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.”

Lunchtime vacancies.
The last tail of winter
brushes the patios.

Several Tricks of Distance

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Pain” – The Savages, Asha Puthli
2. “Diatomea” – Amatorski
3. “Robot King Daioja (TV Size)” – Isao Taira, the Blesson Four
4. “He’s Large” – Shelley Duvall
5. “A Fuego Lento” – Leo Sujatovich
6. “Incubus Succubus” – Xmal Deutschland
7. “Entrance” – Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer
8. “Lucky Duck for Grown Ups” – Marry Waterson, Adrian Crowley
9. “Schinokapsala” – Naum Gabo
10. “Manjusaka” – 潘PAN
11. “Rare Forms” – Shane Parish, Jason Stein, Danny Piechocki
12. “I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)” – Ray Price
13. “Batrachomorpha Resurrections Chamber” – SlimeLord
14. “Violin Concerto No.1: III.” – Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Tetzlaff
15. “Nothing Urgent, Just Unfortunate (feat. DOYEON KIM & Lesley Mok) – David Leon, DOYEON KIM, Lesley Mok
16. “Anvils” – Marty Friedman
17. “The Chauncey Jingle” – Bear McCreary

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.