Mansions EP Initiative

Beginning September 23, Mansions will be unveiling their EP Initiative, a collection of 7 EPs distributed in a variety of formats including Cassette, Free MP3s, MiniDisc, and Mini CD-R. Each release will be extremely limited (in quantity or time). Check this page on each release date in order to purchase or find out how to download each release. Here are the tentative titles and schedule. Specific track listings will be announced the day they are available.

TITLE FORMAT RELEASE
Remixed Best Pals MP3s 2008-09-23
Acoustic Soft Ones Cassette 2008-10-07
Mr. Boddy MP3s 2008-10-21
The Original Demos MiniDisc 2008-11-04
Black Sheep MP3s 2008-11-18
When I Sleep Mini CD-R 2008-12-09
Talk Talk Talk MP3s 2008-12-16
Remixed Best Pals (MP3s)
electronic remixes: party jams for the most depressing party of all time
  1. The Biggest Lie
  2. The Worst Part
  3. Curacao Blue
  4. Gotta Be Alone
  5. All Eyes on You
  6. Insulated
Available now from The Daily Chorus.
Acoustic Soft Ones (Cassette)
alternate acoustic and/or quiet, mellow versions of the songs that are not on the remix EP
  1. Take It Back
  2. Por Favor Is Spanish
  3. Holidays
  4. Substitute Angel
  5. Millions of Pieces
Hand numbed and limited to 50 copies.

$3.00 ppd in the US. SOLD OUT!
Mr. Boddy (MP3s)
new jams
  1. OMG
  2. I Swear
  3. Never Enuff
  4. Last to Leave
Available now from Punknews.org.

"mr. boddy" was recorded october 7-20, 2008. i played and mixed everything. it was produced by me and robin dove. seriously, robin saved it from sucking, because she would let me know when it sucked. all the mixing and recording was done with apple's Logic Studio, except when i used Ableton Live to edit/fix the drums. i am terrible at drums, so Live was a lifesaver. there was a lot of fixing to be done. but besides that there wasnt too much digital tomfoolery, no autotune or stuff like that. i used a groove tubes "the brick" preamp for pretty much everything, including running the finished mixes through for some added warmth and reality. i used a shure sm7 for most things, and for drums added in a sm57, some CAD ldc, and a sennheiser k6 as a room mic. i had originally gone back to louisville to record drums at the beginning of the recording, but the power was out in most of the city, including my parents' house, so that didnt work out so well. but that was ok because the songs changed a ton in the next couple weeks, and "never enuff" and "last to leave" were written in that time period. the final lyrics of "last to leave" were actually written and recorded october 20, the day before the EP was released. i recorded drums october 17-18, which was weird because basically everything else was recorded already (drums are usually recorded first, not last). the guitars were mostly done through a line6 PODxt pro with a tubescreamer and holy grail reverb, since i cant really have loud guitar amps going on in my apartment. bass was through the POD too. my allergies have been hell for the last month, so i was nervous singing was gonna be impossible. thankfully i was able to find my neti pot and clear out a lot of that snot for long enough to pull some vocals together. some of the sniffliness is still there, but whatev. i did the artwork before any of the recording was done by cutting stuff out of some vogue and cosmo magazines. i hope you like it.
-christopher browder
The Original Demos (MiniDisc)
demo recordings from the last two years in preparation for next year's full length, New Best Friends
  1. The Worst Part
  2. Gotta be alone
  3. Por Favor Is Spanish
  4. Substitute Angel
  5. Millions of Pieces
  6. Curacao Blue
  7. I Told a Lie
  8. All Eyes on You
  9. Holidaze
  10. Insulated
  11. Take It Back
  12. Tangerine
  13. Talk Talk Talk
Limited to 25 copies.

$6.00 ppd in the US. SOLD OUT!
Black Sheep (MP3s)
weird new songs that have no place on an actual album
  1. Rock N Roll
  2. Seven Eleven
  3. 18th Bday
  4. I Found Out
Available now from strikegently.com!
When I Sleep (Mini CD-R)
more new songs
  1. LtsBSdTghr
  2. When I Sleep
  3. Shoes On, Pants Off
  4. The Constant
Limited to 50 copies.

$4.00 ppd in the US. SOLD OUT!
Talk Talk Talk (MP3s)
single with softie/mellow version of "Tangerine" plus brand new song
  1. Talk Talk Talk
  2. Talk Talk Talk (Remix)
  3. Tangerine (Alternate Version)
  4. When Shes Not Around
Available now from popwreckoning.
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