Most Bitter formed
in
Spring
of
2005
to
tour with
Bunwinkies .
In
a
duo
with
3rdness ,
opened
for
Thurston Moore / Andrew "Gown" MacGregor
duo
at
PACE
in
Easthampton, MA .
Joined by old compatriot Dan Browning, Most Bitter toured New England and Philadelphia in July of 2006 with the Vermont band Little Wooden Men.
Has
played
with
Ten Years Old ,
Alcoa ,
Ben Lucal ,
Soltero, Mother Mallard, Constant Solo, Alec K Redfearn, Nick Castro, Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung, White Light, Texas Governor, Seana Carmody, Shawn David McMillen, Verona Downs, Chop Chop, Brian Michael Roff, Tractor Operator, Testface, Team Robospierre, Kemman, the Pedals, Hexa, Txocha Txocha, Major Stars, Cursillistas, the Red F, Nonloc, 28 Degrees Taurus, Fight the Ocean, Mike and Ruth Merenda, the Can Kickers, Kurt Weisman, Spouse, Maggie Mayday, Shepherdess, Clint Conley, New Randy, Antiques, Black Helicopter, Magic Markers, Jerusalem and the Starbaskets,
and
Stephen Brodsky.
Most Bitter
records
when
and
where
possible
on
computers ,
cassette
decks , recording
studios , or
whatever
means
are
at
hand .
SONG INFO: Tunes are downloadable here
"Foundations" is a cover of a tune by Kate Nash, and was created on Garageband on the morning of August 14, 2007 before I got out of bed.
"It Isn't Me" is a live version of the popular Most Bitter track featuring Tim from Antiques on drums and Audrey Ryan on lead guitar as performed at Charlie's Kitchen in Harvard Square.
"The Wrong Flower"
was
composed
using
Garageband
virtual instruments
and
a
mouse and was recently mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Studios for release on a forthcoming split 45 with Potions Made By Children.
"Past One O'Clock" is an adaptation of the final poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky performed on a Casio MT-240 through a Boss DD-20 delay pedal, with a shruti box, vocal track recorded after 1 a.m. and an unlooped recording of crickets. The song was mixed using Audacity freeware.
These tracks are not currently featured on the profile:
"Sunset in Dixie" is an adaptation of a poem by Langston Hughes and was performed on keyboard and shruti box and was recorded on a Korg digital 8-track.
"Utter Alien Thoughts" was composed on Logic with Peter Hanlon and Greg Pothier and features guitar, bass, percussion, shruti box, lap steel, programmed beats, keyboards, vocals recorded in a shower used as sound booth, and air-popped popcorn.
"It Isn't Me"
was
recorded
on
a
M-Audio
Microtrack
with
a
Casio
MT-240 and
a
Yamaha
Electone BK-4B
organ .
"It Isn't Me" is a live version recorded in North Falmouth, MA at Mahoney Manor and features drum and organ sounds from the Casio MT-240, the bass playing of Dan Browning, and a guest guitar solo from Rental Fluids' Quentin Mahoney. VISIT myspace.com/itisntmeitisntme TO HEAR ALL VERSIONS OF "It Isn't Me."
"You Need It, Then It Comes"
written
by
Colleen Kinsella
for
the
first
Earbait
compilation
and
features
Joe
Mahoney
on
virtual
Arp
and
Ryan
Walsh
on
doorbell .
"Inner Mechanics"
was
performed
on
a
Moog
Voyager .