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Atrophy

by Eldridge Rodriguez

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1.
A Feeling That Won't Go Away 03:29
2.
Megalodon 05:16
3.
The Strange Things That Happen to People 04:41
4.
Without all Your Teeth You Won't Get Into Heaven 04:44
5.
Dry Atlantis 03:48
6.
The Ghost of Emily Post 04:18
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Have I Gone Too Far 06:25
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Casual Jesus 04:13
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Help Me Help Me 03:36
10.
Scars in the Vein 06:08
11.
Black Hearts on His Chest 03:08
12.
Take Yr Time 04:05

about

Atrophy is the fifth full length release from the band Eldridge Rodriguez. The album demonstrates the bands wide range, veering away from the electro-rock and poli-power pop of their last two releases, The Castrati Menace and Slightest of Treason, in favor of a slacker indie feel while still incorporating the noise pop that the band has leaned on for over a decade. The themes on the tracks are more personal this time around focusing on love, loss and the burden of memory. In many ways it’s lighter than previous albums. The band is having a bit more fun while still presenting a brooding exterior.

In late February 2020 Midriff Records put out the 8th release by Eldridge Rodriguez titled "Slightest of Treason", an album inspired in part by the shift toward conservative dogma in US politics. The band planned supporting the release with live shows starting with their record release party at Great Scott in Boston in mid/late March. By mid March the live music scene was dead, most media outlets were stymied, clubs were shuttered, radio was figuring out how to broadcast remotely and "Slightest of Treason" was lost in the chaos and shuffle created by the initial months of the pandemic. With an abundance of time on their hands the band went back into Bluetone Studios (owned and operated by David Grabowski) and started to safely work on the "Slightest of Treason" follow up. The product of which was 25 plus new tracks many of which wound up on “Atrophy”. It’s a more relaxed, contemplative sound accompanied by lyrics that reflect the past few years. “Have I Gone Too Far” may be the best example and captures the day to day isolation, monotony and depression that went along with quarantining during the hight of the pandemic.

Like previous releases, Atrophy was recorded at Bluetone Studios in Somerville Ma which is owned and operated by David Grabowski and released on Clayton and Cameron Keiber’s Midriff Records label. The track “Scars in the Vein” features vocals from indie rock legend Thalia Zedek (Come, Live Skull, Uzi).

Atrophy will initially be released digitally and on CD and include 12 songs, with a deluxe LP coming soon.

credits

released September 15, 2023

Cameron - guitar, keys, vocals
David - bass, keys
Clayton - guitar
Dennis - drums, percussion

Bridget Nault - accordion on tracks 1, 5 and 12
Erica Mantone - additional vocals on track 1
Thalia Zedek - additional vocals on track 10

Recorded and mixed by the band at Bluetone Studio, Somerville MA.
Engineered by David Grabowski.
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Newtonville, MA
Special thanks to Mike Quinn

Album Art:
Cover Photo by Cameron Keiber
Design- Bea Talplacido

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Eldridge Rodriguez Boston, Massachusetts

Modern blues, sad-pop, all that stuff. The music explores classic themes such as man vs. nature, religion and race, entitlement vs. theft, willful ignorance, aggressive stupidity, forgiveness and redemption in a smart mouthed, sometimes vulgar and irreverent way. Album tones swing from indie pop to ballad to gospel to noise and beats. It’s music for people who like to dance in the dark, alone. ... more

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  • May 18
    Sonia
    Cambridge, MA

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