OCTOBER OF 2015. THE FIRST TIME EITHER OF THEM
HEARD IT COMPLETE WAS THROUGH A BASS DEMO
GEOFFREY SENT THEM IN FEBRUARY OF 2016.
“RINGTONE MONEY” HAPPENED WHEN GEOFFREY GOT
BORED RECORDING BASS FOR ANOTHER SONG IN THE
SPRING OF 2017. DAMNSEL CAME UP WITH THE NAME
AND ZACH RECORDED THE DRUMS BY PURPOSELY
CAUSING A DRUM MACHINE TO MALFUNCTION. IT
GAINED LYRICS THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER WHILE
ZACH AND TODD BEGAN MIXING THE EP. “PICK UP
YOUR TINSEL” WAS ORIGINALLY DEMOED IN OCTOBER
OF 2015. IT GAINED LYRICS IN JANUARY OF 2016 WHILE
DAMSNSEL SANG TO ELLIE THE DOG (RIP) AFTER
CLEANING UP THE REMAINS OF A CHRISTMAS TREE. IT
BECAME SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER SPECIAL
AFTER ZACH DRAGGED THE WRONG BIT OF RINGTONE
MONEY ON TOP OF IT WHILE MIXING. SO WE KEPT IT.
DURING THE RECORDING OF THIS EP AND THE SOON
TO BE SEEN LP, THE BAND SURVIVED THE FOLLOWING
HORRORS: LVL 12 LOCKJAW, A FAILING MARRIAGE,
DEFINITIVE LOSS, THE DEATH OF A DOG, BANDMATES IN
JAPAN, BANDMATES UNSURE IF THEY ARE IN BAND, (2)
CONCUSSIONS, AGONIZING ER VISITS, LOSS OF A
TOOTH DUE TO CEMENT FLOOR, DEPRESSION, “BEING
29”, ATROPHIED MUSCLES, CRIPPLING HEMORRHOIDS,
LOSS OF JOBS, INABILITY TO SING, “BEING 32”,
DISCOVERING SOBRIETY, AND GENERAL EXISTENTIAL
ANGST.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: MEAGEN CRAWFORD FOR PUTTING
UP WITH A MIDLIFE CRISIS & LE GRACE FOR PUTTING UP
WITH EVERY LATE NIGHTS CRISIS.
THE ART ON THE COVER AND DISC OF THIS EP IS BY LIAM
BARRETT www.LiamBarrett.co.uk
YOU CAN FIND EFFORTS ONLINE IF YOU TRY HARD
ENOUGH.
DAMNSEL IS @
WWW.SUBHEATHEN.COM
ZACH IS @
WWW.SELFHELP.STUDIO
GEOFFREY IS @ DUNNO. LOOK HIM UP?