Cackles by Cannonball Statman
Cannonball described Cackles during a Natalie Perez interview on the eve of its release in 2017:
"I wrote most of Cackles in crowded, disorienting bus stations around Europe, and while the last track (“ZOB”) is the only song that actually takes place in a bus station, the whole EP could easily be a trip through the mind of someone waiting for a bus. And that’s going to be a very active mind.
I try to avoid judging my own work after it's finished. The whole experience of creating something is a real challenge, and it can be any combination of traumatizing and thrilling; once I've decided it's ready to be released, I don't think it's up to me to judge the quality of it. To me, each song on Cackles also has a distinct mood, and whether I enjoy them or not depends on my own mood. “Ailing in Leipzig” is a paranoid, apocalyptic song, inspired by some experiences I've had in the US and Europe in the past year. “Orbiting the Pacific” is a poem about the romanticization (orientalism) of what’s often called “the third world”, set to music. “Rabbit” is almost a love song. “ZOB” is hectic and absurd."
Full interview here: http://www.nataliezworld.com/2017/05/cannonball-statman-is-freak-of-folk.html
Tracklist
| 1. | Ailing in Leipzig | 3:28 |
| 2. | Orbiting the Pacific | 3:08 |
| 3. | Rabbit | 4:14 |
| 4. | ZOB | 3:06 |
Credits
All music and lyrics written and performed by Cannonball Statman. Engineered by Franz Rodeck at Culture Container in Berlin, DE on March 19th, 2017.
Album Cover by Brian Kelly.
