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MRC: Backwoods Payback Frontman to Release Solo EP This Week

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 3rd, 2020 by JJ Koczan

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The creativity born of restlessness. How was your quarantine? Was it productive? Well, if not, there’s always the next one, apparently. For Backwoods Payback guitarist/vocalist Michael Rudolph Cummings, the early part of the summer resulted in three new solo songs that he’ll release this week under the banner of MRC, or if you go by the logo, mRc. The EP is called What Year is It?, suitably enough, and is being self-released by Cummings with proceeds headed to the ACLU, which, you know, is legit. I don’t know who was involved in this recording with him — he calls the backing band The Souvenirs and has toured as mRc and the Souvenirs in the past — but the last time Cummings did an mRc release was 2015’s More Barn (streaming below) and that band included Jessica Baker from Backwoods Payback as well as Dan Metzker and Pat Shannon from Philly’s Hold Down the Ocean as well as drummer Mike Bardzik, who engineered that recording and also just engineered the new Hold Down the Ocean EP, Sidereal Month.

What Year is It? comprises three tracks and runs from heavier-ended Americana to more straight up ’90s alt worship and is a step-aside from some of the more intense fare that Backwoods Payback has unleashed over their last couple records, though Cummings‘ voice and songwriting are nothing if not characteristic. Kind of a fan-piece here, maybe, but hell, it’s a three-song tape, I can’t imagine he’s making too many of them, and all the money goes to the ACLU. You could do worse.

Incidentally, it’s definitely 2020. Sometimes feels like 1620.

Announcement is quick:

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mRc – What Year is It? EP

August 7th I’m releasing a brand new mRc ep. Three songs written the first week of June and recorded the second week of July with the souvenirs. These songs are now. It’s never too late.

100% of the proceeds will be going to the @aclu_nationwide to ensure we can all keep fighting the good fight……

don’t give up.

https://michaelrudolphcummings.bandcamp.com/
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MRC, More Barn (2015)

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