Shanda by Average Joey
In the fall of 2019, I took a solo retreat into the Allegheny National Forest at a friends cabin. "Shanda" is the name of the family camp. I took in the forest, and it took me in as well. I drank a lot of coffee and these songs came out of my body.
During the retreat, I was read a collection of short works by Ursula K LeGuin. This album is a concept based on her short story "Vaster than Empires and More Slow". The instrumental spoken word tracks include excerpts from that story.
This album was recorded over the Covid Quarentine in 2020 - which gave me something to focus on as the collapse becomes more apparent
Huge thanks to Mac Ingles for diving into this project with me, and being patient with my often absurd requests/demands
I also want to thank Dave Egger. Random fate lead to his adding cello to these songs which gave them new life, and took the album in a new direction
Tracklist
| 1. | Destruction | 3:01 |
| 2. | Vaster Than... | 2:02 |
| 3. | CYCLE | 1:21 |
| 4. | Nothing is Sacred | 3:42 |
| 5. | ...Empires... | 1:53 |
| 6. | Haunted | 2:51 |
| 7. | EAT | 0:44 |
| 8. | Bandishaum | 2:55 |
| 9. | Sacrifice | 3:14 |
| 10. | ...and More Slow | 2:39 |
| 11. | Suffocating Lullabies | 4:04 |
Credits
Music and lyrics written by Joey Schuller
Spoken word pieces are excerpts from "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" by Ursula K. LeGuin
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Mac Ingles at ..... in Pittsburgh, PA
Banjo, Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion - Joey Schuller
Cello - Dave Egger
Electric Guitar (Tracks 4 & 8) - Phil Faconti
Electric Guitar (Track 11) - Tommy Grubs
Trumpet (Track 4) - Joey Schuller
Trumpet (Track 11) - Scott Nadelson
Flute - Jesca Leigh
