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Cracklin Moth : HearYa.com live Session @ Shirk Music

"The HearYa Nation is in for a big treat this week, the venerable Cracklin Moth. Before you read any further, do yourself a favor...click on Eulogy for Bashu, and prepare to listen to one of the best tracks I've heard all year. I simply can't let you read any further without a little mood music. Feel free to take your pants off.  The song is that good. Last Monday night... I walked into the hallway of Shirk's studio to find lead singer Matt Ammerman smoking a duster and knocking back a Fat Tire. I liked this guy already. We exchanged pleasantries as the rest of the band filed in with their gear. As they warmed up in the studio, I knew we were in for something special.  Cracklin Moth are five musicians that unite to form a magical sound all their own.  Matt Ammerman's one-in-a-million voice and melodic guitar, Shawn Rios' varied arsenal of percussive beats, Griff Baron's trotting basslines, Drew Lindsay's whimsical keys, and the pedal steel guitar of Rocco Labriola that gives the band its signature sound.  After several savory heaters out on the fire escape, Cracklin Moth settled in and started playing the type of music that makes you thirsty. It was a Monday night, but the beers were flowing for all. They started things off with "My Suicide", the first of five previously unreleased tracks that the band played. As mentioned earlier, the crown jewel of the night for me was "Eulogy for Bashu". The rest of the tracks are exceptional, as well. Take note of the fuzzy guitars on "Extragalactic", and the landscape that the pedal steel guitar creates on "My Suicide". Almost the antithesis of the Steve Miller Band, each song Cracklin Moth played was uniquely different and uniquely good. - HearYa Indie Music Blog (2007)"

Cover design by Matt Ammerman (photographs by HearYa)

Independently Released

© 2007 Matt Ammerman

All songs written by Matt Ammerman

Recorded and Produced by Stephen Shirk (Tracks 1-5)

Recorded 2007 by John Hasbrouck (Bonus Track 6)

Recorded 2005 at Martyrs in Chicago (Bonus Track 7)

Artist performing on this album include: 

(Tracks 1 to 5) Matt Ammerman, P. Griffin Baron, Rocco Labriola, Drew Lindsay, and Shawn Rios

(Bonus Track 6) Matt Ammerman, Rocco Labriola, John Hasbrouck, and Lawrence Peters

(Bonus Track 7) Matt Ammerman, Steve Baker, Greg Duenow, and Chris Jepson