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.”

Storms and broken limbs–
my plans scatter as far as
the last winter leaves.

A lamplighter lost in the hills.

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1. “Chicken Talk” – Yma Sumac
2. “You Won’t Know Til You Find Out” – Tony Trischka
3. “Enrapture” – Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash
4. “Merulo: Beata viscera” – London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole
5. “Ishraqiyyn – Balthassar:Melchior:Caspar” – Secret Chiefs 3
6. “Noxious Concoctions” – Ghoul
7. “Blue Smoke” – Wyatt Ellis, Marty Stuart
8. “I Can’t Find You” – J Mascis
9. “Hamelin: Suite à l’ancienne – III. Corrente” – Marc-André Hamelin
10. “My Lady of Mercy” – The Last Dinner Party
11. “Ghostrumental” – Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
12. “Cinnamon” – The Amazing
13. “Firad” – Dina Ögon
14. “The Line” – Vera Sola
15. “Sloop John B” – Bryn Terfel, Fisherman’s Friends, Archie Churchill-Moss, Ben Tunnicliffe, Patrick Rhimes, Evan Carson

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.