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The first pressing of Demented Wings is limited to 300 copies on blue vinyl with full color jackets, insert, and download code. Pressed by the fine folks at Smashed Plastic right here in Chicago.
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Chicago has known MIKE LUST for decades as a powerful figure on both sides of the microphone. To speak of his time as frontman for TIGHT PHANTOMZ is to speak of a rock and roll apparition bursting with charismatic song-craft. The group’s epic, 36-track double album, Silk Prison, is the reach of imagination meeting the grasp of talent, a special wonderment with songs that reached millions through appearances in both film and television (including the hit series Breaking Bad).
As a complement to this inventory of bonafide bonafides, we look to Lust’s reputation as an experienced force in the recording studio. In addition to being the sound engineer for The AV Club’s A.V. Undercover series, he’s also produced or engineered albums by URGE OVERKILL, WILLIAM ELLIOT WHITMORE, JOAN OF ARC, and RUSSIAN CIRCLES, to name just a few.
The latest chapter in Lust’s rock and roll legacy is Demented Wings, his first solo album and a delightfully wide-eyed approach to circumnavigating the sonic feelings around dreaming broken (and vice versa).
At ten songs and 25 minutes in length, Demented Wings is a sprint of distorted smears, crushed percussion, and weirdly-appropriate vocal
swagger that smashes dream pop, garage rock, electronic, folk, and more all into a tight succession — sometimes in the same song. This self-recorded, self-produced album is a tremendous achievement, a singular vision with an evergreen reach.
This is all say that Demented Wings sounds like fascination becoming itself: the place where trouble begins.
credits
released June 18, 2021
All songs written, recorded, performed, and produced by Mike Lust
All background vocals performed by Sue Roth and Kortland Chase Hetzel
Scream on "Lusty vs Talking Heads" by Angela Mullenhour
Bass on "Somewhere to Run" by Stephen "The Kid" Howard
Bass on "Chrome Intentions" by Ryan Weinstein
Drums on "Danceteria" and "Lusty vs. Talking Heads" by Chris Dye
Drums on "Somewhere to Run" by Noah Leger
Drums on "All We Could Do" by Stephen "The Kid" Howard
Mastered and lacquers cut by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
supported by 34 fans who also own “Demented Wings”
Play this album in the loudest system you can find, set to 11 and blow you and your neighbours minds. I find interchanging this with Carcass and early Killing Joke a great antidote for any niceness that creeps into my soul. pablo6580
supported by 27 fans who also own “Demented Wings”
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer