Man Pig by Pootie
The first full-length Pootie album. A myriad of simple riffs and awkward structures. A (mostly) clean (and occasionally out of tune) acoustic guitar with a curious tone fills the void between a bass with no low-end and drums with (occasionally) deafening cymbals. You have to start somewhere, folks. These songs were all part of the first batch of songs I ever wrote back when I was 13/14 years old. I remember recording many different demo versions of this album, the earliest originating back to 2013 when I first started doing music. The idea of the record changed over the years. At first it was way more rocking, with gruff vocals and sillier lyrics, but then it turned into more of an indie album with cleaner vocals most of the time. Then I went back and tried to make it a little more of a mixture of the two, by adding distortion to some of my parts, and taking off two of the lamer songs and replacing them with two songs from the earlier demos that were better. Those two songs (tracks 5 & 8) even contain some rough vocals recorded back in 2013, for some extra sloppy, old school Pootie flavoring. The damage had been done, though. It was a frustrating one to record because I didn't know how to accomplish what I wanted. I also didn't know what I wanted. I was 16 when I recorded this. I didn't really know what I was doing when it came to recording, writing, or structuring an album. I was just winging it in a sloppy manner and hoping for the best. Take caution when listening. I had no knowledge of major or minor chords, or how to structure them into a cohesive song. I was just a young kid trying to take myself somewhat seriously and figure music out. It has a nerdy, innocent, uncertain, charm to it that some might be able to tolerate. I know I can't, half the time! Don't listen to me, though. Its ignorance may be cute and admirable to the right ear. There's some cool ideas on this one. Give it a spin and see if you can handle it!
Tracklist
| 1. | A Start at the Dinner Table | 5:45 |
| 2. | C.B. | 2:57 |
| 3. | Little Boy | 5:02 |
| 4. | What Will They Think? | 4:40 |
| 5. | The Mysterious Hilly Landscape of A.I. | 2:07 |
| 6. | No Right for Wrong | 5:15 |
| 7. | Seven Was My Song in New York | 7:10 |
| 8. | Sheep | 5:05 |
| 9. | Sand Spur | 4:45 |
| 10. | Crackerspew (Wingfield Tenement) | 2:30 |
| 11. | Two More Years | 6:30 |
