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.”

My dogwalks are now 
cursed with the call of Callery Pears–
spring is coming.

Melting. Renewal.

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Achluo” – Ghost Funk Orchestra
2. “Low” – Igor Osypov, Cansu Tanrikulu
3. “Il trionfo del Tempo, HWV 46b: Sonatina” – Bojan Čičić, Steven Devine
4. “Emotional Warrior” – Mama Zu
5. “Rattlesnake” – Iron Curtain
6. “2-6-5-8-0” – Kim Wilde
7. “Atomic Space” – Mamiko Watanabe, Santi Debriano, Billy Hart
8. “Unrepentant” – Vircolac
9. “V” – Kim Myhr, Kitchen Orchestra
10. “Six Orphic Amulets for vocal sextet and saxophone quartet: No. 2, Boneplates of Olbia” – Nordic Voices, Noxas Saxophone Quartet
11. “III” – Cuntroaches
12. “Cycle 7” – Natasha Pirard

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.