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jbk123 Country Wedding is such a weird and and cleverly thought out song. Spirals off in to some weird end of the universe stuff. Love it. Favorite track: Country Wedding.

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1.	The End of the World Should be Fun 04:40	buy track
2.	Shock to the System 05:26	buy track
3.	Country Wedding 04:14	buy track
4.	Elephant 05:23	buy track
5.	A Very Bad Day 02:23	buy track
6.	I Should be Asleep 05:24	buy track
7.	Only God 05:49	buy track
8.	Beginning 1 04:02	buy track

about

The album is name your price, every penny going to the charity of your choice. So probably put a bigger number in there if ya can. Once purchased, you shall receive a mysterious message in your email inbox. Trust the strange name, it is Chairman Carl Wickman.

What we have here is a hodgepodge labor of love, created over the course of 3 years in various states of mind, body, and functionality. Another album about the anxieties which surround us, permeating our being. Still?! After all these years? The well of human darkness is neverendingly deep. So we continue our searches for the legendary Springs of fortitude, courage, and love.

We still need each other, and we definitely all must be entertained.

MAE is more collaborative in voice. Different members wrote their own songs and we hashed out the musicality among ourselves and later in editing. I think this embodies the spirit of the band: have a clear voice from track to track while still collaborating and keeping a healthy threshold for experimentation. Openness is our attempt at discipline.

Thank you for reading, listening, and be well on your journeys.

1. The End of the World Should be Fun
2. Shock to the System
3. Country Wedding
4. Elephant
5. Only God
6. A Very Bad Day
7. I Should Be Asleep
8. Beginning 1

credits

released October 1, 2020

-Kate Arendes - Guitar, Vocals/ Lyrics on I Should Be Asleep
-Mickey Hayes - Guitar, Vocals/ Lyrics on Elephant
-Eric Grumke - Percussion
-Eleanor Marsh - Bass, Vocals/ Lyrics on Shock to the System
-Theodore Brookins - Fretless bass improvisations on End of the World Should Be Fun, A Very Bad Day, Beginning 1, Country Wedding
-Vaughn Edward - Saxophone improvisation on A Very Bad Day, Country Wedding, and Beginning 1
-Marius Toussaint - Saxophone on The End of the World Should be Fun
-Gus Knobbe - String arrangement on The End of the World Should be Fun
-Abbie Steiling - Violin, viola on End of the World Should be fun; Violin arrangement and performance on Only God
-Ranya Iqbal - cello on The End of the World Should be Fun
-Carl Wickman - Devices, Ambience, Vocals/ Lyrics on Country Wedding and Only God, Rhythm Guitar on The End of the World Should be Fun
-Peter Billing - choral arrangement on Country Wedding
-Aidan McCarter - Devices, Backing Vocals on Country Wedding, I Should be Asleep
-Brandon Detra - Backing vocals on Country Wedding
-Wes Ragland - Backing vocals on Country Wedding, Shock to the System
-Che Sanchez - Backing vocals on Country Wedding, Shock to the System

Engineered by Justin Fisher, Mike Bevin, Carl Wickman
All songs mixed by Carl Wickman, except for I Should Be Asleep mixed by Justin Fisher
Mastered by Rob Schlette at Anthem Mastering
Cover taken from "Health Stories Book Two" by Anna B. Towse, Florence E. Matthews and William S. Gray; Scott, Foresman and Company, 1934; Digital altering by Alex Wieselman
Produced by Carl Wickman and The Candy Band

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The Candy Band St. Louis, Missouri

I don't know, it's sound! Make what you want to make! TCB is free to extend in whichever direction we're called, including its members. Anyone can join.

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Untold Numbers

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Fall

Nov 2023
Summer

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Spring

Apr 2023

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