O-HI-O MIXTAPE (Patreon)

I've moved. Again. I think this time for good but who knows. Fate has led me (as I always knew it would) into the bosom of Americas greatest state and the final hold out of New Deal style US psuedo-socialism. It's summer, so it's nice here right now. I've got a small studio set up going and I'm writing some potential Wolf Parade jams (not sure when that's going to happen) and songs for BOECKNER LP 2 (that kicks off in the fall).

I always forget how much Ohio punches above its weight when it comes to music. Of course, I know the classics...GBV, Devo, Breeders...but for every industrial size block of influential artists I can call up, there's always some CRYPTO OHIAN that surprises me...Scott Walker, The Cramps...SCOTT WEILAND....it's endless.

This mix is an incomplete journey through post punk, Erie Canal ballads, modernist classical and something people were calling "shitgaze" for a breif moment in the 2010s. The final song is the only song on here NOT by a band from Ohio but it's about Ohio. There's also the story of an ill fated attempt on behalf of the city of Cleveland to break a world record involving balloons.

May we float through the last month of summer like a lazy balloon, then. Unbothered and drifting to the sky.

If anyone would like the TRACK LISTING, please message me. I'd love to hear from you anyway. Hope everyone is doing good ❤️

More soon

XO DB