Mos Generator to Release I’ve Got Room in My Wagon EP
I went back and looked. It hasn’t even been a week since the last time I posted about something Mos Generator — or in this case, Mös Generatör — were up to. It was last Friday, when they were announced as part of Glory or Death Records‘ tribute to Deep Purple. Plus, the same day, there was the announcement of Mos‘ upcoming split with Italy’s Di’Aul. That’s two, and if you count the fact that Tony Reed mastered the Stubb self-titled that closed out last week, there were three mentions in one single day, less than a week ago. And here’s another new release.
Tony, you alright, man?
As Mos Generator continues its frenetic, perhaps manic, pace of offerings and Reed bounces from recording with one project to another — Constance Tomb, Mos Generator, his upcoming solo debut (which is freaking awesome, by the way), probably six or seven more — he’s got this EP announced through H42 Records even before the band’s previously announced split with Void Vator shows up on the same label! That’s out July 31. Mark your Releases of Reed 2020 calendar accordingly, and I’ll do the same.
Shit is nuts, is all I’m saying.
Here’s the EP info:
Mos Generator releasing new Vinyl EP of the series ‘The plundering of the vaults” called I’ve got room in my wagon.
Release September 4th 2020
Presale August 14th
New 12″-vinyl EP from Mös Generatör (MOS GENERATOR) coming September 4th. This will be a special Collectors Item limited to only 250 copies with exclusive silkscreened B-Side.
Diane is a Husker Du song I used to play in a band in the late 80s and when the idea of doing one of their songs came up, this was the first tune I thought about. I’m not sure what gave me the balls to reach out to Bent from Motorpsycho to play bass on it, but I did, and he agreed. I sent him a demo that I did of the song and he sent back bass (5 different tracks of it) and vocal tracks on the choruses, which was a nice surprise. Then I had Jono replace my demo drums and I re-recorded guitars (with that classic Bob Mould scratchy guitar sound) and did a proper vocal take.
The other three songs are what I’m calling “the plundering of the vaults”. This has been going on for a few years now and it’s hard to believe there is still a nice well of material. “Flower & Song” is a live demo from 2017 with overdubs on it. The song is taken from a side project I have called HeavyPink and was being re-recorded for the Shadowlands album but never made it past this demo. I forgot how good it turned out and I’m glad it’s getting released. The other 2 songs, “Slow/Moody” & “Early Mourning (live at Freak Valley)”, were both previously issued on cassette only by H42 in the deluxe edition of a split 7″ we did with Daily Thompson in 2015. Slow/Moody is another live demo with overdubs we did in 2014. We were testing the sound quality of Shawn’s living room to see it was worth recording in and we wrote this song on that day. It has a very ambient sound that works well for the song. The record cover was done by my old friend Mike the Pike in the style of the Pettibon / SST records album covers and I did the Husker Du style MG logo to finish it off.
(Tony Reed, Mos Generator)
The vinyl will be available in following editions:
lim. 50 copies on clear red vinyl with gold silkscreened b-side
lim. 70 copies on clear red vinyl with white silkscreened b-side
black vinyl with white silkscreened b-side
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