bh1 by bad history month

The band started with me and Mark in 2007, but I never had a real Rock Band until spring/summer 2021. A week after vaccines I went to Johnnie's for a bbq and hung around with a random group of people for the first time since covid and had a grand old time and I finally got to know Johnnie told him I wanted to start a band and he should play. He said we have to do old fat history month songs and I agreed. A week later something fucked happened and Olivia and I got together at the Somerville Diner to catch up and talk and sort through a bunch of confusion and sadness. During the same meal we decided to start a band version of BHM. I told her I'd talked to my new friend Johnny and he was into it, and she said "Johnny Steines?!" So it turned out she knew him. Then on her way to the first practice, she happened to mention it to Nick on the phone, so he came and became the drummer. They have a forever band called Big Mess, we'd met in Lowell way back in like 09 on an ugh,god/fmh tour. Immediate cool friends as it should be. So anyway, they've been playing rhythm together for over a decade and are on point.We rocked it with Johnny thru the summer of 20nyxy9, and when Ben got back from his photo pigrimage, Johhny was gonna move to nyc so Ben took over on 2nd guitar.

In September 2022, right after Ben and I moved to Philly, Nick and Olivia came down to record at Dan's before we disbanded the boston band. We'd been recording nyxy nyx practices in his studio near 4ever boner
and I knew it would sound amazing for recording us live. We tracked 9 songs, the a-side of this tape is 7 of them, the other 2 are waiting in the wings, for now...

The b-side is the Johnny band at practice in his basement in July 2021 and one song from the show we played at
Grey's Ferry Skatepark around then with Sun Organ, Nyxy Nyx, and Snoozer. It's raw as fuck and fun as shit.
Really captures The Spirit of '21 I think. Fun and slop and ease and laughter and a bounce that makes me smile.
The outro is the Ben band rock hopping at tourist trap.

Bad History Month
bh1

a1. nonexistent
a2. flight
a3. cat in a lounge
a4. church
a5. cowboy
a6. warm recollection
a7. xmas

b1. death takes a holiday
b2. bad blood
b3. old lady smokers
b4. free as a cat
b5. cat on a leash
b6. condo burner
b7. deep bright future
b8. condo burner again
b9. am I free?
b10. outro

Olivia Close - bass
Nick Eggs - drums/guitar on b1, b6, b8
Ben Rector - side-a guitar, cover photo
Johnny Steines - side-b guitar, drums on b1,b6,b8
Sean Sprecher - songs, voice, guitar

side-a recorded live near 4ever boner by Dan Angel.
side-b recorded at trixes and greys ferry skatepark on zooms.
Mastered by me and Dan. Cover photo by Ben Rector.
Thanks to the cult, meg, olivia, nick, ben, johnny, dan and you.

SHOWS:

july 20 jwar day 3
ukie club

august 15 MWAA
Residency
Thunderbird Hall
w/My Wife's An Angel

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