Marked a Dark Sun, by Meryl Pine

Marked a Dark Sun

by Meryl Pine

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	1.	Steeplechase 03:21
	2.	Surgeon General 03:54
	3.	Deep Black Deride 03:55
	4.	[A Beginning is Near] 03:50
	5.	Either Way, I'm Awake 03:39
	6.	Hawkthorne Swineheart 04:32
	7.	Aide to the Beast Incarnate 00:35
	8.	Kept Very Close 04:18
	9.	[Empress Reprise] 02:39

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Once you buy the record, you'll be able to download the art/lyrics PDF, and the two bandcamp-exclusive remixes that are included. One is by Andrew Broder, one is by Circuits and Kittens. They are awesome, and only here.

This project started in 2006. The idea of a second album to follow my first self-led release hatched back then, from the dust of previous groups. Meryl Pine came from several attempts to start a "successful" band in the Minneapolis area over 16 years. I felt like these songs had a life outside of the traditional boundaries of what a band represents; the work felt independent of that construct and took on a life autonomous. I wanted something that represented what it meant for me to exist between 2006-2022, to have massive change occur in my life, and experience failed after failed attempts to try to create music. More-so, this album's concept is to allow the dead to speak; whatever that means to you.

I'm very proud of the collection produced here, and I deeply thank those fellow musicians that came alongside me during its creation.

credits

released January 17, 2022

Eternal thanks to all the musicians that played on this record:
Al Church - Drums on 1, 2, 8
Blake Stoppel - Bass on 1, 6, Buzz Guitar Solo on 6
Christopher McGuire - Drums on 6, 7
Dash Leander - Bass on 2, 8
Ethan Kalar - Aux. Perc on 4
Ian Allison - Bass on 3
Ian Prince - Drums on and Arrangement of 3
Josef Gaskill - Drums on 5
Kenneth G Bressler - Sound Treatment and Filtering on 9
Moustache Jim - Effected Human Voice on 7
Scott McVeigh - Bass on 5
Tommy Rehbein, Guitar on 3
Zach Johnson - Guitar on 5

Everything else was played or sung by Damon Kalar

We recorded at several different locations: the Seward house, Hidden Room, Simon Construction headquarters, apartments, houses, the back of my truck.

Mixed at Hidden Room by Damon Kalar*
Additional mixing at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, MN, by Nick Tveitbakk and Damon Kalar
*Track 6 Mixed by Knol Tate
Mastered at Hidden Room by Damon Kalar
Album sequenced by Ian Prince

All album art, photography, and layout by Damon Kalar (except the black and white tree above by Moustache Jim - moustachejimstudios.com.)
Thank you to Jes Seamans and Dan Black for the artistic encouragement.

A special thanks to my friend Al Church; he helped me drag me out of the cycle of progress v. imposter.

More thanks: My wife and family. Everyone that I worked with, wrote with, deconstructed with, laughed with, yelled at, and yelled back.

Nick Tvietbakk. Stef Alexander. Jacob Mullis. Mike Linden. Allen Maier and The Crowsnest.

Copyright 2022, Meryl Pine Music.
merylpine.com

A huge thanks to Andrew Broder and Tommy Rehbein for contributing remixes to this Bandcamp version of the release.

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