2017 Blog
Evan Dando "Baby I'm Bored" Double LP + Book [Fire Records]
Modo Design & Production recently manufactured this STUNNING vinyl book for Fire Records.
Definitely a release to look forward to buy on Record Store Day!
Emerging after The Lemonheads disbanded Evan Dando returned to music first with a solo tour and 'Live At The Brattle Theatre' then came his debut solo album 'Baby I'm Bored'. During his hiatus he sobered up, got married and went straight. Taking four years to produce, his live shows funded the album's recording sessions. Mature and autobiographical, 'Baby I'm Bored' is a stellar record that stripped Dando of his grunge label. At the time of recording, he was without the band which saw him lean more towards an achingly melodic alt-country rock sound. Self-deprecating, these are songs of decline and coming back from that. The record includes Hard Drive" and All My Life" two tracks penned by Ben Lee and features contributions from producer/composer Jon Brion, producer Bryce Goggin, Tom Morgan, Giant Sand's Howe Gelb, Calexico's John Convertino and Joey Burns, ex-Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon, Come's Chris Brokaw and Arthur Johnson. This limited edition special Record Store Day 2LP 'bookback' reissue includes a disc of unheard unreleased tracks, singles, b-sides and rarities.
"Dando has a flair for bruised melancholy that stands comparison with Gram Parsons and Alex Chilton."
Q Magazine
"A beautiful album of tender reflections on life, love and drug-induced folly set in soulful, country-tinged guitar pop." The Independent
Disc 1 A1 Repeat A2 My Idea A3 Rancho Santa Fe A4 Waking Up A5 Hard Drive A6 Shots Is Fired B1 It Looks Like You B2 The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is The Same Part I Can Live Without B3 Why Do You Do This To Yourself? B4 All My Life B5 Stop My Head B6 In The Grass All Wine Colored
Disc 2 C1 Shots Is Fired (Alternative Version) C2 I Wanna Be Your Mamma Again (Cover - B-Side from 'Stop My Head' Single) C3 Tongue Tied (B-Side from 'Stop My Head' Single) C4 Whoops C5 Sucker Punch C6 The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is The Same Part I Can Live Without (Alternative Version) D1 Au Bord De La Seine (B-Side From 'Stop My Head') D2 Rancho Santa Fe (Alternative Version) D3 A Walk In The Woods With Lionel Richie D4 Rudy With A Flashlight (Evan Dando) D5 Hannah & Gabi (Live Version - B-Side to 'It Looks Like You' Single) D6 The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is The Same Part I Can Live Without (Live Version - B-Side to 'It Looks Like You' Single)"
