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.”

As heat snapped the cold,
I heard the year’s first chanting –
leaf blower mantras.

Neither subtle nor sharp.

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Baby, I’m Yours” – Barbara Lewis
2. “Baby Blue” – MiLES.
3. “Move” – Ty Segall
4. “Once a Broken Human” – Omar Rodríguez-López
5. “Eidolon” – Exocrine
6. “What the Old Man Said” – Polyphemus
7. “Sittin’ On a Rainbow” – Mountain
8. “You Can Do It” – Tupperwave
9. “The Blue Land” – Matthieu Bordenave
10. “Clot” – Quiet Commotion
11. “Capricho” – Fabiano Do Nascimento, Sam Gendel
12. “Passion In Moisture” – Mick Karn
13. “Goblin Dance” – Dermabrasion
14. “Must Be Nice” – Chayse Porter
15. “What Does the Deep Sea Say” – Jim Kweskin, Fiona Kweskin
16. “Fettered Oath” – Knoll
17. “Tatterdemalion” – Toadliquor
18. “Wuthering Heights” – Mistra, Anders Odden, Benedicte Adrian
19. “Devil’s Dream (Live)” – Bobby Bruce, Billy Wright

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.