A Print out of the Sun

by L.A. Mood

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‘A Print out of the Sun’ is pressed on sunny orange marbled vinyl as a limited edition of 50 copies only. The album is also available on black vinyl and digitally. All vinyl includes a digital download card and digital tracks will be added to your Bandcamp collection.

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1.	Floaty 02:38 video	lyrics	buy track
V1 I’m amazed that it lasted so long Oh, the road now feels less tainted Maybe leaving would heal what follows Or you could really say it With reflection, you’re feeling the blow Oh, what am I saying? I’m convinced that can’t be all I know Unless you’ve just been here playing C1 The Moonlights your way when your life is a drawing Enter the scene when your page is uncertain Moonlights your way when your life is unfolding Exit the scene when you’re fazed at all V2 Now we’re there and we’ll see tomorrow For what it’s worth, I ain’t complaining Time to rest and reveal what you know Or we could go and say it C2 The Moonlights your way when your life is a drawing Enter the scene when your page is uncertain Moonlights your way when your life is unfolding Exit the scene when the daylight is burning The Moonlights your way when your life is a drawing Enter the scene when your page is uncertain Moonlights your way when your life is unfolding Enter the scene at all
2.	Catch the Sun 03:27 video	lyrics	buy track
We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone Well you think you can change the weather, with a blink of your little eyes Well you gotta admit it’s better, than letting them all decide On the eve of your first engagement, they’ll bring you a big surprise If you win you will feel much better than the one with the old reprise We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone Bridge On the way up On the way out On the way home Now we listen to the others, never gonna be all night With our deal, you’ll be laughing on the table With our radio, away we go We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone We’ll try and catch the sun For you and everyone
3.	Lemongrass 03:05	lyrics	buy track
I was hanging with you, and you played Townes Van Zandt You made my mind decision, it felt like romance Do you wanna be free? Do you like me? Do you wanna be free? I was sitting here hoping that you’d change my eyes And then you just took me, oh what a surprise Do you wanna be free? Do you like me? Do you wanna be free? Or do you like me? Do you wanna be free? Do you like me? Do you wanna be free? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me? Do you like me?
4.	Print out of the Sun 02:30	lyrics	buy track
C1 Hot sun brightness Instant lightness Where’s the kindness now? Hot sun lightness Instant whiteness Still no kindness now V1 Hot, hot sun on the water baby Instant feel of the warmer weather Hot, hot sun on the water Feel it now, now C2 Hot sun brightness Instant lightness Where’s the kindness now? V2 Hot, hot sun on the water baby Instant feel of the warmer weather Hot, hot sun on the water Feel it now, now C3 Hot sun brightness Instant lightness Where’s the kindness now? C4 Hot sun brightness Instant lightness Where’s the kindness now?
5.	Stumble 02:56	lyrics	buy track
V1 Now wait, don’t go I’ve been here, you’ve been there, I don’t know Too late, too slow In the mist, it’s been vague, so I’m told B1 It’s over the radio All over the radio, that’s right V2 Sounds strange, when told If you leave, I’ll be here and get old But wait, time goes, to begin again let it unfold In every story we can start at the middle and end, that’s bold Always skip the beginning, so we can be friends, let’s go C1 Stumble my way through everything x 4 V2 Now wait, don’t go You’ve been here, I’ve been there, I don’t know C2 Stumble my way through everything x 4
6.	Time Waits on You 03:05	lyrics	buy track
V1 Don’t wake the delicate flower Been sleeping for 12 hrs Repeating patterns everyday Didn’t see the change coming Now that we’re here Into the night, pass out on your comment C1 Everybody’s here Everybody knows Everybody’s worried that your eyes will stay closed Onto the beach, let it hold you down Let it roll you up and then you towel it down V2 Please turn the lights It rings my eyes, down to the lowest setting Can’t wake without 2 cups in hand or else I’ll be fading Apologies to my friends here but you may have to bear it Sunlight in the window is my, my old friend returning C2 Everybody’s here Everybody knows Everybody’s worried that your eyes will stay closed Onto the beach, let it hold you down Let it roll you up and then you towel it down Outro Time waits on you again x 8
7.	D-Danger 01:18	info	buy track
8.	Open Age 01:27	info	buy track
9.	Happy Boy 01:43	lyrics	buy track
V1 Happy boy, where are you? They’ve all disappeared and so have you Yeah Happy V2 Yeah happy boy, I see you We’ve got nothing left to take from you You’ve been sucked right in and spat right out Gonna take our time, make you doubt C1 Yeah Happy Yeah Happy Boy, Boy B1 In time, your fine x 4 V3 Happy boy, where are you? They’ve all disappeared and so have you You’ve been sucked right in and spat right out I don’t really doubt
10.	Alert Blue 04:38	lyrics	buy track
V1 Started work on an empty sign I didn’t have to emphasize Simple task with no design On a stage where crowds are fine C1 Until you wanted to Code raised Alert Blue We’ll take the long way through We’ll get there if you choose our new world views Until you wanted to Code raised Alert Blue We’ll take the long way through your interview V2 Up and down we jump inside Covered up at your design No respite, we’re paralysed Keep on moving in disguise C2 Until you wanted to Code raised Alert Blue Same way we’ve been through Taken on a rouse now it’s untrue Until you wanted to Code raised Alert Blue We’ll take the long way through our interview Outro x2 Hello, you know, no need to start again with you my friend From the hollows, if you will pretend our time with them God bless this mess, I don’t even know where to begin The shows got flow, it’s taken me a while to be in Zen

about

Cheersquad Records and Tapes are stoked to give you L.A. Mood’s debut album ‘A Print out of the Sun’. L.A. Mood is the solo project of Melbourne based multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Mudie. Dave is the full-time drummer for Grammy Award Nominee Courtney Barnett, and has played in upwards of 40 other bands and counting.

‘A Print out of the Sun’ is pressed on sunny orange marbled vinyl as a limited edition of 50 copies only. The album is also available on black vinyl and digitally. All vinyl includes a digital download card and digital tracks will be added to your Bandcamp collection.

“Classic power pop, a welcome ray of audible sunshine.” - Peter G. Holmström (The Dandy Warhols)

After two EPs, 2022 will finally see L.A. Mood’s debut album release, titled ‘A Print out of the Sun’. It was written and recorded across Melbourne, Portland (USA) and Castlemaine, and mixed by Collin Hegna of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The title is inspired by a longing for the sun in places where it can seem hard to find. It’s an opportunity to take lightness with you wherever you go. The cover image is by Austin, TX artist Mary Streepy.

And there’s plenty of lightness on the album – 60s harmonies, bright guitars and psychedelia… But there’s also plenty of grit, distortion and thumping drums.

“In the Rock and Roll solar system, I could live on planet Mudie. ‘Catch the Sun’ is as playfully joyous and soul-expanding as one would expect from Dave and his pych-pop cohort. 10/10.” – Ashley Naylor (The Church, Even)

‘A Print out of the Sun’ is a welcome statement from one of Australia’s most experienced musicians, both on stage and in the studio. Effortless production meets confident songwriting. With a national tour planned upon release, 2022 will see The Mood very bright indeed.

For Dave Mudie, touring down-time means burying into studio projects and playing local gigs. Most recently he played drums on Jess Ribeiro's album ‘LOVE HATE’, recorded Jade Imagine's debut ‘Stay Awake’, and played on releases from Gumboot, Super American Eagle (alongside Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols), Cannon, Baby Blue & Evan Dando (The Lemonheads). Having grown up in a musical family (both parents were professional musicians - his mum a singer, his dad played in Axiom), music has always been an obsession in Mudie’s life.

In 2017, after years of touring the seminal album ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’ with Courtney Barnett, Dave Mudie finally turned his attention to his own music. Before ever playing a gig, L.A. Mood signed with Hotel Motel Records for his first two releases.

Debut EP ‘Crushing Highs & Amazing Lows’ was recorded at Revolver Studios in Portland, Oregon with producer Collin Hegna of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It showcased a range of styles – slacker rock, indie-pop and alt-country; and influences – T. Rex, Dandy Warhols, Ty Segall etc. It includes collaborations with Courtney Barnett and Bob Harrow (Immigrant Union), and artwork by Celeste Potter.

2019’s EP ‘Breakfast at Sassy’s’ draws from the swinging 60s, psychedelic 70s and indie-pop of the 00s, and was again recorded in Portland with Hegna. It features collaborations with Ambrose Kenny Smith (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard), Bones Sloane (fellow band member of the Courtney Barnett band), Jess Ribeiro and Bob Harrow. The EP tour was the first time L.A. Mood played live with a full band, seeing them sell out shows in Melbourne and Sydney. The cover image is by Austin, TX artist Mary Streepy.

“Out of all the drummers in Melbourne’s nu-rock scene of the 2000s, Dave Mudie was the most musical, the most expressive, the most effortless, and just generally the best.” – LNWY

"Each track on the EP transports the listener to the sun-soaked streets of California." - Beat

"With irony-laden tack piano tinkling away above waltzing guitar chords, Mudie’s louchely chanted vocal evokes drunken saloon singalongs and long periods of self-reflection. Enjoy." - Killing Moon

“The vibe is '90s/'00s rock that sounds like it was cooked in a garage with a touch of blues on the side.” - When You Motor Away

"Charging power-pop, waltzing country and hazy slacker rock, all joined in an unshakably accomplished feel that belies the fact it’s his debut release as a solo songwriter." - For the Rabbits

“It's just good old-fashioned Aussie indie rock.” - Double J

credits

released August 26, 2022

All songs written, recorded and produced by Dave Mudie at Club Doug Studios,
Except Lemongrass co-written with Bob Harrow
Violin by Kat Mear & Banjo by Don Mudie on Floaty
Mixed by Collin Hegna at Revolver Studios, except Open Age mixed by Dave Mudie
Additional tracking by Finn Keane at Headgap Studios
Mastered by Mikey Young
Artwork by Mary Streepy
Released in AUS/NZ via Cheersquad Records and Tapes
A huge thank you to Collin Hegna, Bob Harrow, Jo Syme, Mary Streepy, Wally Kempton, Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, James Fleming, Brent DeBoer, Kat Mear, Don Mudie, Mikey Young, Finn Keane, Thomy Taranto, Gus Rigby, Jess Ribeiro and Chloe Hall.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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