Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a welcome for joyous noise, for those navigating what Beckett called “this bitch of an earth.”

A clever idea

floated up – carried away

by this morning’s wind.

The Widow’s Wall, The Widower’s Wind

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Gulp!” – Andrew Hung
2. “Jalan Jalan” – Mother Bank
3. “Messages from the Stars” – The RAH Band
4. “Slush” – Ikue Mori
5. “Reality” – Corpse Pile
6. “(You Caught Me) Smilin’” – Sly & The Family Stone
7. “BRA” – Geins’t Naït & L. Petitgrand, Scanner
8. “Jacksonin paita” – Olimpia Splendid
9. “Be Merry, Swete Lorde (feat. Katinka Vindelev)” – Daniel Hart, Katinka Vindelev
10. “Untitled 7” – Keiji Haino
11. “Eternal Putrefactive Love” – Golem of Gore
12. “Harmonics in the Wind” 
13. “The Sun Won’t Shine Forever” – Peacepipe
14. “Bunch” – Barre Phillips, György Kurtág Jr.
15. “Noon Tide” – Andrew Hill
16. “The Aida Song” – Shelley Hirsch
17. “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)” – Roy Clark & Joe Pass

Stephen McClurg composes and improvises in Serenity Dagger, The Abdomen, and other projects. Along with session work for mid-Alabama singer/songwriters, he frequently collaborates with musicians across the state adding bass, guitar, and synths to friends’ recordings. He currently writes reviews for Horror DNA and is the substitute low end wrangler for Mobile-based punk rock band Future Hate. You can find out more about his work here.